11.   Cipro is one of the antibiotics used to treat anthrax.

12.   Cipro, an antibiotic specifically approved to treat anthrax, was suddenly in huge demand.

13.   Cipro, the most visible drug approved to treat anthrax inhaled into the lungs, has become a household name almost overnight.

14.   Fear also has produced a run on Cipro, an antibiotic many believe can be used to treat anthrax, a potentially deadly form of bacteria.

15.   For instance, the recent bioterror scare focused attention on Cipro, the Bayer pill to treat anthrax.

16.   Intestinal and skin anthrax can be treated with antibiotics, and prompt treatment is important.

17.   Internet pharmacies have begun to solicit clients for ciprofloxacin, the generic name for Cipro, the most common antibiotic used to treat anthrax.

18.   It has also launched an awareness campaign, including setting up a telephone hot line, and it has begun training its health workers to detect and treat anthrax.

19.   Last year, the FDA asked Bayer AG, the German company that makes Cipro, to apply to have the drug approved to prevent and treat inhaled anthrax.

20.   Like pharmacies across the country, Santa Monica pharmacist Robert Rosen said he had seen an early run on ciprofloxacin, one of the antibiotics used to treat anthrax.