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| 1 | Sterner Injury Warnings Sought for Meds BY Associated Press August 29, 2006, 2:07 PM EDT WASHINGTON -- The labels on Cipro and similar antibiotics should bear more serious warnings about a possible link to tendon injuries, petitioners told federal health officials Tuesday. Between 1997 and 2005, the Food and Drug Administration received 262 reports of ruptured tendons in patients using drugs from the fluoroquinolone class of antibiotics, the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen said in its petition to the FDA. The state of Illinois filed a similar petition last year and asked Tuesday that the two requests be combined. An FDA spokeswoman had no immediate comment. Staci Gouveia, a spokeswoman for Bayer HealthCare, maker of Cipro, declined to comment. The labels on the entire class of drugs already warn doctors and patients of the risk of tendon problems. The FDA had manufacturers add that language following a 1996 Public Citizen petition. Public Citizen and the Illinois at | Sterner Injury Warnings Sought for Meds BY Associated Press August 29, 2006, 2:07 PM EDT WASHINGTON -- The labels on Cipro and similar antibiotics should bear more serious warnings about a possible link to tendon injuries, petitioners told federal health officials Tuesday. Between 1997 and 2005, the Food and Drug Administration received 262 reports of ruptured tendons in patients using drugs from the fluoroquinolone class of antibiotics, the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen said in its petition to the FDA. The state of Illinois filed a similar petition last year and asked Tuesday that the two requests be combined. An FDA spokeswoman had no immediate comment. Staci Gouveia, a spokeswoman for Bayer HealthCare, maker of Cipro, declined to comment. The labels on the entire class of drugs already warn doctors and patients of the risk of tendon problems. The FDA had manufacturers add that language following a 1996 Public Citizen petition. Public Citizen and the Illinois at | F | 53 | 3 days | 8/30/2006 | 1 | UTI | AFTER COMPLETING 7 DAY COURSE OF CIPRO, BEGAN HAVING SEVERE PAIN IN LEFT HIP AND UPPER THIGH AREA. I ALSO NOW HAVE NO FLEXABILITY OF HIP JOINT DUE TO SHARP PAIN IN GROIN AREA UPON MOVEMENT. | WILL NEVER TAKE CIPRO AGAIN. MY HUSBAND WAS RECENTLY TAKING CIPRO FOR PROSTATITIS AND HAS BEEN HAVING SEVERE, AGONIZING PAIN IN HIS RIGHT GROIN AND THIGH AND HAS GROSS SWELLING IN HIS THIGH MUSCLE FROM THE GROIN TO THE KNEE. THANKS TO THIS WEB SITE, WE NOW REALIZE THE CONNECTION TO THE CIPRO FOR BOTH OF US AND NO ONE IN OUR FAMILY WILL EVER TAKE THIS MEDICATION AGAIN. ONCE AGAIN OUR GOVERNMENT HAS ALLOWED US TO BE POISONED BY THE DRUG COMPANIES. | F | 44 | 7 days | 2/12/2006 | 1 | UTI | Unfortunately, I was also taking Alleve for pain from a broken arm. Had allergic reaction - swollen feet, legs and face, sores in mouth, fluttery heart, eye problems. I immediately stopped taking all medication. Then tingly feet set in. A week later, I had some chicken and had another reaction - antibiotics in chicken - now I eat only organic. But instead of going away, I have gotten has continually gotten worse - burning feet and hands, creeping up the arms and legs. Alcohol makes the sensations worse as does bright sunlight. | It has been 18 months since this happened and I still have burning feet, hands and lower arms. Not debiliating - I still exercise and can run. Just very annoying - have to ignore. Have had brain scan, two different neurologists including Mayo as well as scores of tests to see if the problem was caused by something else - but it is too coincidental to taking cipro. I also think it effected by thyroid - fluorides are said to do that. The only thing I can say is that I finally got the Dr. at Mayo to admit that cipro might have produced these effects. Everyone says it should go away eventually - ie nerves take a long time to heal. But I am beginning to think i will have to live with this sensation for ever. I TELL EVERYONE I CAN NOT TO TAKE THIS DRUG. | F | 57 | 2 days | 10/12/2007 | 1 | UTI | WITHIN 2 HOURS OF FIRST DOSE OF 1000MG CIPRO XR I BEGAN TO HAVE