Survival Antibiotics

Got Survival Antibiotics?

You have a cache of weapons and ammo. You have your bug out bag. You have food and water.

Will Your Demise Be A Sinus Infection?

Survival Antibiotics are a part of my prepper medical supply, and they should be part of yours too. When you think about survival medicine and start to put together your cache of prepper medical supplies you need to consider survival antibiotics an essential part of your kit.
Here’s why…

Everything is OK until it’s not OK. Then, it’s a matter of how prepared you are to make things OK.

It Was Only A Scratch…But That’s All It Takes

For me, it wasn’t OK when I was on the verge of a week-long Army field training exercise. A little scratch on my knuckle had become a swollen, mess of pus after a few days of military style sleep deprivation and poor hygiene. Don’t judge.

I figured out I could get an extra 15 minutes of sleep if I showered only every other day. It was a time that I measured sleep in minutes rather than hours, and this seemed like a solid plan.

As we prepared our gear for inspection, I noticed a red line snaking from the pink scratch up to my forearm that appeared to follow a vein.

A couple of hours later, the angry red line had reached my armpit. Also, by then, I felt like I had a hangover from hell even though I hadn’t had a drink in over a week. I was concerned enough at this point to show my squad leader. After berating me for being too stupid to take care of a mere scratch, and too weak to heal myself, he sent me to sick call.

I received Motrin, a painful shot of antibiotics in the butt, and seven days worth of pills. Within hours, I was limping through a road march, embracing the suck for my FTX. Hooah.

I can only image what would have happened without those antibiotics? Septicemia. Blood poisoning. Death. Most likely, I would be dead now if not for antibiotics. From a scratch on my knuckle!

Antibiotics Changed Life As We Know It

Antibiotics changed medicine and life as we know it. Before Alexander Fleming’s 1928 discovery of penicillin, there were a few options for treatment of bacterial infections.

1. Removal.
You could cut off the limb or cut out that infected pound of flesh. Surgery is probably a bad plan in a SHTF world without that sterile O.R. not to mention the actual surgeon.

2. Natural remedies.
You could cover it with a natural poultice or use other various natural resources. Natural remedies is an article in itself, possibly a book.  So here is a link to some simple antibacterial poultices.

3. The immune system.
You could wait and see if your immune system destroys the offending germ. The body does a pretty good job of defeating a lot of bugs. That said, the body depends on everything being in good working order. A healthy immune system is well fed, well rested and focused only on the task at hand: Kill that disease! So lots of bed rest.

No foraging or fighting off pillagers. Just heal. Diarrhea, snotty nose, fever, vomiting. These are all part of the body’s attempt to get rid of the germ. Cook the germ. Flush it out.

Each of those things taxes your body, uses more of those valuable resources: Food, water, energy.

That’s the guy in the zombie movie that everyone talks about leaving behind because, “he’s slowing us down, and he probably won’t make it anyhow”.

Development of antibiotics for medical use began in the 1940s, and many illnesses moved from having a prognosis of certain death to a prognosis of 10 days of pill popping as life goes on. Prior to the 1940’s my ominous red line? Not good.

Even today, the death rate for septicemia is around 50%. Bacterial skin infections (mostly staph infections) had a mortality rate of 11%. After the introduction of antibiotics, that death rate fell by 100 fold. I’m no statistician, but that seems like a win.

How about Meningitis without antibiotics? Write your epitaph quickly, before your mind gets cooked.

Please note that a lot of changes in life and medicine occurred at about the same time as the discovery of antibiotics that helped boost the survival rates.

To say that any bacterial infection untreated by antibiotics is a death sentence would be an exaggeration. It would be more realistic to call survival antibiotics one crucial tool in the bag that will help you stay alive.

Other changes that seem so common sense to us now were just becoming the norm in the early 20th century.

• Cleanliness (hand washing, room cleaning, proper garbage disposal, sewage treatment, clean water).
• Vaccinations (antivirus NOT antibacterial).
• Improved food supply
• Improvements in shelter design.

Basic overall Achievements In Public Health.

• Now, what do you think will disappear in our SHTF scenario?
• Will the garbage man still do his rounds?
• Will you take daily showers when life-giving water is scarce?
• When the grid goes down, will your home still be a comfy 68 degrees?
• Will you get your five servings of vegetables a day?

You get the point…things will be much different.

A SHTF world is a pre-antibiotic world.

