Rescue Pack?

[btype]

I have seen Rescue Packs & Rescue Medication mention on here quite often, what are they? I have COPD & Emphysema should i be asking my gp or hospital about it?

[Kazza01]

hi btype...rescue packs are your pack of steroids and antibiotics you have on standby should you have the beginning of a chest infection ..therefore hopefully avoiding a full blown exacerbation. If you have your packs it just saves time in getting an appointment for GP and prescription. ( and nipping things in the bud ) Hope this helps.

Kazza xx

[btype in reply to Kazza01]

Thank you Kazza, at the moment my Gp has put me on steroids as i am having problems with my breathing and he is trying to get my hospital appointment brought forward,

[Kazza01]

PS... just ask your GP he/she should be happy to write a prescription for this

Kazza

[Gordon57]

Quite simply, many people are issued with emergency supplies of antibiotics and steroids or whatever by their GP so that is they start with a chest infection they can take those instead of struggling to make an appointment and get to the surgery.

If someone, like myself, has regularly repeated excacerbations then the GP may set this up. By the time a prescription can be issued and collected some people would be too bad to go get the required medication.

[btype in reply to Gordon57]

Thank you Gordon i will keep that in mind

[Puffthemagicdragon]

I always have a spare lot of antibiotics and steroids indoors. I have a repeat prescription so when I use one I always go and get another one in case I need them. It saves my doctor time by me not having to make an appointment each time.

[Dave2436 in reply to Puffthemagicdragon]

Hello

Can i ask what antibiotics do thay give you i have copd but all my

Doctor will give me is boxycyline but do not help me

Thanks you

[Hidden]

I always seem to get chest infections either at the weekend or when I am away. I appreciate my rescue pack!

[dall05]

If you have my kind of luck then having your emergency pack will be very important. Most of my many lung infections have rared thier ugly heads on a Friday night leaving help over the phone on the NHS helpline or A&E. Your just not supposed to fall ill on a weekend as its very inconvenient for all concerned!!

[Hidden]

I agree dall05, sneaky little beggars seem much more active at weekends.

[Polly63 in reply to Hidden]

I thought it was just me that experienced this. It is a comfort to know that this is quite normal. I think it must be a special strain of bugs that only wake up at weekends or nighttime. 3am or thereabouts is also a bad time for me. Polly 63

[Shirleyj]

I always thought it was only me who got the infections at the weekend, I wondered what I was doing wrong. thank God for emergency antibiotics

[btype]

Thanks everyone for your help, i will arrange my rescue medication with my GP, i am also going to have to get a new medicine cupboard as the one i have now is slowly getting full with Inhalers, Pills etc.

Thanks again.

[laguna6905]

copd rescue packs are quite simply not just a god send as they help you manage your exaccabations(flare-ups) when they occur without having to wait to see a doctor and most of the time will help us who have copd to stay out of hospital but they also can help us gain some control over our emotional and mental state of mind that we are going through when dealing with copd anyway. Just buy simply knowing that they are at hand when needed. I am myself now again using my rescue pack due to flare-up which is my 4th one now since November last year and i count myself lucky that by having them, so far I have avoided being hospitalized. I hope you will speak to your doctor about these rescue packs as soon as you possible can.