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 |
| 2 | Respiratory Infection | Stomach pain, anxiety, difficulty falling asleep and staying asleep,abnormal dreams, hoarseness, muscle pain, hallucinations, confusion, diarrhea | The medicine worked to some extent, but they were far too many side effects... I finished my course today and I am thankful that it's over... I haven't slept in days... I've been afraid of the dark at night(not the norm), and too wired during the day to sleep... My knees hurt... and so does my stomach. DO NOT USE UNLESS YOU REALLY HAVE TO!! BE PREPEARED FOR THE SIDE EFFECTS... | F | 25 | 7 days | 1/20/2008 | 2 | mesenteric adenitis | dizzines, joint pain, upper right abdominal pain under ribs, back pain under ribs, also right side. | This is the longest Ive had to be on it and the first time I experienced side effects. I had this infection 3 years ago and they gave me Levaquin, which was awful, and Ive had 2 uti's in between, just on it for 3 days , but this time 10. Even though it works, I will not take this ever again. Just like 3 years ago, I will take myself off this and get on probiotics and call a holistic dr. | F | 28 | 10 days | 3/31/2008 | 2 | UTI | Depression and extreme leg pain | F | 69 | 2 years | 6/11/2009 | 2 | UTI | I was prescribed Cipro 500mg for 7 days to treat a UTI. First day 2 hours after taking first pill I had severe diarrhea. Within 24 hours I had muscle aches and some dizziness. After 2-3 days I became very tired and sick to my stomach. 3rd day I have experienced pain behind my left knee that is worse at night. And now, after 5th day I am experiencing severe pain behind left knee, muscle and joint pain in entire body, ringing in left ear, hands and feet tingling at night, and nothing tastes right. I'm not even sure my UTI has cleared up 100%. And to top it ALL off, my insurance would only pay for 6 pills, not 7 because it wasn't "pre-approved"!!! How do you "pre-approve" an infection????? Sooo, the 7th pill cost me almost as much as it did for the first 6. Never again!!!!! Signed "Depressed and sick in Maryland on the eve of my 49th birthday". | never again | F | 49 | 7 days | 7/14/2009 | 2 | UTI | flu like symptom, fatigue, restlessness, fast heart beat. felt awful. | Still having pain in the lower back and burning sensation after urinating. Need to go back to the Dr. Please no CIPRO. | F | 43 | 3 days | 6/28/2009 | 2 | bladder infection | sore joints | have been on cipro for three days, but previously been on Furantoin 50 mg. for 2 months before that for bladder infection, now stopped it to take cipro for 10 days than I have to go back on Furantoin. I keep getting bladder infections, nothing seems to totally take it away, I also have M.S., I personally think that's the real cause. | F | 56 | 3 days | 8/15/2009 | 2 | Kidney Infection | Prescribed 500 Mg twice daily for 2 weeks. I stopped taking it after 9 days due to my kidney being in pain... I've had a pearcing headache with a stiff neck for three days now... no pain meds help it. Now have to go to the Dr. | Might be okay if you are on a lower dosage, but 500 mg twice daily (or more) is too much for anyone I think. | F | 31 | 9 days | 9/30/2009 | 2 | Intestinal problems | Treatment for diverticulosis. It makes me edgy and I found that it is a quinolone so I am stopping it. I took Levaquin a few years ago (same family of antibiotics) and was left with continuing joint problems, early morning stiffness and pain. I'm very active and it was devastating to me. | Please try taking MSM to alleviate joint problems caused by this family of antibiotics. It seems to have helped reverse damage. Spread the word--others should try it. MSM is very inexpensive and is not harmful to humans, so it should be ok, but I don't make blanket recommendations. Let's keep our joints happy and healthy. Good luck! | F | 55 | 1 days | 9/23/2009 | 2 | prophylactic for IVF treatments | moderate to severe nausea, mild headaches, general fatigue, lethargy, tight jaw and facial pressure, anxiety, a little bit of insomnia, feeling "down in the dumps"--on several days I couldn't even get myself together enough to leave the house. | Today was my last day (out of 10) taking this mediction. I wish I would have known about all the side effects, since I am only taking it as a preventative medication, I would have opted for something WAY milder. My husband has been on it too, and has had similar symptoms including flu-like aching all over. Over all, all symptoms have been mild but persistant. I am glad to know these side effects are real. I was beginning to think I was just a lazy, bummed-out hypochondriac. | F | 31 | 10 days | 7/25/2008 | 2 | Possible Diverticulitis | Stiff neck, leg muscle aches, low back ache, extreme fatigue. General feeling of unwell. | My doctor had prescribed this almost 1 year ago. I took it for the entire 10 days, and had no problems back then. He told me if my diverticulitis flared up again, to start taking the other refill right away, which I did. It was a much different story this time. I started feeling toxic about the 4th day into it, and stopped it the next day on my own. The least little bit of activity was overwhelming for me, and I'm normally quite healthy. It seems as though it helped my infection, but if the infection comes back, I certainly will not be taking this drug again. | F | 45 | 5 days | 3/23/2009 | 2 | cellulitis | Severe ankle pain and difficulty walking; fatigue; ringing in ears and hearing loss. | F | 47 | 5 days | 4/3/2009 | 2 | sinus infection | headache, abdominal discomfort, very bad diareha, fatigue and a general slowness of thought | prescription was 2x/5 day. I've taken the last pill about 1/2 an hout ago and my original complaint (sinus infection) is still present, in fact other than some releif in the pressure, I think it's actually worse. The side effects are almost unbearable and have gotten increasingly worse each day. I will