Drug Ratings for CIPROAverage Rating: 1.7 (1574 Ratings)
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR CIPRO | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
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| 1 | UTI | Agonizing mid- to upper-back pain by the second day of a six-day regimen. Excruciating to try to roll over in bed. During the almost four years since taking Cipro, these same muscles/tendons/joints in my back have been very easily aggravated (e.g. carrying anything heavy, jarring from running, etc.) Throbbing pain sufficient to wake me up at night to take Ibuprofen or to stand in a hot shower. Never had the slightest symptom before the Cipro. | Despite instructions to be sure to finish taking all the medication, I quit taking it after three days because I couldn't stand the pain. Discovered upon checking standard dosages on the web that I probably should have been given only 100 mg for three days, rather than 500 mg for six days. Had just moved to new city and didn't have a regular doctor. I would recommend making very sure that there is absolutely no safer alternative before taking this drug. | F | 49 | 3 days | 11/5/2005 | 1 | uti | Burning sensation in back-4th day blood pressure dropped to50/40 with undetected pulse rate when I passed out in doctors office waiting for appt. Loss of appetite and extreme fatigue.I was on advil with the cipro for muscle spasms for 3 days taking it every 4-6 hours.Doctor claims I passed out due to stress from the excruciating pain. | I'll advise everyone to say no to using this drug and even if it takes 7 days to cure take one of the old standbys and don't allow your doctor to convince you in taking cipro.Whatever you do don't use ibuprofen,chocolate,caffeine or calcium. | F | 59 | 3 days | 10/19/2005 | 1 | Infected cut | YUCK! Received free samples from my doctor, couldn't beat the price. Had a bad laceration on leg, which became infected after a trip. Thought I was going to die, heart palpatations, sleeplessness, anxiety. Was never warned caffiene strengthened drug. Screwed up menstrual cycle completely!! NEVER WANT to feel like this again. Took 2 1000 mg tab. for 2 days. Effects lasted a week!! | F | 29 | 2 days | 10/24/2005 | 1 | UTI | Head ache , dizziness ,loose motions with spasm, muscle pain , zombie feeling , even after 4 months , i have weakness , body pain , not so overall healthy and fit feeling , Now i am facing muscle cramps and muscle straining. | Not suggested , the doctor gave me very heavy dosage of 500mg x 2 for 7 days. | F | 27 | 7 days | 10/21/2005 | 1 | Sterner Injury Warnings Sought for Meds BY Associated Press August 29, 2006, 2:07 PM EDT WASHINGTON -- The labels on Cipro and similar antibiotics should bear more serious warnings about a possible link to tendon injuries, petitioners told federal health officials Tuesday. Between 1997 and 2005, the Food and Drug Administration received 262 reports of ruptured tendons in patients using drugs from the fluoroquinolone class of antibiotics, the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen said in its petition to the FDA. The state of Illinois filed a similar petition last year and asked Tuesday that the two requests be combined. An FDA spokeswoman had no immediate comment. Staci Gouveia, a spokeswoman for Bayer HealthCare, maker of Cipro, declined to comment. The labels on the entire class of drugs already warn doctors and patients of the risk of tendon problems. The FDA had manufacturers add that language following a 1996 Public Citizen petition. Public Citizen and the Illinois at | Sterner Injury Warnings Sought for Meds BY Associated Press August 29, 2006, 2:07 PM EDT WASHINGTON -- The labels on Cipro and similar antibiotics should bear more serious warnings about a possible link to tendon injuries, petitioners told federal health officials Tuesday. Between 1997 and 2005, the Food and Drug Administration received 262 reports of ruptured tendons in patients using drugs from the fluoroquinolone class of antibiotics, the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen said in its petition to the FDA. The state of Illinois filed a similar petition last year and asked Tuesday that the two requests be combined. An FDA spokeswoman had no immediate comment. Staci Gouveia, a spokeswoman for Bayer HealthCare, maker of Cipro, declined to comment. The labels on the entire class of drugs already warn doctors and patients of the risk of tendon problems. The FDA had manufacturers add that language following a 1996 Public Citizen petition. Public Citizen and the Illinois at | F | 53 | 3 days | 8/30/2006 | 1 | UTI | AFTER COMPLETING 7 DAY COURSE OF CIPRO, BEGAN HAVING SEVERE PAIN IN LEFT HIP AND UPPER THIGH AREA. I ALSO NOW HAVE NO FLEXABILITY OF HIP JOINT DUE TO SHARP PAIN IN GROIN AREA UPON MOVEMENT. | WILL NEVER TAKE CIPRO AGAIN. MY HUSBAND WAS RECENTLY TAKING CIPRO FOR PROSTATITIS AND HAS BEEN HAVING SEVERE, AGONIZING PAIN IN HIS RIGHT GROIN AND THIGH AND HAS GROSS SWELLING IN HIS THIGH MUSCLE FROM THE GROIN TO THE KNEE. THANKS TO THIS WEB SITE, WE NOW REALIZE THE CONNECTION TO THE CIPRO FOR BOTH OF US AND NO ONE IN OUR