Drug Ratings for CIPRO

Average Rating: 1.6 (1925 Ratings)

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 4  
8/8/2006

 4  uti A headache that has not gone away. i wondered if it was the uti but it seems to be a common side effect. Muscle weakness; but again that can be attributed to the infection. Overall, i'm feeling a heck of a lot better than i was 1 week ago. Apparently have had a uti for about a month. Annueal exam first showed and i was give Macrobid. took that and figured all was fine. No symtpoms other than extreme fatigue. went back to doc, had a really bad uti. cipro has helped. F 5 days
4/21/2008

 3  prostatitis I took the 1000mg extended release tablet once a day in Feb. 2008 for 10 days. After reading this site I was almost afraid to take cipro. The only side effect I had started on day seven when I got the stomach upset and gastro problems common to most of these broad spectrum antibiotics that knock out the digestive bacteria in your guts as well as the targeted bacterium. Symptoms went away two days after I finished the ten day course of treatment. Unfortunately, it did not stop my prostate pain, but my doctor suggested that it was just a shot in the dark and often antibiotics are not the solution for prostate pain and he has scheduled further testing. M 10 days
2/29/2008

 3  prostatitis
4/8/2009

 3  
1/28/2005

 2   M 3 days
5/17/2004

 2  uti infection 1 days
5/8/2015

 1   CIPRO IS POISON! PLEASE SEE THE FOLLOWING YOUTUBE VIDEOS: https://www.youtube.com/user/CiproIsPoisonDotCom/videos?spfreload=10
1X D
5/4/2015

 1  Diverticulitis I am hoping this will help others http://floxiehope.com/douglas-story-cipro-side-effects/ floxiehope.com/douglas-story-cipro-side-effects/ M 3 days
500 mg 2x
3/18/2015

 1  UTI 5 rating? cipro is a synthetic chemo pill! ***CIPRO RUINED MY MOTHERS LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!along with thousands of others. she is now a cripple! look it up its called being floxed. its the goverments legal way of killing people! F
1X D
2/5/2015

 1  Post TURP operation Prostatitis The treatment restarted my anxiety and panic attacks but this time with palpitations. As the treatment duration increased I experienced insomnia at night and felt increasingly ill in the morning after taking the dosage. The doctor noted a 10% or more increase in blood pressure. By the end of the course I was physically and mentally exhausted. I had a painful calf muscle tear shortly after finishing the medication. It may have been playing a few minutes of football the day earlier or muscle weakness caused by the drug. My prostatitis and urinary infection were cured. After a few weeks without the drug I am steadily recovering. M 28 days
500 2X D
6/10/2015

 1  UTI/kidney infection I was told to take the cipro for 7 days, but after 4 days I "sprained" my ankle simply walking at home (no actual twisting occurred, I simply began to feel intense pain as if I had sprained it) and discontinued use. Two days later I began to feel pain in all of my joints and was unable to leave the bed for three days. I then began moving about, but with great difficulty. One week later I "sprained" my wrist simply opening a door. Now, two months later, I still feel a dull, yet constant pain and tightness in my wrists and ankles/achilles tendons. I would like to return to my usual activities (running, cycling and martial arts), but even 10 minutes of easy cycling exhausts me and causes pain. I was a very healthy, very active 32 year-old athlete before taking this horrible medication. Don't take this drug unless it's a last resort; it can be devastating, particularly to athletes. F 4 days
200mg 2X D
7/16/2015

 1   Another Cipro victim recently decided to end their own life rather than continue living with the nightmarish and never-ending side effects of this nasty antibiotic. You know a drug is bad when death is preferable to its side effects! Get this &$%# off the market NOW! How many more kids are going to have to grow up without a mother or father because of corporate greed and corruption? The folks at Bayer must be brought to justice. Of course that will never happen through legal channels, as they (the drug industry) have bought off the FDA. We are not being protected, and if we want justice it seems we must get it ourselves.
1X D
6/24/2015

