Who should not take Cipro?
The following conditions are contraindicated with this drug. Check with your physician if you have any of the following:
Conditions:
- Loeys-Dietz syndrome
- congenital myasthenic syndrome
- aneurysm of aorta
- kidney disease with likely reduction in kidney function
- chronic kidney disease stage 5 (failure)
- chronic kidney disease stage 4 (severe)
- dissection of the aorta
- heart transplant
- lung transplant
- anemia from pyruvate kinase and G6PD deficiencies
- high pressure within the skull
- seizures
- rupture of a tendon
- inflammation of a tendon
- kidney transplant
- liver problems
- liver failure
- cerebral ischemia
- a lack of blood supply to the brain
- abnormal EKG with QT changes from birth
- prolonged QT interval on EKG
- slow heartbeat
- torsades de pointes
- a type of abnormal heart rhythm
- myasthenia gravis
- a skeletal muscle disorder
- a painful condition that affects the nerves in the legs and arms called peripheral neuropathy
- pseudotumor cerebri
- a condition with high fluid pressure in the brain
- a low seizure threshold
- low amount of potassium in the blood
- dehydration
- low amount of magnesium in the blood
- glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency
- low blood sugar
- diabetes
- severe liver disease
- Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
- Marfan syndrome
- a condition with dry eyes
- dry mouth and arthritis called Sjogren's syndrome
- toxic psychosis
- diarrhea from an infection with Clostridium difficile bacteria
- chronic kidney disease stage 3A (moderate)
- chronic kidney disease stage 3B (moderate)
Allergies:
- Quinolones
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