BaseCamp Rx 

Explore topics about pharmacology, drugs, vaccines, and other therapeutics pertinent to wilderness and travel medicine, written by a pharmacist. Equip yourself with the knowledge about what to get before you go on an adventure or work trip, and what to pack in your medical kit in case of an accident, medical issue, or toxic exposure.

Column Editor: Nancy Pietroski, PharmD, NR-EMT, FAWM, CTH

 

This is Your Brain Off Drugs

Nancy Pietroski, PharmD, NR-EMT, FAWM, CTH
January 15, 2024

Exploring the potential place of the placebo effect in wilderness medicine


Brother, Can You Spare a Tylenol?

Nancy Pietroski, PharmD, NR-EMT, FAWM, CTH
November 29, 2023

The critical issue of drug shortages in the US


Wilderness Medicine Pharmacy

Nancy Pietroski, PharmD, NREMT, FAWM, CTH
August 17, 2023

A New Frontier or Black Hole?


Please Wake Me Up Before I Go: Naloxone for Opioid Overdoses

Nancy Pietroski, PharmD, NR-EMT, FAWM, CTH
April 14, 2023

Drug overdose is the leading cause of accidental death in the US


Mad About Melatonin

Nancy Pietroski, PharmD, NR-EMT, FAWM, CTH
December 20, 2022

Getting a good night's sleep with melatonin


Antidotes for Nature's Assailants

Nancy Pietroski, PharmD, NR-EMT, FAWM, CTH
July 30, 2022

Poisons, Toxins, & Venoms


It's Essential

Nancy Pietroski, PharmD, NR-EMT, FAWM, CTH
May 16, 2022

The World's Biggest Formulary


Expired Drugs

Nancy Pietroski, PharmD, FAWM, WEMT, CTH
April 19, 2022

Still Immortal or Still DOA?


Do you know enough?

Nancy Pietroski, PharmD, NR-EMT, FAWM, CTH
January 25, 2022

Websites, apps, and more, for drug info


Wherever You Work or Roam in the Wild

Nancy Pietroski, PharmD, NR-EMT, FAWM, CTH
October 7, 2021

Protect yourself and others. Get your shots.


Free Food and Medicine

Nancy Pietroski, PharmD, NR-EMT, FAWM, CTH
August 11, 2021

Part 4: Nature's High


Misery, Medicine, & Miracles

Nancy Pietroski, PharmD, WEMT, FAWM, CTH
January 17, 2021

A look inside the transcontinental explorers' medicine bag


Off-Label Use and Repurposing Drugs for COVID-19

Nancy Pietroski, PharmD, WEMT, FAWM, CTH
October 19, 2020

Can you teach an old drug new tricks?


Toxic Plants & Mushrooms

Nancy Pietroski, PharmD, FAWM, WEMT, CTH
June 9, 2020

From Wilderness Drugstore to Garden of Evil


Free Food and Medicine (Part 2)

Nancy Pietroski, PharmD, FAWM, WEMT, CTH
January 23, 2020

Use of common medicinal plants


Base Camp Rx

Nancy Pietroski, PharmD, FAWM, WEMT, CTH
August 6, 2019

Make Foraging for Edible and Medicinal Plants and Mushrooms Part of Your Every Day Wilderness Experience


Drugs for Travel: Rx, OTC, and BYO

Nancy Pietroski, PharmD, FAWM, WEMT, CTH
February 28, 2019

A follow-up to Base Camp Rx - Vaccines for Travel: The Three Rs


Vaccines for Travel

Nancy Pietroski, PharmD, FAWM, WEMT, CTH, EMR
August 31, 2018

A brief overview of vaccines administered before travel


Base Camp Rx: PEDs in Mountaineering So are PEDs dope or hype?

Nancy Pietroski, PharmD, FAWM, WEMT, CTH
July 29, 2017

Meprobamate (brand name Miltown) - Its abuse potential and it eventually became a controlled substance...


Base Camp Rx: Medical Kits

Nancy Pietroski, PharmD, FAWM, WEMT, CTH
February 14, 2017

What to pack in a medical kit for a wilderness trip is a large topic to tackle...


Base Camp Rx: Temperature Stability

Nancy Pietroski, PharmD, FAWM, WEMT, CTH
May 11, 2016

A guide to keeping meds stored at the proper temperature...