 1   To the 23yo female who posted on 7/6/15: You are obviously quite ignorant about Cipro and its (abysmal) safety profile. A bullet has a half-life of what, a fraction of a second as it passes through your body? But we all know how deadly and destructive bullets can be. Keep on taking your Cipro like a good consumer and we'll see who's a "complainer" once she's permanently unable to walk. It's one thing to knowingly endanger your own health, it's quite another to encourage others to do the same with theirs. You have a lot of learning yet to do!
1X D
7/10/2015

 1   "Stay off the internet sites that talk about side effects" --Yes, stay COMPLETELY ignorant and in the dark about a class of antibiotics that could potentially destroy your life! Genius. PS. Many of Cipro's side effects often don't surface for weeks or months after you've already stopped taking it, so don't be so quick to count your chickens before they hatch. M
1X D
8/5/2015

 1  uti I took 1 pill and went to sleep. I woke up 1hour later with a Headache that wouldn't go away even when I took advil. I never took another pill but now three days I have a servers lower back pain.WHAT'S NEXT!! Anybody that's Ready to start a class law suit call me let's make them pay for giving us poison. 3055088381 Samara. Let's get this drug banned!! F 1 days
500
9/26/2015

 1  Urinary Tract Infection Both shoulder tendons ruptured. Each repaired surgically, then each ruptured again. Just last month, my hamstring completely detached -- an injury typically seen in bull riders and water skiers. I was leaning into my car to retrieve my wallet on the far seat. I have taken Cipro nine times over the past ten years. No one ever warned me about this. I'd blamed all these injuries on Lyme disease, which I contracted over 20 years ago. I always wondered why no other Lyme victims complained about tendon ruptures (I am a Lyme disease patient advocate and support-group facilitator). After four solid years on antibiotics (almost two years on IV antibiotic), I was basically cured from the Lyme, but over the years, I've suffered five ruptures now. DO NOT EVER TAKE THIS DRUG. IT SHOULD BE BANNED. F
various 1X D
10/25/2015

 1  UTI WORST NIGHTMARE OF MY LIFE WHEN I TOOK THIS DRUG (CIPRO) 10 YEARS AGO & THE FDA IS FINALLY (11/5/15) SAYING THIS DRUG SHOULD HAVE STRONGER WARNING LABELS FOR SIDE EFFECTS!! TAKE IT OFF THE MARKET! Still have some muscle problems 10 years after taking drugs! Had problems with almost every organ in my body due to CIPRO. Was perfectly healthy before taking this POISON!!! From Wall St. Jrl. 11/5/15: FDA Panel Seeks Tougher Antibiotic Labels Mounting evidence of previously unknown, and sometimes permanent, side effects prompted review. By Thomas M. Burton – Wall St. Jrl. SILVER SPRING, Md.—A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel overwhelmingly called for heightened label warnings on widely prescribed antibiotics called fluoroquinolones because of unusual but sometimes devastating side effects. The action followed a day of emotional testimony from dozens of patients who said these drugs have had a wide range of harmful effects on their health and cognitive ability. The agency decided earlier this year to have its advisory committee examine the class of antibiotics because of mounting evidence of previously unknown, and sometimes permanent, side effects.".... As early as April 17, 2013, the FDA’s Office of Surveillance and Epidemiology, which evaluates drug safety, concluded: “We continue to find an association between fluoroquinolone antibiotic use and disabling peripheral neuropathy.” 2 days
250 2X D
11/7/2015

 1   Now that the FDA has FINALLY acknowledged that fluoroquinolone-associated disability exists (30 years later!), I think it's time we victims band together and get compensated for our damages, our pain & suffering, our lost income and the lost years of our lives. Why should U.S. tax payers be on the line for our SSDI benefits when it was Big Pharma that caused all of this? The public should be outraged. I don't know about you, but I cannot live on SSDI alone. Not when I have to pay someone to do the most menial tasks for me now like grocery shopping, yard work, taking out the trash, etc. Why should I be relegated to a life of poverty and financial ruin because a multi-billion dollar corporation (as well as the FDA) withheld safety information from me? Bayer owes me and countless others MILLIONS, and it's about damn time they pay up. M
1X D
11/12/2015

