CIPRO Reviews (CIPROFLOXACIN HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 1.6 (2014 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare CIPRO with similar:
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| 1 | bladder infection | I had been diagnosed two weeks ago with a bladder infection and put on antibiotics. I tried two rounds of the same one and the infection returned. My doctor prescribed Cipro. I took the first dose on a Friday evening and the second Sat morning around 10 am. Within 4 hours I experienced terrible throbbing pain in my left leg after taking only two doses. Later on the same day it became throbbing pain in the entire leg from hip to ankle. I stopped taking Cipro immediately when I noticed the side effects. (luckily the pharmacist had previously warned me to watch out for these signs) I could not find any relief for the throbbing pain. I read on the internet to try loading up on calcium to counteract the drug. It has seemed to help alleviate some of the severe pain. Today I am resting with my leg propped up and this is helping. Since it is the weekend I cannot reach my doctor until tomorrow when I will relate my experience and ask for a different antibiotic. | I would not recommend this product unless it is used as a last resort. | F | 55 | 2 days 500 2X day | 1/23/2011 | 1 | Bacterial Infection with Bronchitis | Nausea, dizziness, constant fatigue, sleeping for over 12 hours in 2-3 hour intervals, vomiting, inability to stand or sit for long periods of time, severe loss of appetite. | This stuff is poison in a bottle. I caught bronchitis, and I was very sick. I had a bacterial infection, but Cipro was the first medicine that the doctor put me on, without ever trying another medicine. It made me so incredibly ill that the cure was worse than the illness. I do not feel like I will ever be the same again after taking this medicine. I was told to take it for 10 days and only took it for 5. Now, one week later, I can barely still muster up the energy to cook myself a meal before I have to head back to bed. DO NOT EVER TAKE THIS MEDICINE AS YOUR FIRST MEDICINE/ANTIBIOTIC! ALWAYS ASK TO TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT FIRST! I would recommend this medicine ONLY when ALL OTHER VENUES HAVE BEEN EXHAUSTED. | F | 26 | 10 days 250mg 2X day | 1/18/2011 | 1 | UTI/Kidney Infection | Insomnia, SEVERE cramping of lower abdomen almost like Menstral Cramps as well as severe stomach pain and radiating cramps towards my lower back, disorienation, confusion, fatigue, etc | I was 20 yrs old when I was prescribed to Cipro after having a really bad UTI and my symptoms actually worsened. I slept for the first two days after taking this and felt like I was ran over by a truck. I have never had any other complications from other medicines and I have been on many to say the least. I would reccomend asking for Septra before Cipro and ONLY take cipro if nothing else works. I even had false pregnancy symptoms, way to throw your life around.. | F | 20 | 3 days 500 MG 2X day | 12/13/2010 | 1 | gastrointestinal infection | pain in knee and calf | after 3 days i started feeling the tendon pains everyone had been talking about. i stopped right away and switched to something else. the pain got worse (joint pains everywhere) and continued for more than a week, but i wanted to tell everyone that it's getting better. now i have minimal joint pain and am pretty optimistic about getting back to normal. | F | 26 | 3 days 500 2X day | 1/14/2011 | 1 | Rosacea - red pustuals | Severe muscle, tendon, ligiment pain and swelling of feet, legs, and ankles, sleeplessness, anxiety, itching/tingling of forearm, blurred vision, ringing in my ears. | Was given Cipro by dermatologist for breaking out on my face from Rosacea. Had taken it before without severe side affects so I didn't realize it was the medication until I had taken it for 2 months. Extreme pain in muscles, tendons, ligiments. Difficulty walking, standing, sitting. Severe plurisy. Pain in every joint and muscle. Difficulty sleeping although exhausted. Face continued to break out. Swelling of ankles, feet, legs. Was told I had fibromyalgia and swelling was due to working outside in the heat. Was tested for blood clots in my leg. Stopped taking it and took prednisone for 1 week. This helped but only slightly. Went to Sports Medicine doc who got me off the Cipro immediately. Got a cortisone shot in my knee. He suggested water aerobics and after 6 months I am feeling so much better. I still have itching and tingling of forearm, but now doing workouts 5 days a week without pain. Will NEVER EVER use this drug again or anything in the same family of drugs. Have notified doctors and pharmacies to put this in my chart. | F | 61 | 2 months 1X day | 1/16/2011 | 1 | bladder infection | Two hours after taking cipro, my right ear totally plugged up and was in pain. I ended up in the emergency room, where they said the eardrum was bulging and there was blood at the bottom of it. They prescribed an antibiotic for an ear infection. I stopped taking cipro, but bladder symptoms came back. I took cipro again and also started the antibiotic for the ear. When the cipro wore off, the ear was completely better. I took another dose of cipro, and the ear pain and ear ringing immediately started again. I also had some muscle pain while taking cipro. | F | 53 | 3 days 500 mg 2X day | 1/15/2011 | 1 | bladder infection | In '09 had a bladder infection. Cipro prescribed. Legs started hurting within a day or two of starting. By end of week couldn't climb a ladder to finish painting room. Toughed it out till med was gone and started getting better. A week later broke out from head to toe in huge, itchy welts. Stomach hurt a lot. After a week of agony was finally diagnosed with Stephens Johnson Syndrome--allergic reaction to cipro. Dr. said my stomach was in same shape as my skin. Had to take steroids for a number of weeks to stop the insane itching. Nearly drove me nuts. Have never been the same since. Doctors told me never to take Cipro again under any circumstance. | I've heard of others who had the same experience with Cipro. I wouldn't touch it again for anything. | F | 69 | 10 days ? 