Drug Ratings for CIPROAverage Rating: 1.7 (1574 Ratings)
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR CIPRO | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
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| 4 | | 8/8/2006 | 3 | | 1/28/2005 | 3 | prostatitis | | 4/8/2009 | 1 | Prostatitis | 6 months out, life has changed completely. Suffer from intracranial hypertension, migraines, nausea, tendon problems, kidney problems, vision deterioration, loss of peripheral vision, hormonal imbalances, damaged spleen, depersonalisation, nightmares, depression, suicidal thoughts you name it. Symptoms reappear each time i eat meat that i havent cooked, i start to think the whole industry uses cipro even on animals and fish.. | Perfect to kill yourself. Would not even give it to my enemies. The best biological weapon to take out terrorists by the thousands. Cannot be detected, damage lasts for years and makes you incapacitated. Lost my job, my family everyone, have been isolated in a small village, trying to live and eat healthy and learn as much as i can from all this experience. Killer drug, poison, stay away. I have taken many antibiotics in my life, due to working in a research lab but nothing like this. This was the worst, sides are equivalent to cancer and hiv drug treatments, even worse STAY AWAY | 30 | 14 days | 7/22/2008 | 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 | pneumonis | I took Cipro for two days, 500 mgs twice daily. On the second day, which was Christmas day, I started having muscle spasms and pain in my left shoulder and scapula. Within hours I was in the most excruciating pain I have ever felt in my life, and I am a dougle lung transplant recipient and did not have this much pain. I could not even get to the ER, because the pain was so severe when I would move, that my family didn't want to try to put me in the car. The next day, I decided to research the side effects of Cipro, and realized that the pain I was having was due to this medication. I contacted my physician and he advised me to stop taking it, which I did. The pain has subsided but is still there. I hope that it will resolve itself | DONT TAKE CIPRO NO MATTER WHAT. | 59 | 2 days | 12/28/2008 | 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 | | 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 | diarhhea | Long term disability. Huge difficulties with all normal activity. Dizziness. | 35 | 5 days | 10/21/2009 | 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 | c diff | horrible side effects...yellow skin even. | don't take this. it has a black box warning now. | | 11/4/2008 | 1 | Prostatitis | At the beginning pins and needles and burns all over my body thought was from the prostatitis :( Should have stopped then. Middle of therapy increasing urination every day visited the bathroom 20 or more times. At the end of treatment developed CNS overstimulation, light headedness, nausea, depersonalisation with pressure headache like someone was inserting an icepick on my head, blur vision, double vision, Doctors thought i had a stroke or some subarachnoid hemmorhage but then after MRI, MRV was negative they wanted to talk me into antidepressants!!!! UNBELIEVABLE. I refused it and carried on with my life or tried to. 2 months later headache increased so i was hospitalized. Also developed unsteadiness and dizziness which lasted another 3 months. 3 straight months i stayed in bed couldnt get up for work due to fatigue and dizziness and headache. previously played 3-4 hours a day in amateur soccer league and weight trained, never had any problems whatsoever. By month tried to walk bu | Have studied Cipro side effects for months now as a biochemist was very worried with this situation. The drug is derived from Quinine Alkaloids which are known for centuries to cause irreversible CNS damage. Its a pitty that Bayer doesnt state that and it is a crime that the FDA permits it. There is something going on with the permission of this drug on the market. | 29 | 15 days | 12/2/2008 | 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 | uti | horrible rash that returns after steroid treatment to make the rash go away is finished | 3 days 2X D | 6/18/2012 | 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 | Bronchotis | can't focus feeling of being dizzy, anxiety | 35 | 6 days 500 2X D | 5/27/2011 | 5 | post op infection | Due to a post op infection, i received cipro by both oral and iv delivery. I have developed tendonitis in my R elbow and have a distinct loss of strength in both arms. Prior to surgery was able to workout with 8 and 10 lbs weights now lifting my coffee cup requires the use of both hands. When hospitalized and receiving iv delivery, asked if ibuprophen could be used for pain management and was given 800 mg tid. If i had know the consequences of these two drugs combined would have never taken the nsaid. It has been 2 months since i completed the course of cipro and unable to use 2 lb weights to work out. Hoping that over time strength will improve. | My condition warranted the use of strong antibiotic therapy. However, under no circumstances should nsaids be given in combination with this drug. I would like to think that the medical community would confirm an infection before prescribing this drug or prescribing one with less risks if possible. | F | 50 | 21 days ? 1X D | 7/5/2011 | 5 | UTI | Slight fatigue (could be from not drinking caffeine as is recommended), upset GI, possible yeast infection | I'm on Day 3 of my Cipro and my UTI symptoms are completely gone. I have cut out caffeine, as is recommended, so that could be the cause of my fatigue. As with most antibiotics I am having GI side effects but even those aren't that bad since I'm popping probiotics a few hours after taking the Cipro. I may be getting a yeast infection, but that's not the Cipro's fault...antibiotics in general do that to me. How pleasant. I was worried about this drug because of all the negativity on this site, but I have no real complaints. | F | 28 | 7 days 500 mg 2X D | 12/14/2010 | 5 | Kidney Infection | Typical antibiotic side effects, plus I got a bad sunburn (Cipro increases the likelihood of that-- make sure to stay in the shade!) | Drug was, literally, a life-saver. Although the side-effects weren't pleasant, they were nothing compared to a kidney infection, which it treated and cured really efficiently. My doctors were reluctant to prescribe it, because of its side-effect profile, but it was fantastic. Macrobid, on the other hand, a supposedly 'well-tolerated' antibiotic, was what really nearly killed me. | F | 31 | 7 days 150 2X D | 1/18/2011 | 5 | Kidney Infection | NONE | I averaged about 5-6 kidneys infections per year since I was 17. This (and Levaquin) always cleared them up super fast and with zero side effects. Unfortunately it no longer works for me as I've taken way too much of it over the past 10 years. My Doctor informed me that it doesn't really work much anymore for about 40% of people now that it $4 at Walmart and therefore prescribed for just about everything! Luckily a single dose of 100mg of Macrobid every time I have sex prevents the kidney infections from occurring at all these days. | F | 29 | 7 days 500mg 2X D | 2/6/2011 | 5 | UTI | mild nausea, night sweats | I've been on this script a few times for UTIs. I've never had an issue that concerned me while taking it. For those asking why it's still on the market...the FDA is here to make money, not care about your health. There are TONS of "medications" and treatments the FDA approves that are horrifying. Look into it! | F | 40 | 3 days 500 mg 2X D | 3/17/2011 | 5 | UTI | I have been taking Cipro for 8 days of a 10 day prescription. I have experienced mild anxiety and mild depression. I have no trouble going to sleep at bedtime, but wake up every night and have difficulty going back to sleep. When sleeping having very vivid, bizarre nightmares. I am also having mild headaches, but I intend to finish the remaining two days of treatment. | F | 50 | 10 days 250MG 2X D | 3/21/2011 | 5 | UTI/Kidney Infection | I was having horrible pains in my kidneys and could hardly breathe or walk due to it. The Cipro helped with the infection pretty quickly and I could actually relax and breath normal and walk. The Cipro gives me a motion sickness/nauseous feeling a few hours after I take it in the morning. I feel slightly woozy and hazey, but other than that I have no joint pain. I chalk my side effects up to the common side effects it said I would have. I took care of my problem very well and I have been feeling much better. I look forward to when I'm done taking the antibiotic so that the woozy/hazey feeling goes away, but it's nothing that