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	Cipro: Tutte le informazioni su Cipro su Encyclopedia.it (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Cipro: Tutte le informazioni su Cipro su Encyclopedia.it
		La Repubblica di Cipro dal 1 maggio 2004 fa parte dell'Unione Europea.
		15 novembre 1983 - Dichiarazione unilaterale della repubblica turca di Cipro, riconosciuta unicamente dal governo turco
	www.encyclopedia.it /c/ci/cipro.html (106 words)

	Cipro, Ciprofloxacin hydrochloride, side effects, drug interactions, overdose, dosage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Cipro is an antibiotic used to treat infections of the lower respiratory tract, the abdomen, the skin, the bones and joints, and the urinary tract, including cystitis (bladder inflammation) in women.
		Cipro kills a variety of bacteria, and is frequently used to treat infections in many parts of the body.
		Cipro HC Otic suspension should not be used on anyone whose eardrum is perforated or who has a viral infection of the ear.
	www.gettingwell.com /drug_info/rxdrugprofiles/drugs/cip1082.shtml (1779 words)

	Cipro (Ciprofloxacin Hydrochloride) for Inhalation Anthrax - Q&As for Consumers
		Cipro is approved for use in patients who have been exposed to the inhaled form of anthrax.
		Cipro should not be administered unless exposure to the bacterium that causes anthrax (Bacillus anthracis) is suspected or confirmed.
		Cipro does not prevent exposure to anthrax and use of Cipro in the absence of suspected or confirmed anthrax exposure could result in the development of antibiotic resistance, a serious risk to the public’s health.
	www.fda.gov /cder/drug/infopage/cipro/cipro_faq.htm (1020 words)

	Cipro (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Asians surveyed were the cipro least likely to feel that they cipro were receiving needed care, with 32 percent cipro responding that it was not a cipro problem, 43 percent responding it was a cipro small problem, and 25 percent responding cipro that getting needed care was a big cipro problem.
		Of the Whites cipro surveyed, 49 percent felt that the office cipro staff was always respectful and helpful, 33 cipro percent felt they usually were, 18 cipro percent felt they sometimes or never were cipro courteous and helpful.
		Asian respondents were the cipro most critical of the providers' office staff, cipro with 44 percent feeling the staff was cipro always respectful and helpful, 35 percent feeling cipro they usually were, and 21 percent responding cipro that the office staff was courteous and helpful cipro to them only sometimes or never.
	cipro.usarxweb.com (570 words)

	Cipro
		Cipro is used to treat infections of the lower respiratory tract, the abdomen, the skin, the bones and joints, and the urinary tract, including cystitis (bladder inflammation) in women.
		Cipro is available as a tablet and an oral suspension and as a suspension to be used externally in the ear.
		Cipro may be taken with or without meals but is best tolerated when taken 2 hours after a meal.
	www.healthsquare.com /pdrfg/pd/monos/cipro.htm (1575 words)

	All About UTI - TREATMENT & PREVENTION - About CIPRO XR
		CIPRO XR is especially powerful against the kinds of bacteria that typically cause urinary tract infections.
		CIPRO XR is contraindicated in persons with a history of hypersensitivity to ciprofloxacin or any quinolone, and should be discontinued at the first sign of an allergic reaction.
		CIPRO XR is part of a new class of drugs that are effective against a wide variety of bacteria, including the ones that cause UTIs.
	www.allaboututi.com /treatments/about_ciproxr.asp (1204 words)

	CIPRO XR: Important safety considerations when taking CIPRO XR, ciprofloxacin extended release tablets
		Cipro XR should be taken once a day for three (3) to fourteen (14) days depending on your infection.
		Cipro XR is not recommended for use during pregnancy or nursing, as the effects on the unborn child or nursing infant are unknown.
		Cipro XR is not recommended for persons less than 18 years of age.
	www.ciproxr.com /PAT/Safety_faqs.asp (773 words)

	AIDS Fact Sheet: Ciprofloxacin (Cipro)
		Cipro is used for a wide range of bacterial infections.
		Cipro works against some bacteria that are resistant to other antibiotics, including penicillin.
		Cipro is taken every 12 hours, except for a 500 mg once-daily formulation called Cipro XR.
	www.aids.org /factSheets/531-Ciprofloxacin-Cipro.html (689 words)