3X day | 1/6/2011 | 1 | Urine, Sinus and Chest Infections | I have very severe pain in my right achillies. I did read the warnings and thought it an odd reation, so when i woke up at 2am this morning unable to sleep due to pain in my right leg, and walked to the bathroom, i feel like my achillies is about to go | Not sure if my chest infection is worstening or if this is a result of the drug too, it is now 2:40am and will have to call emergency gp tomorrow (sat) to get another antibiotic. Pain in my right ankle is really bad. Glad i read the leaflets so i knew this had something to do with the tablets as i think it is a very odd side effect - and i'm not sure why it is or how it can affect it, but i know if i had not read the leaflet i would have carried on taking the tablets and wondering why i was getting worse! | F | 44 | 1.5 days 500mg 2X day | 1/7/2011 | 1 | sinus infection | within an hour of taking the first dose I started to hurt all over. joint pain, muscle pain,back pain and headache. kinda like I had the flu. | I only took 2 doses and stopped once I called the pharmacy and they told me that this could be a side effect as well as tendonitis..It has been 2 days and I still am in pain and continue to hurt all over. My doctor says that he does not think that my symptoms are from the cipro. Hope that is goes away soon and would not ever take this drug again. | F | 36 | 1.5 days 500mg 2X day | 1/8/2011 | 1 | sinus infection | lower back pain unable to walk and not able to get out of bed | has caused me so much pain all over | F | 50 | 10 days 500 mg 2X day | 1/12/2011 | 1 | Kidney Infection | I went to the doctor because of one thing. When I got there I was told something else - that I had a kidney infection. (I don't believe this to be true). While at the hospital I was treated with one bag of levaquin and a ten day supply of cipro. I had the bag at the hospital took one pill that night at bed time and another the next morning with breakfast. By the afternoon of the second day (two pills in) my entire body hurt and I could barely walk. I went from marathon training to difficulty walking even to the kitchen. I only took two pills and have not taken another in 3 weeks. | Does anyone know when the pain will go away and I can go back to running? | F | 30 | 1 days 2X day | 11/16/2010 | 1 | suspected gastroenteritis | extreme lethargy, loss of coordination, extreme fatigue, extreme dizziness | Cipro should be taken off the market for good. This is a strong, strong antibiotic. I wound up in the ER after sever abdominal pain, and the GI doctor prescribed Cipro. Never again. I slept for 12 hours on this, and woke up still feeling exhausted. I'm 19, and in college. I shouldn't be sleeping 12 hours and bedridden. This medicine is ridiculous. Finally called the GI and he told me to stop taking them. | F | 19 | 6.5 days 500 mg 2X day | 12/10/2010 | 1 | UTI | heart palpitations, high heart rate, high blood pressure, after the "non-cardiac related problems" went away i started having bad insomnia, chest tightness, severe chest wall inflamation, "heavy" throat feeling, shortness of breath, upper left abdominal pain, heartburn, hip pain, stomach "burning" sensation after meals, eye pressure, floaters, memory loss, dizziness, pain underneath belly button, neck and wrist aches, trouble concentrating, fatigue, forehead pressure. | this drug is toxic. i use to be pretty healthy before i started taking it, never had any health problems. i feel like im sixty now. some days its not that bad, other days i don't want to get out of bed. almost every doctor i've seen that has performed numerous tests (bloodwork, two x-rays, urine samples, etc) had blamed stress and anxiety, not the cipro. i've contemplated seeing a couple specialists...but then asked myself, "what's the point ?" they'll probably say they can't find anything wrong with me and link these problems to depression, i also find it pointless because i've read numerous stories by patients who have had problems with cipro like mine and they've been told the same thing just about. there aren't any drugs such as ibuprofen or tylenol that will help much and trying to get as much rest as possible won't relieve any of these long term side effects. completing simple tasks is hard sometimes and i feel like any moment i'll drop dead or start having a seizure. every week there seems to be a new problem and i guess i'll have to get use to it until i can find some type of "fluoroquinolone poisoning washing out of system" thing to take, or maybe one day it will all go away but i don't think that will happen anytime soon. | F | 20 | 2 weeks 500mg 2X day | 