completely disrupts my day. | F | 22 | 10 days 500 MG 2X D | 3/24/2011 | 5 | UTI | None | I went to an urgent care clinic because I suspected that I had a UTI (sure enough, I did!) and they prescribed me Cipro. The doctor told me I would begin to feel better within about 6 hours after my first dose and should be back to feeling 100% by the 3rd day. Well, I made the mistake of reading these reviews when I got home and considered going back to the doctor to ask for a different medication. But by that time the clinic was closed and I was in pain from my UTI, so I didn't really have a choice. I'm glad I just decided to take the Cipro. The doctor was right, I started feeling better a few hours after my first dose and was actually feeling back to normal by the end of the 2nd day. No side effects at all. It says you can take with or without food, but I always took it with a meal. | F | 29 | 7 days 500 MG 2X D | 8/12/2011 | 5 | Bladder/Kidney Infection | No side effects. | Went from in miserable pain from the infection to feeling wonderful in just a few hours. After 2 weeks of being sick as a dog from the UTI infections, I took Cipro and it killed everything off that was hurting me. I took it both on an empty stomach and after eating, it was always the same. Never any side effects. Felt like a million bucks. Would take it again any day. This was wonderful to take, considering I have IBS and EVERYTHING bothers my stomach, and this caused me no troubles at all. | F | 30 | 3 days 2X D | 10/3/2011 | 5 | UTI | Tiredness, affected by caffeine | I was prescribed cipro after a month of painful UTIs, and it started working immediately. The only side effects I had were tiredness and a sensitivity to caffeine. I would take this medicine again- I felt better right away. | F | 25 | 10 days 500mg 2X D | 10/15/2011 | 5 | UTI | Anxiety, tingling in hands, panicky feelings. | This cleared up my UTI in 3 days without any major problems. I did notice a spike in anxiety after taking the second pill, but it was mangeable. Some tingling in my hands and feet and some muscle aches in my abdomen but nothing major. I did end up with a yeast infection, but that always happens to me when I take an antibiotic. | F | 22 | 3 days 2X D | 11/7/2011 | 5 | infection, skin | could not tolerate my morning coffee, or i would have a panic attack | F | 45 | 1X D | 12/4/2011 | 5 | UTI | 1st night...weird stomach gurgling turned to pain. 2nd day...worse stomach pain\strange feeling of fullness. Then came the chest pain..radiating into my left arm and neck. Went to ER with suspicion of heart attack. My antibiotic was switched (after the doctor even told me it was a nasty drug). I have been off it 3 days now...still having headaches and cannot get rid of the chest and upper abdominal pain. Being seen again in 3 days. Horrible drug. I'm sure we will be hearing some nightmare side effect discovered soon from this med. | F | 31 | 6 days 500mg 2x | 3/3/2012 | 5 | Bladder Infection | No side effects. Stayed away from caffeine as it suggests. | I don't think that I was on a long/high enough dose. I had some symptoms reappear, so I went the home route. I took 1 tsp of baking soda in a 10 oz glass of water. That killed the rest of it. I just got tested today, and it's gone for now. | F | 33 | 5 days 250 2X D | 12/30/2011 | 5 | UTI | I'm a post kidney transplant patient who is prone to UTIs. Cipro clears those up within 2 days. I do get GI symptoms (nausea, diarrhea) and tiredness while on it, but I'm resistant to Bactrim and really, I'll take the side effects to know that my infection is cured and won't attack my transplanted kidney. Besides, when I'm tired while taking an antibiotic, I usually chalk that up to the underlying infection and the dehydration caused by the diarrhea. Probiotic yogurt and Pepto help with the digestive issues. | F | 29 | 6 days 500 | 2/25/2012 | 5 | sinus/ear infection | gave me upset tummy and a little sleepy | works great!!! | F | 49 | 14 days 500mg 1X D | 3/8/2012 | 5 | Bacterial Skin Infection-Burn | I noticed I was more physically and emotionally tired than usually. I also suffer from chronic headaches and migraines and noticed an increase in migraines. If I was not drinking enough water, my neck would be sore if I was looking in one direction for a longer period of time and my legs would feel like I had knee braces on while