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 | epididymitis | diarrhea,flat stools, back pain, indigestion, abdominal pain, gas | do not take it not worth the side effects | M | 33 | 14 days | 9/2/2007 | 1 | prostatitis | ANXIETY. I had dillusions I was going to die from som ailment. Nevervous...diherrea.....weight loss...no appitite...narrowed stools....IBS flare up | I will not take this drug again | M | 33 | 5 days | 12/7/2007 | 1 | infection from a puncture wound | After three doses: muscle pain ,shaking, severe vomiting that lasted twelve hours ,two days later still no appetite .Very weak. Hoping side effects will now subside ..... | I called the ER and the Doctor there said he thought it was the flu ,even though I never ran a fever or had any other flu like symptoms such as coughing or runny nose .On monday I called our regular doctor and he said stop medicine immediately(which I already had done since I couldn't hold anything down .) sounded like side effects to him . | M | 20 | 2 days | 11/20/2007 | 1 | Bacterial infection | I WOULD NOT USE AGAIN. After 3 days of 500mg BID (2xday)I started experiencing clouded thought, ANXIETY bordering on Panic. Stomach up-set even when taken with food, vision disturbances, diahrea initially which passed after 2 days and this is the First Day without the medication. I had taken Levaquin once in the past and same symptoms 2 years ago. Came to web to find some answers. I found them. Quinilones are KNOWN for ALL of these reported symptoms I have reported and read on this board. Not hypocondriacal reaction/ IT IS VERY REAL TO ME. Hope it Passes. Have read it should pass within the period of 7 days abstenance or cessation of treatment with Ciproflaxin. ONLY MY OPINION !! | Thanks To EACH and EVERYONE who posted so I now know I am OK and these symptoms are from a specific known substance and not manifestations of something unknown. :) | M | 50 | 4 days | 11/26/2007 | 1 | unspecified UTI | tendon rupture. permanent damage to tendons, muscles, nerves of both legs and ankles | permanent damage to tendons and muscles of calves and ankles | M | 49 | 10 days | 2/9/2008 | 1 | prostate | Abnormal heart rhythm, extreme short of breath, elevated heart rate. Thoughts of suicide. Widespread neurological twitches, fasiculations, painful zaps. Crippling joint and tendon pain. Fibromyalgia-like symptoms. Painful dry eyes and sinuses. Upper right side of the abdomen (pancreas?) pain. Some of these symptoms actually showed up months after I stopped taking this crap. | Prior to taking this drug, I was in tremendous shape - except for MILD prostate pain. I WAS a runner who averaged 1000 miles per year for 21 years. I had NO symptoms before taking this drug!!! CIPRO has RUINED my life. 14 months later, I am a shell of the person that I used to be. I am literally a shut-in. It got so bad that I had to buy a wheelchair. The future appears to be very bleak. At what threshold level will this drug affect YOU ??? | M | 52 | 21 days | 2/10/2008 | 1 | possible Epiditimitis | Fever, night sweats, burning feeling on skin throughout body, severe insomnia, excessive thirst, anxiety, depression. | Didn't know it was so dangerous. I have never felt like this before...just stopped taking it yesterday...I hope these things subside, but so far I still feel miserable. | M | 33 | 8 days | 2/9/2008 | 1 | Skin infection | Its been 2 1\2 months since i took my last pill. I cant sleep, I have spasms, pins and needles,joints feel like they are being destroyed, very weak at times, cant concentrate, and a over all feeling like my life has turned for the worse. | I want this to end. | M | 37 | 7 days | 3/30/2008 | 1 | Ear Infection | Within a couple hours of taking the first 500 MG pill on Feb. 26, 2008, I experienced a never-before-felt sense of disconnectedness. True mental cloudiness. There, but not there. Major cognitive disruption; things wouldn't, and don't, register. Now, I am someone who is very intellectual, who lives inside my head, so to speak. I am one to notice the most subtle of changes; this was not subtle at all. I stopped after one 500 MG pill, but the mental cloudiness has remained more than a week after. Who knows what else will happen. | There is no way the manufacturer of this drug is unaware of the damage this inflicts upon those who take it. They should be financially destroyed for this, but alas, we live in a world of complete corruption