	Cipro XR Tablets Drug Information Cipro XR Tablets
		CIPRO XR should be administered at least 2 hours before or 6 hours after antacids containing magnesium or aluminum, as well as sucralfate, VIDEX® (didanosine) chewable/buffered tablets or pediatric powder, other highly buffered drugs, metal cations such as iron, and multivitamin preparations with zinc.
		CIPRO XR is contraindicated in persons with a history of hypersensitivity to ciprofloxacin or any member of the quinolone class of antimicrobial agents.
		Prescribing CIPRO XR in the absence of a proven or strongly suspected bacterial infection or a prophylactic indication is unlikely to provide benefit to the patient and increases the risk of the development of drug-resistant bacteria.
	www.drugs.com /PDR/Cipro_XR_Tablets.html (8275 words)

	Cipro Pharmacology, Pharmacokinetics, Studies, Metabolism - Ciprofloxacin - RxList Monographs
		Drug-drug Interactions: When CIPRO Tablet is given concomitantly with food, there is a delay in the absorption of the drug, resulting in peak concentrations that occur closer to 2 hours after dosing rather than 1 hour whereas there is no delay observed when CIPRO Suspension is given with food.
		CIPRO Oral Suspension is supplied in 5% (5 g ciprofloxacin in 100 mL) and 10% (10 g ciprofloxacin in 100 mL) strengths.
		CIPRO Oral Suspension should not be administered through feeding tubes due to its physical characteristics.
	www.rxlist.com /cgi/generic/cipro_cp.htm (3238 words)

	CIPRO Receives FDA Clearance to Treat Acute Sinusitis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		CIPRO's indication for acute sinusitis is timely for the medical community since the primary bacterial pathogens -- Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae and Moraxella catarrhalis -- are becoming increasingly resistant to amoxicillin and macrolides, the antibiotics commonly given to treat acute sinusitis.
		CIPRO tablets have been marketed by Bayer Corporation in the U.S. since 1987.
		The most commonly reported side effects of therapy with CIPRO tablets are nausea, diarrhea, vomiting, abdominal pain/discomfort, headache, rash and restlessness.
	www.bayerus.com /new/1997/6.5.97.html (1182 words)

	Cipro Information from Drugs.com
		Cipro is in the FDA pregnancy category C. This means that it is not known whether Cipro will be harmful to an unborn baby.
		Cipro is not approved for use by children younger than 18 years of age (except for use in post-exposure inhalational anthrax).
		Cipro may increase the sensitivity of the skin to sunlight, and a sunburn may result.
	www.drugs.com /cipro.html (1399 words)

	Cipro
		CIPRO is ciprofloxacin, a fluorinated quinolone, belonging to a class of fluorinated antibiotics which also include enoxacin, fleroxacin, temafloxacin, grepafloxacin, norfloxacin, sparfloxacin, tosufloxacin, lomefloxacin, ofloxacin, etc..
		The most common side-effects reported due to CIPRO (2-16%) are gastrointestinal in nature and equal those reported when children accidentally ingest "too much" fluoride from their toothpaste - such as nausea, diarrhea, vomiting, and abdominal pain.
		In a series of tests evaluating the safety of ciprofloxacin in children, serum fluoride levels increased after 12 hours in 79% of the children; on day 7 the 24-hour urinary fluoride excretion was higher in 88.9% of children observed (12).
	www.bruha.com /pfpc/html/cipro.html (2282 words)

	USATODAY.com - Bayer increases Cipro production (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Cipro is the only drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat inhalation anthrax, although other types of antibiotics are effective against the skin form of the disease.
		Cipro currently sells at nearly $5 a pill, although it discounts the drug in government sales to $1.83 a pill.
		At least three generic manufacturers are ready to begin producing Cipro and could have their plants running in 8 to 12 weeks, Schumer says.
	usatoday.com /money/general/2001-10-16-cipro.htm (495 words)

