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 | Skin infection | Severe pain in ankles, feet feel like they are freezing, sometimes get a burning/scratching sensation, cannot walk without it feeling like there is a heavy sock around my ankles | Has anyone found a way to treat this or am I permanently damaged? It has been 2 weeks since I have taken this drug | M | 36 | 1 days 500 MG 2X day | 6/17/2011 | 1 | UTI | I only took 1 Cipro, late afternoon. Early evening while walking, I had a shooting pain from the ball of my foot to my heel, then I felt something snap and had intense pain, swelling, and bruising. I still have pain 5 days later. | F | 50 | 1 days 500mg 2X day | 6/21/2011 | 1 | Epididymitis | First Day nausea, Second day vision problems, third day couldn't walk. I only took one pill and feel ruined. It has been 4 weeks and I still can't walk normally. Pain and crunching in my shoulders and elbows as well. Of course my doctor doesn't believe me at all. I was very active before this. I couldn't be more angry!! | M | 50 | 1 days 500 MG 2X day | 12/2/2011 | 1 | uti & sinus infection | Started with anxiety, then could not sleep, when I finally did doze off had violent nighmares. Dizzy. And this just after 1 dose 4 hours previous. I read it should not be prerscribed with ansaids, I take Meloxicam every day. Was on Bactim which was working to slowly, which I will go back to and hope it just does the job, no more Cipro for me, no side effects from the Bactrim and had taken in 4 days. | It may work for some people, but my doctor should have caught the mixture of ansaids and Cipro and prescribed something else. | F | 56 | 1 days 500 2X day | 9/17/2011 | 1 | Infection | 10 days after taking Cipro I developed pain in right shoulder and elbow. One week after that I tore the right gastrocnemius. Shoulder, arm and hand swelled and was very hot to touch. The calf muscle is healing but shoulder is seriously damaged. I resumed light activities 1 month since taking the drug and have just started physical therapy. The therapist has worked with Cipro patients and explains I have significant inflammation and trauma. It will be a slow recovery process with alot of wait and see. I still cannot lift moderately heavy objects, range of motion in right arm is diminished. I've just started heel raises and some light jogging. This drug is horrible. Just prior to taking it I was doing front handsprings with no trouble at all. One week after taking that drug, I couldn't open a can of cat food. | F | 45 | 1 days 250 mg 2X day | 3/30/2011 | 1 | infection | I had severe abdominal pains, vomiting multiple times, and unable to sleep as a result. I have never had this reaction to any other antibiotic. I asked my doctor for a different precritpion. Absolutley horrible experience. | F | 31 | 1 days 500 mg 2X day | 3/2/2011 | 1 | Kidney Infection | low blood pressure (90/60), slow heartbeat (50 bpm), weakness in the joints (especially the knees), visual hallucinations | Had a kidney infection from Prilosec OTC shutting down the acid pumps in my kidneys as well as my stomach. I was pissing blood so I went to the hospital and they gave me a ten day supply of Cipro. Went home and took one and immediately begin to feel side effects. It started with visual hallucinations while looking at a tv screen, then weakness in my joints to the point I could hardly grab anything or stand up. I took my pulse/BP and they were both scarily low(50 BPM and 90/60). Immediately stopped taking this poison and went to sleep. By the grace of god I woke up the next morning back to normal. DO NOT TAKE THIS POISON FOR ANY REASON | M | 23 | 1 days 30 1X day | 3/8/2011 | 1 | UTI | I was prescribed Cipro last year as i'm allergic to Sulfa drugs and my condition worsened as soon as i started taking it. i got severe migraines and was limited to bedrest for two weeks. Went to ER and they sent me back with another med. Nobody realized i was having debilitating migraines because of Cipro. Last week i had same infection and my PCP prescribed Cipro again. I took one pill at night and woke up with severe headache. took morning pill and continued to have headache, back and neck pain all day today until i checked this website. It finally dawned on me that it is because of CIPRO! | never taking this antibiotic again. | F | 33 | 1 days 500mg 2X day | 3/8/2011 | 1 | Diverticulitis | Bless ALL of you for this site and your comments. I am SO SORRY for all of you that have suffered horribly at the hands of this poison. You basically saved my life. I was prescribed this 'medication' yesterday for accute diverticulitis. I took only 1 (one) 500mg dose and had a terrible headache. Then i couldnt sleep last night, even with Ambien, which was strange. I woke up