walking. However, these side effects (neck & legs) would go away once I increased my water intake. | I'm 110 pounds and was on a high dose for my size. I used a probiotic daily. I was very nervous about taking this medication after reading the side effects and thankfully did not experience them. If I needed to take Cipro again, I would. DRINK A LOT OF WATER. | F | 24 | 18 days 500 2X D | 3/20/2012 | 5 | UTI | None. My urologist said to quit after 3 days. Had taken 2 courses of Macrobid before but UTI kept coming back. Cipro knocked it out and it hasn't come back (been a few months now). | Mostly negative reviews are going to be posted in a place like this. I think that makes it's usefulness very questionable. | F | 57 | 3 days 500 2X D | 2/21/2010 | 5 | UTI | I am seriously amazed at all the people on here that have bad effects from this medicine. I have taken this 4 or 5 different times in the last 4 years for UTI's. I NEVER EVER had one side effect from it. I work a fulltime job cleaning commercial building and residences and am a single mother of 3. I was never once tired or experienced any pain, stiffness, joint clicking, ear ringing, loss of sight, stomach pain, weakness, or anything else everyone has said on here. I LOVE this medicine. My UTI's started to clear up immediately everytime I took it. To this day I don't have any problems. | F | 36 | 7 days 2X D | 2/24/2010 | 5 | Pouchitis of ileo-anal pouch | After 15 years the only side effect I've had is the occasional episode of sore knees for a few days at a time. | I believe it's a wonder drug and if I happen to forget to order a new prescription in time and have a few days without any, I definitely know about it. I believe I will be on this drug for life! | F | 48 | 15 years 500 mg 1X D | 5/18/2010 | 5 | dental abcess, bronchitis | heavy limbs, extreme fatigue, loss of appetite, soreness & tension in shoulders/back/knees, mild dehydration, delayed onset of tendinitis which subsided with painkillers and pilates after 2 weeks.) sensitivity to light (aided by sunglasses), sound, and occasional tingling in extremities. | cipro was prescribed as an alternative to penicillin. i have taken this medication with success for over 15 years with no outstanding issue. this is the first time i've experienced tendinitis as a result of using cipro. i'd read on here that many people experienced this during or after the course, which is why i spent 20 minutes every day doing gentle yoga / pilates. i'm convinced those 20 minutes of gentle stretching every day of the course lessened the severity of the tendinitis that came 2 weeks after finishing. my advice to anyone taking this stuff - sleep through as much of it as you can, and if at all possible try to do some very gentle stretching every day to ward off extreme tendinitis. all in all cipro has been very effective for me, and i wouldn't hesitate to use it again if it were necessary. | F | 30 | 7 days 500 2X D | 5/31/2010 | 5 | POSTOP INFECTION | THE ONLY SIDE EFFECT WERE UTI, WHICH PROBIOTICS TOOK CARE OF AND ITCHING. | I HAD MAJOR SURGERY IN NOVEMBER AND WAS HOSPITALIZED 4 TIMES. NOTHING CLEARED UP THIS INFECTIO9N. I HAD DRAINAGE AND NO ENERGY. I WENT TO A WOUND DOCTOR AND HE HAS ME ON CIPRO. NO MORE DRAINAGE AND TONS OF ENERGY. I REALLY FEEL THAT THIS DRUG SAVED MY LIFE | F | 63 | 60 days 500MG 2X D | 6/10/2010 | 5 | UTI | NONE at all! Don't let a lot of the other reviews scare you. While Cipro is a very powerful antibiotic, not everyone has the scary side effects. This drug can be helpful to MANY when other antibiotics don't work. I recommend everyone who has bad digestive side effects from this drug to supplement with a potent probiotic during/after treatment. | Cleared up a bad UTI in less than 48hrs. I kept taking it for all 5 prescribed days, though. | F | 23 | 5 days 500mg 2X D | 6/13/2010 | 5 | sepsis from kidney infection | Same thing as I usually get from any heavy duty antibiotic: loose stool, but I almost always eat plain live culture yogurt and that takes care of it. I just had none in the house this time. | I am a frequent flier kidney infection, and sometimes if the doctor doesn't catch it in time, it goes to my bloodstream. I have been on the brink of septic shock twice in the last three years, and Cipro is almost always prescribed as a follow-up to IV antibiotics, either that or Levaquin. I know