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Taking Antibiotics For Infection In Foot While On Dialysis. Appetite Loss, Low BP. Due To Cipro?
My mother is 86 years old and on dialysis. Recently, she got an infection in her foot and the dr. put her on an IV antibiotic while she is having her dialysis. She also was prescribed Cypro to take at home. Lately, she has lost her appetite and her bp has dropped. I am now giving her midodrine to take in the am and pm. Could Cypro or the other antibiotic cause the loss of appetite or is it something else?
CIPROFLOXACIN IS COMMONLY ASSOCIATED WITH FOLLOWING DRUGS 1. NAUSEA, DIARRHEA, DIZZINESS, LIGHTHEADEDNESS, HEADACHE OR TROUBLE SLEEPING 2. IT IS RARELY RELATED TO CAUSE SERIOUS NERVE PROBLEMS THAT MAY BE REVERSIBLE IF IDENTIFIED AND TREATED EARLY IT MIGHT VARY FROM PAIN/NUMBNESS, BURNING/TINGLING AND WEAKNESS IN THE PARTS OF THE BOBODY. 3. IT IS RELATED TO CAUSE LOW BLOOD SUGARS TOO
AS YOUR COMPLAINTS RELATES SOME PART OF IT TO SIDE EFFECTS OF CIPRO, ITS IDEAL TO STOP IT AND CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR.
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Taking Antibiotics For Infection In Foot While On Dialysis. Appetite Loss, Low BP. Due To Cipro?
DEAR SIR/MADAM CIPROFLOXACIN IS COMMONLY ASSOCIATED WITH FOLLOWING DRUGS 1. NAUSEA, DIARRHEA, DIZZINESS, LIGHTHEADEDNESS, HEADACHE OR TROUBLE SLEEPING 2. IT IS RARELY RELATED TO CAUSE SERIOUS NERVE PROBLEMS THAT MAY BE REVERSIBLE IF IDENTIFIED AND TREATED EARLY IT MIGHT VARY FROM PAIN/NUMBNESS, BURNING/TINGLING AND WEAKNESS IN THE PARTS OF THE BOBODY. 3. IT IS RELATED TO CAUSE LOW BLOOD SUGARS TOO AS YOUR COMPLAINTS RELATES SOME PART OF IT TO SIDE EFFECTS OF CIPRO, ITS IDEAL TO STOP IT AND CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR. THANKS