Drug Ratings for CIPROAverage Rating: 1.6 (1925 Ratings)
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| 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 | 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 | 1 | UTI | I took Cipro @once a week for 15-20 years, at first as a cure for chronic UTIs, then as a preventative every time I had sex. I developed severe vertigo/dizziness that took me a year to "diagnose" as Meniere's, then vestibulopathy (inner ear balance disorder), and now apparently currently they are UC Med is thinking it is MAV (Migraine Associated Vertigo). After reading up on Cipro I believe it is the Cipro which can cause permanent vestibular damage. I am now on SDI and can barely even watch a TV show without my head spinning. My dog was also given Cipro several times for bladder infections and when I figured this out in March 2009 I threw away her bottle. But voila, a month ago she was jumping up at a bird and ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in her knee. She will never be able to jump again and after having her knee surgically taken apart and repaired, will need 6 months of physical therapy even to go to daycare or dogpark again, if ever. | DO NOT TAKE. EVER. I will never be able to work at the simplest lowest paying job ever again. | F | 47 | 15 years | 9/6/2009 | 3 | Pouchitis/Inflammatory Bowel Diseas | yeast infections over growth of yeast not enough friendly bacteria, fatigue | F | 31 | 14 years | 6/5/2008 | 5 | Various illnesses | Cipro is the only antibiotic I've found that I'm not allergic to. I've been taking it on and off for over 10 years. I had no idea of the side effects nor did I associate my health problems, both mental and phsycical to taking an antibiotic. | I have had torn tendons in my feet and ankles, neither of which should have happened with the activity taking place. I have had insomnia, depression, anxiety, night sweats, joint and muscle pain, flu-like symptoms, floaters in the eyes, ringing in the ears, etc. I just found out yesterday that all these things are probably related to taking Cipro over the years. I have a doctor appointment tomorrow to find out if it is the root of all my health problems. Google cipro tendon and you'll find extensive research on the side effects. It's overwhelming and you wonder why all these things are not listed when you get a prescription and why doctors are not more aware. | F | 45 | 10 years | 7/9/2008 | 3 | Severe Pouchitis | Taking for pouchitis. The only side affects I have experienced are insomnia (I guess there could be worse things) and minor joint pain if I take the drug for more than 1 week. | It may surprise many, but I've Cipro on and off for over 15 years. Aside from insomnia if you take late in the day the drug has actually helped me. I don't feel taking any type of drug is a good thing (esp a super drug like Cipro), but for my condition it has been the only thing to work. I do occasionally have joint pain. But can't really point to much else. Although after reading your posts I will definitely take a closer look. I've turned 40 this year so need to make sure I'm building a healthy body going into my 50's. The bottom line is most physicians don't really know what they are prescribing. So it is our job to do the research and make the decisions. The Internet makes it very easy. So everyone considering taking this drug do you research. | M | 40 | 8 years 500 mg 2X D | 5/31/2011 | 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 | 1 | to prevent infection | I have headaches , loss of appitite,hearing loss,eye pain,blurred vision,sleep problems,hives,breathing problem;s,insominia,joint stiffness,muscle pain,pain if extermeties,jaw pain,arm's,leg's back,chest pain,flare's of gout, respitory problems, severe skin rash, seizure's, easy brusing,easy bleder, mental confusion, This is most but not all of the problem's I have had since i got put on Cipro 6 year's ago 500 mg daily. | I am so hurt that a comaony would allow a drug to be so harmful to people and to be put so much pain and suffering | F | 50 | 6 years | 7/10/2008 | 5 | Crohn's Disease | None! I took this medication for 5 years and it really helped put my Crohn's Disease in remission in combination with other meds. I really don't know what everyone is talking about. I guess it's maybe an allergic reaction. I had aches, fatigue, and all that before I took Cipro and am now back on 500 mg twice a day and am feeling so much better. | This drug can really help a lot of people. Don't let all these comments keep you from at least trying it. | F | 27 | 5 