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 | epidytimitis | I've been experiencing thin/flat stools and awful stomach pains. It's been 9 months since I took cipro...do not take cipro ever! | M | 20 | 7 days | 11/16/2006 | 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 | sinus infection + testicular pain | Wow, where do I begin. For starters there was maybe one other time where I felt so completely depressed and hopeless in my life. I seriously considered stopping this medication halfway through due to the insane depression. On top of all that it made my skin feel as if it was burning, lots of aches and pains, and very jittery and nervous/anxious and also experienced blurry vision. And dizzy. I must be a masochist since it was hell to make it through the 10 days of torture but by the grace of the Great Pumpkin (or my own stupidity) I survived, although I'm still feeling the after-effects. | If you live to work out while I do, take it easy while you're on the cipro and up to a week or two after you stop just to be safe. There have been many substantiated reports of serious tendon and ligament damage suffered by weight lifters and athletes while taking cipro. These injuries usually occur at the tail end of treatment and in the week or so after discontinuing the drug. A personal perspective, I waited close to a week after finishing the 10 day treatment to start exercising again, and I figured I'd start light with some push-ups. I've experienced pain after push-ups before (especially after taking some time off) but nothing like this. I'm much more sore than I should be (or have ever been) after doing push-ups. So it looks like I'm going the very conservative route for the next couple weeks. I've been doing light cardio and not much else. So be careful, you don't want to damage a tendon and have to spend months trying to rehab it. What a nasty dirty little drug this cipro is. | M | 28 | 10 days | 7/7/2007 | 1 | A supposed infection | Initially: Anxiety, depression, trouble breathing, diarrhea, fogginess. Later: Anxiety, depression, trouble breathing, diarrhea, joint pain, deep muscle pain, insomnia, numbness, chest pain, | DON'T TAKE IT. See http://www.fluoroquinolones.org/ | M | 33 | 14 days | 7/6/2007 | 1 | anti biotic chest infection | Chronic muscle and joint pain three days after initial dose. Now 4 weeks without relief. Medical tests reveal nothing. | The coincidence between the onset of my problem and the symptoms described here are hard to ignore. I hope for relief in the near future. | M | 55 | 7 days | 7/5/2007 | 1 | Intestinal Infection | Diarrhea, stomach pain, insomnia, nervous anxiety resulting in a "Nervous Breakdown". Five months later I still have the nervous anxiety and insomnis. I was given Lithium for my breakdown and am still on Lithium five months later. | DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG. I don't know why my Dr. gave it to me. Refuse it if offered. My life is very bad right now, can not enjoy life at.Can't get back to normal.can't drink alcohol as it worsens thesymptoms from the Cipro. A Websitewith a link on this page states that effects of Cipro can be permanent and irreversible. | M | 49 | 7 days | 3/26/2007 | 1 | A minor infection | I am 20 years old now, and I took Cipro when I was 15, so I basically have no happy memories from highschool or college. So for the last five+ years, I have had severe joint, tendon and muscle pain every moment of every single day. I only took Cipro for about 10 days. After only three days I began to have side effects. I've been taking prednisone for the last 4 years for the pain and It helps a little. I also take advil a lot, and have taken tons of other drugs along the way but nothing helps, plus I want to be off all the drugs eventually. I have tried countless diets, vitamin and mineral regiments, shark cartilage, plants extracts, acupuncture, massage, everything you can think of basically. So I'm asking has anyone found anything that works for this f***ing condition? Or is there any lawsuit in the works, cause if so I have to be part it!! I really hope some day I can be compensated for my loss and pain which is ongoing everyday. My life is a nightmare everyday. Sure there where some fun times, but I can't even dream of or picture a day long ago, when I wasn't in agonizing pain every moment of my life. I am very limited as to the type of work I can do, and as a result could not afford money to pay for any type of college. It has effected my parents very much over the years. They don't like to see me