12/10/2010 | 1 | Sinus infection | Felt as if my body was tearing apart from the inside. My legs swelled, bruised, and I could barely move after finishing the dose. Insomnia. | I have never felt anything like this pain before, ever. I was diagnosed with Lyme disease/Fibromyalgia but nothing compares to the pain that I have felt since taking Cipro. Every part of my body where there are tendons is screaming in pain, feels tight, pops, and blistered. I cannot move without painful cracking and my body has swelled substantially. I cannot sleep due to the pain or the insomnia which I now have. I went to my doctor after suffering these symptoms and she refused to acknowledge that it was the drug that was causing my ailments and suggested that I see a psychiatrist. I did not take her recommendation and instead visited a homeopath who treated me for the drug's effects. I came out walking and moving with less pain, but still have milder versions of the symptoms 2 weeks later, it seems to get worse when it is cold. It will take time for my body to remove it from my system, as according to the Warnings reactions can happen months after finishing the medication. I really feel that this drug is dangerous and do not recommend it to anyone. If I had not had a homeopathic doctor treat me for the side effects I would be bedridden right now. The doctor who perscribed the medication refused to admit that there was a problem, eventhough I had brusing and swelling. I was walking like someone in their 90's before I went to the homeopath and came out walking much better when I left. It was like night and day. That's how I know it was the medication. | F | 29 | 10 days 250 2X day | 12/8/2010 | 1 | kidney infection | -Severe tingling and weakness in hands, forearms, and feet (I can hardly type) -Severe fatigue -Severe vertigo (I lose balance when I stand up) -Achy all over -Joint pain and popping | I am so disgusted that my doctor prescribed this drug to me without providing me information about the potential side effects. I did some research the first day I started taking it and had serious reservations, but thought I would try because my doctor has always been pretty good. I am on the fourth day of a seven day cycle and will not take any more of this medication. When I first started feeling some of the noted side effects, I contemplated the possibility that I was perhaps paranoid from reading about potential side effects; however, after a few days I am feeling really sick and there's no way any sort of trepidation about taking this drug could produce such overwhelming physical manifestations - I feel like shit and a lot worse than I did before I started these pills. This drug is criminal and I am so worried about the long-term side effects. | F | 29 | 4 days 500MG 2X day | 12/9/2010 | 1 | UTI | Developed POTS syndrome and am now unable to work or shop or take care of myself. Its been 8 weeks, I really hope this goes away. The FDA should pull this drug. | The fact is, some people have a reaction, and some don't, just like any other drug. However, if you are one of the unlucky ones, you may be disabled for life. Thats quite a gamble when there are plenty of other options out there. The people out there who are mocking to those of us whose life has been ruined just because they "missed the bullet" are uneducated and heartless. I am not writing this review to vent, I am writing it so that someone else does not have to go through what I am going through. DONT TAKE THIS DRUG. | F | 28 | 2 days 500mg 2X day | 12/9/2010 | 1 | UTI | Six hours after taking my first dose I suddenly became violently dizzy and equally violently nauseous. As the EMT’s noticed “this isn’t normal vomiting”. The ER fixed me up, but I had NEVER experienced anything that left me feeling like I might be dying, but one dose of Cipro and I now know that feeling. AVOID! | F | 52 | 1 days 1X day | 12/16/2010 | 1 | uti | Bloody stool. Pain in right side .throat became shore. Nauseated. Belly hurt after taking couldn't eat. | This drug was recemended formy uti. The er doctor also said my thrg it than oat was little red. He tested me for strep didn't have it. So he gave me his drug. I have felt wrose taking this than when wasn't. Today I noticed bloody stool and right side pains. When I started taking it it upset my stomach I couldn't eat or set without it eritating me. My throat.has gotten shore now and constantly thursty. I hope and prayothers readng this do not go threw with taking this. | F | 19 | 7 days 500 2X day | 12/21/2010 | 1 | UTI | Only took 5 pills out of a prescription of 20 for UTI. I had a headache for 2 days and today I became extremely ill, nauseaus and vommited. I haven't been sick at my stomach in many years and am otherwise very healthy. I will not be finishing this drug as it just makes me very sickly. | F | 55 | 2 days 500 MG 2X day | 12/23/2010 | 1 | food poisoning | Made me very ill - dizziness; headache; other while I was taking it; weeks later have had DVT; knee sprain (have MRI next week); shoulder displaced. Not a weak person - have worked out regularly for years right up until I got sick. | Would never take this drug again and now very worried about my knee - swollen and in chronic pain but didn't injure my knee it just came on suddenly. Working to find out what is wrong. Not sure of the cause but can't think of anything else that would have caused it. | F | 60 | 3 weeks 500 mg 1X day | 12/25/2010 |