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 | UTI | After taking the first pill, I had oozing pain in the thigh of my right leg. Also chills were coming through my body. I had hard time sleeping with the pain. When I went to the doctor with UTI, a pain was in the right side, where the bladder is located. I took another pill after 12 hours and the pain still persists on my right leg. The doctors office was kind enough to call and find out how I was doing. When I mentioned about having pain in my right leg and thigh, they said stop using and sent another prescription of antibiotics. The UTI symptoms stopped but, the pain still persists. Cipro is not the way. | F | 30 | 1 days 2X day | 12/27/2010 | 1 | Prostatitis | Tendon pain, disorientation, felt very weird, rapid heart beat. I only took one pill and called the doc and said this won't work. They gave me bacterium. That seemed ok, then had side effects on it after 2 weeks. Not sure where to go next. | I'm a runner with chronic Achilles tendinitis, so the first pill sent my tendon into severe pain mode....wow. I've very in tune with my body, so after one dose I threw them in the trash. | M | 54 | 1 days 500 2X day | 4/14/2010 | 1 | UTI | Horrible anxiety, heart racing, fever, first travelling twitching in the legs, then constant sharp pain in the knee. | This is the worst thing that has happened in my life. I took only 2 tablets but the damage to my knee is done. I stopped taking it but the pain is so sharp, I can't sleep. I'm devastated. I read all these negative reviews and I'm so depressed. I'm an athlete. If I can't treat this pain, all my dreams will be crashed. Please please please if anyone knows how to reverse the damage this drug has done, please write what to do. This is horrible. I don't recommend this to my worst enemy. It should be taken only if you are dying. I can't believe the doctor did this to me. The doctors say it will clear but it doesn't. I don't know what to do. | F | 25 | 1 days 750mg 2X day | 4/15/2010 | 1 | UTI | Tendonitis in ankles, knees, elbows, wrists, shoulders and muscle twitches all over, weakness, muscle aches in calves, depression. 70% of symptoms went away after 1 week. 2 months later I write this and have to say I have good days and bad days. My symptoms could be in different joints on different days. All of my joints pop a LOT but most of the pain is gone. I can run again usually w/o knee or ankle pain. I still have muscle twitches all over my body. Things seem to still be SLOWLY improving. | I usually have "good" days a day after taking magnesium, fish oil pills, a capful of apple cider vinegar, tons of water, calcium supplement, olive leaf extract, cranberry juice, healthy food. I have used Reiki (japanese energy healing) on my left achilles tendon and it was a lot better the next day. Try everything. I think staying mobile helped me but rest does too. - I'm not a doctor so this may or may not work for you. Sometimes I think diet coke makes it worse. Could be a coincidence. I'll update at 6 months. | F | 23 | 1 days 500mg 2X day | 4/17/2010 | 1 | possible chest infection | tinnitus, dizzy,nausia,feeling strange, | will never take this again,puts you off going to the dr, | M | 65 | 1 days 500 mg 2X day | 5/7/2010 | 1 | uti | extreme dizziness, racing heart, blurry vision, anxiety. about 6 hours after the 1st pill my heart rate was measured in the er at 150 bpm. my hearbeat regularized after 3 hours. i am still extremely dizzy. | this is misery. 1 pill and 27 hours later dizzy with blurry vision. i am drinking tons of water and hoping this crap will subside. it's a shame that the risks are so huge. if you knew that standing at an intersection gave you about 1/7 chance in getting injured by a car you would avoid that street corner. taking antibiotics seems to be like standing on that risky street corner. | F | 37 | 1 days 250 1X day | 4/18/2010 | 1 | prostate infection???? | Cipro affects the bodies ability to regenerate collegan. Basicly it turns healthy tendons into string cheese. The way I recovered was to keep active. If you can't walk -crawl. If you can't crawl-roll. Everytime you make a movement your body replaces the protiens in the structure. Cipro blocks this regeneration. Eventually the body will rid itself of this chemical poison. How long is a individual cases by case situation. I have been there too-lying in bed wondering if my shoulder will rip out if I lie on my side. Feeling like my heels are made of steel balls clanging on the carpet. Afraid to step down a stair in fear of ripping my heel tendon. Here are some tips-Walk down the stairs backwards. Try to get into a pool-water resistance will help. Eat protien-egg whites for those amino acids. Please don't give up. | M | 47 | 1 days 500 1X day | 5/7/2010 | 1 | Slight tonsil infection | NEVER had any problems with antibiotics. This drug almost killed me! After the first dose I felt tingling in my fingertips but didn't connect the dots. I took another dose before going to sleep and woke to a different world: my fingers hurt, my fingertips had small razor-like scratches, the skin was completely dry and my joints hurt. I stopped taking the drug, called the doctor but he brushed me off and advised to finish the package. Luckily, I didn't listen to him. On the second day, in the evening, my toes started to hurt and I hardly could walk. I called another doctor and she advised to go to the hospital. Late at night I waited for 4h but didn't see any doctor. I went to another GP the next day, insisted on a full blood test, and spoke to a doctor who had heard of Cipro before. She sent me to a neurology specialist who said that my nerves might have taken a hit and that there wouldn't be a treatment. I'm no 5 days down the line since stopping Cipro after only two tablets... and | Should be banned! Forever! | M | 47 | 1 days 500 mg 