Ciprofloxacin - and Training

[BovaJP]

I did a search of all TID for ciprofloxacin.....so trying to make my own decisions here....
I come down with a UTI last week, and they prescribed me some macrobid. Sent the cultures out and got them returned and the doc said the bacteria i have will not respond to macrobid and wants to put me on some lecifin something or other....but then decided upon ciprofoxacin.
She asked me if i was a runner, i said no why, she said there are side affects of tendonopathy.. i said i work out so she changed from that L word antibiotic to ciprofloxacin.
So i've been doin a lot of research on these side affects and trying to help myself make a decision....i mean i want this bacteria gone yes, but not at the risk of my tendons as I work out 5 x's /week and lift weights and need my tendons in tip top shape (what's left of them...lol, i'm 53yrs old right now-female).

So far i have not taken this cipro antibiotic and have been weighing in on taking it or not.....i guess worst case, the bacteria would come back.

 

[beefnewton]

By L word you mean Levaquin, right? I wouldn't touch that stuff. It gives me panic attacks as well (go figure). I've used Cipro quite a bit for flareups of SIBO (ten day courses of 500mg twice a day) and not had any issues structurally. I'm sure you move heavier weight than I do, but I push very hard, and beyond just age-related garbage like my shoulder or scap, have yet had issues with tendons or other soft tissue that I thought I could attribute to the Cipro.

 

[BovaJP]

By L word you mean Levaquin, right? I wouldn't touch that stuff. It gives me panic attacks as well (go figure). I've used Cipro quite a bit for flareups of SIBO (ten day courses of 500mg twice a day) and not had any issues structurally. I'm sure you move heavier weight than I do, but I push very hard, and beyond just age-related garbage like my shoulder or scap, have yet had issues with tendons or other soft tissue that I thought I could attribute to the Cipro.

Thanks Beef, and yea Levaquin, just couldn't remember the name lol. Thanks
Obviously it has been a very long time since i have had to take antibiotics...lol.
The cipro i got was a 5 day run, at 500mg every 12 hrs.
All those side affects just scared the heck outta me.
My hubs said I wouldn't be taking enough to have an impact. But here's the deal: we all react differently to different meds and i won't know until i take it LOL. I say i just save the script and use it if i need it next time LOL.

 

[Wilson6]

I did a search of all TID for ciprofloxacin.....so trying to make my own decisions here....
I come down with a UTI last week, and they prescribed me some macrobid. Sent the cultures out and got them returned and the doc said the bacteria i have will not respond to macrobid and wants to put me on some lecifin something or other....but then decided upon ciprofoxacin.
She asked me if i was a runner, i said no why, she said there are side affects of tendonopathy.. i said i work out so she changed from that L word antibiotic to ciprofloxacin.
So i've been doin a lot of research on these side affects and trying to help myself make a decision....i mean i want this bacteria gone yes, but not at the risk of my tendons as I work out 5 x's /week and lift weights and need my tendons in tip top shape (what's left of them...lol, i'm 53yrs old right now-female).

So far i have not taken this cipro antibiotic and have been weighing in on taking it or not.....i guess worst case, the bacteria would come back.

Association between tendon ruptures and use of fluoroquinolone, and other oral antibiotics: a 10-year retrospective study of 1 million US senior Medicare beneficiaries - PubMed

In our study, fluoroquinolones as a class were not associated with the increased risk of tendon ruptures. Neither ciprofloxacin nor moxifloxacin exhibited any risk for tendon ruptures. Levofloxacin did exhibit significant increased risk. Cephalexin with no reported effect on metalloprotease...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

 

[BovaJP]

Association between tendon ruptures and use of fluoroquinolone, and other oral antibiotics: a 10-year retrospective study of 1 million US senior Medicare beneficiaries - PubMed

In our study, fluoroquinolones as a class were not associated with the increased risk of tendon ruptures. Neither ciprofloxacin nor moxifloxacin exhibited any risk for tendon ruptures. Levofloxacin did exhibit significant increased risk. Cephalexin with no reported effect on metalloprotease...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

OH man, thanks @Wilson6