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 | kidney infection | Looking back I now realize the headache and nausea I was experiencing on day 2 of taking cipro were side effects. I began feeling progressively worse and had severe abdominal pain, vomiting, nightmares, weakness, felt feverish and muscle pain on the 4th night. | I looked up the side effects and stopped taking it even though I only had one day left. I was on 500mg twice a day, but it did cure my kidney infection. I thought I would get better by now, but the leg pain is constant, I developed an itchy rash across my abdomin and I just don't feel well anymore. Will this ever end? | F | 45 | 4 days | 2/8/2009 | 1 | acute pancreatitus | At first i was really tired. Then i woke up in the middle of the night and i could hardly walk. I felt like my hips were broken. Then the pain continued down my legs. The first thing i did was look it up here. Needless to say i will not take anymore of the cipro. | i will never take another medication with out looking up the side effects first. This is so painful. | F | 36 | 4 days | 2/3/2009 | 1 | uti infection | shoulder pain...neck pain and also stiff,little nausea...prescribed 250mg. | GO HERBAL | F | 23 | 2 days | 2/6/2009 | 1 | UTI | Sore ankles, muscles in legs achy | Has anyone been to a good doctor who helped with these symptoms? How long do the symptoms typically last? | F | 45 | 10 days | 12/27/2008 | 1 | UTI | muscle pains, nerve tingling in legs and other parts of the body | F | 19 | 4 days | 12/30/2008 | 1 | bladder infection | calf pain so bad i couldn't walk, I took it for 2 days 4 pills until I looked up side affects. I stopped taking it 3 weeks ago and still have really bad pain in my legs. I could bearly walk today, I was limping. | I would not recomend this to anyone. | F | 51 | 2 days | 12/31/2008 | 1 | uti | severe sweating, incredible fatigue, no energy, pins and needles, trouble urinating and feel like I am an 80 yrs. | Always put on sulpha and no probs but this time Cipro "to knock it out of me". Well I am sure my UTI is gone but after being a 49 yr old who exercises every day and juices/eats well I had to find out what the heck was going on with me. I would never take this again and pray that I don't get the long term side affects as noted. I am two days more to go and have taken myself off it. Had to leave a visit to my 87 year old mom because I felt so sick at her apt. She said you look terrible..so...for person who is a 10 out of 10 and a very good absorber of pain having had two spine surgeries...this medication seems to be worse than the orginal illness. BEWARE. (no exaggeration to all you non scientific types) | F | 49 | 7 days | 12/31/2008 | 1 | minor infection | Joint pain, newly prominent veins, wrinkled thinning skin, sun-sensitivity, caffeine intolerance, anxiety, depression | DO NOT TAKE THIS if you can at all avoid it. I was put on 1 gram of "this very safe drug" daily this fall for a condition for which it is not generally used (yes, it worked), and definitely not at that dosage, and it has wreaked havoc with my activity level (joint pain and sun sensitivity) and my skin. Google "Cipro + elastin" or "Cipro + collagen" and you will find some very interesting and unsettling information. Nothing surfaced while I was taking it but within a week after, I had pain throughout legs, knees, and ankles, newly prominent veins all over my body, sunburn even through my usual sunscreen level, and in the weeks since, skin on hands, neck, and elsewhere that looks like it has aged ten years. And if this is the external tissue reaction, who knows what is going on internally? No two people will have the same reaction to the same medication, but for me this drug has been a nightmare. Unless you are assured that there is no alternative to a | F | 47 | 10 days | 1/2/2009 | 1 | UTI | After 3 days of taking CIPRO my neck became stiff. Could not turn to left, right, up, or down. Severe pain in back of head and muscle/tendon over the main artery on left side of neck. Was very healthy until then. My Dr. agrees it is probably due to the CIPRO. I have had CAT Scans and 4 MRIs and am going for another scan of the arteries in my neck next week. They think from the MRIs that "maybe" the CIPRO caused a blood clot in the left artery. I had this scan several years ago and there was no problem with my arteries. DON'T TAKE THIS MEDICATION. It cured the UTI, but I have been in Physical Therapy for weeks and massage therapy, but nothing helps. The pain is still there and they say there is only 50/50 chance of getting over it. I am in constant pain, day and night. My head feels heavy when I stand. This is not a 'medication', it is poison. jsc | I have heard it is a wonder drug for those who can take it, but for those who can't, the cure is worse than the reason for taking it. | F | 60 | 9 days | 1/5/2009 | 1 | vaginal infection | tendonitis, shoulder pain, possibly