Boiron Medicines are Essential for Set Medic Tony Whitmore

Working as a Hollywood set medic, emergency medical technician Tony Whitmore provides for the medical needs of a film or TV show’s cast and crew. To help keep everyone healthy, Whitmore stocks his kit with Boiron medicines, including his favorites, Oscillococcinum for flu-like symptoms, Coldcalm for colds, and Roxalia for sore throats and hoarseness (an excellent product for actors and production crews who spend a great deal of time every day using their voice).

Whitmore has worked as a set medic for over 15 years. During that time, he’s worked with the casts of several popular films, including “The Social Network,” “The Hangover,” “Rush Hour 3,” “The Benchwarmers” and “The Longest Yard.” In the past, he’s had great success using Boiron products on several famous actors such as Jackie Chan, Adam Sandler and Burt Reynolds.

Whitmore was the production medic on the 2005 film, “The Longest Yard,” starring Sandler, Reynolds and Chris Rock. “This movie involved full contact football. I used Boiron’s Arnicare Cream on several cast members, including Sandler, Brian Bosworth and Michael Irvin, and in each case, they had great results. Arnicare Cream quickly became the treatment of choice for the cast and crew,” says Whitmore. “Colds and flu always spread through a movie’s crew, and ‘The Longest Yard’ was no exception. I carry Boiron’s Oscillo and Coldcalm in my kit and use it all the time—Oscillo is the Cadillac of flu medications that everyone requests! I introduced Sandler to Oscillo on the set of ‘Spanglish,’ and he used it with success. Reynolds found that the Coldcalm really worked wonders.”

In 2007, Jackie Chan recognized Whitmore’s hard work on the set of “Rush Hour 3.” “[An] important job on any film production is that of the medic. Whitmore is the man to see when you have a headache, indigestion, a cut, or any other ache or pain. He took me on a tour of his traveling pharmacy and showed me a dazzling assortment of medications, sprays, creams and bandages,” including, of course, some Boiron medicines.

And on the set of Whitmore’s most recent project, “Bad Teacher” (2011), even the sound mixer was impressed with Coldcalm, saying that it worked as advertised and thanking Whitmore for having it on his cart.

While Whitmore’s job may not be as glamorous as the people that he treats, he is definitely a well-respected man on any film or TV set. Cast and crew members rely on Whitmore to keep them healthy, and he does just that—with some help from Boiron!