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 | Diverticulitis (did not have) | Nausea,diarrhea,ongoing joint pain (8 months) THINK SERUM SICKNESS!!!! After 8 months and 3 doctors, with the help of a contact from this web site - I diagnosed myself with serum sickness and treated myself. My doctor was sceptical at first, but after seeing the results, urged me to continue treatment until all joint pain is now gone!!!! | This was something I had to pursue and treat myself. I would urge you to investigate the symptoms of serum sickness. It is an allergic reaction to antibiotics. I had the intense symptoms 3 days after ending treatment but thought I had the flu. In hindsight, I realize it was the initial attack of serum sickness. My only lasting symptoms were the progressing joint pain and it took me 8 months to figure out what to do about it. | F | 59 | 7 days | 1/8/2008 | 1 | Anxiety and depression | Numbness, depression, suicidal tendencies, undeveloped sex drive | I was prescribed Paxil several years ago at the age of 12 after being diagnosed with Aspergers Syndrome. Subsequently, I was unable to go through puberty properly until I was taken off of the drug at the age of 17, and despite that I was prescribed this drug to help with my depression, I often had suicidal thoughts during the 5 years I was taking it. I would not recommend this drug to ANYONE, it is very dangerous (at least in my opinion it is). | F | 21 | 5 years | 1/17/2008 | 1 | Sinus Infection | HOW DOES A SLOW AGONIZING TURTUROUS DEATH FEEL??? I only hope and pray to GOD my life has not been destroyed by this *POISON*! How do you describe JOINT TENDON LIGAMENT PAIN? Like having my hands and feet bashed by a hammer!! Like my head is in a VICE!! Constant RINGING IN THE EARS!! EVERY BONE ACHES!! STIFFNESS!! POUNDING HEART!! ANXIETY!! BLOATING!! | Look up FLUORIDE POISONING and don't forget to search THE TRUTH ABOUT BAYER!! Thank GOD for the INTERNET....and the TRUTH!! | F | 48 | 10 days | 11/18/2007 | 1 | Sinus Infection | After one dose, woke up feeling woozy. Felt great for 2 days - then had lightheadedness and bad indigestion. Next night, ended up in ER with chest pain, heart palpitations, horrendous indigestion and leg tremors. Was taken off meds the following day, but continued to have severe tremors (right arm, both legs) and numbness/tingling in left arm and palpitations for 2 more days (to date of writing this email). Also noticed "white noise" in ears, itching, floaters in right eye, chest pain, thrush, loss of appetite and confusion. | PREPARE FOR NO ONE TO BELIEVE YOU! I was lucky, my primary care providers recognized it might be a reaction. But the ER docs - forget it! "The tests were normal/negative" so I must be fine. When I went to the ER the 3rd time after an hour of severe tremors, they assumed that I was crazy or trying to get attention. And since adavan brought down my pulse quickly, they assumed it was an anxiety attack. I asked repeatedly, could it be an allergic reaction - only the last time when they saw a rash and thrush did they say "maybe". We all have to commnicate our experiences to the medical community - I'm writng a letter to the head of the ER and chief of staff for the hospital. And, I might consider contacting my local TV station to be interviewed. We need to get the word out so others don't suffer! | F | 33 | 5 days | 11/26/2007 | 1 | sinus infection | hair loss, joint pain, bone pain, muscle twitching, horrible insomnia, loose wrinkled thin skin, bloated abdomen, total loss of appetite, indigestion, breathlessness, hand tremors, depression, floaters, blurred vision, sensitivity to cold | PLEASE DO NOT TAKE A FLUOROQUINOLONE ANTIBIOTIC. I really feel that taking an anthrax drug for a sinus infecttion has totally, totally ruined my life. Since May, I have had $12,000.00 in lab tests done. All results negative. Have been to PCP, GYN, two rheumatologists and a pancreatic surgeon. They say they have "tested me out." They have collectively decided to throw me to the first available endocrinologist. I was first diagnosed with serum sickness 21 days after first cipro pill. Went to PCP with face swollen and joints wobbly. She says it was from the blood pressure meds I had been taking for 2 years, couldn't possibly be the Cipro! Wanna bet? And since then, the hellish nightmare that has become my life started. Besides all the physical symptoms, there is the constant awareness that I have no peace, no enthusiasm, no happiness and worst of all, no hope. I wonder how well the drug company executives sleep. I bet they have no trouble eating or doing the most mu | F | 52 | 2 weeks | 12/12/2007 | 1 | bacterial stomach infection | right sided tingling, vision