A Patient Has Been Taking Ciprofloxacin for 3 Days and Calls

A patient has been taking ciprofloxacin for 3 days and calls the primary care nurse practitioner (NP) to report having headaches and dizziness.The NP should:

A) change to levofloxacin.
B) decrease the dose of ciprofloxacin.
C) change to an antibiotic in another drug class.
D) reassure the patient that these are common side effects.

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