[at-l] Para Cork It

[nealb at midlandstech.edu (William Neal)]

I would only use a diarreah "preventative" for mild-cases, and there are
plenty of over-the-counter drugs for that.

For serious cases (including giardia) head for the nearest medical place.
Serious diarreah can can kill you  -- it is one of the main causes of death
by influenza.  And even if it does not, the cause can stay with you and need
treatment for months.  I talked to one person who said they had to be
treated for 6 months after aborting on their thru-hike.

William, The Turtle.

-----Original Message-----
From: David Addleton [mailto:quoleldil@operamail.com]
Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 4:13 PM
To: at-l@backcountry.net
Subject: [at-l] Para Cork It


Curious.
I've read here or in journals how paragoric [sp?] is the drug of choice for
AT related diarreah, including, it seems, for giardia. Is this true? This
was the drug of choice for the delhi belly and montezuma's revenge and KZ
some nearly 50 years ago and I thought maybe we had more choices now ...
Anyways, that's what we called the stuff when we were kids ... and a recent
subject line reminded me of that nom de nic from decades ago ...

vocate atque non vocate deus aderit

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