CIPRO Reviews (CIPROFLOXACIN HYDROCHLORIDE)

Average Rating: 1.6 (2014 Ratings)

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CIPRO  (CIPROFLOXACIN HYDROCHLORIDE):  This medication is used to treat a variety of bacterial infections. Ciprofloxacin belongs to a class of drugs called quinolone antibiotics. It works by stopping the growth of bacteria. This antibiotic treats only bacterial infections. It will not work for virus infections (such as common cold, flu). Using any antibiotic when it is not needed can cause it to not work for future infections.   FDA Approval Date: 1987-10-22 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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Key to Ratings: 1=LOW (I would not recommend taking this medicine.)
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 1  kidney/intestinal infection Bad headache, severe lightheaded and dizziness. I was prescribed 250 mg twice a day. I developed the above symptoms after only taking the second pill. Stopped taking the pills and notified my doctor. F 64 1 days
1/12/2010
 1  Wanted to treat an "infection" ER Visit with fluids running through me until the huge whelp that was my entire body decided to subside. hives stayed with me for over a month if I was fatigued, or hot F 55 1 days
1X day
6/30/2014
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 1  Urinary tract infection Two hours after taking my first dose, I got burning pain in my right foot which lasted into the evening. On finding out this was a potential severe side effect, I called the on-call doctor who told me side effects with Cipro were rare and I should probably take my next dose as scheduled. When the dr. who prescribed it returned the following morning, I told her what happened, and she said the same thing. So I took the next dose as scheduled and 2 hours later the pain came back and did not go away. She switched me to Bactrim but the damage was done. Over the next few weeks the pain spread up the leg to my calf and achilles tendon, then to the other leg.. I also had popping of my knee joints, and during the first few weeks after taking the Cipro I also had panic attacks and crying spells. Took the better part of 2 years before I had any improvement. I still have the nerve pain in my feet. Two years of painful side effects from just TWO doses of this drug. After doing research I found out I was one of the lucky ones, I could have been incapacitated for life. This drug is the 21st century's thalidomide and should be banned immediately. M 54 1 days
250 mg 2X day
7/28/2014
 1  Uti Prescribed for uti 500 mg ciprofloxacin 1 pill every 12 hours. I took the pill with food, and drank enough water in one day that my pee turned close to clear within a few hours. I'd been told to avoid sun and stop taking my daily vitamins. I followed every instruction to the t. Within hours of the first and only pill I got extremely cold, had tooth pain, then became overly exhausted which worsened through the evening, aches that made me want to cry. Then my joints started cracking like when I'd move my fingers or lift my knee. Felt like the worst flu I'd ever had. I didn't take the next pill. That happened within the first and only pill on Friday evening. Today, Monday, my right knee where I have a floating knee cap (but hasn't really hurt since I was young) flared up like the dickens. I have random shooting pains in my arms and legs. Lightly sore like getting over a cold or sleeping too long. I started taking my daily vitamin again today. Treating the uti with d-mannose and garlic. Avoiding all but water and was already avoiding naisd's (actually all meds) even prior to prescription. Hoping to heal, these stories seem tragic. F 27 1 days
500mg
8/18/2014
 1  UTI Took this drug one time had horrible headache, fingers tingling , eyes burning, stiff neck, knees hurt, foggy feeling, crying. Just 1 250 dose. Dr said to stop taking it ordered Bactrim now terrified to take that because of this experience. Still feelings effects today. Left arm hurts, wrist hurts, tips of fingers feel different. Hear cracking in bones now. My mind is back at least, that was a very weird and scary experience. Some can handle this drug but not for me and glad I stopped after 1 dose because the damage could have been worse. Listen to your body. F 45 1 days
250 1X day
8/19/2014
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 1  Intestinal Infection Blurred vision in one eye, Heat and swelling in one eye, High blood pressure, tension headache, shooting twinges, abdominal pain HORRIBLE HORRIBLE drug. Avoid black box drugs as much as possible!! Cipro messes with your central nervous system. Had to go to the ER. F 18 1 days
500mg 2X day
8/24/2014
