The massive
use of antibiotics against anthrax can lead to emergence of super-virus, a strain of anthrax that is resistant to treatment with currently known remedies.
The U.S. government, in order to prevent an epidemic of anthrax, purchased in large quantities antibiotic Cipro (ciprofloxacin). Tens of thousands of U.S. citizens take this medicine as a preventive treatment. However, unjustified administration of powerful antibiotics develops “immunity” in many pathogenic viruses, and the same could happen with anthrax. In addition, under such conditions increases the likelihood of the possibility of purposeful development of a form of anthrax resistant to medicines that threatens a catastrophe.
Dr Nicholas Beeching, a member of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, said: “If one person takes antibiotics, it is not dangerous, but if there are 25 thousand, then there is the possibility of developing a drugs-resistant strain of viruses and spread them in society.”
Cipro
Cipro is a prescription antibacterial drug of broad-spectrum of action that is able to suppress infection caused by various pathogens. It can be effective even against bacteria resistant to other fluoroquinolones. Cipro blocks DNA gyrase, violates the biosynthesis of DNA, growth and division of bacteria. In addition, it destroys the cell walls and membranes of bacteria, thereby quickening the death of bacterial cells.
For antimicrobial spectrum, ciprofloxacin is very similar to other fluoroquinolones, but it has a relatively high activity, about 3-8 times more than other representatives of fluoroquinolones.
Cipro is usually well tolerated but sometimes it may cause a few side effects like:
• allergic reactions (itching, rash)
• anorexia (lack of appetite), abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea
• sleep disturbances, headache, anxiety, low drive
• blood picture modification: leukopenia, agranulocytosis, thrombocytopenia (decreased number of platelets in the blood)
During Cipro therapy, it is not recommended to be exposed to ultraviolet rays because of possible photosensitivity (increased sensitivity to sunlight) of the skin.
Indications for Cipro are:
• respiratory tract infections (acute or severe bronchitis, influenza, etc.)
• infections of the skin and soft tissues (festering wounds, ulcers, abscesses)
• infections of bones and joints (osteomyelitis, arthritis)
• infections of gastrointestinal tract, including infections caused by salmonella, shigella, campylobacter and other pathogens (inflammation of the gallbladder and biliary tract, intraperitoneal abscess, peritonitis, salmonellosis, etc.)
• gonococcal infections, meningitis
• postoperative infectious complications, sepsis
• other suppurative-inflammatory processes
• urinary tract infections
• infections in cancer patients
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