NOT take this medication again. I would not recommend it to anyone unless there was absolutely no other choice. | F | 40 | 5 days | 7/7/2008 | 2 | Complicated UTI | shoulder pain, muscle weakness, stiff neck, anxiety | 500mg twice a day. I hope that it cured my UTI. For all the trouble that it's put me through, it better have. I understand that it was necessary to get rid of my recurring UTI once and for all, but with all the side effects, I wish there had been a better alternative. Does anyone know how long it will take before my joint pain goes away? I stopped taking it today. | F | 26 | 7 days | 1/27/2009 | 2 | Sinus Infection | Within hours of taking this medicine, I felt very strange. I experienced some mild blurry vision, but figured it wasn't a big deal and continued taking it. By late in the second day I had sudden and medium to severe joint pain in my left ankle, knee, both elbows, and wrists. While putting ice on my joints I realized that I hadn't done a thing to injure them and that it might be the medicine. On the third day the joint pain continued and I'd had enough. I stopped the medicine after 6 doses at 500 each and switched to Augmentin- which was fine. | I think some of the posts about cipro here are a bit over the top, but really if you have a reaction don't be afraid to ask your doctor to switch to another medicine! Also, it's been a week since I took the cipro and I'm not having any joint pain whatsoever so I don't think there will be any lasting effects. But who knows if I had continued on taking it? | F | 27 | 3 days | 12/6/2008 | 2 | Urinary tract / bladder infection | I took the drug for the full 7 days subscribed. It cured the urinary tract infection but on the 7th day, I started to have a rash. On day 8, (first day off Cipro) I had full blown hives over my torso (front and back), arms etc. Terrible itching....hives were raised and blister red. Went to a walk-in clinic and was told it was reaction to cipro. Now am on a steroid to combact the allergic reaction to cipro. Today, 2 days after being off cipro, the rash has spread to my face and although the steroids are helping, they are now making me jittery etc. I have a known allergy to sulpha and told the physician this when he prescribed cipro. I now have listed in all my records that I am allergic to cipro. My worry now, after reading this site, is that the rash symptoms may not disappear? I did have some stiffness when I started to walk in the morning.....never connected it to the cipro. That has disappeared and was never severe. | F | 61 | | 11/17/2008 | 2 | possible UTI | FATIGUE FATIGUE FATIGUE. | I think I react badly to this particular class of antibiotics. I have taken Cipro before and had some fatigue but not like this. This time, I slept for 4 hours in the middle of the day on the second day of taking Cipro. I have had UTI's before and usually do not feel so completely drained and in a state of brain fog as this. I also had trouble staying alert while driving to the grocery store. I have taken Levaquin in the past and the reaction to that drug was MUCH worse. When I took Levaquin, I literally fell asleep at work in the middle of typing on the computer. The Cipro fatigue is more a sense of feeling weighted down or "blah." It does work to cure the UTI's but I am not sure if I can continue taking it through for the full 10 days. I am only on day 3 right now. I also have some odd twinges in my joints and that happened in the revious times I took Cipro as well. I have (so far) not had the permanent, lasting effects that some have | F | 38 | 3 days | 11/28/2008 | 2 | UTI | Worst headache i have seriously ever had. I've been on it for two days now and i simply cannot function. I've been drinking cranberry juice as well as taking this and that has seemed to help my UTI. I have cramps that feel like period cramps and i'm very dizzie and unable to stand for a long period of time. I also have no urge to eat. | F | 17 | 2 days | 11/27/2008 | 2 | Strep Throat | Yeast Infection | I am deathly allergic to Bactrim and have a sensitivity to penicillins, so I was put on Cipro to clear up my strep throat. I developed a yeast infection- the first and only one I have ever had in my entire life- and stopped taking my meds. I only had a 10 day dose, and had gotten through 7 days before I figured it all out. Will not take this drug again, and will look at the entire quinolone class of drugs before taking any more, in order to prevent another reaction. | F | 29 | 7 days | 12/30/2009 | 2 | UTI | nausea, fatigue, excruciating headache, soreness, loss of appetite, dry mouth | I took this a couple of years ago and it took care of my UTI. However, I had trouble with other medicine. So this time I told the doc I only wanted Cipro. The first night I took it I got a headache and it perpetually worsened. The third day I stopped taking it all together because I woke up feeling like death. This is just my experience. Drugs affect people differently. | F | 27 | 2 days | 12/17/2009 | 2 | UTI/Kidney Infection | Nerve/muscle pain just above right knee that shoots down leg, mild nausea and abdominal cramping in the beginning | I was prescribed 500 mg twice daily for 10 days. I'm currently on day 6 and am just now starting to see the more serious side effects spoken about on this site. The first few days I had mild nausea and abdominal cramping, which I felt was normal for a new medication being introduced into my system. However, since last night I've had this intermittent pain that shoots down my leg, starting about mid thigh above my right knee. It is more painful when I'm on my feet, but I can still feel soreness even when I'm sitting down. It's not terribly painful, but when it starts to shoot down my leg, it makes me pull in my breath. I'm going to my PCP this afternoon after work to see if my infection has cleared up and if I need to switch to a different antibiotic. | F | 25 | 6 days | 10/26/2009 |