FAMILY WILL EVER TAKE THIS MEDICATION AGAIN. ONCE AGAIN OUR GOVERNMENT HAS ALLOWED US TO BE POISONED BY THE DRUG COMPANIES. | F | 44 | 7 days | 2/12/2006 | 1 | UTI | Unfortunately, I was also taking Alleve for pain from a broken arm. Had allergic reaction - swollen feet, legs and face, sores in mouth, fluttery heart, eye problems. I immediately stopped taking all medication. Then tingly feet set in. A week later, I had some chicken and had another reaction - antibiotics in chicken - now I eat only organic. But instead of going away, I have gotten has continually gotten worse - burning feet and hands, creeping up the arms and legs. Alcohol makes the sensations worse as does bright sunlight. | It has been 18 months since this happened and I still have burning feet, hands and lower arms. Not debiliating - I still exercise and can run. Just very annoying - have to ignore. Have had brain scan, two different neurologists including Mayo as well as scores of tests to see if the problem was caused by something else - but it is too coincidental to taking cipro. I also think it effected by thyroid - fluorides are said to do that. The only thing I can say is that I finally got the Dr. at Mayo to admit that cipro might have produced these effects. Everyone says it should go away eventually - ie nerves take a long time to heal. But I am beginning to think i will have to live with this sensation for ever. I TELL EVERYONE I CAN NOT TO TAKE THIS DRUG. | F | 57 | 2 days | 10/12/2007 | 1 | UTI | WITHIN 2 HOURS OF FIRST DOSE OF 1000MG CIPRO XR I BEGAN TO HAVE TINGLING, NUMBNESS, ITCHING, AND BURNING OF SKIN. I CONTACTED DR. AND WAS INSTRUCTED TO TAKE BENADRYL AND CONTINUE MEDS. BY THE NEXT DAY I HAD BEGUN TO SWELL IN WRISTS AND FINGERS AND COULD NOT HOLD A PEN IN MY HAND. I WENT TO DR. AND WAS ADMINISTERED A STEROID SHOT AND A BENADRYL SHOT FOR ALLERGIC REACTION. I STOPPED TAKING CIPRO AT THAT TIME. DR. WANTED ME TO TAKE MEDROL STEROID PACK TO ALLEVIATE SWELLING AND JOINT PAIN. AFTER READING THAT STEROIDS CAN CAUSE TENDONS TO RUPTURE AFTER OR DURING TREATMENT WITH CIPRO I REFUSED TO TAKE THE MEDROL. THAT WAS TWO DAYS AGO AND I AM STILL IN SEVERE PAIN IN ALL OF MY JOINTS. I HAVE A NEW ACHE EVERY DAY. | I WOULD NEVER TAKE CIPRO AGAIN. I HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT OF RESEARCH ON THIS DRUG AND THE SIDE EFFECTS ARE MUCH MORE COMMON THAT DR'S ARE AWARE OF. | F | 36 | 1 days | 4/13/2006 | 1 | stomach bacterial infection | Serious breathing difficulty, arms and legs going numb, joint pain, rash, AWFUL depression and nervousness. I would rather die than take another Cipro pill ever again. | Why do doctors push this medicine?! Mine acted as if Cipro is the only drug on earth and I shouldn't question it. It's crazy. | F | 35 | 7 days | 4/15/2006 | 1 | UTI | I experienced a very rapid heart beat, tightness in chest, sweaty palms, anxiety, feeling like I wasn't getting enough air, stomach distress and a bad sore throat. I am stopping and trying Bactrim instead. | I will never take this again. | F | 38 | 1.5 days | 11/10/2006 | 1 | traveler's disease (stomach) | My mother was hospitalized with Cipro - she was acting a bit strange, but we ignored it until she went completely batty. She forgot she had children, was hallucinating that her blood was needed to save the world (she pulled out her IV when they finally got her to the hospital), she threw her wedding ring across the room, and then she was completely "out of it" and just repeated random motions and words. The hospital did several tests, including taking spinal fluid, since they suspected that there was a history of mental disease in the family (there is none), and said it was only a "1% chance" that it was the medication. We were completely devastated. Luckily, after 48 hours, the drug left her system and like a light switch, she snapped out of it. We were lucky - I have heard of other cases where people have had residual issues from the drug. | I'm posting this on behalf of my mom, who was 45 at the time. People should be aware of this side effect - in looking at the board, it is not as uncommon as I thought. | F | 45 | 3 days | 4/8/2007 | 1 | diverticulitis | Severe joint pain in left hand, dizziness and short term memory problems, diaherra, my fingernail and toenails dried and crumbled, I also beame irritable and emotional. The second attack I had I asked for something else besides cipro and all the doctors acted like I had two heads!! What is the deal here? This medication does some damage and some good the medical profession needs to decide if presscribing this medicine is worth it for their patients - Are there any alternatives?? | Even thought he medication helped my infection. I felt it was too damaging to other parts of my body. | F | 56 | 10 days | 3/9/2006 | 1 | infection | Permanent loss of about 10% of my hearing. I was hearing impaired before Cipro and afterwards I was at the door of deafness. | This drug ought to be labled "ototoxic" -- bad for the hearing impaired, and last time I checked it still was getting a pass from the FDA. | F | 63 | 7 days | 3/10/2006 | 1 | uti, 2000 | I seemed to develop