Ciprofloxacin fluoroquinolone antibiotic. Effective for urinary & respiratory infections.
Active Ingredient: Ciprofloxacin Systemic: Children and Adolescents: Treatment of complicated urinary tract infections and pyelonephritis due to E. coli. Note: Although effective, ciprofloxacin is not the drug of first choice in children.
Infants, Children, Adolescents, and Adults: Prophylaxis to reduce incidence or progression of disease following inhalation exposure to Bacillus anthracis; prophylaxis and treatment of plague (Yersinia pestis).
Adults: Treatment of the following infections when caused by susceptible bacteria: Urinary tract infections; acute uncomplicated cystitis in females, chronic bacterial prostatitis, bone and joint infections, complicated intra-abdominal infections (in combination with metronidazole), infectious diarrhea, typhoid fever (Salmonella typhi), hospital-acquired (nosocomial) pneumonia.
Limitations of use: Because fluoroquinolones have been associated with disabling and potentially irreversible serious adverse reactions (eg, tendinitis and tendon rupture, peripheral neuropathy, CNS effects), reserve ciprofloxacin for use in patients who have no alternative treatment options for acute uncomplicated cystitis.
Ophthalmic: Ocular infections:
Ointment: Treatment of superficial ocular infections (conjunctivitis) due to susceptible strains of bacteria
Solution: Treatment of superficial ocular infections (corneal ulcers, conjunctivitis) due to susceptible strains of bacteria
Otic: Acute otitis externa (0.2% solution): Treatment of acute otitis externa caused by susceptible isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa or Staphylococcus aureus
Otitis media (6% suspension): Treatment of bilateral otitis media in pediatric patients with effusion undergoing tympanostomy tube placement