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carmen
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04/30/04 - 12:08 PM

A 36 YRS OLD female with a chronic UTI treated with ciprofloxacin is not responsive to the antibotic. Which of the following agents that she might have been taking for another reasons would decrease the effectiveness ciprofloxacin

a antiacid
b antihistamine
c nonsteroidal antiinflamatory
d anxiolytic
e multivitamin not containing iron

usmleasr
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04/30/04 - 12:16 PM

a)antacid

mdwannabe
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04/30/04 - 10:19 PM

yep...metals (Mg, Al, Fe etc) bind Cipro

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asmi
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05/01/04 - 01:55 PM

yep antacids

mdwannabe
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05/01/04 - 02:16 PM

I gonna say "Yep!" to Asmi's "Yep" :-)

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asmi
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05/01/04 - 02:20 PM

carmen
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05/03/04 - 10:43 AM

yep
given answer is a , smiling face

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