Film-coated tablets - 500 mg

Neocil contains the active substance ciprofloxacin. Ciprofloxacin is an antibiotic belonging to the fluoroquinolone family. Ciprofloxacin works by killing bacteria that cause infections. It only works with specific strains of bacteria.

Adults

Neocil is used in adults to treat the following bacterial infections:

• respiratory tract infections;
• long lasting or recurring ear or sinus infections;
• urinary tract infections;
• genital tract infections in men and women;
• gastro-intestinal tract infections and intra-abdominal infections;
• skin and soft tissue infections;
• bone and joint infections;
• to prevent infections due to the bacterium Neisseria meningitidis;
• anthrax inhalation exposure.

Ciprofloxacin may be used in the management of patients with low white blood cell counts (neutropenia) who have a fever that is suspected to be due to a bacterial infection.

If you have a severe infection or one that is caused by more than one type of bacterium, you may be given additional antibiotic treatment in addition to Neocil.

Children and adolescents

Neocil is used in children and adolescents, under specialist medical supervision, to treat the following bacterial infections:

• lung and bronchial infections in children and adolescents suffering from cystic fibrosis;
• complicated urinary tract infections, including infections that have reached the kidneys (pyelonephritis);
• anthrax inhalation exposure.

Neocil may also be used to treat other specific severe infections in children and adolescents when your doctor considered this necessary.