Ciprofloxacin - can you crush Cipro 500 tablets and mix with food?

Although ciprofloxacin starts working within hours of taking it, you may not notice an improvement in your symptoms for 2 to 3 days. For some infections, such as osteomyelitis (a bone infection), it may take up to a week before you show any improvement. Continue reading

Cipro (ciprofloxacin), a fluoroquinolone antibiotic, is used to treat a wide range of bacterial infections, including:

• pneumonia and certain lower respiratory tract infections
• certain urinary tract infections
• gonorrhea
• infections of the digestive tract (for example, diverticulitis) - (used in combination with metronidazole)
• serious skin, bone and joint infections
• prostate gland infections
• infectious diarrhea
• typhoid fever (enteric fever)
• kidney infections (pyelonephritis)
• inhalational anthrax (post-exposure)
• certain types of plague (treatment and prevention).

If an antibiotic does not treat a urinary tract infection (UTI), the bacteria may have developed antibiotic resistance and your infection may worsen. A UTI may start as a bladder infection (cystitis) and could worsen into a more serious kidney infection (pyelonephritis) or urosepsis (a serious infection throughout your body) that is a medical emergency. Contact your doctor.