Is Cipro safe..?
ALL drugs have potential side effects. In medicine, we always weigh the risk of a drug against its potential benefits. You have to look at the risk of your UTI – there’s the discomfort of feeling like you have to pee every 5 minutes, and the real risk of the infection going up the urinary system to your kidneys and causing long-term damage there. The risk of the Cipro is small compared to the risk of losing your kidneys. If you have a reaction after taking the medication, call the doctor who prescribed the drug. Sometimes there’s an easy fix (nausea – take drug with meals); sometimes, it’s the sign of something more serious. Be aware that for every person who posted a horror story on the Internet, there are literally millions of people who took the drug, cured the infection, and lived happily ever after.