 1   Cipro: Kills the infection by killing the patient
1X D
11/16/2015

 1   The reviewer from 12/30/2015 is almost certainly a big pharma rep. Either that or just very, very naive. Just because he's willing to play Russian roulette with his life doesn't mean you have to play it with yours. Cipro--and every other fluoroquinolone antibiotic still on the market--is capable of causing savage harm. Hello, every drug in this class now carries MULTIPLE black box warnings. Yea--real safe! And fewer side effects than older antibiotics? The FDA warning label for Cipro is 43 pages long!! You have been warned.
1X D
1/1/2016

 1  UTI After taking 1 pill 10 mins later breathing difficulties. Chills, tremors and severe nausea...very unwell for about 2hours F 1 days
500MG 2X D
1/21/2016

 1  prostate infection I take back what I said earlier about the low incidence of side effects, I did some research and it seems these antibiotics are toxic M 1 days
500
1/28/2016

 1   "Sounds as if they took the leaflet and copied all the side effects." If only Bayer actually divulged all of the side effects this poison is capable of inducing! IF ONLY. ZERO informed consent. 100% criminal. M
1X D
4/1/2016

 1  Prostatitis DO NOT TAKE THIS UNLESS YOUR LIFE DEPENDS ON IT. PLEASE! Mental confusion, loss of ability to focus, memory loss, it's been 3 months and still have issues. This is a destructive drug and will attack your healthy cells as well as the good ones. SOME OF THE EFFECTS ONLY APPEAR WEEKS OR EVEN MONTHS LATER. GOOD LUCK TRYING TO EXPLAIN TO YOUR DOCTOR. Horrific. Stay away. If you have come here to check this drug out, and have NOT taken it, you will have won the lottery! 12 days
10mg 2X D
4/13/2016

 1   Completely devastated my once-healthy body, essentially ending my life. I would love to get my hands around the CEO's neck and strangle the life out of him for what his company's poison has done to my life. An eye for an eye, buddy. 24/7/365 pain and suffering beyond anything I can even begin to put into words. M
1X D
6/27/2016

 1  uti infection flu like systems - legs hurt to walk - itching I had taken this a yr ago for uti infection with no ill effects. This time it was horrible with a 250mg tablet. I changed to Amox-clav 500mg. I will never take cipro again. My Dr. only gave it to me because I requested it. 1 days
250mg 1X D
5/4/2017

 1  Dr. said YELLOW skin. Seizures. Thoughts of suicide. Rapid heart beat. Severe muscle and joint pain. Severe nausea. Rash on my face. Cipro has a blackbox warning. DO NOT TAKE IT. IF YOU GET THE BAD SIDE EFFECTS THEY ARE IRREVERSIBLE. F
4/4/2009

 1   F
5/6/2009

 1   Clinical depression, a constant pain in my legs, nausea. I agree with the guy who said let's have doctors who say this is safe take this stuff. This is an evil drug. Only a moron would say this is drug is safe to use except in a severe emergency, only a complete and utter immoral moron. M
5/14/2009

 1  
5/19/2009

 1  infection Extreme, EXTREME pain. I feel like I'm 80. I'm 20. This drug is not supposed to be used as care-free as stupid physicians use it. People blame the drug companies for being greedy, but a large part of the problem as well is stupid doctors who don't know when a drug is really supposed to be used and when it's not.
5/25/2009

 1   Sun sensitivity, severe diarrhea, and I've been in severe pain since taking it. F
6/5/2009

 1  UC Severe suicidal depression, seizures, dizziness, yellow skin, dark urine, bruises, a red rash on my face, I literally felt like I had been poisoned. Only an inept idiot of a doctor would give you this for UC. (It made my symptoms worse, besides the all the side effects.) Run, don't walk, if your doctor prescribes this poison. This is a VERY dangerous drug. Its side effects are potentially debilitating, especially when combined with prednisone.
3/2/2009

