Will cipro help cure a sinus infection?

Question

I've got cipro from some of my off shore business trips, and I've got a sinus infection. I'm taking over the counter symptom releivers, and rinsing/gargling with warm saltwater, and I'm drinking lots of water and juice, and I'm still miserable. It is becoming an infection (color is yellow, and sinuses are aching). I know that cipro is an antibiotic, and I wonder if it would do anything for this sinus infection that I have.

Answer 1

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it may, but it is not the drug of choice for a sinus infection. if you take it without really needing it, you can set yourself up for resistant bacteria, so when you really need cipro, the bacteria may be immune, and the cipro won't work.
best to see a doctor, and they can prescribe something more narrow spectrum.

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I work in the medical field

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The aching has subsided, and the Mucinex and the Claritin are keeping me up and running... If it's not gone by next week, I'll make an appt.

Thanks everyone for all the good advice.

Answer 2

Yes , If your sinus becomes infected an antibiotic will usually always help.

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Been there

Answer 3

Go see a doctor instead of guessing if it is a sinus infection.
It isn't wise to take any antibiotic unless a doctor has prescribed it for this particular problem.
When you take too many antibiotics, your body can become immune to them.

Answer 4

Sometimes Cipro side effects are worse than the flu.

For me, it drops my BP about 60 points, I sit like a zombie for 2 hours

There is a OTC called sinutab that might help

Answer 5

Cipro at a dose of 500 mg twice daily for 10 days is among the best (and it is the best taking into account cost as there is a generic ciprofloxacin) antibiotics for a sinus infection. I get at least 1 sinus infection a year and they are miserable and it does sound as if your diagnosis is correct. The key is to prevent such infections and the incidence of sinus infections is greatly reduced by daily use of a corticosteroid nasal spray which is available only by prescription. Hope you get to feeling better.

Answer 6

if you have a viral infection no antibiotic will help that..you need to see your doc to check what it is

Answer 7

Try the cipro then go to the doctor. Try tea tree oil--burns,but works. And yes you got a nasty infection.
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