this morning feeling generally terrible with a bad headache, jawache, general malaise. Pain behind my eyes, feel jittery. So, I thought darn - could I be having a reaction to this stuff? Then I found this site and was floored. I can't believe it is still legal, it has hurt so many people so badly. | I immediately stopped taking this thanks to all of you. Luckily I only took one pill yesterday and am starting to slowly feel better. I flushed the rest and will be having a 'conversation' with my doctor about this poison. I think it is a horrible shame that the FDA, which is supposed to be protecting us allows the continued sale and use of these poisons. I have occasional accute knee pain due to knee reconstruction that occasional warrants narcotic pain meds. It is like trying to slay a dragon to get a few pain meds to manage the pain for a limited duration. The FDA makes it almost impossible to get these, but they allow doctors to hand this poison out like they are chicklets. I found the same thing with anti-depressants. I sometimes have generalized anxiety attacks and take lorazepam which works wonders. I am constantly being pushed to go on tons of anti-depressants. I tried em once and it's like someone performed a lobotomy on me. Just makes me sad. Bless all of you and thank you - I pray that you recover. | F | 38 | 1 days 500 MG 2X day | 5/24/2011 | 1 | Antibiotic-induced colitis | Sudden red bumps on chest, spontaneous bruising on arms a month later (confirmed as side effect by pharmacist). Next year found low, dropping platelet count, bottoming at 11k - not tested for 18 months, with frequent rupturing (not caused by external injury) and bruising (especially in thighs, arms and legs). Then heavy attack of petechiae (lower legs red) and pain where Achilles tendon starts (both sides). | This is a follow-up to my 30 Oct 2010 post. Quinolone antibiotics are derived from quinine, which can affect platelets; petechiae is an adverse effect of Cipro (& ITP), as is Achilles tendon rupture. Switching to a gluten-free diet to increase serotonin raised my platelet level appreciably for the first time in 2 years, with no medication (the pharmaceutical tactic is to keep serotonin in the synapses longer with SSRIs rather than produce more). Ater what must have been lower than 11k to allow later petechiae, the count went up to 39k in a few months - the physician commented they have no understanding of the processes involved (their previous IVIG treatment had zero effect). The flourine component in this drug may also cause problems, and I am noting posts about joint weakness and collagen depletion, advising the use of MSM and other supplements. Doctors have a mindset that once a drug is "out of your system" it has ceased to cause effects, but since Cipro works to upset bacterial DNA replication, in some people it may catalyze adverse effects that are 'relatively permanent' - this is how a single pill can set so much devastation into motion. | M | 50 | 1 days 1X day | 1/27/2011 | 1 | food poisening | severe watery diarrhea, night sweats, chills, head ache, nausea, SEVERE body aches, stiff neck, weakness, dizziness, rapid heart beat, stiff sore joints, swelling/sore ligament in knee which impaired ability to walk (occurred weeks later), insomnia, decreased appetite | I took Cipro after I experiencing severe diarrhea after consuming unfiltered ice in a beverage in China. Suspecting that I had given myself food poisoning I took ONE dose of Cipro. Almost instantly the side effects set in. After one pill I was in for the longest night of my life, and I was certain I was going to die. After a sleepless night spent in excruciating pain I ended up having to be taken to a Chinese hospital (which is a horror show in its own right) by a friend who is a pharmacist. He'd never even HEARD of Cipro and when I showed him the drug information he was shocked and disturbed. I ended up being put on a regiment of berberine hydrochloride which I was skeptical of at first, but it within 15 minutes I was still exhausted and dehydrated but I was feeling instantly better. I suppose the moral of this story is DO NOT TAKE CIPRO. It is a near death experience in a bottle. | F | 21 | 1 days 1X day | 2/1/2011 | 1 | bacterial infection | Took one tablet with food this morning, and 4 hours later my face felt and looked like I had a severe sunburn. Took the pill around 8:00 this morning. It's midnight, I will not take another pill. My face is still red and skin is burning. Now I'm afraid to go to sleep. Eyes are also burning, and I have experienced some blurred vision. Don't take it. | F | 56 | 1 days 500 mg 2X day | 2/3/2011 | 1 | sinus infection | I wish I found this site earlier. I took one 500mg Cipro and within 1 hr had a disoriented feeling. Went to bed and started hallucenating. Next morning my joints were making a cracking sound and I felt sore. Next night could not sleep. 