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What is Ciprofloxacin? Ciprofloxacin is a fluoroquinolone antibiotic used to treat short-term bacterial infections.

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Reasons Taken

16 patients in the community are taking or have taken Ciprofloxacin.

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Urinary tract infection 8 50%
Other 2 12%
Bladder problems 2 12%
Bladder infection 1 6%
General health 1 6%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Ciprofloxacin.

  0 mg day 0 mg none 500 mg day 1000 mg day
  1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3  

Duration

How long current patients have been taking Ciprofloxacin or how long patients were taking Ciprofloxacin before stopping.

Currently taking Ciprofloxacin

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

Stopped taking Ciprofloxacin

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
8
1
0
0
0
0
Why Patients Stopped Taking Ciprofloxacin (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Course of treatment ended 8 89% Course of treatment ended: 89%
Doctor's advice 1 11% Doctor's advice: 11%
Side effects too severe 1 11% Side effects too severe: 11%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 4 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major 100% 2

Urinary tract infection

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe 0% 0
Moderate 0% 0
Mild 25% 1
None 75% 3

Top reported side-effects include: Nausea, Tiny itchy watery blisters, yeast infection

Summary results are based on 4 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (1 of 4)

  • PERgrandma
    Sensation: Moderate
    Overall: Mild
    Cognition: moderate
    Vision: mild
    Speech: mild
    Swallowing: moderate
    Upper limb: mild
    Walking: moderate
  • PERgrandma
  • by PERgrandma
    Oct 03, 2008
  • EfficacyMajor
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Urinary tract infection

See all evaluation results for Ciprofloxacin



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