Ciprofloxacin must not be prescribed for pregnant women or nursing mothers, since there is no experience on the drug's safety in these patient groups and since, on the basis of animal studies, it is not entirely improbable that the drug could cause damage to articular cartilage in the immature organism. Animal studies have not shown any evidence of teratogenic effects (malformations).
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