 1  Mucus in stool Extreme dizziness, muscle fatigue, peripheral nerve damage as though my equilibrium was damaged. Could barely walk, think, or talk in normal capacity. Tingling in hands and feet, pain in both feet, left shoulder, tendons feel like piano cords. Severe tinnitus in both ears, anxiety like panic attacks. Emotionally unstable, thoughts of suicide, and feel the damage is irreversible. Two days after taking one 500 MG I had already been planning for my last drive to the woods swan song . Had to go the ER on Sunday blood and urine test and both came back good. Most severe confusion and clumsiness I've ever dealt with.Took the medication back to the pharmacy and told them to take this off the shelf immediately, and that it kills people. He laughed at me and said they prescribe this more than any other drug. Clearly they have not been educated about how serious this debilitating drugs can affect people. Been taken off work due to this and unable to perform normal activity. Also a couple hours ag After learning more about this the Pharmaceutical companies need to make sure that whom ever prescribe this give a full and complete warning of possible and serious side effects. Three days since taking it I have to have co-workers pick me up and drive me to my appointments. Every day since I took one pill I hope and pray I'll wake up better, but nothing yet. Four days ago I was able to bench press 375 lbs easy and was running 2 miles a day 5 days a week. I'm a 34 year old fit muscular male. I'm 6'1' 230 lbs everybody knows me as the machine, and an absolute work horse, today I couldn't even do 5 push ups. I had to walk two blocks back and forth to the clinic twice today and that was just about all I could do. Good thing I have great friends they picked me up and took me where I needed to go. This life stopping pill should be completely removed from innocent people. After this experience, and if I come away from this and get back to normal, I will devote my time to making sure this poison gets removed from the market. Any person who gets prescribed Cipro please read this and understand that it can ruin your whole life.If you go to the doctor about these symptoms they will completely ignore what you say and leave you feeling helpless. Thus because they just go with what they know, or what they are lead to believe. The doctors are not to blame, the companies that make this stuff need to wake the fuck up a realize that one is not for all. In conclusion Cipro or any other Floroq M 34 1 days
500 MG 2X day
9/22/2014
 1  for a sinus infection aches and pains feeling really wierd. I have high blood pressure and it went down to 80 over 60 and even lower for several days. I would never take it again for anything. I think it should br banned. F 66 1 days
9/14/2008
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 1  prescribed for a stomach pain After taking just 2 pills on the first day, 4/20/09, I began to feel pain in my right heel. Now, just 4 days later, I can't lift my foot due to the pain in my Achilles tendon and essentially I can't walk. I looked at the Mayo website and there is no mention of these bad side effects for Cipro. How can that be? Why is this information being withheld? The medical profession and the FDA should be ashamed. Those at Bayer who work to perpetuate the deceit should be arrested. For those monitoring this site I hope you can sleep at night because your contribution to society is ruining people’s lives. Someday there will be a moment where you look back on your life and assess how you did. For doing this you will have failed. Is it really worth the money? M 49 1 days
4/24/2009
 1  Sinus infection Strong anxiety. I switched to this drug after having anxiety effects with Keflex. The first dose felt like I drank a strong cup of coffee, the second dose caused powerful anxiety and I had to stop. M 45 1 days
6/21/2008
 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  UTI Just coming out of a reaction this minute..5 hours ago I felt funny, 30 minutes ago i thought i was going to DIE. I had shooting feelings throughout my nerves, I was freezing, I was unusually scared and worried feeling. Nauseus, jaw pain and upper back pain. NEVER TAKE CIPRO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IVE LEARNED ALOT ABOUT IT IN THE PAST 10 MINUITES AND THEN FOUND THIS SITE. I WANT TO CHOKE MY DOCTOR. IM RELIEVED EVERYONE KNOWS HOW I FEEL. IM STILL SCARED TO FALL ASLEEP AND HAVE NIGHTMARES LIKE PEOPLE ARE SAYING. F 21 1 days
2/21/2009
 1  bladder infection IT’S NOT IN YOUR HEAD. THIS CAN CAUSE AWFUL SIDE EFFECTS. I went to urgent care today and received CIPRO for a bladder infection. I had had a bad reaction to an anti-biotic a year ago, but couldn't remember the name (turns out that it was CIPRO). I started taking CIPRO again, today, and felt AWFUL after the first dose and realized that these were the same horrible symptoms that I had had the year before with the same anti-biotic (which I stopped taking immediately at that time). I called the doctor at urgent care as soon as I started feeling these same symptoms today. He told the nurse to tell me to keep taking the CIPRO - that the symptoms weren't from the drug, that it couldn’t cause these symptoms so quickly after the first dose. I asked to be changed to a different anti-biotic and he wouldn't do it. He said that that it must be something else, I wouldn't be having the symptoms so soon after taking the drug. I told the nurse on the phone that if he didn't change These are my symptoms within one or two hours of taking CIPRO: muscle aches, diarrhea, nausea, fatigue, depression and a feeling of horrible malaise. All that I could do was lie on the couch and feel crappy. The doctor made me feel like it was in my head and that I was a big baby. Thanks for everyone's comments. We really have to fight for our well-being, listen to our body wisdom and demand a good quality of life for ourselves. . I haven't felt this terrible in a LONG time, and I feel very angry that the doctor was so callous to my suffering. F 57 1 days
