Bought a bottle of Ciproflaxin, Amoxicycline, Ampicillin and Doxicycline from Amazon.com
They're under "fish antibiotics" but are all USP pharmaceutical grade meds...
I'll bet they taste delicious too! Would love to watch a kid take them.:drugs:
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Bought a bottle of Ciproflaxin, Amoxicycline, Ampicillin and Doxicycline from Amazon.com
They're under "fish antibiotics" but are all USP pharmaceutical grade meds...
I'll bet they taste delicious too! Would love to watch a kid take them.:drugs:
I would really hope that anyone buying serious meds online or a "Grange Co-op" or other animal/pet supply place google and print out the proper uses, human dosages and the warnings. Some of that stuff can be really dangerous to people who have other medical issues, and of course it's important to know which med to use for which ailment, in what dose, and for how long.
? They're in standard pill form...100/500mg
i would imagine a good broad spectrum antibiotic would be sufficient for almost all bacterial infections?
i would imagine a good broad spectrum antibiotic would be sufficient for almost all bacterial infections?
OK, in a post SHTF scenario, I understand people using the big guns like cipro for wounds etc....but...
this is the old lab tech talking here, and just a warning that all antibiotics won't work on all bacteria. There is a reason we always do a sensitivity when we do a culture. Even within the same genus/specie of bug, different strains of the same bacteria will have differing levels of sensitivity to an antimicrobial....
Shotgun techniques with antibiotics, post SHTF, are wasteful, but about the only thing you can do if you fear sepsis...use what you got and hope that you are going to kill it, but the best advise is to be careful and proper wound care - wash the wound with betadine, wash your hands, clean dressings, wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands....
Old RN here and I have to agree that it is not a good idea to take antibiotics you have stockpiled UNLESS you have some medical knowledge about the risks of expecting an oral antibiotic to clear up a wound or even a sepsis.
I am just going to give you 1 example of why oral antibiotics could cause more problems than you might already have. A lot of antibiotics can put a person into renal failure if they are not hydrated properly or their blood volume is low, which could very well be the case in a SHTF event. Best thing for wounds...is anything you need to do to clean (debride) that wound and keep it clean. Soap, water, betadine or even a weak bleach solution (look up Dankins solution) can work to help clean open wound infections. Scrub that wound if need be.
Just be aware that it can be a life threatening risk to give someone an (each and every) antibiotic and if it is absolutely necessary because you can not get to medical help at all...then be sure the patient is able to hydrate and they are producing adequate urine otherwise you might just knock out what little natural immune defenses that patient still has.