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4 Must Have Antibiotics
4 Must Have Antibiotics
4 Must Have Antibiotics
antibiotics!
Never expect a doctor to phone-in a prescription for an antibiotic without seeing you first. Why?
To ensure your illness is in fact a bacterial infection, as viruses do not respond to antibiotics.
For example Influenza is a virus infection – this is why your doctor will never prescribe you
antibiotics for this.
Knowing the difference between a viral and bacterial illness may save you time and money. Here
are four tips to help you determine when an illness could be viral or bacterial. Take this advice
only when you can’t see a doctor (when SHTF):
A person is no longer considered contagious once on an antibiotic for 24 hours and any
fever has been resolved. (Source – Dr. Linda Petter)
If your symptoms do not resolve, or if at any time you develop a severe headache or neck pain,
persistent nausea / vomiting or a fever, be sure to see a doctor promptly.
Instead of buying 10 types of antibiotics (many having similar substances) you should consider
4-5 with totally different actions, so if the bacteria is resistant to one of them, you have 4 totally
different “solutions” to try.
This, of course, only if you don’t have access to a clinic where they can test the bacterial
resistance to these antibiotics first.
For example if you took Amoxicillin with no effect, there is no need to try other penicillin based
antibiotics (Carbenicillin, Cloxacillin, Flucloxacillin, Oxacillin, Methicillin an so on) so you can
exclude a wide range.
But the antibiotics listed bellow should work for most bacterial diseases, including Most
Common Biological Weapons (like Anthrax – 90% mortality without treatment in the first 3-6
days).
1. Amoxicillin
Amoxicillin is a penicillin antibiotic used to treat many different types of infection caused by
bacteria, such as tonsillitis, bronchitis, pneumonia, gonorrhea, and infections of the ear, nose
or throat.
Amoxicillin is also sometimes used together with another antibiotic called clarithromycin – the
second one – to treat stomach ulcers caused by Helicobacter pylori infection.
Update – at the suggestion of Dr. M (comment area): Augmenting is also a very good option.
It’s basically an upgraded amoxicillin (contains amoxicillin + clavulanate potassium) but with
increased (mild) side-effects: stomach discomfort with mild cramping and diarrhea. I know it’s
OK for most of people. I personally tried it 2 times and I had the bad luck of happening to me.
2. Clarithromycin
Clarithromycin is used to treat many different types of bacterial infections affecting the skin and
respiratory system. If the bacteria seems to be resistant to Amoxicillin, this is the next best
thing one should try when SHTF.
Contains Erythromycin and can be substituted with. Don’t take both antibiotics at the same time.
Update – at the suggestion of Dr. M (comment area): Zithromax (also a macrolide antibiotic) is
a very good (better in many ways) substitute for Clarithromycin. But it is less active against
Helicobacter pylori.
3. Ciprofloxacin
Ciprofloxacin is an antibiotic in a group of drugs called fluoroquinolones.
Ciprofloxacin is useful for anthrax, urinary tract and prostate infections, diverticulitis and
many forms of pneumonia and bronchitis.
4. Metronidazole
Metronidazole is used to treat parasitic and bacterial infections including Giardia infections of
the small intestine, colon infections, liver abscess, vaginal infections (not yeast), fungating
wounds, intra-abdominal infections, lung abscess and gingivitis.
So, if you plan on long term storage, the individual foil packs are the best choice. Then pack
them in sealed containers with dessicants to be sure.
Manufacturers put expiration dates on for marketing, rather than scientific, reasons,” said Mr.
Flaherty, a formal pharmacist at the FDA. “It’s not profitable for them to have products on a
shelf for 10 years. They want turnover.”
So maybe the question should be “for how long these antibiotics are expected to still have
effects?”
I hope you found this information useful. This is a guest post from Dr. S. Flint.