rotator cuff damage | Two weeks after taking 2 doses of cipro, I got tendonitis in my elbow even though I couldn't relate it to any activity. After about 6 months it finally healed but by then I think I have possible damage to a rotator cuff. I have always been active and never experienced this before and again, don't know what triggered it. Not having insurance I will again try and wait it out and hope it heals. I will never take this again. | F | 53 | 13 days | 1/8/2009 | 1 | to prevent infection | I have headaches , loss of appitite,hearing loss,eye pain,blurred vision,sleep problems,hives,breathing problem;s,insominia,joint stiffness,muscle pain,pain if extermeties,jaw pain,arm's,leg's back,chest pain,flare's of gout, respitory problems, severe skin rash, seizure's, easy brusing,easy bleder, mental confusion, This is most but not all of the problem's I have had since i got put on Cipro 6 year's ago 500 mg daily. | I am so hurt that a comaony would allow a drug to be so harmful to people and to be put so much pain and suffering | F | 50 | 6 years | 7/10/2008 | 1 | UTI | Extreme nausea, liquid stools (not helped by Immodium) and severe gout in right foot.I thought symptoms were from Uristat I was taking for bladder discomfort. On the 8th dose of Cipro symptoms worsened and I felt really, really bad. After looking up side affects, I immediately stopped the Cipro. Today the doc has prescribed Macrobid as I still have UTI symptoms. Hope it works without all the sides. | F | 45 | 3 days | 5/27/2008 | 1 | Possible intestinal infection | Insomnia, stomach upset, restlessness, night sweats, diarrhea | I was prescribed Cipro after a stool test came back positive for two possibly pathogenic bacteria. After the first pill (500 mg, with food) I felt flushed and ill. The second increased the flu-like symptoms. That night I experienced severe night sweats, anxiety, restlessness and fits of depression. (Somewhat like an overdose of hydrocortisone.) I didn't get to sleep until 3AM, and then only slept for 3 hours. I didn't take any Cipro the following day. After several bouts of diarrhea, the malaise passed off. I believe that what I experienced was essentially an allergic reaction, but there are aspects of the side effects which lead me to believe that Cipro can be neurotoxic (night sweats and anxiety). I would not recommend this drug to people with allergies, compromised immune systems, IBS and related intestinal disorders, or to people who are sensitive to stimulants. | F | 55 | 1 days | 7/3/2008 | 1 | Suspected Bacterial Gastroenteritis | While taking the Drug: starting with mild confusion, bizarre taste on my tongue, discombobulated feeling, pressurized feeling in head, inability to concentrate and dizziness progressing to extreme lethargy and mental confusion, feeling of disassociation from body, dizziness, mild auditory hallucinations, sluggish thought patterns, mild paranoia, absence of appetite. Once off the drug: wild fluctuation between mental normalcy and mental confusion, sluggish thought patterns, discombulated feeling and fatigue persisting for weeks afterwards. You feel fine one hour and then the next completely incapacitated. | I was on 500mg twice a day for about six days of a ten day course. I was never told about any possible side effects. Unfortunately, it looks like cognitive problems like mine happen in a small group of people, and the severity and persistence of it is dose-dependent! If only I had known. I had to live in misery for about a month, and about three months for symptoms to disappear. Some people aren't so lucky. My advice: Maybe cipro is ok for some, but be vigilent! If you have any adverse symptoms stop immediately, and save yourself months (or more) of mental misery. | F | 23 | 6 days | 7/6/2008 | 1 | "staph" infection - no testing | Extreme fatigue, fuzzy mind, blurry eyesight, joint pain, lethargy, difficulty with thinking organized and speaking, painful tendons on wrist, hip and knee. I felt like I was falling apart. | I was given Cipro for a severe leg wound. From the first day, I had extreme fatigue, aches and pains in several joints and weakness, so bad, that I could barely lift my arms to turn a page in a magazine. I wanted to quit the last of the 10 doses, but I was told not to, that the good news was that I had only 1 to go, but the bad news was that the ill effects could last 30 days, or so. It's been about 40 days and I'm suffering very low blood pressure, tiredness, fatigue, but having trouble staying asleep. I went to a holistic doctor, today, about my low, low blood pressure (80's over 50's). I told him about the leg injury and the Cipro to treat it. I saw the "light bulb" go off in his eyes and he said that I was Toxic from the Cipro and set up a 3 times series of Vitamin C IV drips for me to take, plus some natural, oral celations to take. I'm so excited - I have Hope and the assurance that I was not immagining these symptoms