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 | Presribed Leviquin for Flu and... | I was taken by ambulance to ER after fainting from flu and bronchitis and falling on face and breaking septum. Sent home after 3 hours. Given 2 leviquin just minutes before disharge. Fainted in car 3 to 4 minutes in ride home. My wife couldn't revive me and frantically rushed me back to ER. ER doc said fainting was due to a "Vagal" response? Kept one day in general recovery room. Given more Leviquin that day and a follow up 6 day doze. Sent home in afternoon that first day after that horrible night. First day home I had life and death feeling of weakness, body pain, fainting. Sent back to ER. Vitals looked okay. Sent back home. During next 5 days ( I am STILL into my sixth month of these symptoms ) I went into a nightmare of body pain, weakness, anxiety, almost suicidal insominia, loss of appetite,extreme sensitivity to cold, skin on arms itching like crazy, scalp too. Rashes popping up like excema,lost 20 lbs. arms, neck, legs extreme pain / weakness. Also weird wincing pai | Is Leviquin the same as Cipro or related very closely to it? Has anyone ever heard of side effects and symptoms like mine from taking Leviquin? Would appreicate ANY and ALL info about this possibility and if someone can possibly find that article in the Wall Street Journal and e-mail me a copy...IT MIGHT MAKE THE BIGGEST BREAK YET in this still undiagnosed medical nightmare and mystery to me and it appears every doctor I have seen. | M | 54 | 6 days | 5/17/2006 | 1 | diverticulitis | Mental confusion, irritability, lethargy, apathy; horrible shooting pains through my thigh and knees, pain under knee caps, soreness in calf muscles (particularly on the right side), difficulty walking, significant joint pain; soreness in my back; shooting pain in the tendons in my hands. | I would NEVER take this medicine again and would warn everyone else not to take it. I have NEVER had problems with a medication before. The side effects of this medication quickly overshadowed the original reason I was taking it. My legs hurt worse than my diverticulitis! My doctors seem baffled although they did "allow" me to stop taking it. So far, one day after stopping it, I am beginning to be able to walk somewhat normally, but we'll see what happens. I am angry I ever even took one pill of this! | M | 35 | 8 days | 5/25/2006 | 1 | prostatitis | Took it for 5 hours when I began to get a severe headache/migraine. I continued taking it and the headache worsened and persisted for 36 hours. No OTC pain relief helped and I had to go to the ER twice. The second time I was hospitalized and checked out very thoroughly as I was so ill -- brain scan and pelvic area scan. I have never had such a debilitating headache: I could barely move out of bed and I just had to lie there, feeling dreadful | I would NEVER take this drug again as my headache was so unbearable. Only one doctor and a pharmacist were able to tell me that 4% of people who take this suffer headaches, although I would have expected and wanted more doctors to be familiar with this potentially very severe reaction as it would have made me feel less panicky about whether I had suddenly developed a severe neurological isssue | M | 45 | 2 days | 3/20/2007 | 1 | ear infection/sinus | My dad has had severe sinus and ear infections all his life and taken many different antibiotics and never had a reaction. His head swelled and turned red and a had a 104+ fever, only to mention a few symptoms. The worst part was the doctor swears he can't be allergic to Cipro and gave it to him again and the same thing happened. If he hadn't stopped taking them - do to the family insisting, I don't know what might have happened. The doc (ear specialist) was informed and still obviously didn't believe us and gave him a derivative of Cipro the next time (my mom and dad didn't bother researching it) The scary swelling and redness and fever started again until my sis and I looked it up and it was Generic Cipro, so he immediately stopped taking it. The doctor has written in the chart (now that my mom insisted not to give him Cipro again) | If you even think you are having a reaction to this drug, stop taking it immediately- Don't let a dr tell you that you can't be having a reaction to it. My dad has never had reactions to any med in his life except