I have heard “that fish anti biotics won’t be available over the counter after the 1st of the year.  If you plan to stock them, you may want to get them now”. I’m pretty sure that this is another fear mongering rumor that spreads through the prepper community, passed on like a germ from hand to hand, gossipy sneezes.  I wish people would do thier research before going all henny-penny.

I know that the FDA is making changes to antibiotics administered to Food Animals – cattle, pigs, sheep, chickens and so on.  This is in response to the appearance of antibiotic resistance strains of bacteria, thought to be caused by overuse of antibiotics in our food animals.  The letter from the FDA that was distributed this past summer can be read online.

Fish antibioitics are actually not FDA approved, not even for fish.  So it seems unlikely to me that these regulatory changes will affect the online supplies of fishmox and fishflex.   I am ambivalent about whether stocking them is a good idea or not. (On a side note, I’m on a second anti biotic for my lump; and it’s still an ugly swollen bump of pain.)

The Survival Doctor did a good post on the use of non human antibiotics.