CIPRO Reviews (CIPROFLOXACIN HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 1.6 (2014 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare CIPRO with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR CIPRO | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | UTI | Diarrhea, sleeplessness first night on drug, excessive dreaming and bad dreams from my norm,nervousness,continued stomach cramps, previously injured knee and elbow both were really sore within 3 hours of first dose. | Why dont doctors pre-screen for allergies to garbage like this. Why not try a less drastic drug first and use this junk as a last resort.Rather ticked off about the whole mess. | M | 34 | 2 days | 8/3/2006 | 1 | Kidney Infection | Low BP (80/55), weakness in the knees, hallucinations, anxiety, unable to grip | So lucky. I had a natural distrust of meds after I had a very bad experience with Prilosec. Got a kidney infection and was given Cipro. Supposed to take two 500mg twice a day! Decided to test it first by only taking a half of one. Side effects in a out 30 minutes. My blood pressure plummeted, had a hard time standing and gripping a door handle, even began to hallucinate a bit. Threw the meds in the trash immediately and drank gallons of water. Back to normal in 1.5 days. Got sooo lucky. Tried colloidal silver and infection was cured in 1 day. DO NOT TAKE THIS!!! | M | 25 | 1 days 500mg 1X day | 1/5/2013 | 1 | UTI or Prostitus | Near the end of this course I woke up in middle of night and felt strange - like I'd gone to 'half speed.' I went to hospital and they said I was stressed. Gradually after that I developed worse and worse insomnia until I slept an hour a night if I was lucky. This went on for about 90 days! As the insomnia worsened I got terrible anxiety and felt suicidal. It was hell. | Now I'm 7 months into this and although I'm a little better I'm still in hell. I now sleep 5 hours a night which isn't enough. My shoulder aches, I have plantar facitis, feel tired all the time, have a permanent headache and am clinically depressed. I've had enough, but I'm too scared to end my life. My Doctor doesn't want to accept that a drug he prescribed could do this to me. He says he took it and was fine. Now I'm being treated by the local mental health team, I've lost my business, can't work and am scared stiff about the future. My advice - avoid this drug | M | 47 | 14 days 250mg 3X day | 6/3/2013 | 1 | Influenza | One month after dosage ended it attacked my tendons from the waist down in both legs. The most severe pain I have ever endured, currently it resides in my left Achilles tendon, which hopefully won't "Pop". No one should ever take Cipro! | M | 58 | 10 days 1X day | 5/16/2013 | 1 | diverticulitis | 2 hours after taking the fourth 500mg pill (3rd day) I started having really bad shoulder pain and forearm swelling/pain. I had some shoulder/forearm pain the night before, but never thought it was the Cipro. Now I know it is and stopped taking it. Did some research and found I could be doing serious and permanent damage to my tendons/muscles. Wonderful! | I will never take this drug again. It would have to be a life or death situation | M | 40 | 3 days 500mg BID 2X day | 1/11/2013 | 1 | lose joints, foggy eye sight for few days. My useless doctor prescribed me 750 MG in the first dose. I took one and realized the effects and then stopped them. They are probably recommending it for the financial benefits from the manufacturers as this drug is extremely costly without insurance. | M | 30 | 1 days 750 MG 1X day | 9/27/2013 | 1 | possible infection | This drug is Poison. Insomnia was terrible. I was up for days without sleep which didn't help my rundown body. Started to get itchy all over. I decided to listen to my wife and get off after only 5 days and go the natural route. This drug is terrible ... don't let your doc try to convince you otherwise. | M | 28 | 5 days 500mg | 5/29/2013 | 1 | Ear infection | I took 1x500mg pill and immediately starting sweating and got pins and needles pain in my feet and hands, my hands started to lock up. This all lasted about 5-10 mins, the feeling went away and I feel fine now. I am terrified for anyone who takes this. It is poison and I will NEVER take it again. I have changed my entire thoughts about antibiotics and medicine in general. This is scary scary stuff. How can it cripple so many people yet still be on the market. I'm thanking god I was lucky and got away with only taking one. | M | 27 | 1 days 500 mg | 5/6/2013 | 1 | Prostatitis | Before taking cipro I was fit and well, liked to do long distance running, hikes in the countryside etc. Within hours of taking the first pill I started to