Cholera medicine

[lewicki]

After much discussion I finally convinced my PCP to write a script for the medication.

Done deal right?

Well I am unable to find any source for the shot or a pill.

Looking for suggestions.

[Kentucky1]

Have you tried any Travel Clinics in your area. Years ago I was part of a clinic when I worked for Kaiser Permanente. I can tell you that we seldom gave the cholera vaccine as for most travelers the risks of exposure were low. So it's not the most common vaccine out there and thus may be hard to find. Good luck in your search.

[lewicki in reply to Kentucky1]

Tried at Henry ford hospital . they do not use it at all. Said it was not needed .. ?

[lewicki in reply to Kentucky1]

Thanks

[Magnus1964]

Which medication? Tetracycline is the most effective drug for cholera.

[6357axbz]

As I recall this whole business about cholera medicine helping PCa came from a Swedish study in Nature magazine. It was specifically about Dukoral (sp), available in Canada, not the US. I travelled there to purchase it over the counter.

[lewicki in reply to 6357axbz]

Fortunately I am about 50 miles from the Detroit river and get to Windsor Canada. I know my way around there as I used to fish Lake Erie for Walleyes and Steelhead. I hear there are clubs there that have ladies do a dances clothesless.

[lewicki in reply to lewicki]

Thanks I tried them with no luck. Took the script for Vaxchora.

[6357axbz in reply to lewicki]

Tried what with no results?

[lewicki in reply to 6357axbz]

Purchasing it at Walgreens

[Seebs9 in reply to 6357axbz]

Hooking up with the naked women...

[j-o-h-n in reply to lewicki]

"clothesless"

Sounds fishy to me........

Good Luck, Good Health and Good Humor.

j-o-h-n Tuesday 08/31/2021 6:06 PM DST

[Cooolone in reply to j-o-h-n]

😂

[lewicki in reply to 6357axbz]

Great good to hear. Hide under seat or declare it?

[6357axbz in reply to lewicki]

Basically under seat

[lewicki in reply to 6357axbz]

I think it is the way to go.

[6357axbz in reply to lewicki]

Why not just back to Canada for Dukoral?

No studies showing vaxchora has a benefit.

[lewicki in reply to 6357axbz]

That is my plan. Have to do right away. The dancing girls I think were called the Windsor Ballet.'

[Seebs9 in reply to lewicki]

Naked women won't fit under the seat, I've tried it.

[lewicki in reply to Seebs9]

Ha Ha Ha !!! Thanks for the info.

[Canoehead]

The medicine you got a script for is vaxchora, which is the only anti cholera medication approved by the FDA. Walgreens carries it, but you may need to wait a few days for them to get it to your local store. Note the FDA approval is for people through age 64, so if you are older than that, you are into off label use. It is an oral suspension.

[lewicki in reply to Canoehead]

Age 80. Dukoral should still be OK?

[andrew61]

I went to a local compounding pharmacy near Annapolis and they ordered it. I think compounding pharmacies are very flexible.

[lewicki in reply to andrew61]

Never thought of them . Thanks

[Schwah]

Yes I too got it thru Walgreens. It took 5 calls and talking to a few higher ups but they do have access to it I promise. And I don’t believe they require a presription if I recall correctly. Low risk with high potential reward.

Schwah.

[Stevecavill]

How did you contract cholera ?

[lewicki in reply to Stevecavill]

Use it as a alternative substance for prostate cancer.

[Hidden in reply to Stevecavill]

Drink down stream where people pee and crap on the water. Outbreaks all the time when soldiers of old moved into the area around streams and rivers.

GD

[lewicki in reply to Hidden]

Seems their was always someone upstream.

[hg115pb]

There is a company called Passport Health with centers all around the country. They give the whole battery of travel related vaccinations. We went there prior to a trip for yellow fever and typhoid shots. They probably have cholera as well

[cigafred]

Walgreens gave me an absolute refusal because over 64, but based on state law (Illinois).

[pjoshea13]

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[spencoid2 in reply to pjoshea13]

I only skimmed the Swedish study but my interpretation is that Cholera vaccine is effective, not the treatment for it or maybe both? If it is so effective whey doesn't everyone get it? Should I ask my MO?

[lewicki in reply to spencoid2]

Is it SOC ?

[spencoid2 in reply to lewicki]

sure doesn't seem like it is?

[pjoshea13 in reply to spencoid2]

As is often pointed out to us, studies that identify associations are good only for forming hypotheses. One must wait for the definitive intervention study.

Or jump the gun when it seems that there will never be such a study.

Oh, wait - safer to stick with SOC.

-Patrick

[lewicki in reply to pjoshea13]

It could be considered assisting the SOC ?

[Schwah in reply to pjoshea13]

In this instance I disagree. Risk reward ratio led me to take the cholera vaccine. Very safe and the huge survival advantage they found (even after adjusting for all factors) was to big of a potential reward to pass up. There is logic to it. For example a new study found that the flu vaccine apparently helped minimize the affects of Covid. You are priming up your immune system with at least some of these vaccines.

Schwah

[j-o-h-n]

Just Hollera for Cholera....

Good Luck, Good Health and Good Humor.

j-o-h-n Tuesday 08/31/2031 6:13 PM DST

[Manilo]

I have taken 5 Dukoral within 1 year. I don't know if it did something or not. What would have happened without it?