disturbance, hearing issues, and joint pain. Lasted for two years after 5 pills...that's it. | All side effects are real, and effect people. Please be careful before you take any drug. Many times not reported. | F | 30 | 5 days | 12/15/2007 | 1 | UTI | very sick, flu like symptoms. my entire body is sore. Cant sleep | i will never take this medication again. and i will be sure to let everyone i know not to take it either | F | 22 | 7 days | 11/2/2008 | 1 | UTI | Nightmares, inability to stay asleep (my heart wakes me up at 1-2 hour intervals all night; it feels as though it is racing, but when I listen to it with my stethoscope, the beat sounds normal), occasional needle-type sensations in my feet. | I took Cipro for only a few days in the beginning of September (08). The symptoms are still with me...I've had a sleep study with results not back yet...it's scary to think that a widely-used drug can do so much neurological damage. What are some holistic remedies for this poisoning? | F | 51 | 4 days | 11/5/2008 | 1 | UTI | Scalp and ears itched, rash on face and arms, 100 degree fever, cough, very painful knees especially the back of the knees. Most of these symptoms went away after I stopped taking the pills except I still have stiff knees that is making it difficult to get up and down. | I took Cipro a year ago for another UTI and don't remember having any reactions. I guess your body can change. | F | 60 | 2 days | 10/5/2007 | 1 | diverticulitis | Severe muscle and joint pain ongoing, nerve pain ongoing. | Would never take again. | F | 50 | 5 days | 5/23/2007 | 1 | UTI/Kidney Infection | I purchased this prescription and after reading the patient insert and conducting further reserch, I decided not to take it. Cipro contains high levels of fluoride, which can be fatal. This is probably the reason why so many people on this forum have mentioned "pins and needles" and paralysis. These are symptoms of fluoride toxicity. | Here is an interesting article about Cipro - www.westonaprice.org/healthissues/cipro.html The info contained in the above caused me to conduct research on Cipro, which led me to this forum. As one who has autoimmune disease, I must engage in considerable research to make certain that prescribed drugs aren't worse than the disease. For me, Cipro is not worth the risk. I'll find a holistic way to treat my UTI. Please take time to conduct research on this drug; particularly if you have an autoimmune disease such as arthritis, multiple sclerosis, sjogren's, fibro, IBS, etc. | F | 50 | 0 days | 10/28/2008 | 1 | UTI | headaches, nausea, dizzy spells and blackout for a couple of seconds, gloucose levels elevated | I will never take Cipro again the side effects are worst than the sickness | F | 55 | 3 days | 11/14/2007 | 1 | UTI | Increased low back and abdominal pain, bloating, Bicipital tendon pain, headache, fever, gas, anxiety, tight jaw, pain behind knees pulsing in ears and chills | This has been a huge lesson for me. NEVER ever take a medication without asking to see the PDR on a drug, and take time to find out its history. It's a scary drug and a crime against humanity!! | F | 32 | 7.5 days | 10/26/2007 | 1 | Ear Infection | Headache, extreme muscle aches in shoulders and neck, fatigue, lethargic, extreme stomach discomfort first couple of days. | I'm sure it's helped my ear infection, but I'm also sure there must be another antibiotic that would have done the same. I've stopped taking it with about 4 days to go - I can't stand feeling like this anymore. Everyone reacts differently and for some it's probably great. I, for one, will never take it again. | F | 53 | 10 days | 11/4/2007 | 1 | uti | flushing/rash and severe itching of face, ears and elbows and feeling of anxiety felt within five minutes of first dose. Did not take any more and now, a month later, have developed the same exact reactions to some foods I never had a problem with before Cipro. | would never have taken it if I had any idea what it would do. | F | 50 | 1 days | 12/1/2007 | 1 | UTI | You name it! These drugs are horrible and the worst side effects a lot more common than they let on. IF you have the bad effects, get ready for doctors to deny the cause being Cipro, and tell you there is nothing they can do anyway. Most tests are normal but the really weird ones. But it is a living HELL that just gets worse, new symptoms popping up months or YEARS later. I don't know what this drug does to people but it's devastating. If there is ANYTHING ELSE you can take, ask for it. I had racing heart, insomnia, terrifying dreams, waking nightmares, panic attacks off the charts (never before this!), incredible pain all over, weakness, extreme exhaustion, food reactions really