Additionally, I'm finding:
Antibiotics can be frozen. After 9 months, they still have 90+ percent efficacy.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7405937
Heat and moisture are the enemy. (Elsewhere, I'm seeing that LIGHT is also to be avoided.) So under tropical conditions, many can go bad in 6 months or less, while lasting a few years in good conditions.
http://www.survivalistboards.com/showthread.php?t=92040
Video showing how to package antibiotics - by vacuum sealing and using oxygen absorbers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdSjGHj-7Jw
Yet here's another person with unknown qualifications who says that packing them by vacuum sealing probably will not help. Oxygen absorbers also will not help. P.S. if it is an overseas site for the medicines "let the buyer beware", most have been proven to be fakes or contain so little active ingredient to be ineffective,(just something to ponder on)
http://thesurvivalpodcast.com/forum/index.php?topic=13973.0
Lifespan: 3-5 years, in some cases longer, if stored properly (cool / dry). That said, it would *seem* that vacuum sealing and desiccants would help, but I have no specific knowledge to support that.
http://thesurvivalpodcast.com/forum/index.php?topic=13973.0
Video of a nurse recommending Thomas Labs fish antibiotics - which also makes human antibiotics. She points out that that the numbers on the tablets are the same numbers as on the tablets Thomas makes for humans.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaL4fLXXEJg
And my earlier post - so that all the information I've gathered is available in a single post:
A good article on antibiotics.
http://www.backdoorsurvival.com/how-to-stockpile-antibiotics/
Includes this important information:
Bargain Bin: For your convenience, I am listing some sources for pet and veterinary medicines below. I want to remind you, however, that I am not a medical professional and not qualified to give medical advice. If you have a medical condition, the advice and counsel of your own physician should always come first.
Fish Mox 250mg: This is the veterinary equivalent to Amoxicillin 250mg (Pet-Source.com)
Fish Mox Forte 500mg: This is the veterinary equivalent to Amoxicillin 500mg (Pet-Source.com)
Fish Flox 250mg: This is the veterinary equivalent to Ciprofloxacin 250mg (Pet-Source.com)
Fish Zole 250mg: This is the veterinary equivalent to Metronidazole 250mg (Pet-Source.com)
Bird Biotic: This is the veterinary equivalent to Doxycycline 100mg (Amazon)
Bird Sulfa: This is the veterinary equivalent to Sulfamethoxazole 400mg/Trimethoprim 80mg (Amazon)
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