Antibiotics in your travel-kit

Traveling should be fun, it's unfortunate that one might get sick during the trip, what make it worst is you can't get the medicine you need. Be prepared is the right way to go.

I read this article online and the writer suggested a few antibiotics to keep in your travel first-aid kit. As stated in the article, the list is for reference only and not endorsed by neither the writer nor myself.

Here's the list:

1. Cipro: The big gun for serious bacterial infections

2. Doxycycline: a less expensive, less hardcore drug for bacterial infections, or for use in combination with other drugs for amoebic infections

3. Erythromycin: used for respiratory and streptococcal infections

4. Flagyl (metronidazole) for anaerobic bacterial, and certain parasitic infections

5. Gentomycin: an antibiotic eye ointment for stys, conjunctivitis, or other infections

6. Bonus round for women: Bactrim (for UTI's, but also useful for GI infections), and Diflucan or Terazol (for yeast infections). If you're traveling in the tropics or are withholding water consumption due to logistics (say, a 15-hour trip on a bus that has no toilet), you'll be glad you have these on you. full story