Cipro (Ciprofloxacin)
Description
- Active ingredient: Ciprofloxacin
- Common brand names: Ciloxan, Cipro XR, Cipro, Proquin XR
- Legal status: Prescription only
- Pregnancy Category: C
Ciprofloxacin is a broad-spectrum synthetic fluoroquinolone antibiotic.
Ciprofloxacin is manufactured and sold by Bayer A.G. under the brand
names Cipro, Ciproxin.
Cipro uses:
- Urinary tract infections: urethritis (infection of the urethra),
cystitis (infection of the bladder ), pyelonephritis (infection of
the kidneys).
- Cystitis in women
- Chronic bacterial prostatitis
- Lower respiratory infections (pneumonia, bronchitis, tracheobronchitis).
Ciprofloxacin is not a drug of first choice in the treatment of pneumonia
secondary to Streptococcus pneumoniae.
- Sinusitis (inflammation of the paranasal sinuses).
- Skin and skin structure infections: cellulitis (infection of the
dermis and subcutaneous tissue), erysipelas (superficial form of cellulitis),
folliculitis (inflammation of the hair follicles, if the infection
of the follicle is deeper and involves more follicles, it moves into
the furuncle and carbuncle), furuncles, carbuncles, abscesses, impetigo
(large vessicles or honey-crusted sores), infected ulcers and infected
burns and other.
- Bone and joint infections: septic (infectious) arthritis (infection
in the fluid and tissues of a joint), osteomyelitis (bone infection).
- Infectious diarrhea: Escherichia coli infection, Campylobacter infection,
and shigellosis.
- Typhoid fever (enteric fever) .
- STDs: uncomplicated gonorrhea
- Complicated urinary tract iInfections and pyelonephritis in children
(1 to 17 years of age)
- Inhalational anthrax (post-exposure) to reduce the incidence or
progression of disease following exposure to aerosolized Bacillus
anthracis (in adults and children)
Dosage
- Usual dosage ranges: Adults: 250-750 mg every 12 hours
- Anthrax:
Inhalational (postexposure prophylaxis): 500 mg every 12
hours for 60 days
Cutaneous (treatment, CDC guidelines): 500 mg every
12 hours for 60 days.
- Bone/joint infections: 500-750 mg twice daily for 4-6 weeks
- Chancroid (CDC guidelines): 500 mg twice daily for 3 days
- Gonococcal infections:
Urethral/cervical gonococcal infections: 250-500 mg
as a single dose (CDC recommends concomitant doxycycline or azithromycin
due to possible coinfection with Chlamydia; Note: As of April 2007,
the CDC no longer recommends the use of fluoroquinolones for the treatment
of uncomplicated gonococcal disease.
- Infectious diarrhea:
Salmonella: 500 mg twice daily for 5-7 days
Shigella: 500 mg twice daily for 3 days
Traveler's diarrhea: Mild: 750 mg for one dose; Severe: 500 mg twice
daily for 3 days
Vibrio cholerae: 1 g for one dose
- Lower respiratory tract, skin/skin structure infections:
500-750 mg twice daily for 7-14 days
- Prostatitis (chronic, bacterial): 500 mg every 12 hours for
28 days
- Sinusitis (acute): 500 mg every 12 hours for 10 days
- Typhoid fever: 500 mg every 12 hours for 10 days
- Urinary tract infection:
Acute uncomplicated, cystitis: 250 mg every 12 hours
for 3 days
- Complicated (including pyelonephritis): 500 mg every
12 hours for 7-14 days
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