All of the things that helped improve the average lifespan from mid-forties in the early 20th century to nearly eighty in the early 21st century, sanitation, a steady food supply, a good night’s sleep; they’ll be a thing of the past.

However, one big difference is that antibiotics will still exist.

The question is: Will you have access to them?

The answer will be the same as any other prepper question. If you think ahead, if you prepare for the problem before you have the problem, you’ll be okay.

But First, A Quick Antibiotic Lesson

There are two basic types of antibiotics: Broad spectrum antibiotics andNarrow spectrum antibiotics. Think of it as a frag grenade versus a well-placed sniper shot.

Broad-spectrum antibiotics kill most types of bacteria. Doctors use these antibiotics when they can’t name that dog. If they don’t know what kind of bacteria they need to kill, broad spectrum antibiotics kill ‘em all and let God sort ‘em out.

Broad spectrum antibiotics is a good plan for those people who come into the ER so sick that antibiotics need to be getting to work within minutes and hours.

It’s also a good plan for a layperson who knows that he or she has a bad bacteria but has no clue which bug is trying to kill him or her.

The drawback with these is that your body plays the part of God and has to sort ‘em out. Your body has to deal with a system that doesn’t have good, bad, or ugly bacteria in or on it anymore.

Good bacteria help the skin stay healthy and keep the bad stuff out. Good bacteria live in your gut and break down food so that you can absorb those nutrients. Good bacteria even act as a sort of antibiotic by competing with and crowding out harmful bacteria.

The body has a lot of bacteria that are necessary for you to survive. Broad-spectrum antibiotics kill the good guys and the bad guys.

What can result from wiping out all your bacteria?

• Vaginal yeast infections. Good luck getting cranberry juice and yogurt in the SHTF world.
• Thrush. That’s a yeast infection in your mouth. Yuck.
• Clostridium difficile “C-diff” an opportunist bacteria that grows when the good stuff disappears and causes terrible diarrhea. It kills 29,000 people every year.

All that besides the normal side effects that antibiotics have, like diarrhea (which actually evens out the constipation of a straight MRE diet), rash, and nausea.

Narrow spectrum antibiotics kill just certain bacteria. In cases that the doctor is pretty sure which bacteria needs killed, these are the smart choice.

Narrow spectrum antibiotics will spare your good bacteria and keep you in the fight. I don’t recommend stocking up on these because you’re not very likely to be able to identify your killer germ without some pretty good medical knowledge or a still working WebMD.

There are exceptions. You can research which of these medications might be worth trying for which bacterial infections. Azythromycin, for example is the go to for sinus infections. Did you know that some of your sinuses are separated from your brain by mere millimeters of bony tissue?

You should now be asking:
How do I get survival antibiotics? You know…legally, without lying to my doctor.

Here’s Your Answer To The Survival Antibiotics Problem

The easy answer is FISH ANTIBIOTICS 

If you don’t want to bank on the lifesaving capabilities of a lump of clay, a good fever, and some hope, stock up on fish antibiotics.

Expired, or Not Expired… Can You Store Medications Long Term?

What medications* do we keep in our preps? We store: 1) over-the-counter (OTC) drugs: ibuprofen (Motrin), acetaminophen (Tylenol), aspirin, diphenhydramine (Benadryl), pseudoephedrine (Sudafed), loratadine (Claritin), guaifenesin (Mucinex), and 2) antibiotics (that I recently posted about): amoxicillin, cephalexin, ciprofloxacin, doxycycline, metronidazole.

How long can they be stored? They have expiration dates, does that mean they go bad?

Let’s start with what do drug expiration dates mean? Required since 1979, the expiration date is the last date that the pharmaceutical company will guarantee 100% potency (some sources state at least 90% potency). So then we ask, how long does it take a drug to lose it’s beneficial effects?

That is the question that the Department of Defense (DOD) asked the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1985 (the military had over a billion dollars worth of medication stored). So in response, in 1986, the DOD and the FDA began the Shelf Life Extension Program (SLEP).

The SLEP program is documented in the Wall Street Journal article, Many Medicines Are Potent Years Past Expiration Dates, by Laurie P. Cohen, March 28, 2000. The military submitted, and the FDA has evaluated, over 100 drugs – prescription and OTC. The results showed that about 90% of them were safe and effective well past their expiration dates, some for 10 years or longer. Joel Davis, a former FDA expiration-date compliance chief, said that with a handful of exceptions – notably nitroglycerin, insulin and some liquid antibiotics – most expired drugs are probably effective.

