I make an order every once in a while, grabbing some more Acarbose and some Empagliflozin, figure I might as well pad the cart with some stuff that’s good to have around the medicine cabinet, especially when some sites offer free shipping among a certain amount.
In the past I’ve added:
Extra acyclovir for cold sores
Azithromycin and doxycycline for suspected bacterial infections
Tretinoin/Tazarotene for skin
Modafinil
P.S. I’ve been using OnlineGenericMedicine, let me know if there’s a better site. Have definitely noticed their prices aren’t as good as what’s quoted around here.
Excellent question. I’ve done the same - all I needed was some azithromycin for a dental procedure, but it’s cheap as dirt and I don’t need a lot, so ordering it would be awkward with shipping cost way exceeding the drug, so I had to pad it out. I just added some stuff I thought of trying out one day, like acarbose and a few more, so I went ahead and padded it out with those. But yeah, great question! Is there some stuff folks like to have on hand that’s a “nice to have” one could pad an order with.
You can pick up a little of any medication that you’re read about here that you may want to try; e.g. Tubes of Retin A or Adapalene Gel (1% or ideally 3%), etc.
It’s otc, but I think most people should have some Diclofenac gel in the medicine collection.
Voltaren, interesting. I’ve heard of it, but what do you use it for specifically? If I’m having pain I usually just take something systemic like aspirin.
For men that are interested, sildenafil and tadalifil are extremely cheap.
We have a couple of threads here on the potential merits of taking these, outside of the obvious.
Another mens product of note is minoxidil-finasteride solution to grow hair. It is FAR cheaper from India than here. Maybe buy five bottles gor about $10 to $17 a bottle and see how it goes.
Antibiotics are a common one I see people wanting a supply of. However, it is critically important to not take any unless there is a bacterial infection; and then to understand the likely causative organisms and select a narrow spectrum effective agent. I see people very frequently in the ER self treating a bacterial infection (or a viral one for that matter) with a drug that isn’t going to work due to its spectrum of coverage.
Anti-nausea medications such as Ondansetron, can be handy to have.
Dexamethasone or Prednisone, in case of significant allergic reaction, gout flare-up, etc.
Multiple diabetic meds that have a role in longevity such as SGLT2’s as mentioned, also acarbose.
Cholesterol meds
Trazodone for sleep (be aware of rare risk of priapism) but seems to be the sole agent (I guess melatonin also) that works for sleep that doesn’t increase risk for neurocognitive decline.
Topicals - high potency steroid cream (like clobetasol) for eczema or contact dermatitis, 5 fluorouracil topically to treat any sun related damage, such as actinic keratoses (make sure it is a benign lesion, not a significant skin cancer - albeit Squamous cell carcinomas often respond as do Basal cell carcinomas). In general, the 1% cream is not potent enough and the 5% is usually sensible.