Word: antibioticized
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The government doesn't want you to stock up on Cipro, the antibiotic treatment for anthrax. Officials emphasize that your risk of getting anthrax is very small. They promise that Cipro or other equally effective drugs will be available if needed. They warn of rare but dangerous side effects. This...
PLAYING CHICKEN The routine use of antibiotics in livestock may create healthier--even fatter--animals, but it may take its toll on humans. New research shows that the same antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria found in meat and poultry are turning up in our intestines. As a consequence, food-borne...
As the casualties from the anthrax attacks continue to build—most recently with the deaths of two postal workers in Washington and the illness of another in Trenton, N.J.—the need for an increased supply of the antibiotic Cipro has become more apparent. No one...
No, because taking antibiotics without an active infection--or taking too short a course of antibiotics--only opens the door for bacteria to become resistant, rendering the medications ineffective. In addition, physicians should not be prescribing Cipro so people can stockpile the drug. Shortages could occur, and patients with legitimate...
Should you rush to take prophylactic antibiotics just in case you've been exposed, when there is no objective basis for your fear whatsoever? Absolutely not. Anytime you take antibiotics there is a chance of having a severe allergic reaction and possibly dying or of creating antibiotic resistant bacteria within...