Can i take cipro while pregnant

There are no studies looking at possible risks to a pregnancy when the father takes ciprofloxacin. In general, exposures that fathers have are unlikely to increase risks to a pregnancy. Please click here for references. Media Inquiries Skip to primary navigation Skip to main content Skip to footer.

What is ciprofloxacin? I just found out I am pregnant. Should I stop taking ciprofloxacin? Talk with your healthcare providers before making any changes to your medication s. Does taking ciprofloxacin increase the chance for miscarriage? Does taking ciprofloxacin increase the chance of birth defects? The transfer of drugs and other chemicals into human milk. Quinolone-induced arthropathy in the neonatal mouse: Morphological analysis of articular lesions produced by pipemidic acid and ciprofloxacin.

Fundam Appl Toxicol ; Arthopathy secondary to ciprofloxacin in an adult cystic fibrosis patient. Ann Pharmacother ; Cystic fibrosis and drug-induced arthropathy. Br J Rheumatol ;28 2 Pregnancy outcome following gestational exposure to fluoroquinolones: a multicenter prospective controlled study.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother 6 back to table. Ciprofloxacin for multiresistant enteric fever in pregnancy. Lancet ; Ciprofloxacin: toxicological evaluation of additional safety data.

Am J Med ;A 37s -5A 39s. Pregnancy outcome after prenatal quinolone exposure. Background: The association between fluoroquinolones and arthropathy, although observed in immature animals and rarely reported in humans, has resulted in the restricted use of fluoroquinolones during pregnancy. Young dogs given ciprofloxacin developed arthropathy with permanent cartilage erosion in weight-bearing joints.

Similar arthropathies have been reported in neonatal mice 6. Transient arthropathy has been reported in a small number of patients with cystic fibrosis 7 , 8.

Arthropathy as a Teratogenic Effect. Motor, adaptive, social, and language milestones in each child were consistent with age, and no evidence of cartilage damage was found on regular clinical assessments up to five years of age Studies in pregnant monkeys did not produce detectable adverse effects on embryonic or fetal development There were no differences in the rates of prematurity, spontaneous abortions, or birth weight 9.

Of these, six were malformed. There was no pattern of anomalies seen among the reported spectrum of minor and major malformations Five of the nine women who received ciprofloxacin during the first trimester experienced normal births with no reported congenital abnormalities.

The other four first trimester exposures were an ectopic pregnancy, a spontaneous abortion and two terminations There has also been a case report of a pregnant woman exposed to three weeks of ciprofloxacin therapy during early third trimester who delivered a normal baby MMWR ;50 43