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 | Sinus infection | Strong anxiety. | I switched to this drug after having anxiety effects with Keflex. The first dose felt like I drank a strong cup of coffee, the second dose caused powerful anxiety and I had to stop. | M | 45 | 1 days | 6/21/2008 | 1 | UTI | Severe anxiety, depression, itching, pins & needles sensations in arms & legs, burning sensation in ankles, rash, floaters, night sweats, insomnia, fever & flushing. | This is a horrible drug, I advise any who is prescribed this medication to ask for an alternative. | M | 36 | | 6/23/2008 | 1 | Bladder Infection | Aching ankles (tendons), pins & needles, loose stools, twitching and aching muscles, fatigue, anxiety, depression. Some symptoms didn't start until several weeks after stopping the medication. | I took Cipro for 10 days. This was in 1997. The fatigue, anxiety, and depression still bother me. Most doctors don't know about these severe side effects and unfortunately probably won't believe you if you tell them. | M | 70 | 10 days | 7/4/2008 | 1 | UTI - Helicobacter Pylori | Tendonitis, twitching, burning all over , joint pain, visual impairment, tinitus , stomach disorders , headaches , chest pain | This is a pernicious drug, do not take it, whatever the doctor says. It has ruined over 3 years of my life | M | 65 | 12 weeks | 2/2/2009 | 1 | UTI-Urethritis | I was doing fine at first with Ciprofloaxacin. Taking 1 pill every 12 hours for a week (7 days). The last day my lower back (probably my kidneys) felt sore and almost like they were dried out. The next morning I woke up going to the bathroom constantly, trying to urinate (pushing with all my might) getting very little, dribbling results. After a few days, my stomach started hurting and my bowels got backed up. I took 2 doses of Pepto Bismol four hours apart and I almost passed out! I felt like I had been poisoned! After stopping the Pepto, I still have backed up bowels and constant urination. I'm going to the hospital tomorrow morning! I feel like I constantly have to pee, but I can't get much to come out...after urination my bladder still feels completely full! My bowels are taking forever to come out! I HATE THIS! Over the course of a week I basically took 7,000mg (500mg twice a day) of Ciprofloaxacin. NEVER AGAIN! | DO NOT TAKE CIPRO! IT HAS RUINED MY LIFE FOR THE PAST 2 WEEKS AND I'M ONLY 22 YEARS OLD! | M | 22 | 7 days | 2/9/2009 | 1 | UTI | severe inflammation in all of my major joints, migrating around the body and ending up in my shoulders, arms, and hands. I couldn't sleep more than 15 minutes at a time because it felt like I was being stabbed in the shoulders every time I moved even slightly. It finally messed up my hands (I am a professional pianist) and today was the first time in over four months that I have felt like I might get over this eventually. | I took this for a UTI for a week, then about a month later for two more weeks because the infection came back. About six weeks later I had two cortisone shots to the knee and a week later woke up one day with all my joints on fire. Every move I made resulted in pain all over my body. I have suffered for four months now. The medical doctors won't cop to it being a CIPRO reaction (one has even suggested that I have rheumatoid arthritis), but my chiropractor, acupuncturist and reiki therapist all believe that it is. They are the only relief I have gotten at all from this, and I am experiencing it as a poison that I have to slowly let pass through my body. I think in another month or two it will be totally gone. I teach college, but if I had been a blue-collar worker, I would have been out of work four months ago. I've been living on NSAIDS and turmeric extract since it started, and I am not going to take autoimmune-suppressing steroids. I firmly believe that this drug is BAD NEWS. | M | 57 | 3 weeks | 1/19/2009 | 1 | Sinus infection | Panic attacks, extreme hand numbness/tingling, barely able to breathe, nightmares, unable to sleep more than 1 hour per night, dry mouth, fear of death, feeling like i was dying, having to call 911, extreme anxiety | It is way too strong. DO NOT USE!!!!!! I only used 4 days and had to get off, and it took a month to get it out of my system. I later took cephalexin, 3 a day instead of 2, but worked well without problem. You'll need to take for 2 straight weeks to kill your infection. Be sure to drink a lot of water with and after (SEVERAL cups). Make sure to take an expectorant as well, like mucinex, that is 95% of the problem with sinus infections, the antibiotic alone isnt going to get the buildup of mucus out. | M | 29 | 4 days | 1/22/2009 | 1 | Infection urinary | Tendons stifness and hurt all the time,burn sensation, feeling cold like having fever, tremors especially in first hours of sleep,anxiety, constantly thinking of death,tirdness | I took Utinor which is part of the cipro family, do not take this medicine as it will destroy your life, I used to play soccer and go running, it seems my football days have come to an end, I would like to know how long will symptoms take to go, anyone knows? | M | 29 | 3 days | 12/18/2008 | 1 | ear infection | I took 750mg of cipro for 10 days in jan 2008. It is one year later and I am still living with aweful side effects. It started 2 weeks AFTER finishing the med: tendon pain, muscles, twitching and small spasms on side of head, feet, legs, arms. Head and face pain. Tendonitis all over body. Within days I could hardly walk due to tendonitis and muscle pain. For three months I could not walk farther than from room to room in my house. A month after the ear ringing started. Once the tendonitis was gone (about 3 months after it started) I was able to walk some, then more, until I can walk as far as I want, but still feel pain in legs. Activity helped for me, once the tendonitis was gone. Still ear ringing, and head pain which seems to be from tendons in head (jaw). I saw many doctors all with may ideas but no solid fixes. I was formerly very fit, able to hike 20 miles in mountains. I want to know if the ear ringing ever stops for anyone? | These are very powerful drugs and doctors readily give them out like lollie-pops. I recommend people seek out alternatives before risking the rest of their functional lives on it. The drug companies need to research the mechanisms of injury and seek ways to help. The car companies made airbags, whay dont drug companies research the side effects rather than cover them up? Do not take this drug. | M | 32 | 10 days | 1/15/2009 | 1 | kidney stone | i was involved in a work related accident on 9/26/08 which consisted of bruised ribs with torn muscles and minor cuts on my arm but when i had a cat scan in the emergency room they found a kidney stone [13mm] then what happened was i had 1 doctor perscribing pain meds,anti inflamatories and muscle relaxers [for the ribs] and i went to an uroligist and had lipthotripsy done twice and each time i was given cypro as an antibiotic anyways i had severe loss of short term memory ,slurred speech,shaking in legs,suicidal thoughts ,it was like i was trapped in my own body ,i quit taking all the other meds except for the cipro and still had the symptons so i went to a 3rd doctor [ the other 2 wouldnt talk about the problems ] and was scheduled for a cat scan. quit taking cipro that night and short term memory / slurred speach improved within 3 days ,now 2 months later i can hardly walk and i feel like i ran a marathon every day !! my leg muscles feel like they are on fire and alot of | DONT TAKE THIS POISON !!! i cant believe a doctor would prescribe this junk !! | M | 39 | 10 days | 12/29/2008 | 1 | Prostatitis | chest pain, racing heart, heart palpitations, trouble concentrating, difficulty with hand-eye coordination, strange dreams or nightmares, anxiety, depression, joint and ligament pain, pain in fingers, | I was prescribed Ciprofloxacin to treat a prostatitis infection that isn't even existent (turns out I have nonbacterial prostatitis and my doctor STILL wants me on an antibiotic) I only took 6 or 7 pills before I started having side effects bad enough to look them up online. After glancing at the horror stories for a few hours I decided I had taken my last dose. Still having intermittent nausea, heartburn, and skipped heartbeats 2-3 months after last dose. My advice is to avoid this drug. | M | 22 | 3 days | 12/29/2008 | 1 | Minor urinary infection | Horrible side effects ; feelings of death and doom ; massive diarrea,headaches,ear-ringing;sound sensitivity;muscle wasteing; cramps;horrible insomnea and nightmares,the list goes on and on and this is one year later ; still never recovered from this vile,poisonous drug!! | Bayer should be sued out of existence for the damage this drug has done to me and thousands of others !! DO NOT TAKE THIS POISON UNLESS YOU ARE WILLING TO GAMBLE WITH YOUR HEALTH !! IT HAS RUINED MY LIFE !! Go to the Yahoo Quinolone forum or FAVC forum to hear others tell their stories of pain and suffering cause by these antibiotics . E-MAIL ME IF YOU SUSPECT YOU HAVE BEEN POISONED BY CIPRO !! | M | 48 | 10 days | 12/4/2008 | 1 | UTI | I took 500 mg twice daily for 3 days but had to stop due to the adverse effects. Severe tendonitis in elbows, wrists, fingers, legs - pain from heels all the way up into my back. Muscle Stiffness all the way through the legs, couldn't walk. Sore tongue, mouth and throat - taking oral supplements that I have always tolerated brings on burning and soreness in the mouth/throat so that I have had to stop them. One week after taking the cipro out I had night sweats that lasted for 10 days. The tendonitis is still in full force 7 weeks later and no idea how long it will last. | I had no idea that so many others had these reactions - the adverse effects must be much higher than 1 in 10,000. I will be filing an adverse drug report to make sure the FDA include this in the statistics and would urge others to do the same. I have been very grateful for support from the Fluoroquinolone Antibiotic Victim Community (FAVC)group at http://noquinolones.proboards58.com/index.cgi. I will definitely never take a fluoroquinolone again and would advise anyone thinking of taking them to steer well clear and find