Posted: 4/7/2012 7:06:30 AM EDT
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I've been backpacking, mountaineering and canyoneering for years. Got a pretty good handle on essentials needed for a variety of situations. But what I've always wrestled with is what medication I should have on me.
Was watching doomsday preppers the other day and one guy had stocked up on fish tank antibiotics. His take was that they are the same type that are prescribed for humans. I'd much rather have a stock pile of z-packs but haven't figured out how to get hold of them in quantity. Has anyone taken the fish antibiotic route? Is it legit? What's the correct dosage? Looking forward to your ideas/opinions. TC |
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Not sure about the fish antibiotics thing.
1-800- PETMEDS has a bunch of antibiotics. Zpacs are good, in a survival situation I would tend to avoid fluroquinolones (tendon rupture would ruin your whole day)- this includes Cipro, Moxifloxacin, Gatifloxacin, etc. If you're allergic to PCN, watch out for cross-reactions. If you ever go to Mexico you could bring back a shitload of whatever you want no problem. You might ask your family doc- if they are at all halfway intelligent, they wouldn't mind you having a few bottles on hand and would have no problem writing a script. I know I don't have a prob. For me I just order them straight up. (RHIP ;-) |
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I've been backpacking, mountaineering and canyoneering for years. Got a pretty good handle on essentials needed for a variety of situations. But what I've always wrestled with is what medication I should have on me. Was watching doomsday preppers the other day and one guy had stocked up on fish tank antibiotics. His take was that they are the same type that are prescribed for humans. I'd much rather have a stock pile of z-packs but haven't figured out how to get hold of them in quantity. Has anyone taken the fish antibiotic route? Is it legit? What's the correct dosage? Looking forward to your ideas/opinions. TC You can buy the real thing just over the border in Mexico. Z-pack = $4-$6. Most others < $10 per 100. |
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FWIW
I've done pretty well for the last several years by taking Vitamin D, Lypo-spheric Vitamin C and other anti-oxidants. If you don't get sick in the first place you don't need anti-biotics, and unlike anti-biotics, Vitamin C is very effective against viruses. Curing the Incurable |
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Wounds getting infected is what I'm more concerned with. I'm trying cover the bases so that my wife and whoever else might need assistance can be better taken care of.
Mexico crossed my mind a few times. Never been one to shy away from trouble but it's never been my style to look for it. Adventure yes. Trouble no. I'm also kind of a vitamin junkie. I rarely get sick and have no idea if it's the vitamins or not but figure it can't hurt. |
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Quoted: Maybe, but if you take a bad fall and get cut up, scraped up or break something and a infection sets in and your in the middle of nowhere, I don't think vitamin C is gonna cut it. Viruses don't generally infect scrapes. They cause colds, flus, warts, social diseases, etc. Bacteria is the type of "infection" you are thinking about. That said, this is the first I have heard where vitamin C is claimed to be anti-viral.
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This thread on the topic of antibiotics really, really needs to be stickied. |