a peripheral neuropathy of feet and low legs (6 years ago). I am in pain and discomfort every day now and cannot walk more than 1/2 mile nor stand for very long. | We need an honest regulatory agency for all medications in this country. The FDA is too pro-pharmaceutical industry at the expense of the people who take their drugs. They allow drugs on the market that maim, sicken, and even kill people. I bet all those pharmaceutical company CEO's do not take Cipro. | F | 60 | 10 days | 4/23/2006 | 1 | sinus infection | the right side of my face became NUMB and yet had a low level of itchy feeling which couldn't be helped by scratching because of numb feeling. My face is still NUMB 13 days after my last pill. Can still feel congestion in right side sinus.But can breathe much clearer. But NUMB FACE SUCKS. | F | 44 | 10 days | 4/23/2006 | 1 | UTI | Felt really weird and depressed. I felt horribly sad,nausea,hip pain, shaky, lightheaded and dizzy | I think this medicine should be taken for extremely serious conditions where nothing else would work. | F | 52 | 3 days | 5/4/2006 | 1 | kidney infection | diarrhea within first day of starting medicine. Was so bad that you couldn't tell the difference between urine and feces. The worst is that my upper abdomen has been distended since taking the drug in dec '05 and I still experience terrible belching on a daily basis. Suspect gastroparesis, but will have to be tested. Never had either issue prior to taking Cipro. I'm convinced that Cipro caused this. The symptoms are directly related. | F | 41 | 7 days | 5/26/2006 | 1 | UTI | It was like an 8 day anxiety attack. My head was so foggy that I did not realize what was happening. The anxiety and depression were severe and disabling. I started twitching that has not stopped. My behavior was so anxious that a new friend and client thought I was a nut and disassocited with me. I am normally an extremely calm and confident person. | I have taken Cipro before. After my husband died, I thought I was going through PTSD. Looking at my medical history, it appears that everytime I sought help for extreme anxiety I was either taking Cipro or had recently finished the prescription. I may have spent over $10K in neuro-feedback, hypnotherapy, psych meds et. al. to recover from Cipro not PTSD. | F | 41 | 8 days | 4/4/2007 | 1 | I took levaquin, floxin, and avelox | My life has never been the same. I was prescribed these drugs for lung infections. I now live with severe neuropathy, anxiety,vibration sensations, burning sensations, mental fogginess, muscle twitching, gastric problems, tachycardia, sleepness, fear, phobias. My life has been a challenge. | F | 54 | | 4/6/2007 | 1 | Urinary infection | Severe muscle pain, difficulty to swallow, blurred vision | F | 49 | 2 days | 10/12/2007 | 1 | severe vomitting and diarrhea | nausea, ongoing diarrhea, severe leg cramps requiring the use of crutches or several days bedrest and without full recovery, extreme burning and tenderness at both knees extending to heels and hips, left wrist and upper right foot to the extent that at outbreak any area cannnot even be lightly touched, total numbness of third toe on right foot and blue coloring that gradually receeded, inability to sleep through the night, hot flashes, particularlly at night (I was over all of that-resulting in depression-duh!); my thyroid level decreased to the extent that I now must take medication for it. | I had 3 misdiagnoses (baker's cyst, fascitis, depression) since taking cipro. I was given 3 tablets at our local ER without any warning papers, just the pills and told to take one each morning. The first leg cramps occurred on the third day. That was 10 months ago. I never know if or when another area will be incapacitated. It hits within minutes without warning or reason. I can not hold down a steady job, care for my grandchildren, hike, clean house, sculpt (I'm an artist), garden, or any of the other things that used to make up my life. I have had a blood test and do not have arthritus. I am going to request a p450 enzyme and serum flouride level test if possible. If those come up positive, then I will save up (no insurance) for an MRI to look for bone infarction or avascular necrosis. I would never reccommend Cipro. You should offer a rating of zero. | F | 54 | 3 days | 8/16/2005 | 1 | swollen/embedded folicle (derm) | Crippled my knees. Bedridden 2 months. Physical therapy 2 months. Cannot kneel, continued pain/limitations since perscribed last August '05 | There should be legal warning printed on all drugs, listing all possible side-effects to watch for, as well as clear warning of any potential gambles that one takes with drugs like cipro. | F | 50 | 2 weeks | 6/8/2006 | 1 | UTI | I had a horrible headache, numbness in my fingers, very cold and fatigued. | I took it for two days and then called my doctor. He told me to stop taking it and is not giving me another antibiotic, but is waiting to see how I feel. | F | 72 | 2 days | 6/6/2006 | 1 | UTI | Severe abdominal pain, nausea, diarrhea, feelings of depersonalization, joint pain, extreme exhaustion. | I have Crohns Disease and