Haiti medical relief: anyone know what this med is?

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

anyone know what this med is?

UPDATE: friends on Facebook figured it out--it's Russian IV metronidazole. Thanks!

Can anyone tell me what this is? As far as I can tell, it is some sort of IV medication (and I believe the concentration is 500 mg per 100 mL), but beyond that, I have no idea. I don't know what language this is, either. I don't want to throw it away if it's something useful.

4 comments:

Nancy said...: I think it's Russian, but I don't know what it says.

Russian alphabet:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_alphabet; 8:16 PM
Kathy said...: It looks like Russian to me, too. I used www.translator.reference.com and came up with MetronIDazol. Hope that sounds familiar to you, cause I'm not in the medical profession at all.; 1:43 AM
mike levin said...: Hey there,
it is metronidasole, IV sol.
from wiki:
is a nitroimidazole antibiotic medication used particularly for anaerobic bacteria and protozoa. Metronidazole is an antibiotic, amebicide, and antiprotozoal.[1] It is the drug of choice for first episodes of mild-to-moderate Clostridium difficile infection.[2] It is marketed by Pfizer under the trade name Flagyl.
hope it helps.
P.S.
found your blog because of the cholera treating instructions. thanks for the complete and easy to follow set of instructions!
mike; 9:32 AM
Jen said...: thanks Mike--glad the blogs on cholera treatment have been useful for you.; 7:32 PM

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I first traveled to Haiti in 1998. For the next 10 years, I visited Haiti once or twice a year, working with various organizations but mainly with Providence Ministries. I finished pediatric residency in June 2007 and spent 9 months volunteering as a pediatrician in Haiti from Sept 2007 through May 2008, then started fellowship in pediatric emergency medicine. I finished fellowship in mid-2011 then started an attending job. My state-side home is in Minnesota.

While in Haiti in 2007-08, I worked at a medical clinic in La Digue, a small village about 30 miles north of Port au Prince. We saw children with conditions common in the developing world, such as malnutrition, malaria and parasites, as well as conditions common in children all over the world, like respiratory and gastrointestinal infections.

Five days after the earthquake in January 2010 I joined a medical relief team at Heartline Field Hospital in Port au Prince. I initially planned to stay 6 weeks but ended up staying for about 5 months total throughout the year, traveling back and forth multiple times in 2010 while running the field hospital. I have had the privilege of providing medical care for some of the strongest, bravest people I've ever met.

In 2011 and beyond my medical work in Haiti has continued, first by responding to the cholera epidemic, then in other areas as needs have arisen. I continue to work with several different organizations in Haiti including Heartline Ministries. I spent over 4 months in Haiti in 2011 and I'm looking forward to several more months in-country coming up in 2012.