Drug Ratings for CIPROAverage Rating: 1.6 (1925 Ratings)
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR CIPRO | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
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| 7 | Uti that was negative | Every single symptom in black box warning. | POISON - would rather be dead, but, so far, lack the courage. | F | 75 | 1 days 7000 mg | 3/19/2016 | 5 | Kidney Infection | Slightly itchy | I am allergic to most meds given for kidney infections, but this has been a life saver. Feel so much better | F | 33 | 10 days | 7/10/2017 | 5 | diarrhea | A lot of gas.Some trouble sleeping.in the first few days Did not feel 100% most of the time | I became infected during a trip to a South American country. On return I waited two weeks hoping that it would clear up on its own. (The usual "Monetzuma's Revenge" lasts about four days, so this was something more) The Ciprofloxacin did work over about 7 - 8 days. The cure was not immediate. I am tempted to give it a '4' due to the side effects, but I give a '5' because it did work. It's good that we have treatments like this | M | 79 | 10 days 500 2X D | 4/15/2017 | 5 | whopper of a UTI | Light headed. | Last resort. Do not take meds. Feel that 3 days will be enough. | F | 60 | 7 days 500 mg 2x | 3/27/2017 | 5 | UTI | no side effects | It is my preferred medication for UTI, which, thankfully, I don't get often, maybe 1 every year or two. I would not want to take a higher dose now that I'm older, but I have found 250mg to be tolerable. It clears the infection for me with no side effects. | F | 65 | 3 days 250 mg 2X D | 3/16/2017 | 5 | slightly elevated psa test | Nothing major. Slight stomach upset occasionally and a few headaches. | Taken to rule out infection in prostate before do biopsy. | M | 54 | 21 days 500 mg 2X D | 12/1/2016 | 5 | UTI | More Energy+ :) Evening Headaches- :( | Just took my last pill of my round. I have felt so good (mentally) lately, that I was wondering if it was due to this medicine. Upon "Google-ing" Does Cipro give you energy? I found this site. I never NEVER take any medications or prescription drugs, (except for phenteramine for weight loss.) I have always been scared that if I take antibiotics too much, they would lose their effectiveness and when the time came that I really needed it, it wouldn't work. So our family rides out their sicknesses naturally. However, when there is severe pain involved or threat to internal organs...I didn't want to take a chance. It began working within 4 hours, I noticed relief. Day 2 I noticed strange feeling of well being, improved outlook in general. I had a "skinny day". If you're a woman you know these are the days you think "hey, am I loosing some weight, I feel thinner" Day 3 another skinny day, hence more good outlook Day 4 same day 5 same. Now that its over, I'm worried my frumpy days will return and my outlook will change. so I was just wondering if it was due to the Cipro. There're are WAY TO MANY comments on this med site to read them all and find my answer. Maybe it's just the combination of the Phenteramine with the Cipro that caused this. Who knows,even so I certainly wouldn't continue taking it for that reason. I'd be safer joining a gym! I really felt great other than the night time headaches. Which by the way Goodies | F | 45 | 5 days 500mg 2X D | 9/17/2016 | 5 | Abscess tooth | I feel tired. Not sure if it's the Cipro, or the stress of the tooth abscess pain finally gone. | I've always done well with Cipro. From prior comments, I see we all react differently to this drug. I'm taking this drug for 7 days. I could not get the days prescribed to register here. | F | 60 | 1 days 500 | 6/20/2016 | 5 | Abscess tooth | I feel tired. Not sure if it's the Cipro, or the stress of the tooth abscess pain finally gone. | I've always done well with Cipro. From prior comments, I see we all react differently to this drug. I'm taking this drug for 7 days. I could not get the days prescribed to register here. | F | 60 | 1 days 500 | 6/20/2016 | 5 | Submandibular Gland Infection | Slight increase in thirst. | I have a hard time taking most antibiotics due to allergies. I was afraid to take Cipro because I am allergic to Levaquin. The only thing I noticed was increased thirst, but that may have been due to the salivary gland infection. I'm glad I tried it, it worked well. I see so many negative posts, I wanted to let people know the good too. | F | 54 | 7 days 500mg 2X D | 4/1/2016 | 5 | I have used this time and again with great results. 