some people have bad reactions to it but it works extremely well for me. | F | 52 | 10 days 500 MG 2X D | 7/10/2010 | 5 | UTI | I have not a single complaint, cipro work extremely well, no side effects, and I had a realy bad infection and terrible pain. | F | 44 | 3 days 500mg 2X D | 9/28/2010 | 5 | UTI | None. | The adverse reactions I read that others had experienced are the culprit of my very minor side effects, including anxiety, insomnia (a result of the anxiety), trembling, and twitching. Since I stopped googling, all of my symptoms have subsided. ALL drugs have side effects and I understand that this class of drugs seems to have more than its fair share, however, I thankfully did not experience any of these. Further, so-called support groups, such as the Fluoroquinolone Toxicity group on Facebook, do more to upset folks than they do to support each other. | F | 46 | 7 days 500 mg 2X D | 9/29/2010 | 5 | kidney infection | I felt a little sleepy after taking a dose...I had very mild dizziness after my 1st dose...but other than that, no side effects. I have taken this medication on 4 different occasions and tolerated it extremely well. | F | 25 | 7 days 2X D | 10/9/2010 | 5 | UTI | None. | I've had 5 incredibly severe and very quickly progressing UTIs over my life (first symptoms at 5pm, bleeding from urethra at 10pm)and was prescribed Cipro in the emergency room and in the doctor's office. It always worked SO wonderfully and was like a miracle to me. Reading over all the unfortunate side effects makes me sad to hear how other people have fared with it, but I felt like those are the people most likely to write a review. I wanted to give the other side, in that it can be very helpful, with no side effects for certain people. | F | 35 | 7 days 1X D | 10/25/2010 | 5 | UTI | No side effects at all. | I can take this, but not levaquin. | F | 35 | 10 days 2X D | 11/1/2010 | 5 | diverticulitis | none | efective for me. took with food and added acidophillus 2x a day. | F | 45 | 14 days 500 2X D | 11/7/2010 | 5 | diverticulitis (mis-diagonased) | Disgusting the doctor and the pharmacist did not warn me this was a "Black Box" drug! If I had been told this was a "Black Box" medication I would never have taken it. The "Black Box" warning should be clearly stated on the literature given by the pharmacist. | DO NOT TAKE UNLESS YOU ARE DYING!! I took ONLY ONE 500mg pill and after a few hours I had a severe headache, felt disoriented and cloudy. I felt pain in my legs, especially my calves. I went to lay down and when I woke up, a few hours later, I had difficultly moving in the bed and quickly realized I could not move my toes and feet and I felt very weak. I did not take another pill, I tried not to freakout,I drank fluids and went back to bed. The problem was I couldn't sleep, and when I did I had horrible dreams and hallucinations. THIS DRUG IS POISON!!! IT CAN HAVE LIFE CHANGING CONSEQUENCES!!!! From there it only got worse and I only took one pill. I was bedridden because I was so weak I could not stand up or walk. I was advised by a physical therapist to stay in bed so I would not rupture my Achilles tendons.for two weeks, or whenever I felt not so weak. I felt like a 90 year old woman. I could hardly move in bed, because when I did, I would get sharp shooting pains like I could feel every muscle and tendon not being able to function. It took over a year to fully walk again without pain. Almost 2 years later I still get pain in my calves especially if I climb stairs or do other things that put strain on my calves. I ate totally organic food and tried to detox my body to get this poison out of me and help my body heal. N-Acetyl-L-Cysteine can help. I also drank Ph water and lots of Coconut water. | F | 43 | 1 days 500mg 2X D | 2/18/2013 | 5 | UTI | I had no side effects I just dislike how big the pills are. | F | 18 | 7 days 500 | 8/17/2012 | 5 | UTI | none. Almost didn't take this because of all the bad things people were saying about this drug. I had no problems with it at all. Glad I took it. | F | 48 | 10 days 500mg 2X D | 10/27/2012 | 5 | for ear infection | After 1 does I became nausea/wierd feeling in body/dry heaves. . | F | 52 | 10 days 500mg | 3/27/2012 | 5 | UTI | I've used Cipro several times, including now, for UTI's. I took this drug with much anxiety due to its potential side effects. I read the