an antibiotic that does not ruin your life. | M | 36 | 3 days | 11/17/2008 | 1 | prostatis | stiff neck, pain in ankles, and wrists, ringing in ears,seeing things burning eyes clicks and pops!! | you guys are scaring me!!! i took 2, 500 mg of cipro. the first one wasn,t bad, felt like it was working. after the second one ,all the pain started, i stopped taking them , and decided to read the paper it comes with . i had all the symptoms. i only took 2 pills, but i still have a stiff neck. i,m not sure if it was a good idea , but i flushed myself with sea salt. i feel alot better , but still feel symptoms. i searched the site to see how long cipro stays in your system, because it say not to mix with magnesium. guess it don,t matter now does it. | M | 39 | 1 days | 11/18/2008 | 1 | Bladder Infection | Awful pains in arms, hands, shoulder, neck... complete stiffness and aches. At times they felt numb and tingling. Vision was not right. Headaches. And major anxiety attacks with paranoia. | I would never ever recommend this drug to anyone. It really is poison in a bottle. I seriously thought i was going crazy the first couple days until i researched the side effects and immediately quit taking it. It's been a few days since I've been off and still experiencing some side effects. Very scary medicine. | M | 28 | 2 days | 11/24/2008 | 1 | Prostate Infection | Severe rash on legs, torso and arms. Muscle aches and pains in my shoulders that spread to my arms. Muscle tightening, soreness and cramping in my arms. Itchy rash all over my body. | I took this for 4 days before any side effects started. Rash and pains continue after I'm off the drug. Taking allergy meds to clear up side effects. | M | 38 | 4 days | 12/24/2009 | 1 | nearly a year and a half later after taking 4 500mg tablets, have acute achilles tendonitis of both ankles. | M | 61 | 4 days | 12/28/2009 | 1 | UTI | Do Not Take This Drug!! Within only 2-3 hours after taking it, I developed severe tendonitis and my doctor took me off of it immediately. The pharmacist told me the drug is about to be recalled because of this. Ask for something else!!! Do not take it! This is pure poison! | There are far better drugs for treating UTI's than this awful thing. You are far better off with the infection than using this drug. Avoid it avoid it! | M | 44 | 1 days | 12/3/2009 | 1 | Prostatits | Autoimmune vascular neuropathy. Tendon destruction. | It's been at least a year since I've last taken Cipro. Like the product insert says, severe, irreversible neuropathy is among the possible side effects. Just imagine burning, temperature-induced pain in all of your extremities. The research I've read on Fluoroquinolone toxicity, describes an autoimmune, Raynaud's-like, vascular condition that chokes off blood to peripheral nerves-- hence irreversible nerve damage and occasionally, severe pain. Damage to tendons may follow a similar pathogenesis. My self-experimentation with vasodilatory substances, including Niacin (flushing type), Ginkgo, and topical Rogaine, have effectively brought this disease-- yes, this is a disease despite what doctors may imply-- to tolerable levels. It is still extremely inconvenient, however, as it is not my only underlying health condition! The lack of post-market research into fluoroquinolone side effects means that there is little your doctor can do to recognize or treat this condition. Steroids have been proposed as a treatment to many-- but with existing tendon damage this is kind of a bad idea. For the legal sake of this excellent website, I am not a doctor, and these statements have not been evaluated by any governmental medical body. | M | 31 | 3 days | 11/24/2009 | 1 | Suspected bladder infection | See my previous post | Continuing my previous post: The doctor who put me on cipro REFUSED TO SPEAK TO ME, and the message relayed to me was to speak to my GP and that side-effects are VERY RARE!! My only option was self help. I embarked on a detox diet, eating fresh fruit and veg, taking probiotics, drinking nettle tea, and avoiding flouridated toothpaste, drinking lots of water, and taking a biochemic tissue salt (Mag.Phos.) which is anti-spasmodic. I got myself a small wooden foot roller to help stretch the tendons in my heels. It's now been excatly one month since the side effects started and I can tell you that the pain, cold clamminess and buzzing in my feet has almost gone. The leg weakness has mostly gone. I no longer have the sweaty face and hands. I do still have pains and numbness in my arms and hands, which occurs every other day or so, depending on what I've been doing. My feet ache after standing/walking for more than 15 mins, but that's nothing compared to the pain I had before. Good luck to all of you who have had horrible side-effects from this drug, or from interactions with other drugs. My only advice is to try detoxing your system. And people who have taken this drug and had no side-effects should count themselves very lucky. There is no need for them to belittle the terrible effects it has had on other people less tolerant to flouride poisoning! | M | 34 | 3 days | 11/25/2009 |