 1  Prostate Scotland/physicallyactive male. Prostate-empathise with many posts, I have suffered acute tendonitis and cramping in achilles/calves. Worst of all experienced acute negative swings in mood profile adverse effect on my family. Hands across the water, this drug appears to have hidden nasty side effects, stay clear if you can,all the best.
8/18/2008

 1  Apparent UTI Body aches in hips, wrists, knees, shoulders. Fatigue. Headache. Lack of motivation. Depression. Over a year ago i started exp these sides after traveling abroad. I thought it was something i may have caught there, I have had blood tests a few times doctors find nothing and dont know what was wrong with me. Well a year later now i am starting to finally feel relief, i go to the hospital for extreme kidney pain. They prec. Cipro, say it is a UTI (i think it was a stone), anyways the aches are back full force! the pressure headache as well (it was so bad once last year i went to ER). I realize now that my ill health from the past year was from cipro i was prec. when i got back from my trip. Poison. there are other antibiotics you should try first, this does so much damage. read up on some faqs with this class of drugs http://www.fqresearch.org/ . big pharma care nothing about your health, it is all $$ this should be pulled or at least used only as last resort not for a friggin uti F 2 days
8/2/2009

 1   Crippled by Cipro? Join us (if you're physically able) on Tuesday May 7th, 2013 for the first ever Cipro/Avelox/Levaquin Victims Rally in Washington DC. Rally begins at 11am in front of the U.S. Capitol Building (West Front--Grassy Area 1). Victims and their loved ones will also be meeting with multiple Congressmen throughout the day. Just look for the people in wheelchairs! We're pissed & we're not gonna take it anymore. BAYER: WE'RE COMING FOR YOU!!! 666 days
1X D
5/2/2013

 1  suspected Uti pain in joints, weakness, insomnia, anxiety, depression, sore tendons, stomach problems, damage to right eye, peripheral neuropathy. These antibiotics are poison. They have taken 18 months of my life ......so far. Don't know if I will ever fully recover. F 5 days
250 mg. 2X D
9/24/2013

 1   Has Cipro destroyed your body/health/life? You are certainly not alone! There are untold thousands of us with more people falling victim to this legal poison every single day. Please join us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/46690244194/ Don't forget to report your adverse reaction to the FDA! This global massacre of innocent & unsuspecting individuals by Bayer Pharmaceuticals must STOP! File your FDA report here: https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/medwatch/
1X D
2/7/2014

 1  UTI Horrific debilitating medicine prescribed by my doctor and approved by FDA. I *was* a healthy 47 year old mountain hiker until this medicine in December stopped me from walking. My symptoms Ive experienced are as follows: photosensitivity in left eye, confusion, loss of balance, muscle twitching, muscle spasm, tingling, burning, pins and needles, shooting pain in arms, legs, hands, scalp, and feet. Multiple Tendenopathy in both feet, both ankles, both knees, both elbows, both wrists, both thumbs. PAINFUL. Unable to walk without pain or for any distance such as down the driveway. . Must shuffle or hobble to another room. Unable to use hands to chop food or open a water bottle. Hair has fallen out. Rash on chest, neck, back, face, and legs. Neck sounds as if there is bubble wrap twisting in it when I turn my head. Jaw pops. In summary...I have suffered agonizing pain that I had never experienced in my life. It has not gone away. I have had to see Opthamologist, Neurologist, Hematologis Horrific Damaging Medicine. F 5 days
250mg 2X D
4/9/2014

 1  Uti Cramping, every muscle hurts, stiffness, swollen ankles, eye pain, hurts all over and now have pain on right lower side of back F 6 days
2X D
6/29/2014

 1   BEWARE of anyone claiming they have a cure for the horrific & often crippling/disabling side effects of this poisonous antibiotic. A cure does not exist. It's bad enough that we were poisoned for $$ in the first place, and then to have snake oil salesmen descend upon us once we've fallen ill, well that's just disgusting and disgraceful. F
1X D
5/28/2014

 1  UTI dizzyness, numb lips, severe rash on hands and forehead, confusion, rapid heartbeat and vomiting Just horrible almost had to go to the ER and it turned out I didn't even have a bacterial infection anyways. Took about 4 days before the symptoms went away. My cardio fitness still hasn't recovered and I stopped taking it 2 months ago. Walking up a flight of stairs almost kills me now M 4 days
5/12/2004