500 mg 2x a day for 3 days. 150 mg 2x a day for 10 days. No side effects, just quick clearing of the nasty symptoms of a UTI. Btw...I am not Big Pharma. I am a mom and work part time. Seems like so many are dissatisfied. I thought I would express my experience with it, since it was positive. | F | 43 | 3 days 500mg | 2/18/2016 | 5 | Lung Infection | I get serious hives taking any antibiotic but with Cipro I didn't get any and little side effects. | F | 54 | 10 days 500 2X D | 1/24/2016 | 5 | Epididimytis | Anxiety, throat and neck pain, swollen nodes, insomnia. | Neck and throat pain were quite painful. Anxiety came on afternsecond pill. Drinking a lot of water made the pain and anxiety go away. | M | 39 | 10 days 500 | 7/4/2015 | 5 | Bladder infection | Light headed, cotton mouth, thrush, weak legs, crazy dreams. | Although these side affects happened, my infection cleared up. | F | 36 | 7 days 500 MG | 6/25/2015 | 5 | UTI | Softer stools, slight weakness | The ONLY drug I can take that will clear up my UTI. | F | 43 | 10 days 500MG | 3/14/2015 | 5 | UTI | Zero (none, zilch) | It solved my UTI problem after several days. After taking only one or two pills, I looked at this site and nearly freaked out. But some of the very few giving a "5" rating pointed out that millions take this drug every year with no problem. Apparently, if a small minority has terrible side effects, that minority are much more likely to report their experiences. Conclusion: If this drug starts causing you problems, quit taking it immediately!!! | M | 59 | 10 days 500 2X D | 1/26/2015 | 5 | Kidney Infection | The only side effect I noticed was a slight flushing in my face. | Have taken Cipro several times due to me being allergic to almost everything. Great med for me. I do take it easy though when on the medicine. No running or climbing just to be on the safe side. | F | 39 | 10 days 2X D | 3/12/2014 | 5 | For a bacterial pnuemonia shot reac | I am afraid of the runs and she put on it for a reaction to bacterial pneumonia shot and four days of prenizone do I have to take it for seven days four times s day | F | 68 | 7 days 500 mg | 2/2/2014 | 5 | UTI | Side effects were only what was to be expected with any antibiotic - slight diarrhea. I'm a hypochondriac who takes Zoloft and Klonopin for anxiety, I read the insert with the Cipro, I was terrified to take it, and...nothing happened except that it worked. I've taken Cipro in doses of 250 to 500 for 3 to 7 days, depending on the situation. This is the ONLY antibiotic I take for a UTI. Its great for a sinus infection too. I've probably taken it 6 or 7 times since 2009, even during 3 pregnancies, and my kids are perfectly healthy! Taking it again right now after a stubborn MD had me take Amoxicillin for 10 days - after I told her it wouldn't work. Lo and behold my UTI is back and much worse just 9 days later, so I finally get my Cipro RX. I'm so sorry to see such awful reactions and side effects from other people, but for me, a person VERY prone to "making up" side effects if I read them, and who Google's EVERYTHING, this drug is great! | F | 29 | 5 days 500mg | 9/16/2013 | 5 | E Coli. o157:h7 | Slight stomach cramping or maybe bloating causing mild irritation. Moister stools than I'd like, but that's probably due to the fact that cipro is a broad spectrum AB and kills everything. Yogurt helps. | This drug combined with the fluids I got at the hospital saved my life. | M | 21 | 10 days 500mg 2X D | 8/24/2013 | 5 | conjunctivitis strep throat | None really... a little bit of sleepiness but I actually like being able to sleep when sick... other than that great medication so far... best antibiotic i have tried so far | M | 34 | 2 days 500mg | 5/7/2013 | 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 | 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 | home | has helped save me many times from severe prostate infections | M | 33 | 10 days 1000 | 10/14/2012 | 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 | I had no side effects I just dislike how big the pills are. | F | 18 | 7 days 500 | 8/17/2012 | 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 | 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 | Chronic epididymitis | 9 months of epididymitus, thought I had testicular cancer. First 10 day round of cipro -day 8, cured! Day 10, symptoms back. SECOND 10 day Cipro - all good, day 7 signifigant abdominal pain, kidneys/back/liver, stuck to it, day 10 last pill almost drove to emergency, felt like what I assume your liver failing would feel like. Day 21, first morning without Cipro, feel like a new man better than I've felt all year. Be damn sure you need to be taking Cipro before you do, the cure seems pretty hard on the body, but gave me my quality of life back thats all that matters. | M | 27 | 10 days 250 | 3/31/2012 | 