years | 1/29/2009 | 1 | Anxiety and depression | Numbness, depression, suicidal tendencies, undeveloped sex drive | I was prescribed Paxil several years ago at the age of 12 after being diagnosed with Aspergers Syndrome. Subsequently, I was unable to go through puberty properly until I was taken off of the drug at the age of 17, and despite that I was prescribed this drug to help with my depression, I often had suicidal thoughts during the 5 years I was taking it. I would not recommend this drug to ANYONE, it is very dangerous (at least in my opinion it is). | F | 21 | 5 years | 1/17/2008 | 2 | UTI | not many symptoms, but i feel it never works well in getting rid of all the bacteria. after my run of Cipro, i end up back at a doctor for another med to compleyely fix me. the infection always seems to reoccur with cipro. | i have better luck with Bactrim. | F | 24 | 4 years | 12/6/2005 | 1 | Crohn's | dizziness, lethargy, deteriorated memory, nervousness, depersonalization, confusion, drowsiness, weakness, anxiety, withdrawl, restlessness, agitation, deterioration of mental alertness and quickness, depression | I have taken this drug for 4 years straight (500mg/day) as a maintenance measure against Crohn's disease. The drug has effectively treated the Crohn's and, for the first 2 years, had tolerable side effects that had only minor impact on day to day life. In the last 2 years, I have seen major deterioration in my health as a result of taking this drug. I have worked as a professional for 15 years using my mental abilities and I am now unable to work due to diminished mental capacity. The person I have become as a result of taking Cipro represents a total change from the person I used to be. I would like to hear from others who have been long term users of Cipro to determine if they have had similar experience. | M | 40 | 4 years | 11/8/2006 | 1 | Ear infection | Lightheadedness, foggy vision and floaters, migraine headaches, ocular migraines, tinnitus, exhaustion, disorientation, memory loss, inability to concentrate, nightmares, diarrhea, tension, anxiety, panic attacks, tendon pain, itching | I am shocked Cipro is still on the market. I won't deny it’s effective. The problem is it nearly killed me. My story is similar to others you’ll read here. When I first took Cipro, I was in my 30s, active and fit, working for a large law firm. I didn't know at first what caused my symptoms. I assumed the dizziness, fatigue and migraine headaches were caused by my ear infection. My doctor refused to admit my symptoms were adverse reactions to the drug. As I continued to take Cipro, the symptoms became harder to ignore. In 2001, I had convulsions so severe that I went for MRIs and CT scans of my skull. Good news: no brain tumor. Bad news: no prognosis. It was the Anthrax scare of October 2001 that alerted me to the problem. Postal workers refused to take Cipro because of the same side-effects I had suffered myself for years. My doctor was still skeptical, and the substitute he prescribed turned out to be another kind of FQ. My symptoms continued until 2003, when I found myself in ERs three times with anxiety attacks and disorientation. I lost my job because I could no longer focus or concentrate. In 2004, I finally took charge of my own care and found the answers on the Web. Support forums on adverse reactions to FQs alerted me to the cause, and provided advice on controlling the symptoms. It took five years, and continuing dietary restrictions, but I have finally controlled this hell-on-earth. I am in a new job and successful once again. There is hope! | M | 51 | 4 years 100 MG 2X D | 12/1/2010 | 3 | Had colon surgeries | Peripheral Neuropathy, loss of teeth, thyroid disease, falling, numbness, vaginal pain, blurred vision, dizziness and nausea. heart palpitations. | F | 45 | 3 years 1po2x 2X D | 12/11/2014 | 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 | 2 | UTI | Depression and extreme leg pain | F | 69 | 2 years | 6/11/2009 | 5 | prostatitis | I died and was turned into a zombie. Extreme feelings of dread. Horrible breath. Rotted flesh. Strong desire to eat brains. | You people are whacked. I've taken Cipro off and on for over a year for chronic prostatitis...occasional soreness in tendons, mild upset stomach. Can you say HYPOCHONDRIA? | M | 40 | 1 years | 12/29/2008 | 4 | Prostatitis | none, except concerned about taking an antibiotic for such a long period. | This seems to be the "go to" drug for prostatitis. In the past seven years I've been on cipro twice for an entire year. I suspect that the bacterial infection