In light of these results, a former [FDA] director of the testing program, Francis Flaherty, says he has concluded that expiration dates put on by manufacturers typically have no bearing on whether a drug is usable for longer.

Mr. Flaherty notes that a drug maker is required to prove only that a drug is still good on whatever expiration date the company chooses to set. The expiration date doesn’t mean, or even suggest, that the drug will stop being effective after that, nor that it will become harmful.

“Manufacturers put expiration dates on for marketing, rather than scientific, reasons,” said Mr. Flaherty, a pharmacist at the FDA until his retirement in 1999. “It’s not profitable for them to have products on a shelf for 10 years. They want turnover.”

The Harvard Medical School Family Health Guide, in Drug Expiration Dates – Do They Mean Anything?, notes that, with rare exceptions, “it’s true the effectiveness of a drug may decrease over time, but much of the original potency still remains even a decade after the expiration date”.

Where and how medications are stored is an important factor in minimizing their degradation. Storing in a cool, dry, dark place will maximize their lifespan; when possible keep sealed in their original container until ready to use. Medications stored in bathroom cabinets or shelves could have effectiveness significantly reduced. Be sure to discard any pills that become discolored, turn powdery, or smell overly strong; any liquids that appear cloudy or filmy; or any tubes of cream that are hardened or cracked.

Dr. Bones, from The Doom and Bloom Show, states in his blog post, The Truth About Expiration Dates, “I put forth to you this recommendation: Do not throw away medications that are in pill or capsule form after their expiration dates if you are stockpiling for a collapse. Even if a small amount of potency is lost after time, they will be of use when we no longer have the ability to mass-produce these medicines. I’m aware that this is against the conventional medical wisdom, but we may find ourselves in a situation one day where something is better than nothing.”

(Friday: What I Did This Week To Prep)

* The terms medications and drugs (referring to legal drugs) are used interchangeably.

Post Script: Dealing With The ‘Tetracycline Becomes Toxic’ Myth

There has long been a belief that the antibiotic tetracycline becomes toxic once it has past it’s expiration date.

In Medscape Today’s article, Do Medications Really Expire?, they discusses the original case, “A contested example of a rare exception [of expired drugs possibly becoming toxic] is a case of renal tubular damage purportedly caused by expired tetracycline (reported by G. W. Frimpter and colleagues in JAMA, 1963;184:111). This outcome (disputed by other scientists) was supposedly caused by a chemical transformation of the active ingredient.”

The case was thoroughly evaluated in the 1978 article, Tetracycline in a Renal Insufficiency: Resolution of a Therapeutic Dilemma, it states, “”Old” and degraded tetracyclines have previously been demonstrated to have direct toxic effects on the renal proximal tubule, but because of changes in manufacturing techniques this is no longer a real problem.” It also states, “It has often been stated that the tetracyclines should be avoided in patients with severe renal disease, but, as we shall see, doxycycline represents an important exception to the rule”.

In Cohen’s article on the Shelf Life Extension Program, Many Medicines Are Potent Years Past Expiration Dates, it goes on to state, “Only one report known to the medical community linked an old drug to human toxicity. A 1963 Journal of the American Medical Association article said degraded tetracycline caused kidney damage. Even this study, though, has been challenged by other scientists. Mr. Flaherty says the Shelf Life program encountered no toxicity with tetracycline”.

Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy, from The Doom and Bloom Show, when interviewed on TSP, clearly state that tetracycline past it’s expiration date is safe (episode 736, beginning at 43:45). Nurse Amy concludes the topic with “. . . if they can just get that in their heads that tetracycline isn’t going to kill you when it’s past expiration”.

Medical evidence supports that tetracycline, past it’s expiration date–especially in the form of doxycycline–is as safe as any other expired antibiotic.

http://tracemypreps.com/2011/11/02/expired-or-not-expired-that-is-the-question/

9 Important Survival Antibiotics Every Prepper Should Know

It often happens that preppers overlook antibiotics as a part of their preps, but these wonder meds can actually turn out to be life savers. Effective and easy to use, survival antibiotics will certainly come in handy post collapse and when you’re having to deal with an infection. To be completely honest with you, I had been blissfully unaware of the many types of antibiotics that existed until not too long ago when I developed an infectious colitis in my colon. I didn’t know about the condition until I was in excruciating pain and I went to see my doctor. This infection was triggered by a bacterial infection, and one of the causes may have been through the consumption of uncooked meat.