experiences of others and dreaded taking it. However, I suffered nausia, cotton mouth, some anxiety, mild insomnia but that is all. | The anxiety can be lowered by not drinking anything with caffeine while taking Cipro. Some of the other side effects were the same for me-even less-than with other antibiotics. When possible, always take the lowest possible dose instead of the highest and tapering down after horrible side effects. If you experience unpleasant side effects and it's possible, take half of the prescribed dose next time. The 500 mg can be cut in half as long as it is not extended release. | F | 47 | 5 days 250 mg 2X D | 5/15/2012 | 5 | Allergy to near all other a-biotics | C diff colitis - bacteria in colon caused by antibiotic use, and treatment of nacrosis in left arm tissue around dialysis shunt. Prescribed along with a debridement ointment. | Although I have been prescribed cipro this round of surgeries and hospital stays, I would have to say that the majority of the time I have been on this drug it has treated me very well. I think it suffice to say that I could have gotten any number of side effects from antibiotics after this length if time, which I pro does not cause for me. It's def alwaybeenthe goo to drug for me. | F | 31 | 3 months 1000 2X D | 4/29/2012 | 5 | kidney infection | Made my pain go away within 3 days, but made me very drowsy and slightly dizzy. The best part of it was it doesn't leave that horrible metallic taste. | F | 32 | 7 days 500 mg | 8/27/2012 | 5 | UTI, possible kidney infection | First time I took it I was quite dizzy and a little nauseous. After that, nothing, as long as I remembered to drink a full glass of water each time I took it. (Slight diarrhea but less than I've had with other antibiotics in the past) | Very effective and worth the minor side effects. | F | 23 | 5 days 500 2X D | 7/15/2012 | 5 | recurrent uti | none | have experienced chronic uti since about 13, and have turned to cipro on and off since then (am presently 19), on a self-set regimen of 2, 125mg doses immediately after noticing symptoms and about 12 hours later, with much success. I have never actually been prescribed this drug, but rather I (albeit illegally) use my mother's supply (with her consent--she has been using it longer than I). UTI is one of the most crippling and awful conditions and is also one of the only drugs my mother and I have ever seen such thorough and rapid success with. If you're willing to take a chance, give cipro a try, but remember since it is such a strong drug, dont necessarily trust the dosages your doctors recommend. My mother was initially recommended a 250mg, twice daily dose for 7 days at every instance of UTI, which is ridiculous. | F | 19 | 6 years | 10/3/2005 | 5 | recurrent UTI | I get 5 to 7 bladder infections a year. My doctor put me on bactrum once nightly for 12 months, but infections still occur. Cipro is the only thing that works for me. However, after taking it this week I had nausea and vomitting for the first time after taking first dose. This has never happened before. | Always works but sometimes I have to take a second round. I always have a yeast infection with it so my doctor prescribes for that each time just in case. | F | 53 | 5 days | 1/1/2006 | 5 | Bladder Infection | None | I have chronic bladder infections (5 in the last 8 months). Twice doctors prescribed Macrobid and I got extremely ill. High Fever, body aches, chest pains. I have never had any side effects with Cipro. | F | 33 | 7 days | 1/26/2007 | 5 | intestinal infection | none that I was aware of | I took cipro after having some digestive infection for over a month. It worked like magic and I had no side effects, even though I react badly to avelox, a cousin of cipro. Cipro stopped my infection cold after only 3 days, and the remainder of the treatment period was side FX free. I know this group of antib. causes joint and tendon problems, and I do recall getting a mild knee injury while working out, about 3-6 months after taking this, but I cannot say they were related. | F | 31 | 7 days | 3/26/2007 | 5 | UTI | Not sure, but my upper back is itching and driving me crazy. That is why I have been checking side-effects of ciprofloxacin. Might be just dry skin, but I don't think so. It is just the upper back and nowhere else. The UTI is gone. | F | 50 | 7 days | 2/25/2007 |