	CNN.com - Cipro losing its ability to fight germs - Feb. 19, 2003
		Cipro, the antibiotic that became a household word during the 2001 anthrax scare, is becoming increasingly ineffective against other dangerous germs because of overuse, a study found.
		In 1994, Cipro was effective against 86 percent of the bacteria samples analyzed, but that dropped to 76 percent by 2000, the researchers found.
		The increasing resistance found in the study came at a time when doctors increasingly prescribed Cipro and similar drugs for common ailments, including respiratory infections caused by viruses, which are unaffected by antibiotics, the researchers said.
	www.cnn.com /2003/HEALTH/02/18/cipro.resistance.ap (351 words)

	washingtonpost.com: Prescribing Cipro Is 'Uncontrolled Experiment'
		The full impact of large numbers of people being put on Cipro by doctors -- and even larger numbers taking the medicine on their own -- will not be known for weeks or months.
		But already, patients with other illnesses who desperately need Cipro have been deprived of the medicine, and patients around the country taking the drug have begun reporting such side effects as dizziness, headaches, nausea and achy joints.
		Concerns are mounting that overusing Cipro will spawn the growth of resistant microbes, rendering ineffective a drug considered to be a last resort when no other antibiotics work.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A32486-2001Nov2?language=printer (1105 words)

	Cipro Anthrax and Sinus Infection FAQ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Cipro is not currently FDA approved for aerosol delivery.
		Recent media attention, including NBC Anchor Tom Brokaw saying "In Cipro We Trust" has created a near panic of activity and Cipro sales even when there are only a small number of patients that currently need to take Cipro to treat an anthrax condition.
		Therefore many Americans may be overreacting by ordering Cipro or asking physicians to use it in the case of their ailment.
	www.sinuspharmacy.com /news_cipro-anthrax-inhalation.html (979 words)

	Cipro Shortage: An Invented Scarcity - Mises Institute
		The sudden demand for Cipro could not have come at a better time for a company that had been in a slump and was hemorrhaging due to a considerable operating-profit shortfall.
		In the case of Cipro, the acute scarcity of the drug is indeed a creation of the law.
		Cipro does not have a competing substitute in the market that is not covered by Bayer's patent.
	www.mises.org /fullstory.asp?control=812 (1455 words)

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		Because of the current anthrax threat and the hoarding of Cipro by thousands of people, it is imperative that physicians and the public understand the benefits and potential risks of using Cipro or other fluoroquinolone antibiotics indiscriminately.
		Cipro is absolutely not indicated for any of the current strains of anthrax that have been identified to date.
		Prescribing Cipro is an 'Uncontrolled Experiment' with Many Side Effects - Cipro, currently the only approved drug in the US to treat anthrax, is still not as safe as it should be for widespread use.
	www.mercola.com /2001/nov/21/peripheral_neuropathy.htm (589 words)

	TIME.com: Drug of the Moment: Cipro -- Page 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		She went on to explain that while prices on the drugs have gone up somewhat in the past several weeks, that increase was only to cover the costs of newly frenetic manufacturing and shipping.
		Cipro, or ciprofloxacin HCl, is an oral antibiotic that was, until recently, used primarily to combat urinary tract infections.
		In August 2000, Cipro, which had demonstrated an anti-anthrax efficacy in tests on monkeys, was rushed through the approval process and dubbed the unequivocal drug of choice in the anthrax battle.
	www.time.com /time/nation/article/0,8599,180092,00.html (747 words)

	Cipro Online, Description, Chemistry, Ingredients - Ciprofloxacin - RxList Monographs
		Tablets and CIPRO Oral Suspension and other antibacterial drugs, CIPRO Tablets and CIPRO Oral Suspension should be used only to treat or prevent infections that are proven or strongly suspected to be caused by bacteria.
		(ciprofloxacin hydrochloride) Tablets and CIPRO (ciprofloxacin*) Oral Suspension are synthetic broad spectrum antimicrobial agents for oral administration.
		CIPRO film-coated tablets are available in 100 mg, 250 mg, 500 mg and 750 mg (ciprofloxacin equivalent) strengths.
	www.rxlist.com /cgi/generic/cipro.htm (305 words)

