Given the recent incidents of anthrax throughout the nation and in local areas, the Princeton Pharmacy — located inside the U-Store near the University Place entrance — has experienced a significant increase in requests for the antibiotic Cipro.
"Some requests have come up," pharmacist Donna Zagoreos said, explaining that the anthrax situation has strained the pharmacy's ability to provide the drug to all the requests.
"We did order an extra bottle or two," she noted, but said that Cipro is currently unavailable at the pharmacy as well as at some other area vendors.
After filling yesterday's prescriptions, the pharmacy's supply of Cipro was almost entirely depleted.
Zagoreos said she has been unable to obtain more from the wholesaler that usually provides for the pharmacy.
Part of the problem is that treating anthrax requires a large quantity of the medication.
"It's a multi-spectrum antibiotic," Zagoreos said, explaining that it has various other uses, such as treating traveler's diarrhea, respiratory infections and urinary tract infections.
For these more common ailments, Cipro is usually only prescribed for up to 10 days, Zagoreos said, adding that anthrax treatment usually lasts for at least 30 days. Most Cipro requests take between six and 20 pills, but anthrax prescriptions call for between 60 and 100 pills.
Zagoreos noted that the pharmacy is not experiencing a large increase in the number of Cipro prescriptions filled, only in the quantity of Cipro that each prescription requires. She estimated that the pharmacy has filled about 10 anthrax-treatment-sized prescriptions in the past few days.
Cipro works against diseases, including anthrax, by attacking the bacteria that cause them, Zagoreos said. Targeting bacterial DNA, Cipro inhibits the bacteria's ability to reproduce, causing it to eventually die out.
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