AmeriCares' Turkey/Iran airlift aid
Executive Summary
Antibiotics are being donated by four pharmaceutical firms -- Merck Sharp & Dohme (Mefoxin), Lemmon (amoxicillin, cephalexin), Pfizer (Pfizerpen) and Biocraft Labs (ampicillin, cephalexin and cephradine). Also being sent to Kurdish and other Iraqi refugees are three antidiarrheals: Immodium (Johnson & Johnson), Lomotril (Searle), and Kaopectate (Upjohn). Analgesics include J&J's Tylenol products, Sterling's (Glenbrook Labs) Midol, Upjohn's Motrin and Purepac's ibuprofen. Vitamins and other nutritional supplements are also going to the Middle East. The products, along with other medical supplies, are being sent in at least eight separate airlift operations, AmeriCares says. The fifth of these airlifts is tentatively scheduled for April 24. For information on how to donate medicines contact: Steve Norman or Dwain Schenck at AmeriCares: (800) 486-HELP.