TINGLING, NUMBNESS, ITCHING, AND BURNING OF SKIN. I CONTACTED DR. AND WAS INSTRUCTED TO TAKE BENADRYL AND CONTINUE MEDS. BY THE NEXT DAY I HAD BEGUN TO SWELL IN WRISTS AND FINGERS AND COULD NOT HOLD A PEN IN MY HAND. I WENT TO DR. AND WAS ADMINISTERED A STEROID SHOT AND A BENADRYL SHOT FOR ALLERGIC REACTION. I STOPPED TAKING CIPRO AT THAT TIME. DR. WANTED ME TO TAKE MEDROL STEROID PACK TO ALLEVIATE SWELLING AND JOINT PAIN. AFTER READING THAT STEROIDS CAN CAUSE TENDONS TO RUPTURE AFTER OR DURING TREATMENT WITH CIPRO I REFUSED TO TAKE THE MEDROL. THAT WAS TWO DAYS AGO AND I AM STILL IN SEVERE PAIN IN ALL OF MY JOINTS. I HAVE A NEW ACHE EVERY DAY. | I WOULD NEVER TAKE CIPRO AGAIN. I HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT OF RESEARCH ON THIS DRUG AND THE SIDE EFFECTS ARE MUCH MORE COMMON THAT DR'S ARE AWARE OF. | F | 36 | 1 days | 4/13/2006 | 1 | stomach bacterial infection | Serious breathing difficulty, arms and legs going numb, joint pain, rash, AWFUL depression and nervousness. I would rather die than take another Cipro pill ever again. | Why do doctors push this medicine?! Mine acted as if Cipro is the only drug on earth and I shouldn't question it. It's crazy. | F | 35 | 7 days | 4/15/2006 | 1 | UTI | I experienced a very rapid heart beat, tightness in chest, sweaty palms, anxiety, feeling like I wasn't getting enough air, stomach distress and a bad sore throat. I am stopping and trying Bactrim instead. | I will never take this again. | F | 38 | 1.5 days | 11/10/2006 | 1 | UTI | Neck Pain, Lower back pain, I feel awful all over and it didn't cure my infection! | F | 33 | 10 days | 1/27/2007 | 1 | UTI | After taking only 2nd tablet, I began experiencing a Lupus exacerbation -- Lower back pain, neck pain, severe headache, pain in feet, ankle, wrist and finger swelling, stiffness and pain, pain in calves, heart palpitations, sleeplessness, etc. Thank God I found this site! I would have kept taking Cipro and blamed my symptoms on a Lupus flare. | Cipro is a nightmare drug. Why does the FDA continuously allow us to be poisoned by dangerous drugs and food additives (aspartame, sucralose/Splenda, MSG, nitrites, sulfites... and on and on and on)?? Please see www.ewg.org and www.mercola.com for more info. | F | 38 | 1 days | 10/2/2005 | 1 | UTI | I had an extremely bad reaction but it is more common than you might think. The list of symptoms in the insert is all from people who took it after it went to market. What does that tell you. Your Dr. will not only not tell you about the side effects he or she will likely laugh or ignore you or ask if you need psych drugs. This is for real. They need to wake up. I had symptoms involving my nervous system, I had huge episodes of fear like I can't even describe - not panic, FEAR, and I was not a fearful person before taking this. I was a joyous person. I could not stop going to the bathroom but that phase was followed by severe dehydration which has continued to this day TWO YEARS or more later. I have dehydration and dry eyes all the time. I am not the same person I was. I feel this has aged me 20 yrs. I had the worst symptoms in the first year. At first I could not walk could barely tolerate the touch of a blanket. I could not open a bottle of water or open a package of food | AFter two years a lot of the symptoms have improved and I can walk normally but not as fast or long as I used to. At least I can appear normal. It has atrophied a lot of my muscles. I suspect it damaged my thyroid. What this does to people is so weird. Doctors will just test you for known illnesses and this causes things that are not known. If you have a bad reaction don't panic, you will need all your inner and physical strength to survive and go past this. It will take all your strength of mind. ABove all know that this is NOT YOU but it is a toxic poison that is wreaking havoc on your tissues and nerves. I found out that a lot of doctors are idiots. It will take a while for medicine to catch up to the damage it is causing with POISON PILLS such as Cipro and its sister drugs. How many lives have to be ruined before they listen?? | F | 42 | 5 days | 3/26/2007 | 1 | uti | Started with severe