Antibiotics
0.10
Weight (kg)
6
Units per pack
dose
Unit
[First Aid]
Type
Antibiotics are an artificial medical item used to treat Afflictions in The Long Dark.
Antibiotics is a first aid item in The Long Dark. It weighs 0.1 kg for 6 doses.
It is the listed treatment for the 4 afflictions in this database that are treated with it — Dysentery, Food Poisoning, Infection and Intestinal Parasites.
At 0.1 kg it is mid-pack on weight here (#4 of 12), which matters when you are rationing carry weight for a long journey.
It is renewable — re-stockable from the sources listed rather than a one-off find.
Verdict: Overall Antibiotics is the go-to item for Dysentery, Food Poisoning and Infection.