and wickedness. | M | 28 | 1 days | 3/6/2008 | 1 | Bacterial Infection | Extreme Depression, Frequent Anxiety, loss of concentration, depersonalization, loss of appetite, many runs to the bathroom | I hate this drug. I took it for an infection in my throat and the entire duration of the 4 days was hell. I could not concentrate at work or college. By the time the sun went down, depression started and I couldn't get my happiness back at all. Physiological depression is the worst feeling. Don't take any Quinolones if your problem isn't serious. Cipro could make it worse. It took almost exactly 48 hours to overcome the effects and normal out. I will never forget the side effects. | M | 19 | 4 days | 3/7/2008 | 1 | Epididymitis | Depression, Nervousness, Anxiety, Nightmares, Sleep Loss, Confusion. | If for any reason you are prone to anxiety or depression, request a different antibiotic. This cleared up my infection quick but the side effects ARE real. All MD's that I mentioned my reaction to seemed baffled by it, but several co-workers experienced similar side effects. I ended up in the ER and the Dr. said that he had heard that Cipro made elderly patients "wacky". Proceed with extreme caution. I am ok now (2 weeks later), but the efx are NOT fun. | M | 30 | 11 days | 2/28/2008 | 1 | Sinus problems | Severe dry mouth, lack of appetite (didn't eat for 3 days), stomach ache, diarhea, depression. I only took this for 3 days and it was hideous. | This medication made me extremely depressed and moody. I've never had depression in my life. I missed 7 days of work just from the side effects not the actual illness being treated. NO GOOD | M | 38 | 3 days | 4/2/2008 | 1 | Suspected Epididymitis | Tendonitis. I'm 31, healthy male. I was on 2 x 500mg tablets per day. On the evening of day 3 I felt a little creak in my right wrist. On day 4 I picked up a dropped business card and had sharp tendon-related pain in my right wrist. Dull, warm pain continued for 2 days. On day 5 dull pain in left achilles heel. Did research and stopped taking Cipro immediately. Day 7 and pains are almost gone. Fingers crossed! | M | 31 | 5 days | 4/3/2008 | 1 | Diverticulitis | While taking Cipro I experienced Tingling, Numbness, Muscle Tremors, Extreme Anxiety, Pulsations in all limbs, Sore joints, very sore tendons, insomnia. | I took this drug 12 months ago and still have several symptoms today. Several blood tests and exams in the past year, no findings. I have found my diet affects the symptoms, some dairy, chicken, steak, even tuna can induce symptoms lasting from days to weeks. I have started taking Omega supplment and B12 daily which have greatly reduced the severity and frequency of symptoms. I have also become hyper sensitive of all antibiotics and toxinz and have mild side effects as since Cipro. | M | 32 | 10 days | 4/16/2008 | 1 | Possible Diverticulitis | Lower back pain, joint pain, headache, blurred vision, hazy feeling, couldn't think straight, tendon pain, random shooting pains all over entire body. I know that only a small percentage of the population has a reaction to specific drugs, but I fell in this small percentage for the ciprofloxacin. I've never had a bad reaction to any other type of anitbiotic in my lifetime. Please research this antibiotic before taking. I wish I would have. | This antibiotic is absolute poison. Doctor thought I had a possible case of diverticulitis. Turned out to be gastritis/colitis due to heavy doses of motrin (800 mg 2-3 times per day). By day two of a prescribed fourteen day dose, I was experiencing a nagging headache and a very sore lower back. Along with those symptoms, I also just didn't "feel right." By day five, I began experiencing random, shooting pains over various parts of my body (arms, quads, calves). Consistent tendon pain, primarily in the achilles tendons, began on day five also. Tendon pain would come and go and alternate between the left achilles and the right achilles tendon. At day ten I stopped taking the medication. I have been off of the cipro since 5/3, and starting to feel better; aside from the tendon and joint pain in my achilles/ankles. Once I get up from a sitting position, my achilles/ankle is so stiff that it takes me a couple of minutes to come full stride without limping. The achilles/ | M | 34 | 10 days | 5/20/2008 | 1 | Travelers Diarrhea | After treating travlers diarrhea with otc Immodium AD, I went to the doctor and they prescribed Cipro. 