Key information about cipro
Cipro is a highly effective drug, but it is designed only to target specific strains of bacteria. There are no medications on the market that can kill all bacteria. Because of this, you should have as precise a diagnosis as possible from a physician before you buy any antibiotic. If your problem is caused by a bacterium killed by Cipro, your cure will be swift. If the cause is a different bacterium, Cipro will be completely ineffective. Worse, it may actually help the bacteria in your body to develop resistance to Cipro. Physicians are finding an increasing number of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Over time, this will mean that many of our current antibiotics will become useless. If you only use the right antibiotic to treat your problem, this will delay the development of this dangerous trend.
Bacteria can find their way into almost every part of the body. Cipro is used to treat urinary tract infections, infectious diarrhea, gonorrhea and other abdominal infections. In women, it relieves cystitis. In children, it prevents pyelonephritis where the urinary infection spreads up the tract and threatens damage to the kidneys. More generally, it treats infections of the sinus and respiratory tract, and of bones and joints.