headache, nausa then vomiting with in an hour of taken one pill. Then starting shaking severe trmors especially on right side. Now 5 days later can hardly walk numbness in both hands having trouble with the most simple tasks like doing up buttons.using the keyboard and operating the mouse on my computer.I went to my doctor and she had never seen side effects like these.She is hoping the effects will clear up shortly when the drug is out of my system.But it has been 5 days and am getting worse. No more tremors though.It does not help that I still have the uti and am up several times a night peeing.So am not getting adaquate rest.I am feeling more and more depressed I do not know if this is from lack of rest or another side effect.I have never had a reaction to any medication in my life. | F | 50 | 1 times | 9/30/2007 | 1 | infected gallbladder | dizziness, nausea, confusion, extreme fatique, depression, emotional instability, blurred vision, inability to concentrate, increased anxiety and sweats. | It has cleared up the infection (which was raging)and has allowed for my gallbladder surgery to be done and for that Im grateful but I really must say that the side effects are absolutely horrible and at times unbearable. I found it VERY much an effort to continue with this course of medication as with each passing day the side effects seemed to intensify. It really was a nightmare!I would not take it again unless it was absolutely necessary. | F | 42 | 3 weeks | 11/20/2005 | 1 | UTI | Three days after I started taking pills I woke up and my entire back was sore, my neck was achingly tight. My leg and chest muscles were sore. Slight nausea. Kind of out of it feeling. Tired. Finished pills yesterday and back and neck are still tight. I will never take this again. There are other remedies for an unfelt UTI. | Couldn't tell I had a UTI but doc prescribed so I took Cipro 5 days x 500 2x a day. The doctor also did NOT warn me to stop drinking coffee with Cipro which I hear exacerbates all. | F | 44 | 5 days | 11/22/2005 | 1 | Bartonella henselae (tick disease) | Muscle, tendon, bone(?) pain all over body. (7 out of 10 level) Lessening of mental acuity. Started right after first day, continued to get worse (for 6 weeks) and has not let up to any substantial degree even almost 2 months stopping. This is a VERY serious drug with long lasting sequelae for many people! Think twice. Then think again. | There are many class action suits filed against this drug, esp. after the anthrax scare. You can google it and find many serious allegations about it. | F | 9 weeks | 12/19/2005 | 1 | UTI | ...continued | They figured the dizzy/nausea was due to an inner ear infection, then they tested me for Lymes Disease (neg), since the symptoms match. And guess what the damn DR's that gave me the Cipro are not the ones who figured out what was causing all the sudden symptoms! It was me, I figured it out. Plus, they never gave me a list/sheet on the side effects, I bought my prescription right there at the Dr office and they never told me to not take Advil with it either!!! I'm scared to take anything now and just want my life back! | F | 37 | 3 days | 11/5/2006 | 1 | UTI | None while taking it. Afterwars, had naseau, throwing up, PUNCHING pains in the stomach when drinking milk, tiredness, anxiety and headaches and my knees hurt so bad. I have never had joint pain in my life | got rid of the UTI but how long will this last? | F | 26 | 5 days | 11/30/2006 | 1 | UTI | In the exact order they occured: Nausea, extreme dizzy, headaches, ear pressure and pain, sensitive to sound, short term memory shot, random chest pains, blurred vision, fatigue, depression, itchy crawly skin; like something was always crawling on me, horrible dreams, insomnia, floaters in left eye, eye flashes, eye pain, vitreous detachment in left eye, loss of side vision left eye, joint pain in my knees and hands, wrists, cracking bones when I go up stairs, numbness in left shoulder, veins visible, extreme dry eyes, rash on upper back & shoulders and scalp, floaters in right eye,tinnitis. | THE DRUG FROM HELL - CHUCK IT IN THE TRASH - DO NOT TAKE !!!! This drug has RUINED my life. Life was