regarding anti-staph meds >>My friend whose antibiotics I took went to the doctors and asked specific for staph treatment...he had an previous encounter and did not want to take chances.. the label says: APO ERYTHRO EC CP 333 MG<<< this is erythromycin, a good but not great anti-staph med i think better for an expedition first aid kit would be a staph enhanced penicillin - dicloxacillin, or a 1st generation cephalosporin - keflex, both with excellent anti-staph characteristics, but you'll have to discuss it with your doc as they are all prescription items. bet topical antibiotic is Bactroban (muciprocin) almost as effective topically as oral meds. fortunately you are unlikely to catch a seriously resistant organism traveling in the wilderness, more dangerous is gettig an infection in a hospital or feedlot where the liklihood of meeting up with nasty multiply resistant germs due to profligate antibiotic use is much greater. george ruta northcountry kayak (also md) *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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