was gone during the first 30 days and that for the remainder of the period, the drug's anti-inflamatory effects were what made it seem to be working. | M | 61 | 1 years 500 mg 2X D | 10/29/2011 | 1 | Prostatitis | Anxiety attacks. Suicidal thoughts. Lightheadedness. Headache. Muscle aches. Mild nausea. Tiredness. | I have been taking Cipro (generic) on and off--mostly on--for over a year. It clears up the symptoms, but they come back a few weeks after I stop. My physician has not been able to get a positive urine culture, so doesn't know what bacterium is to blame. I'm stopping again today and if the symptoms return will demand a different drug, as the anxiety, suicidal thoughts, and lightheadness have become excessive. | M | 64 | 1 years | 5/7/2007 | 1 | For thyphoid | Was admitted in the hospital last year April because I had typhoid and was been given ciproflaxcin medication for 4 days and during this period I couldn't sleep most especially at night I fight myself to to sleep and I used to get some sleep around 2-3 am which wouldn't last for 5 hours and on the third day on the hospital bed I began to have this strange muscle bringing my upper and lower jaw ( teeth) together like a force was pulling them, it was so painful and ever since then I have a vision problem as well as wired pulsing in my head and up till now Im still suffering from this effect. I have taken this medicine more than 5 times between last year and now. I recently took it and the day after I finished the whole tablets given to me I had this chill and my whole body was shaking. Please someone should please pass this message out to people out there who haven't get to know the deadly act behind this medication because this is outright deadly | M | 24 | 1 years 500MG | 8/4/2013 | 5 | proctitis, post-resection | Muscle soreness | Without Cipro, I am basically disabled. I get painful rashes only Nystatin will take care of, and the anus and rectum are inflamed enough that I have to "go" every 20 minutes. Combined with the rash and constriction due to inflammation, I am in pain and unable to work most of the day. The choice is simple: Cipro, or Naproxen Sodium + Clortrimazole/Nystatin + Lanacaine + Immodium. People need to read up on anything they are taking - every person is different, and your doctor has no way of knowing how it will affect you. Yet. | M | 35 | 24 months | 1/14/2010 | 5 | severe mycobacterial hand infection | I have been on a odessey for the last 15 months fighting a double hand infection after accidentally impailing myself with a screwdriver. 8 weeks of IV (5x/day -amicacin; immipenin); two surgeries and the current daily dose of 1500 mg of cipro since 8/09 along with 1000 mg biaxin an 1600 mg bactrim. I will be getting off these drugs 12/13 and am counting the days. Don't like to talk about almost losing my life to microbes but am grateful for an outstanding ID doctor and these meds. I don't let myself thing too much about the (thank god) minor side effects. Its scary to think about our future where these medicines will become ineffective due to overuse. I had no choice to poison my body for so long but can tell you I would never take cipro for a sore throat or other minor ailment where there are alternatives. I had strong joint pain early on that has become less of an issue. I try to exercise everyday as it really helps. Insomnia has been a problem since day one and need 1/2 a | M | 51 | 14 months | 11/14/2009 | 1 | Erysipelas | . I have been on and off of Cipro many times during the last 15 years. I used to go for long walks with our dogs and was able to walk 10km without tiring. One day, I suddenly could not stand up from a chair. My joints felt stiff and painful and I could barely walk. On another occasion, my feet suddenly felt like the bones were rubbing against each other, with sudden sharp pains. I could not walk and was diagnosed with ankle arthrosis. Then my knees started to be constantly painful and make noises, and I was diagnosed with knee arthrosis. I can hardly walk any distance anymore, stairs are almost impossible and standing up, walking, climbing stairs causes lots of pain. I am on disability since I was 51 yrs old and am permanently retired now, at age 58! If I want to visit a museum, or recreation park or any place where I have to walk a lot, I'd need a wheel chair to get around. In spite of losing about 35kg of weight, my problems and pains still get worse year after year. This all sta | After getting allergies from all other antibiotics, Cipro was the only I could take to reduce infection of my legs due to erysipelas. At