experience pain in my achilles, calves, and knees. Days later, despite only having taken 2 pills, it was very painful to walk. I felt totally fatigued, nauseous and had tingling and numbness as well as the muscular and tendon pain, in my wrist as well as around my ankles. It has been nearly 5 months since I discontinued the course and I still have terrible pain when walking or standing - my wrist constantly aches and feels like it is burning too and I can hear ligaments clicking and grinding when I use it. I am basically disabled and have to rest a lot after walking very short distances. I often feel depressed, though whether this is a physiological effect of the drug or whether it's the result of being crippled I cannot say. Whatever the case, this drug is POISON and I would urge anyone to do extensive research before they decide t | M | 27 | 1 days 500mg 2X day | 3/5/2013 | 1 | UTI | M | 28 | 1 days 500mg | 8/9/2013 | 1 | Prostatitis | EXTREME ANXIETY and Insomnia - eventually built up to halucinations, paranoia, and a general sense of imminent danger. I felt as if at any milisecond I might break out running, crying, or screaming in fear. I was seen by the dcotor today (03/07/07) who had never heard of these symptoms paired with Cipro. He looked it up and confirmed that these are side effects associated with Cipro - up to and including toxic psychosis. I am now off the Cipro and on 10mg of valium and hope that I will return to normal in a few days. | I will NEVER take this or any other quinolone antibiotic again. | M | 32 | 6 days | 3/7/2007 | 1 | Chlamydia/Epididymitis | ANTIBIOTIC-INDUCED-COLITIS?, very loose stools, dehydration, depression, energy loss. THIS DRUG SHOULD NOT BE ON THE MARKET, REQUEST AN ALTERNATIVE - it has torn up my insides to the point that I'm wiping more blood than fecal matter. I ended up having to go to a health clinic for a free one-time dosage of Zithromax to cure my $2,500 ER visit's mistake! | I've learned that CIPRO is sometimes used to treat Epididymitis and Gonorrhea and prescribed for taking only a few days at most for these cases. Please note that CIPRO is NOT EFFECTIVE against Chlamydia as the ER doctor had evidently thought. I was prescribed to take this pill twice a day for 14 days and took it for 10 days before I was told I needed to go back to the ER for what I've learned is probably antibiotic-induced-colitis caused by this terrible drug! | M | 18 | 10 days | 2/26/2007 | 1 | possible std exposure (hep b , ect) | I HAD UNWILLING UNPROTECTED ORAL SEX WITH A PROSTITUTE JUNKIE!I WAS UNDER THE INFLUENCE AND SHE DID WHAT SHE WANTED. TAKING TO COUNCELERS THEY SAY I SOUND LIKE I WAS ASSAULTED. I Took Cipro for around 10 days befor stoping treatment.While Taking it I have experience thoughts of suicide. Feelings of impending doom. PANIC ATTACKS , ANXIETY.LACK OF APPETITE , DIAREA , PALE STOOLS. I Cried almost every day I was on it. Felt Muscle pains and total lack of intrest in work and other activities I was involved with. I have avoided my family completely beacuse I was unsure of the | Over a week since I have stop taking this drug. I have had a very mild headach every day. Muscles are still sore. My eyes have gone red and have red veins showing. My right eye has just started twitching and I feel absolutly horrible.PALE STOOLS HAVE STARTED TO TURN DARKER. I HAVE TO FORCE MYSELF TO EAT. STILL NO APPETITE. I still have thoughs of impending doom. I have been for 2 sets of bloodwork from everything from aids to HEP.So far all negative. I feel like I am dying. I cannot explain. Tests have come back negative so far. THIS IS ONE MESSED UP DRUG. I Still feel like I am dying from something , now I dont know if its cipro or a actuall std.PLEASE IF ANYONE CAN HELP ME JUST EMAIL ME WITH YOUR EXPERIENCES. I AM VERY SCARED AND CONFUSED RIGHT NOW! PLEASE HELP ME! | M | 35 | 10 days | 9/16/2006 | 1 | bacterial infection | Hallucinations, nightmares, bad joint pains, irrational thinking, couldn't function normally | Could only take 1 day of this (2 doses) and switched antibiotics. Powerful medicine I guess, but hope to never take it again. | M | 54 | 1 days | 12/30/2005 | 1 | UTI | I never thought about it until today but the side effects were immediate. I took my first pill and within 20-30 minutes became irritable and just went home and sat. Next morning I took pill #3 and had trouble with hands shaking holding a menu. That night pill #5, more anxious, irritable, could not sleep. #6, could not breath, anxiety, trembling in hands and fascia muscles across upper body. Emergency room visit and the doc immediatly took me off of it and told me of similar problems with other patients. | Where did this stuff come from? This