No. Cipro ONLY works on bacterial infections. When you catch a cold or the flu you do not have a bacterial infection, you have a virus.
No antibiotics work on any type of viral infections.
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You could, but there is an increasing frequency of resistance to Ciprofloxacin by the most common bacteria responsible for acute sinusitis.
-Dr C
No, Cipro is an antibiotic for bacterial infections and will have no effect on colds. which are caused by viral infections with adenoviruses.