Ciprofloxacin WisdomCard™
Our Guides and Physician Review team have organized the Top 10 Health Resources on Ciprofloxacin and compiled helpful research notes below.
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Research Notes on Ciprofloxacin
Ciprofloxacin is an antibiotic used to treat a broad spectrum of diseases. It became a news item during the anthrax attacks of 2001, when it was used to treat people who may have been exposed to the disease.
Fast Facts:
- Ciprofloxacin is manufactured and sold by Bayer A.G. under the brand name Cipro.
- It belongs to a group called fluoroquinolones.
- It is a broad spectrum antibiotic actives against both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria.
- Ciprofloxacin is in pregnancy category C.
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Latest Headlines on Ciprofloxacin
What is Ciprofloxacin?
- Revolution Health: Cipro
- Drugstore.com: What is Cipro?
- WebMD: Cipro
- HowStuffWorks: How Cipro Works
- RxList: Cipro
What Are The Uses for Ciprofloxacin?
- WebMD: What conditions does Cipro treat?
- Food and Drug Administration: Cipro (Ciprofloxacin Hydrochloride) for Inhalation Anthrax
- About.com: Why is Cipro prescribed?
- AIDS Infonet: Why do People With HIV Take Cipro?
What Are The Side Effects, Interactions and Precautions for Ciprofloxacin?
- About.com: Cipro Side Effects
- MedicineNet: Cipro Side Effects
- American Society of Health-System Pharmacist (via MedlinePlus): Cipro-Side Effects
- Prostatitis Foundation: Cipro Side Effects
- RxList: Cipro Side Effects
Wisdom, Personal Experiences and Blogs about Ciprofloxacin
- WhateverIFeelLike: UTIs Suck
- Medications.com: Tendon Ruptures with Cipro
- Yursra97: Why I Hate Ciprofloxain
Clinical Trials for Ciprofloxacin
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Cipro Cinical Trials
- CenterWatch: Cipro Clinical Trials
Message Boards, Chat and Discussions about Ciprofloxacin
- MedHelp: Discomfort after taking Cipro
- DailyStrength: Cipro for Diverticulitis
- eHealth Forum: Suffering a Mysterious Illness? Might Be Fq Poisoning
- MedHelp: Prostate infection and Cipro
- MedHelp: Cipro given during pregnancy
Controversy and Lawsuits about Ciprofloxacin
- DemocracyNow: Cipro: The Battle Over Bayer
- InjuryBoard: Cipro / Ciprofloxacin
- Village Voice: Bayer Refuses to Withdraw Animal Antibiotic That Causes Drug Resistance in Humans
Scientific and Medical Journal Articles on Ciprofloxacin
- PubMedCentral: Cipro Articles
- JAMA: Cipro Articles
- Google Scholar: Cipro Articles
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- Contributor: Chris Miller
- Reviewer: Pat Washburn
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 15, 2009
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- Contributor: Chris Miller
- Reviewer: Pat Washburn
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Cipro-floxacin, Cipro floxacin
- Last update: Jul. 10, 2009
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
