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Sanctions see Russians panic buy anti-depressants, sleeping pills -data
Russians have rushed to stock up on anti-depressants, sleeping pills and contraceptives among other products since the conflict in Ukraine began, data released on Thursday showed, with people buying a month's worth of medicine in just two weeks.
www.reuters.com
Not because there is going to be a shortage, but because it is possible.
What is happening in Russia is local to Russia - they have shortages on stuff and I think they are used to it, or should be.
Just saying, someday it could happen here too. It isn't just things like wars or pandemics - if we get hit with that Cascadian earthquake, pharmacies will run out of meds/etc. and we will be on our own for a while.
For a couple years I have been stocking up on my heart/BP meds and now have about 1 years worth of the two important ones (statins and Imdur) and 4-6 months (or more) of the others, plus building up a surplus of muscle relaxants which I only take as needed (due to a back injury when I was a teen.
Amazon refills every 22-24 days or so, so there is about 5-6 refill overlaps per year, and that ads up if I am diligent about ordering my refills as soon as Amazon lets me. They probably do this so there is no time that you run out. I also get some overlaps when I ask for a renewal of the prescriptions.