CIPROFLOXACIN

Main indication

- Lower respiratory tract infections, especialy when amoxy, bactrim, fluco not active...

- Fever unknow origin

- chancroid

- failure of amoxy treatment...

- Prostatitis, chronic (500x3 for twenty-eight days)

- Typhoid fever, treat at lest ten days

- Skin and soft tissue infections if cloxa and genta are not indicated/active

- TB in association with other anti TB... only if allergic to 2 (or more) of classical anti TB drugs... (for TB 500mg x 3 also)

Dose

- 500mgr x 2-3

- Maximum = 1.5 grams daily

- Ciprofloxacin should be taken with a full glass (240 mL) of water.

- Patients with both hepatic and renal function impairment may require a reduction in the dosage of ciprofloxacin;

Possible side/adverse effect

GI intolerance, nausea, diarrhoea...

Psychosis

Seizures have been reported very rarely ; however, the patients who did have seizures either had a previous seizure history, were alcoholic, or were taking ciprofloxacin concurrently with theophylline.

Other informations

Store below 30 °C in a well-closed container.