times I took one package to get rid of an infection, other times I was put on Cipro/antibiotics long term to prevent new infection. I am on antibiotics again, this time Cefuroximaxetil, apparently have no or little side effects from this and... no allergy! I suggest trying any and all other antibiotics before agreeing to cipro, even if the cipro might help quickly, but the risks that come with it are too high. You risk ruining your active physical life completely, and that can lead to depression,too... plus the constant pain and medication taken for that can have a strong impact on your body and emotional life! Be very careful if you do take this drug, rest a lot and watch for signs of side effects and sudden pain. Have seen people with worse conditions than mine who actually are in a wheel chair now after taking cipro and tearing a meniscus tendon! I wouldn't mind if they finally take this drug off the market, even if I am one of the people who had been depending on it! | F | 58 | 11 months 500 2X D | 4/5/2017 | 1 | Hospitalized due to sepys | Muscle aches, anxiety, depression, severe mood swings, rapid heart beat, restless leggs at bedtime, shaking, inability to concentrate, getting out of bed is a chore, normal household duties are impossible | F | 44 | 10 months 250 | 10/3/2012 | 1 | sinus infection | stiff joints, severe knee, heel, elbow and lower back pain. | I was given Cipro for a sinus infection, I had surgery to remove a obstruction that had blocked my left sinus, they tried everything bractrim, serveral other antiboitics to clear up the severe infection I had. Last resort was Cipro,and unforturnately I had to have serveral doses of it three weeks at a time as the infection was reacurring. I have to say it did finely clear up the infection but I'm paying for it now, feel like I went from the frying pan into the fire sometimes. I think the damage to my body is done. I've been in pain for a very long time. Would not recomend taking Cipro to anyone. I've had severe pain in my left knee for over a year and a half, the orthopedic surgeon has givin me cortizone shots and it helps with the pain. | F | 51 | 6 months | 1/7/2010 | 5 | Chronic UTI and heavy periods | My doc gave me these meds on and off for a few months, and they helped me, everytime i get a UTI I take cipro and the UTI goes away in 2 days, I also take it during my heavy periods, it stops the bleeding and clotting. I know not eveyone can take this medicine, BUT in the begginning i did get dizzy, and tired, but that was all. | F | 28 | 5 months | 9/4/2005 | 1 | diverticulitis | pain numbness tingling in feet can hardly walk. pain in hands | F | 57 | 5 months 500 3X D | 10/28/2013 | 1 | Minor infection | Deep aching arm pain. Deep aching (unbearable) muscle pain in upper torso. Sense of being 'out of it' as if drunk during courses. Massive fatigue completely out of character always sleeping. Severe nausea and difficulty eating normal food, consequently weight loss and loss of muscle and fitness. Developed severe IBS where gut would paralyse after eating with exertion. Back pain. Neck pain. Shoulder problems. Tight muscles as if they lost all their collagen. Eventually severe weakness lost use of arms entirely, improved after months but unable to withstand repetitive use or normal level of activity to this day years later. Many effects came one month later and have not gone away. Why is there no zero rating !? | Stay clear unless your life depends on it. The doctors and the medication leaflet don't come close to warning the public adequately. Doctors are so ill informed about this class of drugs and often don't recognise the side effects as they emerge and that puts patients at risk of not realising the cause of the new health problems and then taking it again. Many will never make the links to their poor health after these drugs. Side effects can be delayed (Dr Beatrice Golomb describes why this might be) and symptoms can remit and relapse. That sounds strange but one thing to remember with this drug is 'collagen degradation'. Sometimes the problems don't hit until you really try to load the tissues. You can feel fine again but then you try to go to the gym and your body can't withstand it. The warnings don't come close to conveying this reality. Just imagine how many cases of fibromyalgia and other pain conditions, 'idiopathic' neuropathies, and overuse injuries are really side effects of cipro?????? This is why the side effects look rare because side effects get diagnosed as other problems by unsuspecting or unbelieving doctors. | F | 30 | 5 months 