prior to my total colon resection in 1999, I was on Cipro and do not recall these awful side effects, but then I was so sick with Crohns I may not have realized. This was horrible and I only took 2- 500 mg. doses. I will not take this medication again. | F | 54 | 2 days | 1/21/2007 | 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 | Had bloody diarrhea | Got shaky, depressed, lost appetite, weak, didn't want to move from the couch. Headache, nervousness, anxiety, and mostly just laid around feeeling rotten. | I would never take this again. I have serious history of depression and should never have been given this drug. My antidepressant medicine hardly works anymore after taking Cipro. | F | 63 | 7 days | 7/9/2006 | 1 | Chrons/Ulcerative Colitis | Constant metal taste - water tastes horrible. Pain in hips, knees, lower back and neck that gets worse each day. Headaches. | Hospital put me on this "just in case", then decided to send pill form home with me, still "just in case". This is a hell of a drug to have someone take for no justifiable reason. I'm stopping it early. It's not worth the side effects. | F | 32 | 4 days | 12/23/2006 | 1 | infection from puncture wound | severe pain and tightening in muscles,tendons cartiledge and bones in foot, legs and hips. Developed stress fracture in left foot, place of punture wound.Currently experiencing loss of elasticity in all connective tissue in body, especially hip and ankle joints.Prior to cipro have never experienced any of these symptoms.Has negitively impacted my career. | I would not reccommend this drug except in severe cases such as anthrax.I experienced severe pain while taking this medication, it caused a stress fracture in my foot,and my doctor did not warn me of the side effects and I went to work in the outdoors, in a physically active athletic job.I ended up with more medical bills and a residual inelasticity of my body that is similar to arthritis.The connective tissue in my hips has required extensive physical therepy , stretching and chiropractic treatments. | F | 47 | 10 days | 11/16/2006 | 1 | jaw infection | Unbelievably negative side effects ... I realize that everyone reacts differently to medication - I am not a hypocondriac nor am I interested in a law suit. I simply want the infection in my mouth to go away. Terrible medication and I have only been taking it for 5 days - 2-500 mg ever 12 hours. Nervousness/paranoia, major headaches, ANXIETY, nausea, sore hip joints, sore back, trouble swallowing, insomnia, no appetite, feeling spaced out, light headedness, tighness in achilles tendons ... | Have stopped taking these meds this a.m and hope to see the doctor to have something safer prescribed. the past few days have been a living hell ... I just can't believe that my doctor has prescribed me this drug - THE SIDE EFFECTS ARE JUST TERRIBLE ... won't ever take this drug again ... | F | 44 | 5 days | 12/12/2006 | 1 | kidney infection | acute tendonitis, some nightmares | I would recommend that you not take this drug if you have ever had tendonitis before. I had had recurring episodes of hip tendonitis from running over the last 20 years, and it was primarily my right hip (near the right kidney, where the infection was) that flared up on the drug (interestingly, my right hand was also sore, where i had torn a ligament skiing the year before). The pain started almost immediately but was difficult to diagnose. I stopped the drug after 5 days but experienced the most acute episode two days after stopping the drug.The various postings on this site that indicated that this pain might NEVER subside had me worried that i might never run again or even live normally ever again. I am writing now mainly to reassure visitors to this site that there is hope if you experience severe tendonitis while on, and even after stopping, this drug. If you do take this drug, stop the drug immediately upon noticing any tendonitis, especially in areas that have been sore before. | F | 42 | 5 days | 3/8/2006 | 1 | bladder infection | Took Cipro for 6 days, on the three day got tendonitis in left wrist and hand, now 5 weeks later still have the tendonitis and now also have it in right hand. Had never had it before starting on the Cipro. Doctors can't not seem to get it to heal. Does any one know of a way to heal the tendonitis? | F | 50 | 6 days | 1/28/2006 | 1 | Kidney infection/UTI | Woke up with tenderness and pain in my right knee and in the ball of my left foot, extending into my middle toes, also some lower back pain. I'd been resting for the past two to three days so injury(ies) were out of the question. Nearly 24 hours after my last dose, my knee continues to swell and I can barely walk. | My doctor didn't think it was the CIPRO until I read the text off the Rx info sheet to her, both the 'Caution' and 'Side Effects' paragraphs, so she changed the Rx. Tucked near the end of the 'Caution' paragraph is mentioned the possibility of tendonitis and joint pain 'in the elderly' especially if they're on steroids. I'm a very young 49 year old and avoid prescriptions and over the counter meds unless absolutely unavoidable, yet