this one and it was serious. | M | 62 | 5 days | 7/7/2005 | 1 | Prostitatis | Body Aches, Headache, Flu like symptoms, pain in back and hands. Urologist says none of this can be from cipro, went to the er 4 days after taking had blood work done, vitals monitored and urine test done nothing came back all good no white blood cell count up just a prescription for 800mg motrin to help ease the pain. | I have been taking this for 5 days on my sixth day I took a half of 1000mg and said thats it, we will see how teh symptoms change if any... | M | 27 | 5 days | 7/11/2005 | 1 | Giardia | Almost immediate, deep feelings of dread and fear. Became very anxious and jumpy. Made me start to cry over nothing. Caused nightmares, insomnia. | Informed M.D. ASAP, and he prescribed Flagyl instead, which worked very well with no/few side effects. | M | 38 | 1 days | 10/29/2005 | 1 | My left index finger shakes. Muscle twitches in arms and legs. Depressed. | The so-called doctor that gave me cipro for a prostrate problem is a complete idiot. Took it for 10 days and informed him of my index finger problem. He said it couldn't be related and wanted me to take it for an additional 32 days. I stopped after 10 more days. My life since then has been a nightmare. If you are not sure, DON'T TAKE THIS MEDICATION. | M | 50 | 21 days | 11/24/2006 | 1 | sinus infection | beware poison poison. my life has been destroyed by this drug. constant pain since i ceased this crap a year ago. 20 years old and the best part of my day is when im sleeping- if i can. do not take this poison unless you want to be disabled. | M | 20 | 5 days | 8/29/2006 | 1 | prostatitis | AFTER 2ND DAY OF TAKING CIPRO BEGAN HAVING SEVERE PAIN IN LEFT THIGH FROM GROIN TO KNEE. MUSCLE BEGAN SWELLING AND I COULD NOT HARDLY WALK. I DID NOT ASSOCIATE THIS WITH THE CIPRO UNTIL MY WIFE LOOKED UP SIDE EFFECTS OF CIPRO ON THE INTERNET. | CIPRO HAS CAUSED ME SEVERE PAIN AND I HAVE NEVER HAD A REACTION TO ANY DRUGS BEFORE. I WISH I HAD NEVER TAKEN EVEN 1 OF THESE PILLS. HOW CAN THEY GIVE US THIS MEDICATION AND NOT EVEN TELL US THAT IT COULD RUIN OUR LIVES. "DON'T TAKE CIPRO" | M | 58 | 7 days | 2/12/2006 | 1 | Kidey (UTI) infection | Aboout two hours after the 4th 500 mg tablet (I was told to take two a day, for 14 days), I was sitting at my computer at work and had a strong, frightening reaction. I felt like I could feel the veins or arteries bulging in my head. I was suddenly dizzy, confused, and I couldn't see well. I almost felt on the verge of psychosis. Unluckily for me, I had a meeting with my boss in the middle of this "episode" and I almost lost my mind. (With any luck, I'll still have my job tomorrow.) I got another prescription, one for Zinnat, but this is supposed to be stronger and I only have take it for five days. After reading these other posts, I hope I don't have long-term damage. | Thanks for my scary episode, Big Pharma! | M | 28 | 2 days | 4/19/2007 | 1 | Travelers diarrhea | My skin has been burning, face, back, and groin area. While taking the pills, i had extreme anxiety attacks, insomnia, and loss of appetite. I have been off the pill for 3 days now and anxiety has subsided, however the burning sensation has remained, only diminished. I am also now experiencing symptoms of a bladder infection (severe abdominal pain, etc). | I was prescribed 2 500mg tablets a day for 3 days. I have never had such severe side effects before. Unless I will die otherwise, I will never take this medication again! i have learned a valuable lesson though, DO NOT blindly trust your doctor about your meds, research what you take (read the fine-print). | M | 44 | 3 days | 9/19/2006 | 1 | Diarrhea | 2nd pill blurred vision, closed my eyes and felt like I was rocking in a chair. Extreme fatigue, Extreme short term memory loss. I have no energy to do anything, I am easily distracted and feel mind clogged. I took a total of 10 pills and stopped. It was prescribed for 10 days. I have been off of it for 3 days and still feel "STUPID". The doctor guessed that it would cure bacteria that was causing Diarrhea, did not cure. All tests for bacteria were negative. I had taken Cipro XR twice perviously and don't recall any side effects, but ciprofloaxin certainly has caused some! | I can't believe with all of us out there complaining and describing the side effects that it hasn't been taken