Disclaimers: Nothing in this article constitutes medical advice. It is for information purposes only. It is not meant to diagnose or treat any disease. Never take any medication that was not prescribed specifically for you by your physician. Hopefully, this information can help you be a more informed and involved patient. Short of a true post-SHTF scenario, I strongly advise you not to self-diagnose and treat.


The situation was life-threatening and it was something I could no longer ignore – this is where antibiotics stepped in and literally saved my life. For no less than 10 days I took a cocktail of two different antibiotics (Metronidazole and Ciprofloxacin) and in less than two weeks I was back on track. I do not even want to think about what could have happened to me if I didn’t take the antibiotics. Now just put yourself in my shoes – what if you were confronted with a similar situation and were in urgent need of medication? This is why stocking up on survival antibiotics could be a serious matter.

In this article you will find the top 9 most efficient and most widely used survival antibiotics, but before we move on to describing each type it is important to understand that I am not a doctor and I am not entitled to give any medical advice. If you want professional and competent advice, I strongly recommend you to consult your doctor as he/she is the only one who can give you the details you need.

Also, it is important to understand that one should never take antibiotics for a simple cold, a small fever or a slight pain – these medications are aimed exclusively at bacterial infections and they should be taken only in case of emergency, and only when your doctor tells you to. If you take antibiotics on a constant basis, you will become immune to them and their efficiency will be decreased in the long term, which means that you will have a hard time trying to treat bacterial infections in the future.

Like any other type of medication, antibiotics may trigger some side effects – if you notice a rash, then you might be allergic to a compound in the antibiotic, and you must stop taking the medication and consult your doctor immediately. Also, the meds must be taken for as long as recommended by your doctor, even though you may feel better after only a couple of days – this does not necessarily mean you have overcome the infection completely!

In a nutshell, there is a wide range of antibiotics available on the market and they come in many different sizes, shapes and strengths. The following antibiotics can treat most bacterial infections, and for further information on antibiotics, their uses and their mechanism of action I strongly recommend you to read some medical books (many of them are available in PDF format as well). Having said that, here are (in my opinion) the top 9 most efficient survival antibiotics:

1. Cephalexyn
Cephalexyn is currently one of the most commonly used antibiotics for respiratory infections of all kind, mainly pneumonia and severe bronchitis. At the same time, doctors prescribe Cephalexyn to treat middle ear infections as well. This survival antibiotic comes with few adverse reactions and what’s most important is that it can be safely used by children as well as by pregnant women.

2. Amoxicilin
Amoxicilin has almost the same mechanism of action as Cephalexyn, keeping in mind that it is aimed at respiratory infections and it deals with the same types of bacteria. Children and pregnant women can safely take Amoxicilin to treat bacterial infections, although this survival antibiotic can trigger serious allergic reactions. If you notice any of the signs that indicate an allergic reaction, stop taking Amoxicilin and get in touch with your doctor immediately.
 
3. Ciprofloxacin
Ciprofloxacin can be considered an all-purpose survival antibiotic, given the fact that it can treat a wealth of infections, from infections of the prostate and the urinary tract to bronchitis, pneumonia, bacterial diarrhea and even the infectious colitis I was talking about at the beginning of the article. However, it must be mentioned that Ciprofloxacin must never be used by pregnant women and children at all costs!

4. Metronidazole
Metronidazole is widely used for the treatment of anaerobic bacteria and it is commonly used in conjunction with other survival antibiotics to treat colitis, diverticulitis and other infections of the intestines. Moreover, it is also very good for the treatment of meningitis, lung and bone infections as well as for the treatment of bacterial vaginosis. Nursing or pregnant women and children should avoid taking Metronidazole.

5. Sulfamethoxazole And Trimethoprim
This is a combination of powerful antibiotics that are especially created for urinary tract infections and respiratory infections. At the same time, this antibiotic cocktail is highly efficient against staphylococcus aureus that is resistant to Methicillin – a very strong strain of staph .

6. Ampicilin
Ampicilin is certainly one of the most popular survival drugs at the moment, because it carries a very low allergy risk and it is aimed at treating different infections like gastrointestinal infections, bacterial meningitis, infections of the respiratory tract and even the feared Anthrax.