my knee looks like softball. I feel no kidney pain anymore but at what cost? I can't move. Just seven doses of CIPRO did me in. Add my voice to the others' on this website: Cipro IS poison. Beware. | F | 49 | 3 days | 8/24/2005 | 1 | Staph infection | When my arms aren't outright hurting, they're aching. My arms are now so weak I've been dropping and breaking things and need help to do small things like open a soda bottle. | The cipro has not been able to get rid of the staph infection and not only was I not warned about the potentially serious side effects, I don't think my doctor has any idea those side effects exist. I'm taking myself off this medicine today. | F | 38 | 27 days | 8/24/2005 | 1 | Sinus Infection | Within 30 minutes of taking this medication - My back felt like I had a bunch of little pimples that just popped up on it and it itched like crazy. Not thinking it was the meds at this point, I asked my Mom to check if I had any pimples and to itch my back. She took one look at my back and said there were no pimples but my entire back looked like it was sunburn. Thank GOD I never took anymore of the pills! | When I called the doctors office, the girl got my chart and said - you didn't say you were allergic to sulfa drugs on your info (This was a brand new doctor for me). I told her I didn't know I was. Then she wanted me to schedule another office visit to get a new med! Needless to say I have never been back to that doctor. | F | 35 | 1 times | 9/2/2005 | 1 | UTI | CIPRO was prescribed to me for only three days for a UTI and now I have a constant sense of urgency to urinate -- something I never experienced before taking this drug except immediately before on another antibiotic generic for Microbid. I discontinued that antibiotic and the urgency problem went away but apparently I still had traces of bacteria. That's when the doctor prescribed the CIPRO. | It's been 48 hours since my last CIPRO pill and I am still having severe problems with urgency even though I took a dose of Acidophilus thinking perhaps the CIPRO had merely wiped out my good bacteria as well as the bad. Apparently it's wiped out more than that -- ie. the proper functioning of my kidneys. Hope it will come back. I remember an elderly lady friend of mine who was on antibiotics before becoming completely incontinent. Wonder if it was CIPRO or a similar drug. Wonder if there's a correlation between the prevalence of Detrol, etc. and the use by gynecologists of antibiotics like CIPRO. Please comment if you know. | F | 3 days | 9/24/2006 | 1 | infection picked up in hospital | increased pain, burning, dizziness, vomiting, fatigue, 'crawly' skin, nervousness. I began to feel ill within 20 minutes of taking a dose, and it just got worse. After thowing up a dose (and the food I took it with)I called the doctor. Very blandly they said, "yeah it's a little hard on the G.I. system but we hoped you could cope with it." Thanks for the warning!!! Haven't used antibiotics in years but I was pretty sure you're supposed to feel better, not considerably worse. They switched me to Bactrim. A little better, just incredible fatigue with that. | I am glad this drug works for some people...it was extremely harsh (and expensive) and increased the pain, plus the awful side effects. Not impressed. | F | 40 | | 9/2/2006 | 1 | Diverticulosis | By day 3 my stomach became bloated and hard with frequent, urgent & painful urination and variable constipation. Although I have no trouble falling asleep, I’m experiencing hourly wake-ups and an inability to return to sleep after 4AM. Although my baseline temperature has reduced to a normal range, I’m still experiencing multiple 101+ spikes congruent with extreme fatigue and stomach pain. Although the pain in my lower left abdomen has subsided, I have begun experiencing pain around my ovary region and in my lower back near my kidneys. Additionally, the fatigue & frequent urination inherent with a diverticulosis outbreak have not gone away. I cannot say there is a better way treat a diverticulosis outbreak. However, this treatment is pretty terrible. | I believe the Cipro (500 mg/2qd x10d) has been working on the infection because the pain in my lower left abdomen went away after the 3rd day and my bowl movements have been full of mucous indicating I’m expelling the infection. However, the side-effects are rather uncomfortable. My stomach can no longer tolerate the medication and has expelled both day 9 pills. Therefore, I discontinued use on day 9 and scheduled appointments with both my Gastroenterologist and Gynecologist. | F | 36 | 9 days | 8/8/2006 | 1 | Bladder Infection | muscle weakness, peripheral neuropathy, weakness in arms, legs, dizziness, back papin | do not take it | F | 38 | 7 days | 9/23/2006 | 1 | Urinary tract infection | I have never had anxiety. I'm the most laid back person in the world. I was given cipro for a urinary tract infection. Each day that i took the pill, I became more irritable and "out of it". After 4 days, 8 pills later, I suffered a serious anxiety attack (which I've never had). I had tremors, morbid thoughts of death, just to name a