	Anthrax, Cipro, and Doxycycline Antibiotic Questions and Answers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		ANTHRAX is an acute infectious disease caused by the spore-forming bacterium Bacillus anthracis.
		In the event of some form of an intentional bacteria anthrax exposure, cipro antibiotics may be in short supply and may not be available or you may not be able to attain it rapidly.
		CIPRO can play a very important role in any emergency preparedness plan since it is the FDA-approved drug for the treatment of the anthrax bacteria and it's recommended by the CDC.
	www.bertaut.com /questions.html (1304 words)

	Schumer: New Cipro Source Could Dramatically Increase Supply
		Schumer also said that by purchasing Cipro directly from generic drug manufacturers, Bayer could be forced to lower prices for private purchasers like hospitals who want to increase its supply of ciprofloxacin.
		Second, buying Cipro only from Bayer –; who charges a lot more than generic manufacturers would – means we spend a lot more and receive a lot less.
		Although Bayer is the single patent holder for Cipro, the validity of its patent is in question.
	www.senate.gov /~schumer/state-101601_cipro.htm (971 words)

	CiproUSA.com - Cipro for Urinary and Genital Infections, prostatitis and cystitis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		CiproUSA.com - Cipro for Urinary and Genital Infections, prostatitis and cystitis
		Cipro is an antibiotic effective against a broad range of bacteria.
		The safety and effectiveness of Cipro have been proven in patients all over the world.
	www.ciprousa.com /cipro_urinary/index.asp (369 words)

	Cipro Pharmacy.com
		If you are enquiring about a specific order then it would be helpful if you fill out the order number you were allocated once your order was received.
		Cipro (Ciproxin) is approved to reduce the incidence or progression of inhalational anthrax following exposure to aerosolized Bacillus anthracis, the bacterium that causes anthrax.
		Cipro (Ciproxin) has been approved for use by the FDA for individuals who have been exposed to inhaled anthrax.
	www.ciprofloxacinpharmacy.com /contact.php3 (184 words)

	CDC Anthrax \| Patient Information: Ciprofloxacin (500-mg Oral Tablet, Oral Suspension)
		It is best to take cipro 2 hours before or after a meal with at least one large glass of water.
		Cipro can make skin very sensitive to the sun which increases the chance of getting severe sunburn.
		Cipro can increase the effects of caffeine and theophylline (a medicine).
	www.bt.cdc.gov /agent/anthrax/treatment/cipropatient.asp (571 words)

	CiproXR: Detailed information about Cipro XR 500mg
		In patients aged 18-30 years, higher eradication rates were found in Cipro XR (n=83) vs. Cipro (n=92): 98.8% vs. 94.8%, respectively.
		The advanced bi-layer matrix formulation of Cipro XR provides rapid and sustained in vitro activity 35% of Cipro XR is delivered immediately, providing high levels in the bloodstream within the first 1-2 hours.
		Cipro XR is taken as one 500 mg tablet per day.
	www.ciproxr.com /HCP/500.asp (422 words)

	Schumer wants generic Cipro - Oct. 16, 2001
		NEW YORK (CNNmoney) - A U.S. senator called for a generic version of the antibiotic used to treat anthrax to be made available despite the fact German drugmaker Bayer AG still holds the patent for the drug.
		On Sept. 14, the company said Chief Financial Officer Werner Wenning will become CEO in April to stop speculation it was willing to have a minority interest in a joint venture for the drug unit.
		Sergio Traversa, portfolio manager with Merlin Biomed, said the size of the sales of Cipro will be material and will really help the company's drug business, but noted also it is a one-time event.
	money.cnn.com /2001/10/16/news/generic_cipro (468 words)

	Prescribing Cipro is an 'Uncontrolled Experiment' with Many Side Effects
		Cipro had never been tested against anthrax in people.
		The studies that originally established the safety of Cipro involved regimens of seven to 10 days, according to Philip Hanna, an anthrax expert at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.
		Cipro might not have worked any better than penicillin or doxycycline.
	www.mercola.com /2001/nov/7/cipro.htm (1265 words)

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