Please do not ever take Cipro!!! It can cause extremely serious connective and nerve tissue issues. Look up "Cipro is poison". I took Cipro a few times without issue, and then it was given past the patient age limits. When you are doubled over with a UTI, reading the insert doesn't happen. The last time it didn't clear the infection, and two weeks after the last dose, all hell broke loose. I was a lucky one, because at least I can walk again, it wiped most of a year's worth of my memory. (One good thing about that is I can watch movies again like they're new!)
Recently, I'd been taking Macrobid, but decided to get off antibiotics altogether. My ears ring constantly, my skin looks awful, UTIs keep coming back, etc.
I just got an Rx for Uromune, which is an oral vaccine that you can get in Mexico (not the US or Canada) through telehealth. My kid got it for me on her trip there. It is taken for 90 days, a squirt under your tongue once a day. I am 60 days in, with no issues. Look into it. It is about $400 - $500, but add up all the Dr. appointments and drugs and you'll see that's not too bad. I hope to be UTI free in the future. UTIs kill up to 33% of the elderly, my parents in particular.