what is medication called cipro
CiproÂ® (ciprofloxacin) is a medication licensed to treat a wide variety of bacterial infections. If you are prescribed this antibiotic, you may wonder how the active ingredient in Cipro works to kill certain bacteria. Cipro's active ingredient is called ciprofloxacin. It is part of a group of medications called fluoroquinolones, or quinolones for short. This ingredient works by killing certain bacteria that cause infections. It does this by interfering with two bacterial enzymes called topoisomerase IV and DNA gyrase.