Cipro XR and Thymoglobulin rabbit

• Generic Name: ciprofloxacin
• Dosage Forms: tablet, film coated, extended release
• Other Brand Names: Cipro, Cipro XR, Proquin XR, Cipro IV

Cipro XR is a fluoroquinolone (flor-o-KWIN-o-lone) antibiotic that fights bacteria in the body. This medicine is used to treat different types of bacterial infections. This medicine is also used to treat people who have been exposed to anthrax or certain types of plague.

Fluoroquinolone antibiotics can cause serious or disabling side effects that may not be reversible. Cipro XR should be used only for infections that cannot be treated with a safer antibiotic.

Cipro XR may also be used for purposes not listed in this medication guide.

• Generic Name: anti-thymocyte globulin (rabbit)
• Dosage Forms: injection, powder, lyophilized, for solution
• Other Brand Names: Thymoglobulin

Thymoglobulin is a sterilized solution made of the cells of rabbits that have been injected with white blood cells from humans.

Thymoglobulin lowers your body's immune system. The immune system helps your body fight infections. The immune system can also fight or "reject" a transplanted organ such as a liver or kidney. This is because the immune system treats the new organ as an invader.

Thymoglobulin is used together with other medicines to prevent your body from rejecting a kidney transplant.

Thymoglobulin may also be used for purposes not listed in this medication guide.