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Consistent Stomach Pain Due To Food Poisoning. Can I Take Ciplox?

hi there i have a consistent stomach pain since last 2 days, it is caused by fastfood intake, kind of food poisioning,
at present i started taking ciplox tz an antibiotic marketed by cipla ltd, india, i took 1 dose of 500 mg of ciplox tz, how many tablets should i take?, is it the right tablet i am taking?, i bought it after reading an article on medscape.com, and some other articles on ciprofloxacin, is it ok to take this medicine?
posted on Sat, 4 May 2013
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Hello!

Thank you for the query.

Ciprofloxacine is quite safe antibiotic. However it is not a good idea to take it without consulting your doctor. Its because you do not know if your stomach pain is caused by bacterial infection. And only in case of bacterial infection, Ciprofloxacine will be effective.
But your pain can be caused by stomach irritation, peptic ulcer, gallstones, pancreas inflammation. Food poisoning caused by bacterial infection would give diarrhea at first associated with vomiting.

I suggest you to visit your doctor and discuss antibiotic intake. You should have abdominal ultrasound, blood work, liver tests and amylase checked. Gastroscopy should be also considered.

In a meanwhile, please avoid fatty foods, fried foods, spicy foods, alcohol and coffee.

Hope this will help.
Regards.
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Consistent Stomach Pain Due To Food Poisoning. Can I Take Ciplox?

Hello! Thank you for the query. Ciprofloxacine is quite safe antibiotic. However it is not a good idea to take it without consulting your doctor. Its because you do not know if your stomach pain is caused by bacterial infection. And only in case of bacterial infection, Ciprofloxacine will be effective. But your pain can be caused by stomach irritation, peptic ulcer, gallstones, pancreas inflammation. Food poisoning caused by bacterial infection would give diarrhea at first associated with vomiting. I suggest you to visit your doctor and discuss antibiotic intake. You should have abdominal ultrasound, blood work, liver tests and amylase checked. Gastroscopy should be also considered. In a meanwhile, please avoid fatty foods, fried foods, spicy foods, alcohol and coffee. Hope this will help. Regards.