3 days post taking one pill still feel disoriented and joints are stuff. Started taking high dose calcium/magnisum to hopefully get this stuff out of my body. Sad to hear all these stories. This drug should not be used as a first line treatment with so many other options out here. Good luck to all... | M | 43 | 1 days 500 1X day | 2/26/2011 | 1 | persistent sinus infection/cold | I started taking Cipro on Saturday around noon, by 9pm and second dose my right side hip bone area was in excruciating pain, I feel like it is dislocated. I could barely get out of bed to go to the bathroom. I have stopped taking med when I saw this website. | I cannot believe the doctors are so willing to prescribe this medication when it causes so much distress. I hope we all heal relatively quickly. I just took this damn medicine for a cold/sinus infection and would rather have the cold as opposed to this horrible pain in my hip that sounds like it wont be going away any time soon. | F | 34 | 1 days 500mg 2X day | 2/27/2011 | 1 | UTI | I took this garbage ONE DAY and had body aches and muscle/joint pain so bad I could barely get out of bed. Im' 24 and feel like I'm 80 years old. | DO NOT TAKE IT! | F | 24 | 1 days 1X day | 1/3/2011 | 1 | UTI | I think I managed to get 2 pills in me before I ended up at the ER due to red blotches all over my body and horribly swollen & painful joints (knees/ankles especially). It was twice as bad from the time I left my house to the time the doctor came in the room. I couldn't even walk by then. Never had any type of reaction to an antibiotic like this before. | This happened quite a few years ago, and they put me in the hospital and tried to come up with some other reason for all my symptoms, but I was fine the day before I started taking this medication, and finding this web site has confirmed my belief that it was *all* coming from the Cipro. Never had an issue like this since. | F | 32 | 1 days 2X day | 11/4/2010 | 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 | uti | tendonitis everywhere, muscle twitches, anxiety, insomnia, popping joints... Insomnia was gone in 48 hrs. The moderate muscle/tendon pain went away after 2 weeks but flares up randomly here and there. My joints pop 8 months after taking 2 of the cipro pills. Every joint I have is creaky and pops so loud. The only thing that helps is magnesium. Cipro interferes with your body's ability to use magnesium. My symptoms have slowly morphed over time. I hope in another year I'm symptom free. Fingers crossed. It's a slow recovery. And I'm 23 and was in great shape before taking it. | GET MAGNESIUM and take it every day. If I miss it for 2 or 3 days, my joints pop more, I get really tight muscles, muscle twitches, and even a lump in my throat and trouble swallowing. Magnesium is the only thing I have found to help. Take it easy on the exercise, your joints are weakened and will wear down quicker. | F | 23 | 1 days 1X day | 11/14/2010 | 1 | Prostatitas | Everything similar to all the people who have been chemicaly poisoned. | ATTENTION: You want help-stay away from your doctor. Cipro or fluoroquinans inhibits the production of the good protiens (Collegen) in your body. This is man made chemical poisoning. Okay now what you should do. 1. Stop your F%cking medication-don't flush it cuz your putting that junk in your water, personally I'd send the crap back to Bayer and let them eat. 2.Do not take-Steroids, Ibuprofen-this is bad!!, Aspirin 3.Eat protien-Eat bone broth-go to butcher get beef soap bones-big ones with the marrow-crock pot those bad boys for a day on low. Pour off liquid let cool and skim off the layer of fat. Drink the broth-you are giving your body the amino acids to repair the collegen-tendons joints etc. 4. Keep moving-if you are stuck in a chair fall off it and roll, then crawl, then walk-go slow-you want to keep you body moving so it will stamp out new protiens for your joints. Eventually the ratio of defective "cipro innfected stamps' will decrease overtime. How much time-thats a case by case situation. 5.Get in a pool-Float the low resistance on those joints will help rebuild them. You will feel better mentally with some excercise. 6 Don't give up hope. no one will beleive you hurt as much as you do. They will tell its just age. Scew em. This is results of research and personal experience. In my opinion the majority of doctors don't know or care. The drug companies are profiting on the populas desire for pills. We don't need all these pills. | M | 47 | 1 days 500 1X day | 11/28/2010 | 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 |