Cipro
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- noun
- /ˈsɪproʊ/
- Specialized
- The drug of choice for anthrax is Cipro, the trade name for ciprofloxacin.
- antibiotic Cipro
- Cipro (ciprofloxacin)
- Cipro to treat
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Watch on YouTubeThe next drug class is fluoroquinolone antibiotics like Cipro and Levaquin and floxacin.
- The next drug class is fluoroquinolone antibiotics like Cipro and Levaquin and floxacin.
Examples
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The best known are Cipro (ciprofloxacin), Levaquin (levofloxacin), and Avelox (moxifloxacin).
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Same story... finally got a diagnosis and three days into a two-week course of Cipro.
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Vancomycin and Cipro are among the most powerful antibiotics doctors have right now for fighting infection.
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I want a prescription for Cipro or whatever the doctor deems appropriate, and I need a booster today.
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By the time of the second surgery, 11/15/2010, I had already been in the hospital three days with both Vancomycin and Cipro dripping into my body through an IV needle in my left hand.
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To keep market exclusivity on Cipro (with sales of over $1 billion), Bayer actually paid $400 million to the generic drug maker who had rights to market, Barr Laboratories.
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In 2001, postal workers in Washington, D.C., were given Cipro to combat anthrax.
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But over the past week, the store's Cipro supply has been in high demand.
Synonyms
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A medicine that kills bacteria and treats serious infections like skin or bladder infections
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cipro is a brand name that comes from the first part of the long drug name ciprofloxacin, using the cipro- part and dropping the rest to make the name short and easy to say. That's why Cipro refers to the antibiotic used 'to fight bacteria' in serious infections.