How do doctors treat inhalational anthrax to reduce the risk of death in patients?
When inhalational anthrax is suspected, physicians prescribe antibiotics to treat the disease. To be effective, antibiotic therapy should be initiated as soon as possible after exposure. Other treatment includes supportive care in hospital. B. anthracis usually responds effectively to several antibiotics including penicillin, doxycycline, and fluoroquinolones (such as ciprofloxacin). I was told that I had been exposed to Bacillus anthracis and prescribed antibiotics. I took the medicine for a couple weeks. Wouldn’t that weaken any anthrax thats in my body? You should take the full 60 days of antibiotics even if you feel better. Inhaled anthrax spores become lodged in the body and may activate after initial exposure. Antibiotics have little or no effect when the spores are inactive. To be effective in preventing inhalational anthrax, the antibiotics must be in your system when the spores activate. It is necessary to take the medicine for at least 60 days to ensure the best protection ag
