Ciprofloxacin's Most Critical Uses in TEOTWAWKI

For some TEOTWAWKI-type diseases, you really want the best, most effective weapon.  And the best often comes with a price-tag, so to speak.  Yes, the use of ciprofloxacin may have side effects, some quite serious.  With ciprofloxacin and other fluoroquinolones, there is a risk of tendinitis and/or tendon rupture during treatment and for several months afterward.  This risk is greatest in men over the age of sixty. Ciprofloxacin is only used in children under the age of twelve years in the case of anthrax or when there are no other alternatives in a life-threatening situation.  The risk is greater for those who take ciprofloxacin for longer periods.  Shorter courses of treatment have far less risk.

Ciprofloxacin is a broad-spectrum antibiotic, in the same family as the other -ofloxacin antibiotics like moxifloxacin, norfloxacin, and levofloxacin.  It is very effective against most Gram-negative bacteria, and only moderately effective against Gram-positive bacteria. 

Common substances that inhibit ciprofloxacin include:

• dandelion, as in dandelion tea or leaves used in salads;[1]
• calcium, as found in milk, calcium supplements, and Tums;[2]
• grapefruit;
• fluconazole (for three days after taking it) 

Ciprofloxacin is a common, relatively inexpensive antibiotic.  If your personal physician is reluctant to help you build a stockpile, you have a few options to acquire ciprofloxacin on your own. 

• Ranch and feed stores often carry "fish" antibiotics.
• Overseas and across the border pharmacies.  We've used All Day Chemist for several years.

Thomas Labs sells their ciprofloxacin as "Fish Flox" (250 mg) and "Fish Flox Forte" (500 mg).  Government studies demonstrated that most medicines are effective for several years past the date stamped on the bottle.  Their tests of ciprofloxacin showed it was effective an average of fifty-five months past the stamped date.[3]

The following are typical dosages and treatment courses for some TEOTWAWKI-type illnesses.  These are not prescriptions.  They are only a means of helping you calculate how much ciprofloxacin you may wish to have on hand for your family, and so that a physician can treat your loved ones as best as possible.  All are adult dosages.  Children should not be given ciprofloxacin, except in extreme situations.

• Tularemia.  500 mg, every 12 hours, for 10-14 days.[4]  (Doxycycline would be preferred if it's an option.)
• Pneumonic plague.  Prophylactic treatment post-exposure is 500 mg, every 12 hours, for 7 days.  Disease treatment is 500 mg, every 12 hours, for 14 days.[5]
• Appendicitis.  500 mg, 3 times per day, plus metronidazole, 500 mg, 3-4 times per day, for at least 7 days, or until 3-4 days after symptoms resolve.[6]
• Diverticulitis.   250-500 mg, every 12 hours, for 1-3 days, in patients with a prior history of infection or considerable bleeding.[7]
• Typhoid.  500 mg, every 12 hours, for 5 days.
• Cholera.  1 gram, taken once. 
• Anthrax.  Inhalational and cutaneous, 500 mg, twice per day, for two months.[8]

Ciprofloxacin is also used to treat the following infections, but due to the adverse side effects, its use for these conditions is best avoided if at all possible.[9]

• Pneumonia.  500-750 mg, twice per day, 7-14 days.
• Cellulitis.  500-750 mg, twice per day, 7-14 days.
• Mastitis.  500 mg, twice per day, for 10-14 days.
• Dysentery and diarrhea due to Campylobacter, Escherichia coli, and Shigella, 500 mg, twice per day, 7-10 days.[10]
• Urinary tract infections. 250-500 mg, twice per day, for 7-10 days, or until 1-2 days after symptoms resolve.

Ciprofloxacin is also used to treat gallbladder infections, epididymitis, and ear infections in adults.

Ciprofloxacin should be taken with a full glass of water, with or without food.[11]  

Contraindications:  Not for use in pregnancy.   It is not for use in children except in the case of post-exposure anthrax, or when there are no other alternatives available in a life-threatening situation.

Links to related posts:

Cholera

Typhoid

Diverticulitis

Rosemary

Peppermint

Dandelion

Fluconazole

Tularemia

Plague

Appendicitis

Acquiring Antibiotics 

References

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[1] “Dandelion,” https://vitagene.com/supplements/herbs/dandelion (accessed 2 March 2020).

[2] “Ciprofloxacin,” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciprofloxacin

[3] Robbe C. Lyon, et al., “Stability Profiles of Drug Products Extended Beyond Labeled Expiration Dates,” https://www.ghdonline.org/uploads/drugs-Stability_Profiles-vencimiento.pdf (accessed 2 March 2020).

[4] Cynthia Koelker, Armageddon Medicine, 489.

[5] Ibid.

[6] Paulina Salminen, et al., “Antibiotic Therapy vs Appendectomy for Treatment of Uncomplicated Acute Appendicitis:  The APPAC Randomized Clinical Trial,”JAMA,  16 June 2015, https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26080338-antibiotic-therapy-vs-appendectomy-for-treatment-of-uncomplicated-acute-appendicitis-the-appac-randomized-clinical-trial/ (accessed 2 March 2020).

[7] Cynthia Koelker, Armageddon Medicine, 172.

[8] Cynthia Koelker, Armageddon Medicine, 489. 

[9] “FDA warns about increased risk of ruptures or tears in the aorta blood vessel with fluoroquinolone antibiotics in certain patients,” 21 December 2018, https://www.fda.gov/drugs/drug-safety-and-availability/fda-warns-about-increased-risk-ruptures-or-tears-aorta-blood-vessel-fluoroquinolone-antibiotics (accessed 2 March 2020).

[10] Joseph Alton, Alton's Antibiotics, 177.

[11] Joseph Alton, Alton's Antibiotics, 177.

03.03.2020