1000mg | 10/1/2016 | 4 | Q-Fever | Following a very long diagnostic process it was finally determined that I have Q-Fever. I was prescribed Cipro and Doxycylin together and after 4 months of treatment my antibody titer's are almost back to normal. In the last month I developed severe pain in my pinky toe going about 1/3 of the way down the side of my foot and severe knee pain. I feel like a 30 year old women with 80 year old knees. I told my doctors and they decided to take me off of the Cipro. Although I have experienced a lot of other minor side effects I don't know which medication is causing them - extremely oily skin and hair, easily fatigued, headaches, frequent colds, RLS, weird sleeping inconsistencies. | I have not noticed an improvement in 3 weeks and I am wondering if my knees and foot will get better. Since I have been off of the Cipro I have also started breaking out like a teenager all over my face and neck (and I am still on the Doxycylin which is used to treat acne). | F | 30 | 4 months | 11/12/2007 | 2 | Prostatitis | Increasing problems with muscle & nerve twitching; painful joints; nevousness etc. | Scary experience, took some time to figure out what caused the simptoms | M | 41 | 4 months | 11/15/2001 | 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 | 2 | UTI | headache, severe heartburn, stomach pain | this medicine does not help!! i've been taking cipro and other antibiotics for a severe uti that I've had on and off for a few months. The medicine has not helped me. I'm really worried. I started feeling severe stabbing pains by my belly button the other day...it was so bad i thought it was my appendix. Yesterday, I've had severe heartburn. I feel so sick. I figure this must be due to the antibiotics. I have muscle pain...my neck hurts and my upper back hurts. I've been crying because NOTHING is helping me. Of course I have a yeast infection because of all this antibiotics. my breasts even hurt sooo badly!!! but the worst is this heartburn. has anyone else experienced horrible heartburn on cipro?? | F | 28 | 3 months 500 2X D | 7/9/2010 | 1 | Chronic UTI's and Kidney infections | For chronic uti's, bladder and kidney infections purchase a product called UTI clear is has been a life saver to me. I have been antibiotic free for 2 months after taking cipro for 3 months at a time due to my bladder infections. The UTI clear helps your body get rid of the infections naturally without the side effects and use of antibiotics. This product has saved my life. Try it and you will never take antibiotics ever again for a bladder, uti or kidney infection :) http://www.nativeremedies.com/products/uti-clear-urinary-tract-and-bladder-health.html | F | 29 | 3 months 500 mg 2X D | 3/21/2011 | 1 | Prostate Pain | My doctor gave cipro to take for three months for chronic prostate pain. He said it could`nt hurt anything! This is in 1999. No problems until I finished the drug. Right after finishing the 3 month course I started vomiting with diarrhea.I have not been able to go for more than a few months without this happening! I have gone from 200lbs to a 170lbs. I have not been able to put the weight back on, because if i eat to much I get sick. I also have had severe joint pain in my ankles, knees,shoulders and inside of my elbows. The drug did not help my prostate problem. I now have chronic yeast infection because of the drug. I found a book titled "Healthy Digestion the Natural Way" it has been very helpful. After taking Garlic Extract,Glutamine,NAC,Alpha Lipoic Acid and Grapefruit Seed Extract(NutriBiotic Defense Plus) the pain in my prostate is mostly gone!(Such a relief) I now have to be very careful about what I eat. No sugar at all! | I`m very sorry I took the drug. It has ruined my life! I would love to see the makers of this drug sued right into Hell! Plus doctors need to learn how dangerous the drugs they prescribe are. Some of them don`t have a clue. | M | 55 | 3 months | 9/29/2006 | 1 | chronic bacterial prostatitis | Severe calf muscle damage in both legs. | M | 50 | 3 months | 8/14/2007 | 1 | Prostatitis | Mental Breakdown, CNS Damage, Altered state of mind, Depression, Anxiety, Insomnia, Nerve pain, Muscle weakness, muscle spasims, many more. | Was a normal healthy 21yo boy. Started taking this for prostatitis and my world turned upside down. Doctors still have no clue as to why but I'm sure it was this drug. 3years lateri still feel the effects. | 25 | 3 months 500mg | 10/31/2014 | 1 | Protatitis | Ended up using a cane for a year. Achilles injured. All major joints ache, hips, knees, and neck