few. I went to the emergency room and off cipro. Now, 2 weeks later, I'm having an anxiety attack every day. The medical community is very irresponsible for even perscribing this drug for something like a UTI. It should be the very last line of defense. I'm seeking a lawyer to see what I can do. PLEASE ANYONE EMAIL ME IF YOU HAVE PERMANENT EFFECTS OF CIPRO! LizSchneider4@hotmail.com | F | 23 | 4 days | 1/27/2006 | 1 | Bladder infection | Was given Cipro to take for 6 days. After the third day I got tendonitis in my left hand"had never hand tendonitis before that" now 5 weeks later also have the tendonitis in right hand and my heels also hurt at times.Doctors can't seem to give me any thing tht will heal the tendonitis. If you know of a way to heal this, please email me, Thanks | F | 50 | 6 days | 1/28/2006 | 1 | UTI | Neck Pain, Lower back pain, I feel awful all over and it didn't cure my infection! | F | 33 | 10 days | 1/27/2007 | 1 | UTI | After taking only 2nd tablet, I began experiencing a Lupus exacerbation -- Lower back pain, neck pain, severe headache, pain in feet, ankle, wrist and finger swelling, stiffness and pain, pain in calves, heart palpitations, sleeplessness, etc. Thank God I found this site! I would have kept taking Cipro and blamed my symptoms on a Lupus flare. | Cipro is a nightmare drug. Why does the FDA continuously allow us to be poisoned by dangerous drugs and food additives (aspartame, sucralose/Splenda, MSG, nitrites, sulfites... and on and on and on)?? Please see www.ewg.org and www.mercola.com for more info. | F | 38 | 1 days | 10/2/2005 | 1 | UTI | I had an extremely bad reaction but it is more common than you might think. The list of symptoms in the insert is all from people who took it after it went to market. What does that tell you. Your Dr. will not only not tell you about the side effects he or she will likely laugh or ignore you or ask if you need psych drugs. This is for real. They need to wake up. I had symptoms involving my nervous system, I had huge episodes of fear like I can't even describe - not panic, FEAR, and I was not a fearful person before taking this. I was a joyous person. I could not stop going to the bathroom but that phase was followed by severe dehydration which has continued to this day TWO YEARS or more later. I have dehydration and dry eyes all the time. I am not the same person I was. I feel this has aged me 20 yrs. I had the worst symptoms in the first year. At first I could not walk could barely tolerate the touch of a blanket. I could not open a bottle of water or open a package of food | AFter two years a lot of the symptoms have improved and I can walk normally but not as fast or long as I used to. At least I can appear normal. It has atrophied a lot of my muscles. I suspect it damaged my thyroid. What this does to people is so weird. Doctors will just test you for known illnesses and this causes things that are not known. If you have a bad reaction don't panic, you will need all your inner and physical strength to survive and go past this. It will take all your strength of mind. ABove all know that this is NOT YOU but it is a toxic poison that is wreaking havoc on your tissues and nerves. I found out that a lot of doctors are idiots. It will take a while for medicine to catch up to the damage it is causing with POISON PILLS such as Cipro and its sister drugs. How many lives have to be ruined before they listen?? | F | 42 | 5 days | 3/26/2007 | 1 | uti | Started with severe headache, nausa then vomiting with in an hour of taken one pill. Then starting shaking severe trmors especially on right side. Now 5 days later can hardly walk numbness in both hands having trouble with the most simple tasks like doing up buttons.using the keyboard and operating the mouse on my computer.I went to my doctor and she had never seen side effects like these.She is hoping the effects will clear up shortly when the drug is out of my system.But it has been 5 days and am getting worse. No more tremors though.It does not help that I still have the uti and am up several times a night peeing.So am not getting adaquate rest.I am feeling more and more depressed I do not know if this is from lack of rest or another side effect.I have never had a reaction to any medication in my life. | F | 50 | 1 times | 9/30/2007 | 1 | infected gallbladder | dizziness, nausea, confusion, extreme fatique, depression, emotional instability, blurred vision, inability to concentrate, increased anxiety and sweats. | It has cleared up the infection (which was raging)and has allowed for my gallbladder surgery to be done and for that Im grateful but I really must say that the side effects are absolutely horrible and at times unbearable. I found it VERY much an effort to continue with this course of medication as with each passing day the side effects seemed to intensify. It really was a nightmare!I would not take it again unless it was absolutely necessary. | F | 42 | 3 weeks | 11/20/2005 | 1 | UTI | Three days after I started taking pills I woke up and my entire back was sore, my neck was achingly tight. My leg and chest muscles were sore. Slight nausea. Kind