or just "being lazy". I can't wait to s | F | 64 | 10 days | 6/26/2008 | 1 | enlarged lymph node | Severe numbness in hands and feet. Sleeplessness. | I will never take this medication again. I will not let my family take it either! My symptoms began after three days, that being 6 - 500 mg tablets. Once I put it all together I stopped taking Cipro. Never again, I'd rather have an enlarged lymph node for the rest of my life! | F | 37 | 5 days | 8/11/2008 | 1 | Diverticulitis | Tingling, numbness and weakness in my arms and legs, a burning sensation like a sunburn or chemical burn on my chest, back, arms, legs and face, joint pain, feeling of skin crawling and burning tongue. Being outdoors in the sun is even uncomfortable. I only took it for two days (4 pills) and I'm still having these side effects even though I stopped the medication 6 weeks ago. Some days are worse than others. I have no idea why. I've taken this drug at least twice before with no side effects. At least none that I remember. | When I realized that my symptoms could be possible side effects from Cipro, I read the insert again that was given with the drug and saw that it was rare, but nerve damage was possible. It said if it was caught early enough, it could be reversed. I freaked out and went to the emergency room right away. The doctor had to do some research on Cipro because he had not heard of anything like what I was experiencing. After 20 minutes or so, he came back and told me there have been a couple cases like mine, even after one dose. He did no tests at all, but referred me to see a neurologist. Days later when I saw her, she did a nerve test in the office and sent me out for some bloodwork. Two weeks later when I went back for my follow up appt., she said everything was normal and that the burning tongue could be hormone related since I am peri-menopausal and that the other symptoms would hopefully disappear eventually. It's very frustrating to think a drug that is so common, can be this ba | F | 50 | 2 days | 7/2/2008 | 1 | E-Coli infection | very sore shoulders and ankles for up to six months. Hallucinations, sensitivity to light, spaciness, complete forgetfulness (would forget where I was, who I was, where i was going, drive miles and miles when I was supposed to be going to work, forget where I worked), EXTREME nightmares. ALL of this lasted six months. It has been four years since I took this drug and sometimes when I have a glass of orange juice all the symptoms come rushing back, it's weird. Complete intolerance to alcohol and caffeine that have lasted for years. Intolerance to Chlor-Trimeton? and many other medications that influence GABA for any reason. Anxiety, Panic Attacks, the list goes on and on. Wasn't there something else they could have given me? I almost think it would have been better to go with a sulfur based drug that was not quite as effective than give up six months of my life and live with these side effects years and years later! I used to laugh at people with anxiety thinking it was all in their hea | After I took this, I completely lost my mind. I was a healthy, 20-something professional whose life was destroyed after taking this drug. I went from having virtually no allergies or sensitivities to being light sensitive, many allergies (some previous such as animals), cannot tolerate alcohol anymore (I believe this drug cross the Blood brain barrier and can have an effect on GABA), well, I guess it's easier to list the things this drug did not screw up, such as my liver and possibly my heart, although I have started having panic attacks as the latest in a long line of years of symptoms all present after this drug. | F | 32 | 2 weeks | 3/31/2009 | 1 | uti | sweating, bad stomach pain, nausea. | I've taken cipro several times and had no problems with it-took a 250 mg last night(at around 10pm)woke in the middle of the night with stomach pain, woke up with it worse and now nauseous and sweating. i definatly recommend eating with it, even though it says not to. | F | 28 | 3 days | 6/7/2008 | 1 | For bronchitis & slight pneumonia | Three days after starting on the drug my speech started slurring, I developed twitching of my eyelid, my right side became very weak and I had trouble swallowing and walking. I was extremely exhausted. After the 10 day supply of cipro I was put on erethromycine and my speech cleared as did the twitching and other symptoms. Unfortunately after 3 days on erethro my stomach could't handle it so I was put on a 3rd antibiotic and all the symptoms came back and 2 months later Iwas diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gerhigs disease. I asked the neurologist if the cipro could have had anything to do with the ALS and he said it was just a coincidence. Then I came home and looked up Cipro Poisoning online and found out that many symptoms mimic ALS. Be very careful if you are prescribed any cipro's | F | 55 | 10 days | 5/31/2008 |