in pain all the time, and they have to help me out a lot. And 5 years worth of pain killer prescription drugs can really cost a lot, and it's still costing! I would do anything to go back in time and change the fact that I ever took this horrible drug, Cipro. I hope I bastards who created this will someday know the pain and suffering they hasve caused me. And as I stated, I hope for compensation. If anyone has any helpful info for me please email me! Dan | This drug should be taken off the market but I still hope that a mass lawsuit will someday help to compensate the loss and pain of those who have had negavtive side effects to this horrible drug. Here are some other resourses for people who where poisoned by Cipro: http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/quinolones/ , http://fqvictims.org/fqvictims/index.htm | M | 20 | 10 days | 8/25/2005 | 1 | possible UTI | Depression, heavy anxiety, feelings of doom, difficulty urinating,burning sensation in penis,testicles and rectum,chills, cold sweats, nausea, fatigue | I had yeast infection due to antibiotics received earlier. The stupid doctor put me in cipro 10 days and valtrex 3 days. Without confirming if I had a real UTI. Resulst came up negative in everything viruses,bacteria and herpes test but after 6 days of having taking cipro...I am not sure how long these side effects are going to last ...is amazing how these stupid doctors dont advise of possible side effects. One thinking that the wisdom of these doctors will help you ....end up getting worst that initial problem | M | 38 | 6 days | 10/11/2006 | 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 | 1 | blurred vision, eye floaters, photophobia, double vision, sonophobia, depersonalization, anxiety, mental confusion, intense dread, bilateral Achilles tendonitis, joint pain in knees, hips, ankles, fingers, neck, back, shoulders, elbows; limping, need to use a cane for a month, unable to stand and bear weight in knees and ankles, unable to walk at times, extreme burning all over body, pulsating throbbing pains in legs...This drug is a timebomb and ravaged my young athletic body...was a healthy runner before this, now I walk around in constant pain and debility trying to regain my life...These toxic adverse reactions have lasted for more than two years after completing a prescription...They have ruined my life and turned me into an old man at 31....Re-read my post 5-10 times and let it sink in--if you are thinking of taking these drugs...it is not worth having your life robbed out from under you...and with no one to account for the damage inflicted...AVOID CIPRO if you love your eyes, joints, body, etc....my eyes and joints are so damaged 2 years later...And these adverse reactions happen more than 1% of the time...probably upwards of 60%...many times people do not realize they are even having an adverse reaction to a cipro drug because the symptoms can show up weeks, months, and even years later; so people do not correlate their symptoms to the TOXIC prescription...BUYER BEWARE...SWALLOW AT YOUR OWN RISK...I WOULD GIVE ANYTHING TO HAVE MY LIFE BACK, MY EYES BACK TO NORMAL, MY JOINTS BACK...Think many times before ever letting this poison past your lips!!!!!!!!!! | The fluoroquinolones (cipro, levaquin, Tequin, floxin, Factive, Avelox, Norfloxacin) are powerful chemo-therapeutic antibiotics...neurotoxic, chondro-toxic...toxic to the joints, eyes, nervous system...They are very potent drugs and can radically destroy your life in a matter of weeks...These drugs ruin lives around the world...do not take them, do not take them...Any moral legitimate doctor should NEVER ever prescribe these toxic pills...and any doctor who does is in need of being asked to try a month dosage themselves and see how their joints, eyes, etc... are after cessation of therapy...toxic adverse reactions can develop up to 18 months after completing a prescription...elusive poison...they recall defective tires and toys...CIPRO should be banned...it is a horribly toxic drug belonging to the Fluoroquinolone class of antibiotics (Cipro, Levaquin, Floxin, Tequin, Norfloxacin, Avelox, etc...) BUYER BEWARE...SWALLOW AT YOUR OWN RISK...These drugs are a modern pharmaceutical FRAUD and SCAM... | M | 31 | 30 days | 11/23/2004 | 1 | possible prostatitis | Severe muscle, joint, and even skin pain (even hurts to be touched at times). Pain occurs in many different areas of my body. Most severe in my lower back, thighs, buttocks, and sometimes in my thighs. Also get headaches, tingling, itching and burning