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Posted by SAK (Member # 7387) on :

Does anyone have any experiences with cipro for bartonella? I've taken it for about 10 days now and see nothing better.

Thanks.

Posted by kelmo (Member # 8797) on :

too soon to tell for any medication. But I don't know about Cipro alone for bart.
Kelly

Posted by SAK (Member # 7387) on :

Thanks for your reply kelmo.

It's just I've taken levaquin and noticed improvement in less than 1 week. Usually, abx shows some sign in a week. So, I'm worried, curious about cipro.

Posted by Jill E. (Member # 9121) on :

Cipro is one of the meds my LLMD mentioned as a possibility for me for Bart. But given I had to go off Levaquin after two weeks, and I've had Achilles Tendon pain for months, I'm not about to go on a quinolone right now.

But I got the impression from him - and also Dr. B's DVD that I watched - that Cipro is an alternate to Levaquin, but Levaquin is first choice. Why did you have to go off Levaquin?

Of course, Rifampin is an option, too - maybe that would work for you better than a quinolone.

Jill

Posted by troutscout (Member # 3121) on :

I had good luck with it...it did linger however. I also had done Levaquin before that.

Trout [Wink]