going good. Running my small business. I just finished my MBA in OCT 05. I was given CIPRO in April 06...I went from being outgoing, happy, always on the go, driving all over...whenever, time of day did not matter. Flash to now; I can't drive at night since July 05, since I have lost my side vision in my left eye and my left eye has a huge floater in the center of my vision and my right eye has floaters now, the flashes of light when I blink and the lights from cars and street lights blind me, going to the store for groceries is a task in its own. Dr's say, Oh, you'll get used to it, bull shit! 7 months now, I'm not used to it! The fatigue, ringing ears, ear pressure and pain, insomnia, floaters, joint pain...this is horrible! They gave me crap to dry out my ears, no help. They gave me amoxicillian for my ears, no help. They figured the dizzy/nausea was due to an inner ear inf | F | 37 | 3 days | 11/5/2006 | 1 | UTI | ...continued | ...As far as my eyes, they are ruined forever, I would give anything to have them back. My left eye they won't operate, say it's too risky and can cause other problems, my right eye they say they won't operate because it is my stronger eye. As others say on here, send this Drug back to HELL where it came from. | F | 37 | 3 days | 11/5/2006 | 1 | UTI | I have lupus so I wasn't sure at first if I was having the worst lupus flare-up ever or if it was the CIPRO. Thank God I came to this site! Depression, extreme weakness, severe joint pain, felt like something was sitting on my chest, mental "cloudiness," legs went out on me several times....Are these people crazy prescribing this poision??? Doctors and the drug companies??? I quit taking it just this morning and praying that the symptoms subside soon. I am very scared! | F | 42 | 4 days | 9/10/2006 | 1 | UTI | 46y female, Hx UTIs (generally treated previously with Bactrim). After about 2 1/2 days of Cipro, I had joint swelling in my fingers and my knees bilaterally. I could barely walk it hurt so bad. My legs felt like I could pop them they were so swollen. Bending/stairs were very difficult. The finger swelling went down almost immediately after stopping the meds. My knee swelling went down but the ROM limitation stayed and the pain is moderate at times. When I experienced a severe upper resp. infection about a month after the UTI, I was put on Amoxicillin. I again experienced severe joint swelling/pain in my knees extending down my legs bilaterally. I had taken Amoxicillin previously over my lifetime now and then without any problems...now a reaction? Another Dr. worked me up for Rheumatoid Arthritis after seeing my swollen legs (negative) and I did obtain some relief of pain/swelling with Naprosyn. It has been about 3/4 of a year since all of this and my knees have improved but I still f | Drs. continue to prescribe this generously and tell me they haven't heard of these types of problems. I believe my arthritic-like symptoms all stem from my initial Cipro exposure with that UTI infection last winter! | F | 46 | 2.5 days | 8/29/2006 | 1 | UTI | HORRIBLE,HORRIBLE DRUG -- DO NOT EVER TAKE CIPRO - SEVERE SIDE EFFECTS STILL AFTER 9 MONTHS!!! Severe Gastro & bladder problems first 2 months - lost 15 pounds in first month plus numbness in arms & legs, could not walk 1/4 mile for months without severe pain, shooting pains in legs, severe muscle aches all over, muscle twitches, stinging sensations in body, for 5 months felt like body was being crushed against any hard surface, red legs & arms, cold arms & legs, weird abnormal blood levels. This is just a small indication of the problems I have had with this NIGHTMARE drug!!!! | DO NOT EVER TAKE THIS HORRIBLE DRUG!!! Never had any health problems in entire life until took CIPRO - what a nightmare!!! Been to every specialists & every medical test possible to try to find cure for problems. Scared to take any medicine becuase of problems with Cipro. Do NOT eat poultry or beef or dairy unless organic because they contain ciprolike antibotics & your body will react badly to digesting them!!! Urge you to read this report: http://www.fluoroquinolones.org/REPORT-REV10-EDITED.pdf | F | 52 | 3 days | 3/7/2006 |