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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.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Urinary Tract Infection UTI 21 3
Other 2 1
General health 2 0
Bladder problems 2 0
Urinary urgency 1 0
Bladder infection (Cystitis) 1 1

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
2 40%
None
3 60%

Most commonly reported side effects

Yeast Infection (Candida albicans)
2 40%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

  2 500mg as needed 250mg as needed daily 250 mg daily 500 mg daily 1000 mg daily 1500 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Ciprofloxacin (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Course of treatment ended
19 86% Course of treatment ended: 86%
Doctor's advice
3 14% Doctor's advice: 14%
Side effects too severe
1 5% Side effects too severe: 5%

See all 21 patients who’ve stopped taking Ciprofloxacin

Currently Taking Ciprofloxacin

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

Stopped Taking Ciprofloxacin

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
18
2
0
2
0
0

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
5 100%
Usually
0 0%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
1 20%
Not at all
4 80%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
5 100%

See more information, including instructions, precautions, side effects, and interactions.

Report created on November 22, 2009.