Strep throat antibiotics??

colleen10 · May 12, 2003

Cipro sounds odd to use for strep throat. I had to use it once last spring when I stepped on a rusty nail and had to get a Tetnus shot and be put in Cipro in case of infection.

Let me tell you. I will never again use Cipro for anything. It made me so sick. About 10-15 minutes after I would take it my heart would race and I would get light headed and dizzy and sweaty. I quit using it about 3 days into a 10 day supply. I'd rather take me chances with an infection.

My uncle is a chemical engineer for Bayer, the makers of Cipro. He said that it was originally designed to be administered to animals and they didn't change a whole lot about the drug when they started making it for humans. He said he'd never take it.

oramar · May 12, 2003

I read a report somewhere that about one in five people who took Cipro for anthrax could not tolerate it. It makes a very large portion of the people who take it very, very sick.

CraftyLPN · May 13, 2003

Went to doc and hedid perscribe cipro...he said I also had several other infections that are present... but I took one.. and like you, colleen,I am sick to my stomach.....

er_nurse_tracey · May 13, 2003

When my now 8 y/o son had strep a few yrs ago, Dr first had him on Amoxicillin but changed him to roxithromycin (Amox. was giving him nasty stomach pains). Roxithromycin helped.

Hope you are feeling better soon

Tracey

Otessa, BSN, RN · Jan 4, 2010

Keflex(cephalosporin) is also used for strep if there is a PCN allergy.

otessa

mamamerlee, LPN · Jan 4, 2010

We are not supposed to give medical advice here. Please see your PCP. Ask for the cheapest possible effective med, and possibly samples.

April, RN, BSN, RN · Jan 4, 2010

We are not supposed to give medical advice here. Please see your PCP. Ask for the cheapest possible effective med, and possibly samples.

She stated a few posts back that she is under the care of her doctor and is taking the Cipro as he prescribed.

Multicollinearity, BSN, RN · Jan 4, 2010

Keflex(cephalosporin) is also used for strep if there is a PCN allergy.
otessa

That seems kind of interesting considering that a portion of those allergic to penacillin are also allergic to cephalosporins due to cross-reactivity.

Multicollinearity, BSN, RN · Jan 4, 2010

That seems kind of interesting considering that a portion of those allergic to penacillin are also allergic to cephalosporins due to cross-reactivity.

Or maybe not. It looks like what I learned about this in my pharmacology class may be wrong.

agldragonRN · Jan 4, 2010

keflex(cephalosporin) is also used for strep if there is a pcn allergy.
otessa

i hope after 7 long years when the op first posted, she does not have the strep throat any more.

vanderth · Jan 4, 2010

I recently had strep throat and was prescribed Keflex. The only bad thing is that it really upset my stomach even when I ate with it. Hope this helps

Trauma Columnist · Jan 4, 2010

Yep - 7 years is a long time to have strep throat - lol.

This is why we don't give medical advice.