bizarre, joints feeling like they could move backwards, achilles and other tendons burning and feeling very dry, extreme dehydration, nerve tingling/itching/buzzing. Too many almost to list! And I was healthy before. Now have symptoms almost like lupus! Which is a known effect of this type of drug (quinolones). Eye pain, metallic taste in mouth, unable to look at lights, dry eyes, dry rubbery skin, dark ropy veins appearing, it's a nightmare. Like I am now twice my age. | NINE MONTHS after stopping taking the Cipro, which I only took for five days (it's happened to people after ONE pill though), I still not only have symptoms but NEW symptoms. This has killed healthy cells in my body and attacked the thyroid, also shut down ovary function totally. I was basically healthy and tests show the difference from before & after Cipro. Sky high ANA, ENA and DNA antibodies and thyroid antibodies. EXTREME confusion and brain fog. Changed moods/personality. Can't handle stress at ALL now. Can't eat most foods, just organic fruits/veggies. Anything else and the intense muscle/joint/tendon pain comes back. Latest symptom is dark ropy veins appearing all over arms and body. Also, hands turning bony, I used to have pretty hands =( It is like all my tissue is atrophying. Elbow bones sticking out far, and elbow skin sagging. Like I woke up and someone 80 yrs old had traded bodies with me. FSH went up by *120 points* from taking Cipro. Had just had it tested the week prior. This drug should be pulled entirely or ONLY given for last resorts, NOT common UTI! Doctors themselves do not know how horrible this is and there is little way to prove it, how do you prove PAIN? Bone pain so bad in the beginning I thought I would pass out. Plus, thanks to taking this I can no longer take anything, since it effects even that. I have no idea why, but it does for many people. Can no longer eat nightshade vegetables, those increase the pain. Can no longer eat most fish/meat, farmers give Baytril which is a form of CIpro, to animals. Body goes haywire in CIpro victims if they eat that stuff. NINE MONTHS of my life taken up by this, too weak to do anything but sit or lay around, I try and walk when I can. Then I have to rest a few days. Peripheral neuropathy and have had days when I could not WALK at all. Had to use wheelchair at age 42!! Scared of future. DO NOT take this stuff if you have a chance not to - ask your Dr. for another type of pill, or go the natural route, if it is not life or death. Search online for more info. The quinolones are torturous. I still cannot sleep right. Now those dark purple veins everywhere - this is just ONE LONG NIGHTMARE since Cipro. | F | 42 | 5 days | 5/20/2005 | 1 | UTI | None | It did nothing to cure the UTI | F | 30 | 6 days | 5/28/2005 | 1 | Food poisoning | dry mouth, bitter taste, severe joint pains, nausea, skin tingling on face, exhaustion | I would never take it again. I didn't even take half my presciption before i stoppped taking them. | F | 26 | 3 days | 3/17/2007 | 1 | UTI | My mother was given 500 mg. twice a day for a suspected UTI. Within 5 days she began to hallucinate. Four days later she was so dilerious that she was convinced everyone was trying to poison her, that my father was dead, etc. Eventually she just shut down completely - no talking, no eating, no drinking. She was hospitalized Sat. night 3/31 and remains in the hospital at this point, basically not responding. Occasionally she crys and describes horrible fears, is convinced that everyone in the family has died (even though some are in the room with her). The primary care physician and the neurologist who have seen her refuse to acknowlege this as a side-affect to the Cipro...The psychiatrist who has seen her absolutely believes that is the problem. I am appalled at the lack of information in the hands of a primary care physician, who treats geriatric patients. My mother is 74 and was in fine health, but dealing with a little short-term memory loss. This has devastated our family. | I am posting this as a concerned daughter. My mother can't even clearly communicate right now. | F | 74 | 6 days | 4/3/2007 | 1 | she got psudemonous infection | my mother was sent home from hospital and given cipro 500mg. she took the first one and her stomach balloned like she was 6 months pregant. she said it felt like worms were eating at the inside her stomach. she was 75. she went back to hospital and got complications. c-diff, thrush infection in throat and 1 month later died. | this stuff is too strong dont take it. try to stay in hospital and take intrevenous medicine. vancimycin or other medicine in home with visiting nurse giving intrevenousily. | F | 75 | 1 days | 3/2/2007 |