# Camp Meds **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 26, 2010, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camp-meds/548073 "2010-07-26T17:12:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camp-meds/548073/21 "2013-06-26T11:35:47Z")
Are kids now required to bring any painkillers they may need (that would lead to any camp with older girls to have a lot of boxes of ibuprofen)? How many of the pills are vitamins or supplements? ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camp-meds/548073/22 "2013-06-26T12:33:36Z")
> [@kbear](#): > > I’ve just sent my two 15 year olds off to camp in the US. I don’t have a problem with them turning their meds over to the nurse, but the requirement for a form signed by their doctor for over the counter medication, including vitamins, really pissed me off. I think as a parent I should have the right to sign a form for lactaid pills or vitamin C or whatever the hell else anyone can walk into a drug store and buy. I understand the need to control the distribution but undermining my right to authorize the use of an asprin.? grrr. Considering I use private healthcare in the UK I certainly wasn’t going to pay my GP £80 to fill out the form! > > A little too much CYA for my liking I had a similar issue with my daughter’s school, who didn’t want me to send herbal cough syrup with her without a doctor’s prescription. Literally something I make in my own kitchen. Luckily, I had a very cool doctor friend who rolled his eyes and offered to write a “prescription” for her. And they locked up my little herb and honey concoction right along with the narcotics and amphetamines. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camp-meds/548073/23 "2013-06-26T12:35:01Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > “Mr. Ritalin, a beaver ate my johnson!” Another forest creature, strung out on Ritalin, turning tricks for its next fix… ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camp-meds/548073/24 "2013-06-26T12:38:09Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > “Mr. Ritalin, a beaver ate my johnson!” > > Yeah, I got a dirty mind. Not dirty enough: “Mr. Ritalin, a Johnson ate my beaver!” ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camp-meds/548073/25 "2013-06-26T13:41:35Z")
> [@Count\_Blucher](#): > > Another forest creature, strung out on Ritalin, turning tricks for its next fix… ☹ This is now stuck in my head, mashed up with the Descendents’ _Bikeage_. ---
**Author:** ![wheresmymind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/91b2a8/32.png) [@wheresmymind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wheresmymind)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camp-meds/548073/26 "2013-06-26T14:47:25Z")
Anyone know if this is the situation at Zombie Camp as well? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camp-meds/548073.md?page=1)