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What is Ciprofloxacin?

Ciprofloxacin is a fluoroquinolone antibiotic used for the short-term treatment of susceptible bacterial infections including urinary tract infections; lower respiratory tract infections; sinusitis; skin infections; bone and joint infections; infectious diarrhea.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Urinary Tract Infection UTI 37 12 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 11 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Prevent infection 7 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_cant_tell
Infection 4 0
General health 4 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Bladder problems 4 1 Efficacy_none

See all 36 patients currently taking Ciprofloxacin

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 4
Moderate
 4
Mild
 7
None
 25

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Ciprofloxacin

Yeast Infection (candida) 2
Oral thrush (candidiasis) 2
Tiny itchy watery blisters 1
Stomach upset 1
Allergic reaction 1
Blood in urine (hematuria) 1
See all 14 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Ciprofloxacin. See all 13 dosages ►

  daily 250mg as needed 500mg as needed 3.7 mL daily 500 mg/5 mL weekly 500 mg weekly 250 mg daily 500 mg daily 1,000 mg daily 1,500 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 7 Number of Patients: 7 10 Number of Patients: 10 4 Number of Patients: 4  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Ciprofloxacin (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Course of treatment ended 72   Course of treatment ended: 86%
Doctor's advice 8   Doctor's advice: 10%
Side effects too severe 4   Side effects too severe: 5%
Did not seem to work 2   Did not seem to work: 2%
Other 2   Other: 2%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 1%

See all 82 patients who’ve stopped taking Ciprofloxacin

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Ciprofloxacin

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0

Stopped Taking Ciprofloxacin

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Ciprofloxacin

Always
 36 90%
Usually
 4 10%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Ciprofloxacin

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 8 20%
Not at all
 32 80%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Ciprofloxacin

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 3 10%
< $25
 27 90%

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Report created on February 11, 2012.