sensations. Sometimes I break out in a sweat. The pain is so bad at times that despite pain medication, I can't sleep. | I've seen my Family Practice Doc, then a Rheumatologist, Infectous Disease Doc., Chinese Medicine Doctor, Homeopathic MD and I'm scheduled to see a Chiropractor and Pain MD. Hot mineral baths help, sometimes light massage helps and pain medicines. | M | 48 | 5 days | 11/28/2004 | 1 | prostatitis | constant nausea, burning in stomach joint ache in all joints | worst i have ever felt in my life. have been off cipro for 6 months and the joint pain has not diminished. i am not the same man i was before taking the drug | M | 58 | 14 days | 7/20/2004 | 1 | UTI | dizzyness, numb lips, severe rash on hands and forehead, confusion, rapid heartbeat and vomiting | Just horrible almost had to go to the ER and it turned out I didn't even have a bacterial infection anyways. Took about 4 days before the symptoms went away. My cardio fitness still hasn't recovered and I stopped taking it 2 months ago. Walking up a flight of stairs almost kills me now | M | 4 days | 5/12/2004 | 1 | prostatitis | During: mild tinnitus, oversensitivity towards sounds After: (5 weeks after ending course): severe, disabling joint pain (both knees and hips). After 1 Year not much improvement. Sensitive to smells ( mild MCS>>multiple chemical sensitivity) Might need artificial joints at the age of 23! | Advice to everyone: Do NEVER take Cipro (or Tequin, or Levaquin, or Floxin, Factive) UNLESS you are on the brink of dying. Quinolones cause damage to joint cartilage ( in adults and kids). This drug has ruined my life. | M | 23 | 14 days | 6/10/2004 | 1 | Food Poison | My father (94) was prescribed CIPLOX in India. Within two days, he developed symptoms like heart attack. The doctors there could not identify this as a reaction. Instead, they put him on several heart medications. When this caused his prostate problems to worsen, they prescribed a tube and Levoday (another quinolone family). Within a week, he died due to Kidney failure. | Doctors in India have no clue about the potency of the drugs, their reactions, proper doses, etc. | M | 94 | 3 days | 4/12/2004 | 1 | urinary tract infection | Severe joint and muscle pains especially in lower back and thigh which began two weeks after treatment and have lasted more than two weeks after. Hurts to walk, to sit , stand, move. Also in knees and neck. Urinary tract infection appears to have cleared though. | I would seek a safer alternative if I had known this could happen. Read that it destroys cartilege in weigh bearing joints. | M | 60 | 5 days | 4/13/2004 | 1 | Kidney infection | Tingling in fingers and toes. Chills and fever 18 hours a day. Mild joint pain. Rash on 10th(last)day. | Physician didn't think I was allergic until the rash appeared. I write this on the 10th day...I'll see what happens. | M | 42 | 10 days | 4/22/2004 | 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 | Prostate Infection | I started haveing all the awful side effects and thought I was losing my mind,panic attacks,inability to eat,chills,muscle soreness,thank God I found this site on the web and stopped taking the drug ASAP,I am taking low levels of ativan until my body can repair the damage this horror has done, seem to slowly be gietting better, avoid this drug! | M | 49 | 14 days | 10/2/2006 | 1 | Bactarial Prostatitis August 2004 | Brusing on legs,chest & arms. Unexplained rash which resolved and has not returned. Shooting and sharp ankle, foot and shins pain. Dull, aching chest pains. Mentally it made me feel quite goofy and depressed. Twitching in muscles of chest wall. Severe dry eyes (had to have tear duct surgery to increase tear production. Symptoms abated for approx. 3 months only to come back again recently this late February (of 2005). Presently am having severe sharp ankle and shin pains as if a knife is being ground in through my muscles and bones. Am unable to sleep due to the shooting pains that attack me at any and all times. Needless to say I'm am quite depressed over the state of my health. I had hoped that once the symptoms abated that they would resolve and never return but it seems that they are now cycling back. | My neurosurgeon has diagnosed me with Polyneuropathy and said that he has seen a number of cases such as mine all resulting from taking a Floroquinolone. They are poisons that should never have been invented and should have been taken off the market years ago. But, as usual, money is a powerful incentive for those in power. | M | 58 | 5 days | 4/23/2005 |