 1  Urethritis Severe joint pains and muscle aches; burning sensations in forearms and joints; weakness in arms; pressure and pain in ears; brain fog; feelings of anxiety; insomnia; lack of energy and fatigue. After over one year the joint pains, burning sensations and pressure in ears all contiune. It has been a year of hell. This drug is poision. If prescribed this drug insist on a safer alternative. See http://www.drugvictims.org/ for more information about the dangers of Cipro and other quinolone antibiotics. M 7 days
9/24/2002

 1  urininary tract infection severe bilateral tendinitis; Residual muscle pain and weakness--is the latter a side effect? F 6 weeks
1/1/2002

 1  c diff horrible side effects...yellow skin even. don't take this. it has a black box warning now.
11/4/2008

 1  UTI CIPRO was prescribed to me for only three days for a UTI and now I have a constant sense of urgency to urinate -- something I never experienced before taking this drug except immediately before on another antibiotic generic for Microbid. I discontinued that antibiotic and the urgency problem went away but apparently I still had traces of bacteria. That's when the doctor prescribed the CIPRO. It's been 48 hours since my last CIPRO pill and I am still having severe problems with urgency even though I took a dose of Acidophilus thinking perhaps the CIPRO had merely wiped out my good bacteria as well as the bad. Apparently it's wiped out more than that -- ie. the proper functioning of my kidneys. Hope it will come back. I remember an elderly lady friend of mine who was on antibiotics before becoming completely incontinent. Wonder if it was CIPRO or a similar drug. Wonder if there's a correlation between the prevalence of Detrol, etc. and the use by gynecologists of antibiotics like CIPRO. Please comment if you know. F 3 days
9/24/2006

 1  prostate infection eye twitching, nervousness, hallucinations, delusions, plus many more of the side effects. I was once married to a man who took Cipro for a prostate infection. Within 3 days of taking it, allergic reactions began to appear. I called the doctor and she said he should stop taking it, but that it could remain in his system for up to 5 days. That afternoon he told me he was going to go to the store and disappeared. My family, the police, and friends searched everywhere FOR DAYS. It was horrible. Finally we found him in a hospital 8 hours away. He had been picked up by the police. He said he was heading for Mexico and he did not know why. He had been sleeping outdoors and riding trains. When we saw him, he looked like a homeless person - nothing like the professional programmer in the top of his field. The doctors were fascinated by his case, over 20 came to evaluate him. He was a healthy young man who never smoked, took drugs or drank alcohol. They determined that he had a severe reaction to Cipro - amongst the "one percent" that would have such a reaction. After the 3 days
9/15/2005

 1  Bartonella henselae (tick disease) Muscle, tendon, bone(?) pain all over body. (7 out of 10 level) Lessening of mental acuity. Started right after first day, continued to get worse (for 6 weeks) and has not let up to any substantial degree even almost 2 months stopping. This is a VERY serious drug with long lasting sequelae for many people! Think twice. Then think again. There are many class action suits filed against this drug, esp. after the anthrax scare. You can google it and find many serious allegations about it. F 9 weeks
12/19/2005

 1  Kidney Infection due to MS Nausea, Stomach Pain, Headache then broke out in hives everywhere. It took me forever to get over the bad stomach pain and nausea. I had to be given Phenargan for the nausea. It was the worst drug ever. I was sick for days after my first day on this drug. Hives were taken care of with Benedryl but the rest was terrible. They need to pull this drug. I have heard so many people tell me terrible experiences with this drug as well. 10 days
250 1X D
10/20/2012

 1  uti horrible rash that returns after steroid treatment to make the rash go away is finished 3 days
2X D
6/18/2012

