Any health conditions you have or used to have are supposed to be reported directly to your health care provider. Make sure you mention the fact of having been diagnosed with any of the following: joint problems, myasthenia gravis, low levels of blood potassium, diabetes, history of seizures, kidney or liver disease, personal or family history of Long QT syndrome, and any other ones you think may be important. The conditions mentioned can affect the success of your treatment, and your health care provider needs to be notified of them first thing during your visit. You may need a lower or higher dose of Cipro, your health care provider may ask you to have some additional tests done to see if taking Cipro will be safe for you, or your condition will be monitored very carefully throughout the entire period of the treatment. Tell your health care provider if you are using any medications that have been reported to interfere with the effects of Cipro. The following ones are especially important to report: oral diabetes medication, phenytoin, clozapine, metoclopramide, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, blood thinners, cyclosporine, oral steroid medications, probenecid, methotrexate, theophylline, ropinirole, and tacrine. This list is not complete and there are many other drugs that may potentially interact with Cipro. However, they are not prescribed as often as the ones mentioned and the chances you will be taking them are pretty low. Nevertheless, it’s useful to ask your doctor or your pharmacist if the medicine you are about to use and combine with Cipro is safe and is unlikely to cause interactions. Taking Cipro is not recommended if you are pregnant or breastfeeding, or in case you have a history of an allergic reaction to this medicine. This medicine can pass into breast milk and may or may not affect the health of an unborn baby. Since there is not enough information on the effects of Cipro in unborn babies, you will most probably be recommended to find some alternative to Cipro. The use of this drug in pregnant and breastfeeding women is justified very rarely and needs to be discussed with a qualified health care professional. Before you start taking this medicine, you need to know that taking Cipro regularly is the only way to benefit from this medicine. If you skip doses and can’t keep track of how much of this medicine you have already taken – it’s best not to start the treatment at all. You will be required to take the entire amount of Cipro prescribed – even if you feel better soon after taking this drug. Improved symptoms do not necessarily mean you have managed to overcome the infection. If you stop taking Cipro before it’s time, a relapse of infection is possible, and Cipro is not going to help you get it under control anymore because of resistance the bacteria will have developed by that time. Therefore, it’s important that you realize taking Cipro is a responsibility and you will need to do everything possible to follow the recommendations provided by your doctor.