1/5/2008
 1  Ear Infection Within a couple hours of taking the first 500 MG pill on Feb. 26, 2008, I experienced a never-before-felt sense of disconnectedness. True mental cloudiness. There, but not there. Major cognitive disruption; things wouldn't, and don't, register. Now, I am someone who is very intellectual, who lives inside my head, so to speak. I am one to notice the most subtle of changes; this was not subtle at all. I stopped after one 500 MG pill, but the mental cloudiness has remained more than a week after. Who knows what else will happen. There is no way the manufacturer of this drug is unaware of the damage this inflicts upon those who take it. They should be financially destroyed for this, but alas, we live in a world of complete corruption and wickedness. M 28 1 days
3/6/2008
 1  Kidney Infection Tingling, facial numbness, little bumps on hard and soft palate of mouth, malaise, feeling of 'not being there', pain in left heel ( heel, aching), feeling of 'looseness' in left knee. First dose, I had just had the tingles, the numbness, the bumps and the malaise. Didn't want to take second dose but it was too late to get in touch with a doctor. Second dose brought on the rest. Called doctor in morning because I refused to take a third dose. Am now on Augmentin for a 14 day run rather than the 3 days Cipro would have needed. F 23 1 days
3/22/2008
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 1  Travelers Diarrhea After treating travlers diarrhea with otc Immodium AD, I went to the doctor and they prescribed Cipro. 2-3 hours after 1st dose, I had a migraine headache, nausea, muscles aches and dry mouth. I took some tylenol and that seemed to work, so 12 hours later I took my 2nd dose of 500mg (10 pm). 3 hours later at 1 am, I awoke with severe migrane, muscle cramps, chills, nausea, dry mouth and anxiety. It was impossible to get comfortable. Sitting, laying, or walking provided temporary relief so I had to rotate throught different positions every few minutes. At 2 am I started voimitting and that lasted for about 1 hour. At 3 am I was able to swallow an excedrine migrane pill and keep it down. I laid on the floor and rotated through different positions to deal with cramps and mucsle pains. Things started to get better by 3:30am. I got up at 8am with the start of similar symptons and took 2 more excedrine migraine pills again. By 9:30 am I was feeling okay. Last bowel movement was mor This was a horrible experience. None of these symptons were present prior to taking this drug. I plan to discontinue the drug immediately. Something is wrong with this drug M 47 1 days
4/20/2008
 1  prostatis stiff neck, pain in ankles, and wrists, ringing in ears,seeing things burning eyes clicks and pops!! you guys are scaring me!!! i took 2, 500 mg of cipro. the first one wasn,t bad, felt like it was working. after the second one ,all the pain started, i stopped taking them , and decided to read the paper it comes with . i had all the symptoms. i only took 2 pills, but i still have a stiff neck. i,m not sure if it was a good idea , but i flushed myself with sea salt. i feel alot better , but still feel symptoms. i searched the site to see how long cipro stays in your system, because it say not to mix with magnesium. guess it don,t matter now does it. M 39 1 days
11/18/2008
 1  travelers diarrhea nightmares, paranoia, anxiety, depression, tight chest, increased heart rate, achy joints, dry eyes, intercranial pressure, tinnitus, dizziness, extreme fatigue I took one dose of cipro, and I feel like it is one of the worst mistakes I have ever made in my life. I never have nightmares, and I actually typically enjoy my dreams because they are so pleasant. Within a 3 hour time period I had about 5 dreams in which I was unable to talk, and woke up screaming. Eventually I sat in my bed for 2 hours, fearful to get up, and afraid to go back to sleep. Once I was able to get out of bed, once the sun came up, I had to leave my house because I was afraid to be inside. But I couldn't go far because I was afraid my house would catch on fire. Despite the fact that I knew the feelings I had were not real, I could not fight them. I have never had any kind of psychotic episode before, and typically have extremely low levels of anxiety and no depression. F 22 1 days
12/1/2008
 1  sinus infection chest/neck tightness followed by pain, joint/muscle pain, head pressure, headaches on the left side, fatigue, insomnia, indigestion, nerve pain throughout the body, blurry vision, dry mouth/throat/nose/skin This is the worst medication I've ever taken in my life. I am traumatized from this horrible experience. This is poison and not safe at any dose. How long does the chest/neck pain and tightness last? F 30 1 days
500 mg 1X day
2/6/2012
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 1  Believed had bladder infec. Severe swelling right finger knuckle, still swollen, sharp pain if forget and sttempt to use, Taken JULY 5, 2012 Powerful antibiotic - would not recommend any one take it!!! F 63 1 days
250MG 2X day
9/30/2012
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