is my first UTI requiring meds, my wife gets them somewhat frequenty and was always given Macrobid(SP?). I have never heard of this being given as such a generic antibiotic. Mother had severe stomach reactions also. Still feeling tense, hands shake on and off. I hope this goes away with time. Even my family doctor told me of the exact same symptoms when she took a sister drug for bronchitis. She was not the prescribing doctor. Now I'm waiting on anxiety drugs to stem off the feeling until it passes out of me. What a nightmare. I dealt with the UTI on cranberry pills for 2 weeks, I just needed a little oomph to make it go away not a sledgehammer. | M | 33 | 5 times | 1/3/2006 | 1 | Diverculitis | Developed diverticulitis first time in May 1995 and took anti-biotics (not Cipro). Up to 1999 had 3 or 4 attacks and the medicin prescribed to me made by very tired so my Doctor changed it Cipro March 1999. In April-May 1999 I developed serious muscle pains and was suspected having PMR, although my arthritis doctor ended up suspecting reactive arthritis. Summer 1999 was mere hell, sleeping was difficult and my short term memory started failing. Up till that time (I was 52) I had been running an average of 40-50 miles each week and was in excellent health. 'Cipro symptoms' lasted over two years and eventually most faded away. I had 2-3 year pause in the diverticulitis attacks till late September 2005. I took my Cipros for 5 days. 'CIPRO' symptons came back equally severe October 2005. I went to websites and after 30 minute search, the case was closed - at least on the issue what had been causing my symptoms. One of the privileges being a Finn is that you can swim in ice | Worked wonderfully curing the effects of Diverticulitis. Took Cipro maybe 5-6 times between 1999 and 2005 five days at each time I hope somebody will class action suit hell out the manufacturer. | M | 58 | 5 days | 11/24/2005 | 1 | post appendectomy | with flagyl -- diarrhea, erratic sleep, night sweats (I'd call them swims), bloating, gas pains and it appears an inablity to type as well | horrible drug. I would rather know the odds of getting an infection and risk it then put this stuff in my body. | M | 41 | 2 days | 11/26/2005 | 1 | epididymitis | I quit taking Cipro after 10 days because I began to experience knee pain, but the symptoms continued to get worse. Soon I was nearly unable to walk, and the pain in my achilles tendons became so severe I had to sleep with a heating pad between my ankles for months. When I recovered to the point that I could walk about 200 feet down my street and back, I regarded this as a major milestone. Two years later, walking isn't much of a problem, but my knees are definitely not what they were. It is uncomfortable to stand for long (walking is actually easier), and though the pain in my achilles tendons has lessened, they still hurt every day. | DO NOT take this drug unless death is your only other option. The side effects can be literally crippling. If you are a physician, read the warnings, remember your oath, and prescribe something else! | M | 42 | 10 days | 9/23/2006 | 1 | Epidydimitis | While taking the medication, I only experienced occasional dizziness. Approx 5-7 days after the last dose, I began experiencing odd muslce pain, joint pain, abdominal pain, and the worst neck pain I've experienced. I actually went to an orthopaedic surgeon to have my clavicle x-rayed becasue I thought it was broken... he diagnosed a severe muscle strain, which is keeping with the side effects of the drug. I wasn't told of any of the musculoskeletal (tendon, cartilaginous, muscular) side effects, which is unfortunate because I was *extremely* active at the time, now I'm concerned to run for fear of doing irrepairable damage. At the time was running 3-4 days a week, up to 14 miles at a time 30 or so miles a week, cycling, mountain climbing, skiing 1-2 days a week. I'm now 6 weeks post medication with only very minor improvement. It looks like this drug has completely blown my plans for a 50 mile endurance run in May, and possibly events all the way through the end of the year. | The first dose didn't cure the problem, so (without realizing my odd pains were all related) I picked up a 2nd round tonight from a different pharmacy. They included much more detailed side effects... and viola... here I am. I would never take this drug again, unless it was a matter of life or death. Took 500mg BID x 10 days | M | 32 | 10 days | 3/27/2006 | 1 | Acute Prostatitis | Pounding heart, sweating, muscle spasm/twitches, feeling anxious. | If you start to notice bothersome side effects, call your doctor and insist on an alternative. | M | 27 | 7 days | 9/26/2005 |