 1   CRIPPLED BY CIPRO? CALL GREG BABE, BAYER'S CEO AND DEMAND ANSWERS!!! (412) 777-2000. DO NOT LET THEM RUSH YOU OFF THE PHONE OR GIVE YOU THE RUNAROUND! WHAT THIS COMPANY IS DOING IS DOWNRIGHT CRIMINAL AND IT'S TIME THEY ANSWER TO THEIR VICTIMS!!! DO NOT SUFFER IN SILENCE! CALL GREG BABE, BAYER'S CEO AND RAISE ABSOLUTE HELL FOR WHAT THEY'VE DONE TO YOU!!!!!!!!! (412) 777-2000 M
1X D
5/9/2012

 1   You know a drug is bad when it inspires a Hollywood movie (The East) about corporate greed & corruption that comes at the expense of an unsuspecting public. Unfortunately for us, the film is based on this real-life class of antibiotics that is reducing countless previously healthy & active individuals to cripples--often times for LIFE--while the FDA turns a blind eye. If you have been disabled by Cipro, it is important that you call Phil Blake, CEO of Bayer Healthcare, at (862) 404-5018. It's time he hears from his victims! Mr. Blake: There are consequences to your actions.
1X D
7/1/2013

 1  My dog had bloody awful diarrhea He was fine the first two days, diarrhea went away, and he was so happy tonight. We gave him his third dose and and 45 minutes later we thought he'd broken him toe. Acting like his foot was in pain. Then he got really lethargic, and out of nowhere started kicking his back legs and threw himself to the ground rubbing his face on the floor and trying to burrow. He couldn't get comfortable, kicking every 15 seconds, he looked like he didn't know where he was running from spot to spot around the living room throwing himself down and closing his eyes. I thought he was dying. He obviously had a serious reaction to this drug. We are terrified. Called the emergency vet, and they sounded like they googled the drug to see what they should say to us. Awful. They have NO clue. It has been 3 and 1/ 2 hours...... Our dog is still a little confused and unbalanced , pacing back and fourth between naps. Don't use this drug, human or animal. I don't know what we're gonna do. M 2 3 days
1000mg
2/4/2012

 1  uti severe panic attacks usually about 5-8hrs after dose, nausia, vomiting,diarrhea-i had to start paxil (never had anything like this prior) F 3 4 days
8/28/2007

 5  kidney infection in child If you really need this medicine, it does work, and everyone doesn't have the terrible reaction that a lot of the other postings have had. My daughter did have diarrhea after day 4, but with probiotics daily it was managable. Otherwise, it worked well. My daughter had to take Cipro as a last attempt to get rid of her kidney infection before hospitalizing her. She was so sick, she could have died from the infection, pseudomonas. Cipro saved her life, and saved her from the hospital experience which at best would have been upsetting and at worst could have been... well...we all know about hospitals... F 8 10 days
4/8/2009

 4  staph infection none I drank gatorade after going to the doctor and felt much better. The cipro didn't bother me- I went to school, played tennis... F 15 10 days
7/19/2007

 5  Bladder Infection None It helped so much- my infection was very severe. If I DID get any side effects, they were better than having pain and peeing blood. F 16 3 days
1/7/2010

 3  UTI anxeity, not really bad but i couldn't sit still and felt like i drank a lot of coffee. bad joint pain in my sholder blades and spinal chord for a little, but mostly just slight abdominal pain. evertything was very barable, but annoying. i took my last cipro 20 hours ago, and im still feeling the stomach pain. if you really need it, it will work, but i wouldnt reccoment it for small infections. if your allergic to sulfa (as i am) it will work for you. i was on 1000mg a day for 10 days. F 16 10 days
8/27/2008

 1  sinus infection I took one 500 mg dose. Within several hours, I had a mild fever (about 100 F), mild nausea, severe joint pain and tendinitis everywhere, muscle pain and spasms, dizziness, and a severe headache. I went to the ER and they treated me as though I had an allergic reaction to it though I didn't have hives and gave me a ton of fluid and some powerful anti-inflammatories. I woke up today with a mild headache and some of my joints and tendons still hurt. If this doesn't go away, I'm filing suit against the manufacturers. I'm only 16 years old... I'm not supposed to be arthritic and I've never had joint problems before. M 16 1 times
4/27/2007

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