Practical Antibiotic Guide

[VisuTrac]

recently found an interesting link on antibiotics.

FWIW

A Practical Guide to Antibiotics and Their Usage for Survival

[Bison_Forge]

Cool! Thanks for sharing.

[mrghostwalker]

3 thumbs up!

[Bear4570]

Nice primer on antibiotics, thanks.

[LogOut]

I've been looking for something in depth, yet understandable to someone with a non-medical background.

Thanks !

[eeyore]

Looks like a good article to me, some other good stuff at the site also

[Guit_fishN]

Thanks for posting. I have a question for everyone:

I've seen a great deal of posts like this on other boards with similar titles as: "What antibiotics to stockpile in case TEOTWAWKI."

So, now you know which antibiotics will be useful against which bug, but, how are people going about stockpiling these drugs? All of them require a Rx, so, how does this work? Do you just tell your doctor "Hey, I want a script for Cipro just in case...."

I would like to have a bunch of z-paks laying around, but getting an M.D. to prescribe them has been a pain in the keister even with a severe sinus infection

Moreover, there's a growing movement within the medical community to stop prescribing antibiotics for every little malady. Their thinking is that overl-prescription is what is causing the recent trend in "multi-drug resistant organisms" (MDROs), or bugs that don't respond to any known antibiotic.


One scenario that I think is likely if TSHTF is rise in the number of cases of brucellosis (a zoonotic disease). You can get this from eating/drinking unpasteurized cheese/milk. Monotherapies are ineffective, so, you need two antibiotics for this one. One recommended treatment is doxycycline with gentamicin, the last of which needs to be injected. This is pretty complicated now, right? So, not only do you need to find the drugs, now you need to get it into a solution and have a syringe.

Every time I start thinking about the resultant carnage of a SHTF scenario, it gets me really bummed out. I just wish the radical Islamacists and North Koreans would disappear.

[Guit_fishN]

Reading that guide got me worked up and thinking about bad stuff again.

Here's some more good background info:

http://www.usamriid.army.mil/educati...Sep%202006.pdf

[Illini Warrior]

Originally Posted by Guit_fishN

Thanks for posting. I have a question for everyone:

I've seen a great deal of posts like this on other boards with similar titles as: "What antibiotics to stockpile in case TEOTWAWKI."

So, now you know which antibiotics will be useful against which bug, but, how are people going about stockpiling these drugs? All of them require a Rx, so, how does this work? Do you just tell your doctor "Hey, I want a script for Cipro just in case...."

I would like to have a bunch of z-paks laying around, but getting an M.D. to prescribe them has been a pain in the keister even with a severe sinus infection

Moreover, there's a growing movement within the medical community to stop prescribing antibiotics for every little malady. Their thinking is that overl-prescription is what is causing the recent trend in "multi-drug resistant organisms" (MDROs), or bugs that don't respond to any known antibiotic.


One scenario that I think is likely if TSHTF is rise in the number of cases of brucellosis (a zoonotic disease). You can get this from eating/drinking unpasteurized cheese/milk. Monotherapies are ineffective, so, you need two antibiotics for this one. One recommended treatment is doxycycline with gentamicin, the last of which needs to be injected. This is pretty complicated now, right? So, not only do you need to find the drugs, now you need to get it into a solution and have a syringe.

Every time I start thinking about the resultant carnage of a SHTF scenario, it gets me really bummed out. I just wish the radical Islamacists and North Koreans would disappear.

You need to read more of the posting ..... plenty of info on buying antibiotics thru the vet /animal meds supply houses ......

[Guit_fishN]

Originally Posted by Illini Warrior

You need to read more of the posting ..... plenty of info on buying antibiotics thru the vet /animal meds supply houses ......

I saw that. Keep in mind there are a few antibiotics for pets that will make a human ill. There's no way I could buy this kind of stuff at my vet though.

Perhaps a farm supply place will work for wide spectrum remedies. Although, I have heard about people keeping fish antibiotics on hand. Interesting.....