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

There are two main ways to prevent anthrax.

Originally, they were meant to prevent and treat cutaneous anthrax.

Our course of action for preventing anthrax after exposure in the civilian population would be with antibiotics.

The anthrax vaccine is effective in preventing anthrax.

Antibiotic treatment before symptoms occur will prevent anthrax.

A vaccine to prevent anthrax is available for people in the military and others at high risk.

The makers of those antibiotics should be able to state on their labels that they, too, can prevent and treat anthrax, the agency said.

There is a vaccine to prevent anthrax, but it is not yet available for the general public.

The engineering control measures described above are the first step toward preventing inhalational anthrax.