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To: average joe who wrote (48)	10/26/2001 6:48:19 AM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 827

With all due respect, influenza is a virus, and Cipro doesn't cure viruses.

To: average joe who wrote (48)	10/26/2001 8:39:24 AM
From: Cage Rattler	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 827

The use of an antibiotic for viral-induced symptoms is medically inappropriate. I suggest you perform a search on antibiotics, bacteria viv-a-vis virus, the causation of drug resistant bacteria, and the impact of inappropriate antibiotic use on your own health. It is difficult to believe a licensed physician would prescribe penicillin or any other antibiotic in the absence of probable bacterial infection, such as anthrax exposure, or unless the patient were imuno-deficient as with HIV. Please don't take this as personal criticism, it is not as patient's responsibility to practice medicine and prescribe medications.