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 | 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 | sinus/ear infection | gave me upset tummy and a little sleepy | works great!!! | F | 49 | 14 days 500mg 1X D | 3/8/2012 | 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 | 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 | 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 | infection, skin | could not tolerate my morning coffee, or i would have a panic attack | F | 45 | 1X D | 12/4/2011 | 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 | 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 | 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 | severe sinus infection | Dry mouth/throat. Tightening of stomach, abnormal dreams. And slight feeling of mental change/ euphoric. | M | 23 | 10 days 500mg 2X D | 9/22/2011 | 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 | 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/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 | 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 | 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 | Post Surgery Incision Infection | None at all. No side effects whatsoever. No tendon or joint issues. No stomach issues. No sleep issues. I noticed no difference in anything, except lightning fast healing. | I was so freaked out by reading some of the horrid comments here that I hesitated 24 hrs to take Cipro, which as it turns out was my biggest mistake - hesitating. I don't doubt some had issues but everyone is different and I think most people w/ adverse reactions are more likely to post. So here is my good news for you, I had no side effects and I had immediate stoppage of my infection. When I say immediate, I mean it. The infection & drainage stopped and I started healing after a couple hours of first dose. My only regret is waiting to start, if your Doctor prescribed Cipro, take it & determine for yourself how it affects you. | M | 39 | 7 days 500MG 2X D | 3/16/2011 | 5 | pouchitis | I have experienced no negative side effects. | I have lifted weights for more than 30 years and been on cipro for the last 2 years. I have experienced no tendon issues of any kind. This drug has been a life saver in regards to eliminating the health issues associated with pouchitis. | M | 61 | 2 years 500mg 2X D | 3/15/2011 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Chronic UTI's and Kidney infections | I will have to say that cipro is a life saver!!! I have suffered from chronic uti's and kidney infections for the past 7 months and have been put on cipro 5 times for these nasty infections. I have been on numerous antibiotics including septra, bactrim, macrobid, etc for my chronic uti's and nothing has helped me more then cipro. I will admit you will get a range of nasty side effects including panic attacks, anxiety, insomnia, headaches, heart palpitations, indigestion, heartburn, yeast infections, body aches and pains etc but to me it was worth the side effects. You just have to get through the first 4 days and then the side effects subside. It's up to you thought whether you want to go through them or not, I did and so happy i didn't give up. | M | 28 | 14 days 500 mg 2X D | 11/2/2010 | 5 | UTI | No side effects at all. | I can take this, but not levaquin. | F | 35 | 10 days 2X D | 11/1/2010 | 5 | 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 | unconfirmed prostatitis | none | This was a follow-on from an unsuccessful 5-day trimethoprim course. I felt ~80% better after 1 day on cipro, and over the rest of the course began to feel better than I had for a long time. Various joint aches/pains actually disappeared! After finishing the course I had some bloating/abdominal tenderness, but probably usual for post antibiotics. | M | 49 | 10 days 500mg 2X D | 10/13/2010 | 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. | 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 | 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 | psuedomonas | Severe diarrhea if one takes milk without probiotics first. | Cipro probably saved my life when I had psuedomonas back in 1990. I have had to take it a number of times both as I.V. and pill form for as long as 45 days at a time. I usually feel better within hours of the first dose, and it continues to work a few days after no longer taking it. I am shocked at all the negative comments. Maybe I was so near death it could only help, or maybe God is just taking care of me. I feel really badly for those it hurt because I have had other meds mess me up and I sympathize with the hurt and outrage. I hope each of you gets better very soon. | M | 53 | 20 years 750 mg 2X D | 9/14/2010 |