especially. Peripheral neuropathy. Numb lower face to my chest that occurred during the 2nd month of use and has not gone away, 2 years later and counting. Chest pain. Occasional micro seizure like events. Fatigue. Bone pain. Muscle pain. Possibly nerve pain. Anxiety. Regret. I guess these things happen? Only positive is that my Achilles doesn't hurt as much, but my joints seem to be rapidly getting worse. Scary stuff. Trying to remain positive but I keep having symptoms, hence why I am here 2 years after ingesting nearly 90 pills. | I took it for just under three months everyday. Mode of action is discovered. Doctors in India did a study and discovered after just 72 hrs, your bloods natural antioxidant was depleted by almost 80%. Imagine the implications of such an oxidative stress event. Cartilaginous lesions implicated as well. | M | 29 | 3 months 500 | 12/9/2016 | 1 | Protatitis | Ended up using a cane for a year. Achilles injured. All major joints ache, hips, knees, and neck especially. Peripheral neuropathy. Numb lower face to my chest that occurred during the 2nd month of use and has not gone away, 2 years later and counting. Chest pain. Occasional micro seizure like events. Fatigue. Bone pain. Muscle pain. Possibly nerve pain. Anxiety. Regret. I guess these things happen? Only positive is that my Achilles doesn't hurt as much, but my joints seem to be rapidly getting worse. Scary stuff. Trying to remain positive but I keep having symptoms, hence why I am here 2 years after ingesting nearly 90 pills. | I took it for just under three months everyday. Mode of action is discovered. Doctors in India did a study and discovered after just 72 hrs, your bloods natural antioxidant was depleted by almost 80%. Imagine the implications of such an oxidative stress event. Cartilaginous lesions implicated as well. | M | 29 | 3 months 500 | 12/9/2016 | 4 | pseudomonas chest infection | tendonitis, indigestion, itchy rash, loss of taste, sore ulcerated tongue | Cipro is the only oral antibiotic that combates Pseudomonas. I can tolerate it for 2-3 weeks but have been taking it for 8weeks now and can't stand it any longer. If it has not worked by now, then it is not going to. | F | 56 | 2 months | 11/1/2008 | 3 | Infection and non union of left tib | Got diarrhea couple days in after taking Cipro. Still experiencing problems there. Restlessness and interrupted sleep and strange dreams. Nightly sweating and skin rashes. Ive heard you should not skip antibiotics and take full course or longer than required so that the infection doesn't return and develop resistance requiring more powerful stuff. Worried if i stop now the infection will return and and the bone wont heal. Wearing a ilizarov frame now if this doesn't work I will lose my leg and i don't want that to happen. | M | 29 | 2 months 750 | 12/10/2012 | 1 | Abdominal surgery | I am writing this on behalf of my wonderful, loving cousin, who was a great husband and father. He took his own life on Thursday, 5-31-07. | Avoid at all costs. There will be a special level in hell for big pharma. | F | 48 | 2 months | 6/5/2007 | 1 | Rosacea - red pustuals | Severe muscle, tendon, ligiment pain and swelling of feet, legs, and ankles, sleeplessness, anxiety, itching/tingling of forearm, blurred vision, ringing in my ears. | Was given Cipro by dermatologist for breaking out on my face from Rosacea. Had taken it before without severe side affects so I didn't realize it was the medication until I had taken it for 2 months. Extreme pain in muscles, tendons, ligiments. Difficulty walking, standing, sitting. Severe plurisy. Pain in every joint and muscle. Difficulty sleeping although exhausted. Face continued to break out. Swelling of ankles, feet, legs. Was told I had fibromyalgia and swelling was due to working outside in the heat. Was tested for blood clots in my leg. Stopped taking it and took prednisone for 1 week. This helped but only slightly. Went to Sports Medicine doc who got me off the Cipro immediately. Got a cortisone shot in my knee. He suggested water aerobics and after 6 months I am feeling so much better. I still have itching and tingling of forearm, but now doing workouts 5 days a week without pain. Will NEVER EVER use this drug again or anything in the same family of drugs. Have notified doctors and pharmacies to put this in my chart. | F | 61 | 2 months 1X D | 1/16/2011 | 1 | Prostatitis | Dr. put me on 250mg twice a day. Must say it helped with the infection. The side effects are AWFUL. For me, I can handle pain, but I cannot handle insomnia. Restless nights from the beginning. Terrible . No rest and trying to heal is the worse. Developed Neurapthy in Right foot and terrible aches in my low back and hips. Crap drug. If you can not use this drug, please I beg you to ask for something else. I stopped 3 days ago thinking insomnia would leave. No.deal. Worse now with anxiety attached. Makes.it hard to manage your affairs and work. | MAKE SURE TO ASK FOR OTHER OPTIONS BEFORE YOU SUBMIT TO THIS CRAP DRUG | M | 54 | 2 months 250mg | 9/13/2015 | 1 | pseudomona aeruginosa in my lungs | Always worked out at the gym.Did squats all the way down with bar bell.After taking ciproflaxin started having joint pain and tendinitis in my wrist and shoulder.Extremely painful.Was also prescribed by my pulmonary Dr Levoquin off and on for almost a year | F | 53 | 2 months 750 mg | 1/26/2014 | 2 | Prostatis | Burning muslces, insomnia, twitiching, muscle pain, and a freezing sensation around the nose and mouth caused by an interaction with Flonase. | DO NOT take this medication if you do not have to. It is almost worse than the disease itself. | M | 23 | 1 months | 5/16/2007 | 1 | food poisoning | Extreme weekness, to the point of being unable to carry school books or walk to my university classes, acompanied by full body pain upon movement. I can't drive safely. I can't work. Cipro made me into an invalid (temporarily?). I have to stay at my parent's house since I can no longer take care of myself. Were it not for them, I would probably become a street person or die. Cognition was also adversely affected requiring taking an "incomplete" on a final exam. My dad had to write this for me, since the tendons in my hands hurt too much to type. I am unable to walk more than to bathroom and kitchen. I went to a new doctor that has also had cipro posioning, and he gives me hope for a full recovery. I am loosing weight since I have little interest in food (hurts too much to walk to kitchen). To prevent pain, I remain bedridden and still. I am sleeping 16 to 18 hourse a day. I worry about my heart, but so far I haven't detected any arrhythmias. Tendonitis and joint p | I think cipro and perhaps all fluoroquinolone antibiotics (those that contain flourine as an active ingredient) should be taken off the market; since the side effects for me were totally disproportionate to the benefits gained, particularly in light of the fact (so I recently learned) that "food poisoning" rarely requires any drug treatment. I had a friend that was sick with food poisoning at the same time as me and she did not take any drugs and she is well now. Going to the doctor's office is like playing Russian Roulette, considering the variety of toxic drugs that they can dispense. I am totally frustrated with medical doctors and their posions, and need to find a good naturopathic physician to care for me. | F | 31 | 1 months | 8/24/2007 | 1 | Crohn's | Depression (I was also on prednisone which also has that side effect, and that probably made my depression a lot worse), Yellowing of skin, extreme sensitivity to sunlight, insomnia, fast heartbeat, muscle pain, extreme nausea (I was on a lot of drugs with this side effect; that probably made it worse) | My Crohn's symptoms only got worse while taking it. It can cause diarrhea that is watery or bloody. I wouldn't take it again. It doesn't seem safe to me. I think doctors need to do a better job about informing patients about side effects. That's their job. | F | 20 | 1 months | 7/14/2008 | 1 | UTI - Helicobacter Pylori | Tendonitis, twitching, burning all over , joint pain, visual impairment, tinitus , stomach disorders , headaches , chest pain | This is a pernicious drug, do not take it, whatever the doctor says. It has ruined over 3 years of my life | M | 65 | 12 weeks | 2/2/2009 | 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 | Acute diverticulitis | Within hours of the first dose, I had severe pain in the left elbow. The physician who'd prescribed the drug told me that it couldn't possibly be drug-induced. Within weeks, I suffered from debilitating joint pain in tendons of both elbows and right wrist. Off work for four months. Two years later, pain is manageable but not fully resolved. | Product appeared to be effective for the purpose it had been prescribed. | M | 51 | 8 weeks | 4/24/2009 | 1 | Prostatitis | severe aching in wrist,ankle and knee joints; numbness in fingers and toes Also-Nausea throughout the course of taking this stuff | ----active and work out on regular basis--seems to have made pain worse while taking this garbage. Will side effects go away? | M | 48 | 7 weeks | 11/22/2004 | 3 | pseudomonas