off the shelf. I also can't believe some attorney hasn't filed a lawsuit on behalf of someone! Never take it again!!! | M | 37 | 5 days | 10/7/2008 | 1 | Sinus Infection | Horrible headaches, extreme low back pain, achy joints - more miserable than the sinus infection | No wonder they use this for anthrax exposed patients - they're damned near dead anyway so give them CIPRO. If it doesn't kill them, it might cure them. NEVER, NEVER take this as a first choice. Go with any other antibiotic but CIPRO as this stuff is horrible. Doctor took me off this stuff and put me on augmentin - a proven winner that's been around for year. It did the job and no problems. | M | 45 | 10 days | 10/6/2007 | 1 | prostitis | severe joint pain elbows, wrists ,knees,and feet.WITHIN THREE DAYS OF STOPPING CIPRO PAIN STARTED TO SUBSIDe one WEEK LATER STILL HAVE PAIN. JUST NOT SO SEVERE i can't walk like earlier. | Please if on cipro stop taking it asap if you start experincing joint pai etc. | M | 59 | 17 days | 1/2/2007 | 1 | prostatitis | after six doses experienced SEVERE joint,tendon and muscle pain in calves,knees,thighs,butocks,lower back.Uncontrolable shaking,sweating,panic attacks,insomnia,spots in my vision,jaw pain,tinnitus you name it.Six months on still in incredible pain unable to walk,sit,stand up, life is absolute torture with no recovery in sight. | DO NOT TAKE.This is absolute poison.It has totally destroyed my life and turned me into a bed bound cripple. | M | 51 | 3 days | 10/20/2008 | 1 | prostatitis | Terrible allergic reaction | I started taking Cipro for prostatitis. I developed an allergic reaction the day after taking the medicine. It got worse the next day. Two days after I quit taking cipro and the rash continues to get worse. Doctors should first prescribe doxycyclin, given all the side effects with this drug. | M | 33 | 3 days | 10/12/2008 | 1 | UTI | Diarrhea, dizziness, wind, feeling sick, trembling, severe joint pain | Put up with side effects for the first 7 days. However, today my knees have been absolute agony and have stopped, as can now hardly walk. I am feeling really unwell! | M | 42 | 7 days | 10/23/2008 | 1 | prostatitis | Tendonitis in the Achilles tendon; minor tendonopathy in wrists, biceps. Migrating joint pains. | This drug is toxic to cytotoxic to tendons. Expect a two-week to two-year recovery time. The post-marketing incidence of these side effects has never been properly evaluated, and may be as high as 1 in 250 people-- which is not exactly rare! Currently have a brace on the right ankle and using crutches. | M | 29 | 1.5 days | 10/25/2008 | 1 | Presumed Prostatitus | Please read some more worse sideeffects on other posts before taking cipro, ciprofloxin etc I wish I had. Terrible anxiety, joints and muscle pain. tinging in fingers toes & vibration sensation. Eye and vision damage which will not resolve | I took 500mg 2x a day for 28 days and it was the worst thing I could have ever done. Maybe smaller doses over a shorter period are better tolerated. I experienced all the side effects of a severe reaction, however they didn't start till week 3. I was a young and healthly 26 year old male in perfect health. This grug caused anxiety first, then vision and light problems and my ears began to ring, then all the joint and muscles problems set in. Now 12 months after finishing the medication, I'm leaft with terrible floater (spots and specs in front of the eyes), light sensitivity and tinitus. If you take this med and have the slightest sideffect, STOP IT RIGHT AWAY | M | 26 | 28 days | 1/20/2007 | 1 | Had some blood in diarrhea | Dr prescribed Cipro after suspecting bacteria in lower GI had caused known internal hemorrhoid to become enflamed. At first I did not realize it was Cipro was causing side effects, but after 5 days they were severe - physical (sore neck and shoulders, total lack of energy, headache and chest pains - felt like my body was in a vice) and mental - insomnia, morbid thoughts about suicide, panic and nervousness, restlessness, pacing, could not be with people. | This is a scary drug! Be aware of these side effects when first starting the drug and stop as soon as the first sign appears. Better yet - ask for an alternative. I think the FDA has really screwed up with this one. Now the question is - how long do the side effects last? | M | 54 | 7 days | 7/13/2006 |