[pct-l] Antibiotics

[Ellen Shopes]

Flagyl is the drug of choice for giardia.
Cipro is a good choice for wound infections.
You may (considering your age) want to consider something for dental 
abscesses, usually Amoxicillin.  (Some may scoff at this, but when my 
husband got an oral abscess in Nepal, it was pretty miserable stuff.  I've 
carried an antibiotic for this ever since.)
A few tablets of a serious pain killer is not a bad idea (Vicodin, 
Percocet).
When you go to get the prescriptions filled, take along some ziplock 
baggies, and ask them to package them in the baggies.  With the baggies 
legally labelled, there's no question what they are and why you are carrying 
them.
EE
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <evanaaron at juno.com>
To: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2010 10:22 PM
Subject: [pct-l] Antibiotics


> Hey there.
> A good friend (doctor) heard I was hiking the PCT and asked if I was 
> taking antibiotics in my FAK. I told him no, and he told me I should. He 
> didnt know what kind would work in the trail setting, and I thought 
> someone here must know what is good to take in a first aid kit.
> Any suggestions as to what I should ask him for? He is willing to write me 
> a prescription, I just have to tell him what for. Feel free to contact off 
> list as well. Thanks guys!
> Evan
>
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