aeroginosa | slight dizziness at times, random pains all over my body, arthritis type symptoms in my knees. (Pain, limited ability to bend my knees, crunching sounds in my knees, and swelling) | I have been off the Cipro for a few weeks, but still experiencing bad knee problems. My doctor says I have osteoarthritis and doesn't think it's related to the Cipro, but I have never had ANY problems with my knees until I took Cipro and suddenly woke up one morning and could barely walk. I KNOW it's Cipro related. | F | 54 | 6 weeks | 5/10/2008 | 1 | prostate infection | Insomnia, tendonopathy, tinnitus, ssuicidal thought, peripheral neuropathy, digestive problems, vision problems, heart arrhythmia . | M | 38 | 6 weeks 500 | 2/16/2014 | 1 | prostatitis | I still have knee pain and kind of swelling one year after discontinuing the medicine. It is ruining my life. | M | 31 | 6 weeks 500 2X D | 6/13/2014 | 1 | prostatitis | Insomnia, nausea, panic attacks, anxiety, severe brain fog, chest tightness, itchy/tingly scalp, dizziness, itchiness, dry burning eyes, tinnuitis | Should be a last line of defense drug. If your on your death bed dying of infection, maybe you want to try it. I suffered for years and still suffer today with symptoms that are very slow to disappear. The drug is truly pure poison. I wish I had read these warnings years ago. Take them very seriously. | M | 49 | 6 weeks 250 2X D | 4/26/2016 | 1 | infected appendix | burning pain, almost like electric charges down both sides of my legs--found out later was nerves. I had serious plantar fascitis after as well, which is also tendon problem but not sure that was caused by cipro. The burning pain has gradually gone away but 6 years later I still have symptoms | Might work for many but patients need to be aware of side effects. My doctor said it would go away but 6 years seems excessive and I still have symptoms | F | 60 | 6 weeks | 7/13/2006 | 1 | Chronic Prostatis | Auditory Hallucinations, Delirium of Guilt, Thought broadcasting (Feeling that my thoughts are being broadcasted on TV) Running commentry of my thoughts being given by people around me, Feeling of not trusting others, suspicious of close relative poisoning me, feeling of hidden cameras monitoring me, feeling that your coleagues are in league to harm you. | TOXIC PSYCHOSIS OR CIPROFLOXACIN-INDUCED ACUTE PSYCHOSIS IS KNOWN TO OCCUR IN WHATEVER PERCENTAGE, BUT WHEN IT OCCURES TO YOU PERCENTAGE DOES NOT REALLY MATTERS. I WAS WRONGLY DIAGNOSED AS SCHIZOPHRENIA AND WAS UNJUSTLY TREATED WITH VARIOUS ANTIPSYCHOTICS AND ECTs FOR 6 WEEKS UNTILL I RECOVERED BY STOPPING ALL MEDICATION. | M | 45 | 6 weeks | 7/8/2007 | 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 | Pseudomonas Aeruginosa | This is the worst thing that has ever happened to me. I had surgery and a piece of a drain tube was left in. My doctor went back in to take it out and told me 5 days later he didnt know what type of infection I had but put me on a drug that should take care of it. I told him if he didnt know then send it off to the center of disease control and it came back as pseudomonas aeruginosa. I didnt know what it was, my mother was with me and my doctor put me on 1500 mgs. of cipro for 5 weeks. I kept asking him why I felt like I was so tired, why my legs hurt, when I would get my energy back??? It's been a year and a half ago and I'm 39 years old. I had my own business for 15 years before this, I played tennis, rode jet skis, snow skied, danced daily and was a massage therapist as well as a single mother of a 5 and 15 year old. I have closed my business now. I still hurt all over, blurry vision, no energy, my joints pop and crack. I have never felt this bad in my life. This drug took my life | Your life can get worse, no matter what you do.... Do not take this drug. Find another doctor if yours perscribes this for you. | F | 39 | 5 weeks 500 3X D | 1/8/2013 | 1 | uti | Depression, suicidal, anxiety, panic attacks, photosensitivity, heart palpitations, rapid heartbeat, loss of sex drive, profuse sweating, insomnia, migraines, impulsiveness, feeling out of it, feeling apathetic and not caring about anything, memory loss, hard to concentrate, extreme dry eye, red eyes, weird eye problems, yellow skin, skin rash, muscle pain, weakness, extreme fatigue, trouble swallowing, embarrassing twitches, | DO NOT TAKE THIS!!! AFTER STOPPING CIPRO SIDE EFFECTS STILL PERSIST TO THIS DAY. IT IS NOT SAFE. SHAME ON ANY DOCTOR WHO PRESCRIBES THIS AND SHAME ON THE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY TOO. | F | 24 | 5 weeks | 8/14/2008 |