Health Update

Our office has received numerous calls requesting antibiotics or information about anthrax and smallpox in response to the September 11^th events. We are currently abiding by CDC and public health guidelines and are not filling prescriptions for prophylactic antibiotics for anthrax. 

Please understand that the duration of protection conferred by antibiotics is short. 

If and when there is a bioterrorism event, clinical and public health evaluation will determine who would benefit from antibiotic administration. The CDC has a plan for distribution of antibiotics and/or vaccine through the National Pharmaceutical Stockpile (NPS) Program.

We do not have access to anthrax or smallpox vaccine. The ONLY known sources of live smallpox virus are contained in pharmaceutical facilities: one in the U.S. and one in Russia. 

Please see the CDC bioterrorism web site or go to the specific articles listed below for further information.

Centers For Disease Control (CDC) Resources
Anthrax information
Public concerns about on bioterrorism
Facts about anthrax, botulism, pneumonic plague, smallpox