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Can I Have BP Medicines Along With Cipro For UTI?

I just started a 7 day course of CIPRO for an UTI - I also am on Meloxicam 7.5 mg as an anti-inflammatory - low-dose aspirin - Culturelle for digestive aid - Exforge 5/320 for BP - calcium w/B-3 - a multi-vitamin that contains calcium - and I consume 2 bottles of BOOST a day to maintain weight and energy. I am 85 years old. Just diagnosed with Osteoporosis. I need to know which of the above things I need to discontinue for these 7 days and which are o.k. for me to continue to use if I do not take them at the same time I'm taking the Cipro. The makers literature on the web does not make this clear. Thanks for any help. Sincerely, Linda D. Pellino
Tue, 2 Dec 2014
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Hello
You are advised CIPROFLOXACIN twice in day for 7 days .
You are also taking medicines , as mentioned in the query.
In my opinion take ciprofloxacin 1/2 hour after breakfast early in the morning and 2nd dose after 10-12 hours after 1st dose after meal .
While rest of medicine , you can take as advised by your doctor.
Cipro if taken with meloxicam produces CNS EXCITATION.
If cipro is taken together with calcium multivitamins its absorption is decreased , so you will not get desired results for UTI.
Need not to discontinue any medicine but a gap must be between these medicine with cipro as mentioned above .
However , medicine for blood pressure , you can take with cipro.
Hope this will help you.
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Can I Have BP Medicines Along With Cipro For UTI?

Hello You are advised CIPROFLOXACIN twice in day for 7 days . You are also taking medicines , as mentioned in the query. In my opinion take ciprofloxacin 1/2 hour after breakfast early in the morning and 2nd dose after 10-12 hours after 1st dose after meal . While rest of medicine , you can take as advised by your doctor. Cipro if taken with meloxicam produces CNS EXCITATION. If cipro is taken together with calcium multivitamins its absorption is decreased , so you will not get desired results for UTI. Need not to discontinue any medicine but a gap must be between these medicine with cipro as mentioned above . However , medicine for blood pressure , you can take with cipro. Hope this will help you.