What's more effective? Cipro 500 mg or Doxycycline 100 mg in treating epididymitis?

Question

Recently, a friend of mine was diagnosed with epdidymitis, and was prescribed doxycycline plus a pain med. I'm just trying to tell him that I think Cipro is just as good or better, but he doesn't trust me. So is cipro better, or does it even matter, and is it ok to take hydrocodone (vikoden-probably bad spelling) as a pain reliever with cipro? Also The epididymitis was diagnosed as (unspecified) (probable). What does that mean?

I ask because he went in earlier that day and it was diagnosed as swollen lymph glands. This was before he started feeling severe LRQ(lower right quadrant or abdominal) pain, and was rushed back to the ER for a thorough diagnosis from a urologist after the ER doc recommended it. The Day ER Doctor that first diagnosed the swollen lymph glands was not a urologist if it makes a difference. This is all after 2 CT scans showed up as negative for appendicitus,hernia, and kidney stones which he originally thought it to be. Which leads me to my last question, is 2 CT Scans in one day conclusive enough to honestly determine wether it is, or is not hernia, Appendix, Or kindey stones? thank you for your time ~bless~

Answer 1

doxycycline would be better ,

Answer 2

Cipro is a very good antibiotic, but it does not help against everything.

Chlamydia, for example, is a bacterial infection that is treated with 7 days of doxycycline or one dose of Zmax (azithromycin)... It isn't treated with Cipro...

Infections are treated wih the antibiotic that will be most effective, considering the kind of infection, the location, and the patient's medical allergies...

Unless a person has gone to medical school, no one should be "advicing" your friend on what to take and what not to take. That could just lead to your friend developing resistance to a medication that will probably not work in this particular case, but might be needed in the future...

I admit, there are doctors out there that don't know what they are doing, so instead of asking yahooers, call a local doctor's office and ask for their professional opinion (or schedule an appointment for a second opinion) Anything less than that would be potentially harmful to your friend's health...