[Kartographer]

I recently posted a article urging preppers to look at their medical supplies. A lot of questions came up about buying, storing and using antibiotics, most of which I had no answers for. Hopefully may of your question will be answered in Dr. Bones four part series on Antibiotics And Their Use in Collapse Medicine(tm).

[Kartographer]

Links to parts 2, 3 and 4:

For Part 2, see link below:
http://doctorbonesandamyshow.blogspot.com/2011/11/antibiotics-and-their-use-in-collapse_30.html

For part 3, see link below:
http://doctorbonesandamyshow.blogspot.com/2011/12/antibiotics-and-their-use-in-collapse.html

For Part 4, see link below:
http://doctorbonesandamyshow.blogspot.com/2011/12/antibiotics-and-their-use-in-collapse_04.html

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[precisionshootist]

Ok, this has my attention.

Thanks!

[American in Israel]

Over the counter Antibiotics

[amom]

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[Cold Heart]

Just saw a product on the shelf, pressureized-can wound cleaner. One brand was a saline cleaner by Arm & Hammer, the other a smaller can by Triple Antibiotic. Pretty handy

I found them in a full price store, $8.50 for about 5-6 oz. I’ll have to check Walmart.

Speaking of Walmart, I see some of their stores are carrying #10 cans of freeze dried storage food.

[MHGinTN]

A PDR (Physician's Desk Reference) is a vital part of the strategy for survival if you intend to stock antibiotics. Here's a clue to cost for the 2011 PDR (and a good used bookstore will have 2010 and 2009 versions for even less; the antibiotics as topic of this thread will be covered in a 2008 PDR just fine):

At Amazon - Available from these sellers
9 new from $14.00 20 used from $13.49

Anyone serious about serving as medic in a post collapse environment would do well to pick up a Merck Manual, used, also, to help with diagnoses and treatment suggestions.

[Max in Utah]

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[Secret Agent Man]

I don’t think the use of antibiotics is the problem. It’s the MIS-USE of antibiotics that are the problem.

Not taking them long enough to wipe out the infection, which leaves the most hearty and resistant ones alive and the infection comes back harder to knock out, and maybe requires a tougher drug to kill.

Or prescribing antibiotics for an illness that is not caused by bacteria.

And not providing probiotics (good bacteria) while on antibiotics, to replenish good gut flora that’s knocked out by the medicine. Early with antibiotics docs gave probiotics to patients because they knew the drug hit good and bad bacteria. Now they don’t.

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