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💉 Ciprofloxacin Injection 200 mg/100 mL
📘 Description:
Ciprofloxacin injection is a broad-spectrum fluoroquinolone antibiotic for intravenous use. Each 100 mL infusion contains 200 mg ciprofloxacin. It inhibits bacterial DNA gyrase and topoisomerase IV, preventing bacterial replication.
📄 Prescription / Indications:
Prescribed for moderate to severe bacterial infections, such as:
- Severe urinary tract infections (UTIs)
- Hospital-acquired & community-acquired pneumonia
- Sepsis / bacteremia
- Intra-abdominal infections
- Skin & soft tissue infections
- Bone & joint infections
- Complicated gastrointestinal infections (e.g., typhoid, infectious diarrhea)
- Pelvic inflammatory disease
🌿 Nature / Drug Class:
- Antibiotic
- Fluoroquinolone class
- Bactericidal
✅ Advantages:
- IV route ensures rapid and reliable systemic delivery
- Effective against many gram-negative organisms including Pseudomonas
- Can be used in critically ill patients who cannot take oral medicine
- Provides broad-spectrum coverage
⚠️ Precautions:
- Administer by slow IV infusion over 60 minutes (not IV push)
- Avoid in children and adolescents unless no safer alternative is available
- Risk of tendon damage, QT prolongation, CNS effects
- Avoid co-administration with drugs that prolong QT interval or cause seizures
- Monitor renal function; dose adjustment in renal impairment may be required
- Contraindicated in patients with fluoroquinolone hypersensitivity
- Not effective for viral infections
📦 Common Packaging:
- Glass or plastic infusion bottle/bag
- 100 mL containing 200 mg ciprofloxacin
- Also available in higher strengths (400 mg/200 mL)
❄️ Storage Conditions:
- Store at 15–30°C
- Protect from light and freezing
- Use immediately after opening
- Keep out of reach of children