7. Azithromycin
Azythromycin is not exactly the cheapest survival antibiotic on the market, but it is a very versatile and effective medication as it treats Syphilis, Typhoid, Chlamydia, Lyme disease and a wealth of respiratory tract infections. It has some side effects like nausea and diarrhea but they are rare, therefore it is generally safe to use.

8. Erythromycin
Erythromycin treats the well-known Lyme disease, Chlamydia, Syphilis and various infections of the respiratory system and middle ear. Nonetheless, it must be mentioned that Erythromycin can trigger several unpleasant side effects, from diarrhea and vomiting to nausea and severe abdominal pain. Even so, it is still great to have this survival antibiotic around, just in case!

9. Doxycycline
Doxycycline has the same effects as Erythromycin. Doxycycline can treat some dangerous illnesses such as Malaria or Typhus. This antibiotic must never be used by pregnant/nursing women or children. You’ll also need to drink a lot of water while on Doxycycline. This Antibiotic can be found as “Fish Cycline”, and although not intended for humans, it can still be used with little issue (unless of course expired).

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Fish Antibiotics For Preparedness

July 14, 2014, by Ken Jorgustin

 

Among the many articles I’ve read regarding fish antibiotics being the same thing as those prescribed for us humans, I recall one written on SurvivalBlog.com in which a doctor (who is apparently into prepping) ordered a variety of fish antibiotics for his preps – and to discover if indeed they were the same thing which he would otherwise prescribe to patients.

When the bottles arrived, I dug out my photographic drug reference and found that these are indeed the same pills that are given to humans, right down to the tablet color and markings.  

It makes business sense. It costs less for drug manufacturers to have one production line for each drug, rather than to build a separate process exclusively for veterinary medicines.  

These are the same generic antibiotics that can be found on many pharmacy formularies.

Disclaimers: Nothing in this article constitutes medical advice. It is for information purposes only. It is not meant to diagnose or treat any disease. Never take any medication that was not prescribed specifically for you by your physician. Hopefully, this information can help you be a more informed and involved patient. Short of a true post-SHTF scenario, I strongly advise you not to self-diagnose and treat.

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Back to the doctor from Rawles article:
“After checking my order, I placed the bottles in airtight bags and put them in the fridge. The general consensus is that antibiotics will still retain most of their potency for years after their expiration date, especially if kept cool and dry. The notable exceptions are tetracycline antibiotics, including doxycycline. These can cause kidney damage if taken after their expiration dates.”

First, we must know when not to use antibiotics.

When they become a precious commodity they will need to be used very wisely. Many of the patients I see in the adult emergency department, and most of the patients I see in the children’s Emergency Department for various types of infections do not need antibiotics. 

There is also a growing and very real danger with antibiotic resistance. It is a very legitimate fear that we may use antibiotics to the point that they are no longer effective, at which point it will be just like it was in the pre-antibiotic age.  

Also, antibiotics are not completely innocuous. They have the potential to cause harm. (All medicines do, including the “safe, natural” remedies.) Allergic reactions are common, and the only way to become allergic to a medication is to be exposed to it in the first place. Drug reactions are also very prevalent, and range from the annoying (e.g. rash, diarrhea), to the life-threatening (e.g. skin sloughing off in sheets, causing the equivalent of a bad total body burn.) 

Most infections involving the nose, sinuses, throat, and respiratory tract are viral and will not respond to antibiotics. Even some presumptive bacterial infections like otitis media (the common middle ear infection) will usually do just fine without antibiotic usage. If you have one of the following, think twice before using your precious antibiotic supply: 

Cold, cough, runny nose
Sinus pain or pressure
Bronchitis (coughing up phlegm)
Ear pain or pressure
Sore throat (there is debate about whether even strep throat needs antibiotics)

When and how to use antibiotics.

Which antibiotics to use is always a big subject of debate. A roomful of physicians will seldom agree on the proper treatment of any disease, much less antibiotic use. In fact, there is a medical specialty (Infectious Disease) in which physicians train for 5 years after medical school so they can run around the hospital and tell other physicians what antibiotics they can and cannot use.
If you are going to use antibiotics, remember some guidelines. (Again, for information purposes only.) Dosages are given in milligrams (mg). Pediatric doses are given in milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg). All dosing notations here assume they are taken orally.

What follows is a list of common diseases and the antibiotics that treat them. Remember that there are many antibiotics, most of which are not listed here.

