1.   And the Food and Drug Administration approved the use of two alternate antibiotics, besides the patented Cipro, to treat anthrax.

2.   And the White House abruptly reversed itself this week on Bayer AG, the German pharmaceutical company that makes Cipro, the antibiotic of choice to treat anthrax.

3.   And, of course, it is now widely known that antibiotics other than Cipro can treat inhaled anthrax.

4.   Anthrax must be treated with a certain group of antibiotics, and confusing it with influenza can be deadly.

5.   Ascher sat on a committee that drew up a consensus report on how to detect and treat anthrax.

6.   Bayer was one of the few companies to get something of a lift from recent events, because it makes Cipro for treating anthrax.

7.   Bia said the health system should tap the expertise of the many foreign doctors practicing in the United States who have treated anthrax in their native countries.

8.   But a woman did come in to purchase doxycycline, an antibiotic that can treat anthrax.

9.   But the agency declined to issue a strong recommendation for immunization because of the lack of scientific evidence supporting use of the vaccine to treat anthrax after exposure.

10.   But, Kweder said, there is more experience by far with the older drugs than with Cipro in preventing and treating anthrax.