2-3 hours after 1st dose, I had a migraine headache, nausea, muscles aches and dry mouth. I took some tylenol and that seemed to work, so 12 hours later I took my 2nd dose of 500mg (10 pm). 3 hours later at 1 am, I awoke with severe migrane, muscle cramps, chills, nausea, dry mouth and anxiety. It was impossible to get comfortable. Sitting, laying, or walking provided temporary relief so I had to rotate throught different positions every few minutes. At 2 am I started voimitting and that lasted for about 1 hour. At 3 am I was able to swallow an excedrine migrane pill and keep it down. I laid on the floor and rotated through different positions to deal with cramps and mucsle pains. Things started to get better by 3:30am. I got up at 8am with the start of similar symptons and took 2 more excedrine migraine pills again. By 9:30 am I was feeling okay. Last bowel movement was mor | This was a horrible experience. None of these symptons were present prior to taking this drug. I plan to discontinue the drug immediately. Something is wrong with this drug | M | 47 | 1 days | 4/20/2008 | 1 | I posted several months ago and reported severe achilles tendon pain after only 2 doses. I still have achilles tendonitis 3 months from taking those 2 pills. Based on what I've read I have a great fear this will never go away. To the two posts below who had no problem with this drug, count yourself as lucky. (I hope you do not have an interest in the pharmaceutical industry.) I have to believe this drug has negative side effects for far more then the 1 in 400,000 claimed by Bayer. With the help of sites like this, word will spread and users will begin to know their inexplicable problems are the result of this drug. Had I not read the pharmacy warnings I never would have considered my heel problem was due to 2 pills I had taken that day and not some unknown physical action I had taken that day. The medical community needs to get off its high horse, wake up, and prescribe this drug only as a last resort. I miss being able to walk normally or run at all. | Do not take this drug. | M | 50 | 1 days | 7/25/2009 | 1 | Prostitas | Two weeks ago I only took 1 500mg pill and a hour later I had pain in both achilles tendons. I stopped taking the drug. In the following days I experienced tendon pain in my neck, shoulders, knees, wrists, and heels. My achilles tendon on my right leg produced bruising. I applied ice massage to my sore joints for the next week. I also experienced some mild dry eyes. After two weeks I am feeling better but still deal with mild tendon soreness. I am athletic but will not run again for probaly 6 months with the fear of a tendon rupture. There is no way to get this crap out of your system. I feel bad for the severe cases of "floxed" victims out there. Most people do not believe you and say "its old age". I beg to differ. The drug companies don't care. | I would try natural remedies or a different antibiotic. | M | 46 | 1 days | 7/27/2009 | 1 | Possible prostate infection | After third day, my leg and arm musles felt tight and would ache when I walked. I had muscle cramps at night after five days, and my legs and arms felt like I had severe muscle strain. Was walking two miles a day and on the seventh day told my wife I did not think I would could make it back home after one mile, my legs were weak and almost shaking like severe fatigue. Had severe leg and arm cramps all night and almost could not walk the next morning due to the feeling of muscle strain and the shakes. Stopped the cipro and started feeling better the next day, and finally after 5 days lost the cramps, but after four months still feel muscle weakness and get the shakes after doing physical activity..My arm muscle has gone away and my arms look flabby now, and my legs sill have muscle tightness when I get up to walk, I also had terrible night dreams and could not sleep more that about an hour without waking up and rotating to stop my leg pains in bed....This product should be taken off the | M | 68 | 7 days | 8/6/2009 | 1 | Suspected UTI post prostate surg | Took for 3 days - twice per day, when preliminary lab results indicated possible UTI. Stopped when UTI not corroborated. Horrible searing pain in shoulders developed a week after last pill. Who knows what else is in store for me! | Can't believe surgeon prescribed this stuff, it is DEVASTATING. | M | 62 | 3 days | 8/24/2009 |