Pneumonia/bronchitis
doxycycline 100 mg twice a day for 7-10 days
erythromycin 500 mg every 6 hours
amoxicillin (more often used in children) 45 mg/kg two times a day for 10 days
Ciprofloxacin can be used in conjunction with another antibiotic, but it is not commonly considered a “respiratory drug.” Its sister drugs, levofloxacin and moxifloxacin, are, but are not available without a prescription.

Ear infection — adult
amoxicillin 500 mg 3 times a day for 7-10 days

Ear infection — children
amoxicillin 30 mg/kg 3 times a day for 7-10 days

Sinusitis
amoxicillin 500 mg 3 times a day for 10-14 days
doxycycline 100 mg twice a day for 7 days

Sore (strep) throat
amoxicillin 500 mg 3 times a day for 10 days (child 25 mg/kg two times a day for 10 days)
clindamycin 450 mg three times a day for 10 days (child 10 mg/kg three times a day for 10 days)

Intra-abdominal infections (diverticulitis, etc)
ciprofloxacin 500 mg twice a day PLUS metronidazole 500 mg three times a day for 10 days

Infectious diarrhea
ciprofloxacin 500 mg twice daily for 5-7 days

Urinary infection — child-bearing age females without a fever (not pregnant)
trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole 160/180 mg two times a day for 3 days
ciprofloxacin 250 mg twice a day for 3 days

Urinary infection — child-bearing age females without a fever (pregnant)
cephalexin 500 mg twice a day for 7 days
amoxicillin 500 mg three times a day for 7 days

Urinary infection — other adults
ciprofloxacin 500 mg twice a day for 7-10 days

Urinary infection — children
trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole 5 mg/kg twice daily for 7 days (this dosing is based on the trimethoprim portion, which is usually 160 mg per tablet)

Bacterial vaginosis
metronidazole 500 mg twice daily for 7 days
clindamycin 300 mg twice daily for 7 days

Skin infections
trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole 160/180 mg (child 5 mg/kg) two times a day AND cephalexin 500 mg (child 6.25 mg/kg) four times a day for 7-10 days
clindamycin 300 mg (child 10 mg/kg) four times a day for 7-10 days
doxycycline 100 mg twice a day for 7-10 days
(Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, aka MRSA, is a consideration in all skin infections nowadays.)


Not common household diseases, but possible biological weapons:
Plague (Yersinia pestis) post-exposure prevention
ciprofloxacin 500 mg twice a day for 7 days
doxycycline 100 mg twice a day for 7 days

Anthrax (Bacillus anthracis) post-exposure prevention
ciprofloxacin 500 mg twice a day for 60 days, doxycycline 100 mg twice a day for 60 days


Beware of allergies. If you are allergic to a medication avoid any drugs in its same family. Some of the families are related, such as penicillins and cephalosporins. Depending on where you read, there is a 2-10% cross-reactivity. However, as long as the reported reaction is not serious (e.g. a simple rash when someone takes penicillin), I will often give cephalosporins to penicillin allergic patients.


Antibiotic classes:
Please note that these lists are not comprehensive:
Penicillins (“-cillins”): amoxicillin, ampicillin, methicillin, dicloxacillin
Cephalosporins (“cef-”): cephalexin, cefaclor, cefuroxime, cefdinir, ceftriaxone, cefepime
Lincosamides: lincomycin, clindamycin
Fluoroquinolones (“-floxacins”): ciprofloxacin, ofloxacin, levofloxacin, moxifloxacin
Sulfa drugs (this is a very broad category, and includes many non-antibiotics): trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole, sulfasalazine, dapsone
Tetracyclines (“-cyclines”): tetracycline, doxycycline, minocycline
Macrolides: erythromycin, azithromycin, clarithromycin

Not all antibiotics can be used across all patient populations. Pregnant women, breastfeeding women, and children deserve special consideration. Although some antibiotics should be avoided in certain patients, there is always a risk/benefit consideration. For example, if my pregnant wife developed a life-threatening pneumonia, and all I had was doxycycline, I would give it to her and accept the risk to the baby.

Avoid in pregnancy:
Ciprofloxacin (Cipro)
Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (Bactrim, Septra)
Doxycycline
Avoid in children and breastfeeding women:
Ciprofloxacin (Cipro)
Doxycycline

While this is not medical advice, do your due-diligence to discover what you can do to prepare with regards to antibiotics for a SHTF world – where you most certainly will not be able to access them.
Look for books on the subject and research online while you can.

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