of out of it feeling. Tired. Finished pills yesterday and back and neck are still tight. I will never take this again. There are other remedies for an unfelt UTI. | Couldn't tell I had a UTI but doc prescribed so I took Cipro 5 days x 500 2x a day. The doctor also did NOT warn me to stop drinking coffee with Cipro which I hear exacerbates all. | F | 44 | 5 days | 11/22/2005 | 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 | UTI | ...continued | They figured the dizzy/nausea was due to an inner ear infection, then they tested me for Lymes Disease (neg), since the symptoms match. And guess what the damn DR's that gave me the Cipro are not the ones who figured out what was causing all the sudden symptoms! It was me, I figured it out. Plus, they never gave me a list/sheet on the side effects, I bought my prescription right there at the Dr office and they never told me to not take Advil with it either!!! I'm scared to take anything now and just want my life back! | F | 37 | 3 days | 11/5/2006 | 1 | UTI | None while taking it. Afterwars, had naseau, throwing up, PUNCHING pains in the stomach when drinking milk, tiredness, anxiety and headaches and my knees hurt so bad. I have never had joint pain in my life | got rid of the UTI but how long will this last? | F | 26 | 5 days | 11/30/2006 | 1 | UTI | In the exact order they occured: Nausea, extreme dizzy, headaches, ear pressure and pain, sensitive to sound, short term memory shot, random chest pains, blurred vision, fatigue, depression, itchy crawly skin; like something was always crawling on me, horrible dreams, insomnia, floaters in left eye, eye flashes, eye pain, vitreous detachment in left eye, loss of side vision left eye, joint pain in my knees and hands, wrists, cracking bones when I go up stairs, numbness in left shoulder, veins visible, extreme dry eyes, rash on upper back & shoulders and scalp, floaters in right eye,tinnitis. | THE DRUG FROM HELL - CHUCK IT IN THE TRASH - DO NOT TAKE !!!! This drug has RUINED my life. Life was going good. Running my small business. I just finished my MBA in OCT 05. I was given CIPRO in April 06...I went from being outgoing, happy, always on the go, driving all over...whenever, time of day did not matter. Flash to now; I can't drive at night since July 05, since I have lost my side vision in my left eye and my left eye has a huge floater in the center of my vision and my right eye has floaters now, the flashes of light when I blink and the lights from cars and street lights blind me, going to the store for groceries is a task in its own. Dr's say, Oh, you'll get used to it, bull shit! 7 months now, I'm not used to it! The fatigue, ringing ears, ear pressure and pain, insomnia, floaters, joint pain...this is horrible! They gave me crap to dry out my ears, no help. They gave me amoxicillian for my ears, no help. They figured the dizzy/nausea was due to an inner ear inf | F | 37 | 3 days | 11/5/2006 | 1 | UTI | ...continued | ...As far as my eyes, they are ruined forever, I would give anything to have them back. My left eye they won't operate, say it's too risky and can cause other problems, my right eye they say they won't operate because it is my stronger eye. As others say on here, send this Drug back to HELL where it came from. | F | 37 | 3 days | 11/5/2006 | 1 | UTI | I have lupus so I wasn't sure at first if I was having the worst lupus flare-up ever or if it was the CIPRO. Thank God I came to this site! Depression, extreme weakness, severe joint pain, felt like something was sitting on my chest, mental "cloudiness," legs went out on me several times....Are these people crazy prescribing this poision??? Doctors and the drug companies??? I quit taking it just this morning and praying that the symptoms subside soon. I am very scared! | F | 42 | 4 days | 9/10/2006 | 1 | UTI | 46y female, Hx UTIs (generally treated previously with Bactrim). After about 2 1/2 days of Cipro, I had joint swelling in my fingers and my knees bilaterally. I could barely walk it hurt so bad. My legs felt like I could pop them they were so swollen. Bending/stairs were very difficult. The finger swelling went down almost immediately after stopping the meds. My knee swelling went down but the ROM limitation stayed and the pain is moderate at times. When I experienced a severe upper resp. infection about a month after the UTI, I was put on Amoxicillin. I again experienced severe joint swelling/pain in my knees extending down my legs bilaterally. I had taken Amoxicillin previously over my lifetime now and then without any problems...now a reaction? Another Dr. worked me up for Rheumatoid Arthritis after seeing my swollen legs (negative) and I did obtain some relief of pain/swelling with Naprosyn. It has been about 3/4 of a year since all of this and my knees have improved but I still f | Drs. continue to prescribe this generously and tell me they haven't heard of these types of problems. I believe my arthritic-like symptoms all stem from my initial Cipro exposure with that UTI infection last winter! | F | 46 | 2.5 days | 8/29/2006 | 1 | UTI | HORRIBLE,HORRIBLE DRUG -- DO NOT EVER TAKE CIPRO - SEVERE SIDE EFFECTS STILL AFTER 9 MONTHS!!! Severe Gastro & bladder problems first 2 months - lost 15 pounds in first month plus numbness in arms & legs, could not walk 1/4 mile for months without severe pain, shooting pains in legs, severe muscle aches all over, muscle twitches, stinging sensations in body, for 5 months felt like body was being crushed against any hard surface, red legs & arms, cold arms & legs, weird abnormal blood levels. This is just a small indication of the problems I have had with this NIGHTMARE drug!!!! | DO NOT EVER TAKE THIS HORRIBLE DRUG!!! Never had any health problems in entire life until took CIPRO - what a nightmare!!! Been to every specialists & every medical test possible to try to find cure for problems. Scared to take any medicine becuase of problems with Cipro. Do NOT eat poultry or beef or dairy unless organic because they contain ciprolike antibotics & your body will react badly to digesting them!!! Urge you to read this report: http://www.fluoroquinolones.org/REPORT-REV10-EDITED.pdf | F | 52 | 3 days | 3/7/2006 | 1 | bacterial infection | Approximately 5 days after commencing taking the drug my knees, elbows, hips, ankles became very sore and painful. It was extremely painful to get up and down. The symptoms over the following 3 days got worse and I was extemely fatigued all the time. Pain at night was worse, especially in the shin area. I stopped taking the drug after the 8th day. After 6 weeks the pain remained and I felt like I was cripled. I finally made an appointment with a naturopath who ran blood tests and put me on Ligaplex II, magnelevures (the naturopath understood about Cipro poisoning. I also staring taking flaxseed oil and probiotics. It is now day 4 on the supplements and I am starting to feel a little better- can't wait for another two weeks of taking the supplements. Prior to taking the supplements I was in excellent health and exercised several times a week - I can no longer exercise, have gained weight and have become depressed. I am really hoping the supplements work | This stuff is poison | F | 65 | 14 days 500 mg 2X D | 1/26/2011 | 1 | Uti | Knee pain so intense I could not walk. | F | 45 | 5 days 1X D | 1/29/2011 | 1 | bladder infection | I had been diagnosed two weeks ago with a bladder infection and put on antibiotics. I tried two rounds of the same one and the infection returned. My doctor prescribed Cipro. I took the first dose on a Friday evening and the second Sat morning around 10 am. Within 4 hours I experienced terrible throbbing pain in my left leg after taking only two doses. Later on the same day it became throbbing pain in the entire leg from hip to ankle. I stopped taking Cipro immediately when I noticed the side effects. (luckily the pharmacist had previously warned me to watch out for these signs) I could not find any relief for the throbbing pain. I read on the internet to try loading up on calcium to counteract the drug. It has seemed to help alleviate some of the severe pain. Today I am resting with my leg propped up and this is helping. Since it is the weekend I cannot reach my doctor until tomorrow when I will relate my experience and ask for a different antibiotic. | I would not recommend this product unless it is used as a last resort. | F | 55 | 2 days 500 2X D | 1/23/2011 | 1 | sinusitis, pneumonia | colitis, tendonitis, tinnitis | no warnings came with medication except to drink a lot of water. this drug should be banned. | F | 59 | 10 days 500mg 2X D | 1/30/2011 | 1 | food poisening | severe watery diarrhea, night sweats, chills, head ache, nausea, SEVERE body aches, stiff neck, weakness, dizziness, rapid heart beat, stiff sore joints, swelling/sore ligament in knee which impaired ability to walk (occurred weeks later), insomnia, decreased appetite | I took Cipro after I experiencing severe diarrhea after consuming unfiltered ice in a beverage in China. Suspecting that I had given myself food poisoning I took ONE dose of Cipro. Almost instantly the side effects set in. After one pill I was in for the longest night of my life, and I was certain I was going to die. After a sleepless night spent in excruciating pain I ended up having to be taken to a Chinese hospital (which is a horror show in its own right) by a friend who is a pharmacist. He'd never even HEARD of Cipro and when I showed him the drug information he was shocked and disturbed. I ended up being put on a regiment of berberine hydrochloride which I was skeptical of at first, but it within 15 minutes I was still exhausted and dehydrated but I was feeling instantly better. I suppose the moral of this story is DO NOT TAKE CIPRO. It is a near death experience in a bottle. | F | 21 | 1 days 1X D | 2/1/2011 | 1 | bacterial infection | Took one tablet with food this morning, and 4 hours later my face felt and looked like I had a severe sunburn. Took the pill around 8:00 this morning. It's midnight, I will not take another pill. My face is still red and skin is burning. Now I'm afraid to go to sleep. Eyes are also burning, and I have experienced some blurred vision. Don't take it. | F | 56 | 1 days 500 mg 2X D | 2/3/2011 |