2X day | 2/15/2018 | 1 | diverticulitis | About 20 minutes after taking my first dose, I experienced a feeling of faintness and anxiety. My neighbor came over and took my BP and it was 178/105. Normally my BP is very low, 110/60. She called the hospital and they told her to keep my lying down. After the first responders came I was put on Oxygen and my BP continued to be high. I went to the hospital by ambulance during this time I was very tired and slept. My BP was very irratic going from low to high while I rested. I was realeased from the hospital that day with a "reaction" to Cipro. | I do not think that Cipro is a safe drug and should not be prescribed. | F | 57 | 1 days 500 MG 2X day | 5/27/2010 | 1 | UTI | The pain in both of my Achilles tendons started about 4 hours after taking Cipro. Next morning I went back to my doctor and she changed the prescription to Macrobid. Since then, the pain has intensified and now all of my joints are aching. My lower legs including the Achilles tendons are extremely painful, I can only walk with crutches. | This is a terrible drug. I was very fit before taking Cipro, I used to race internationally. Now, I can only pray and hope that I can get out of this. I will update my experience with this drug in the future. | F | 52 | 1 days 1000 1X day | 5/27/2010 | 1 | cold and ear infection | heart started racing, abdominal pain, vision impairment, feet started freezing, sharp and excruciating calf and leg pain, unable to walk on right leg | I was prescribed this drug by the doctor because I had a bad cold. I took 1 pill and immediately started feeling like bad. My heart started racing, I was getting abdominal pains and my vision was blurring and was sensitive to light. I took another one that evening, not linking the drug to the symptoms and then my heart started racing again and my feet went freezing and my legs started paining and cramping up. I called the doctor and told him I thought the Cipro was the cause and he blamed it on my cold. I told him I wanted off of that antibiotic and he reluctantly agreed. The next couple of days my calves for worse and worse until I was limping and then could no longer take any weight on my right leg. I have been out of work and at home trying to recuperate for over a week now. My leg is feeling a bit better but I still cannot walk properly. DO NOT TAKE CIPRO AND IF YOU HAVE STARTED GET OFF OF IT RIGHT AWAY. THIS DRUG IS A POSION AND IT WILL HARM YOUR BODY. DOCTORS AND BAYER OUGHT TO BE ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES. THEY HAVE SOLD THEIR SOULS AND OTHERS HEALTH OUT FOR A FEW BUCKS. | F | 29 | 1 days 2X day | 6/2/2010 | 1 | Cough | This drug should be banned from the market. I took one dose of it and had the following: 1. Skin rash with slight hives 2. Swelling of feet, behind kneees 3. Anxiety and shakiness 4. Had to be treated with benedryl and Prednisone | WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THIS DRUG. There are many other safe choices that would not give you a reaction!!!! | F | 48 | 1 days 250mg 1X day | 6/8/2010 | 1 | SUSPECTED UTI | The Dr. prescribed cipro XL 1 pill a day I told the pharmacist I cant' swallow pills and can I chew this she said no it's a 24 hr time release pill so she gave me 2 regular pills per day saying I can chew them. When I got home I read the warning she printed for me and it mentioned the liquid dose so i called her back and she agreed to give me the liquid. The liquid came in a box with a spoon and to my shock it came with a paper about 2 ft by 2 ft full of warnings. The pill form did not come with this paper. I started reading and got very nervous so I forced myself to take 1 dose last Sat night. Then I started check the drug out on the internet and I freaked. I called the pharmacist and asked if I was to have a bad reaciton would it be after the first dose and she said NO it would be after the 2nd dose. So for me there was no second dose. The next morning I wake up with pain in my left back near the wing. Eventually it went away. The next day - yesterday night I started feelin | F | 50 | 1 days 500 MG 2X day | 2/23/2010 | 1 | UTI | While taking antibiotic: 34 hrs of insomnia and I NEVER have sleep problems. 1 - 6 days after taking Cipro: moderate tendinitis in achilles tendon, wrists, ankles, knees, fingers, toes. Joints popping in knees, ankles, back, shoulders. Weakness, muscle spasms and twitches in arms and legs (and sometimes face) a few times/minute. I'm 23 yrs old and was perfectly healthy! | Welcome to the world of human greed. The makers of this drug know damn well they are ruining lives but it puts money in their pockets, as well as more money in the med industry for all the follow up tests, treatments, and drugs people need after CIPRO. I'll post 6 months from now with an update on if it improved or worsened. Praying for and visualizing improvement. | F | 23 | 1 days 500mg 2X day | 3/9/2010 | 1 | PROSTATE PROBLEMS | Upadate on my cipro experience. I took 1 500 mg pill last July. I imeadiately felt pain in my achilles tendon and stopped taking the cipro. My tendons became very sore while my heels bruised. My knees popped and felt like my shoulders could tear out just moving my arms. I kept active-walking, stumbling, I just felt that moving these tendons would keep manufacturing new tissue. Well 8 months later I have recovered almost completely. I still get sore on the bottoms of my feet. I even can run again. I don't feel any diet really helped. i tried bone broth for the protien. It was time. I confronted my doctor about cipro. He just had a dumb look on his face. My advice is keep hope alive and stay active any way you can. | M | 46 | 1 days 500 2X day | 3/18/2010 | 1 | UTI | Nervousness, tremor in my right hand, tendinitis in right leg, back pain, weakness, headaches, abdominal pain, cramping, anxiety and swollen throat. | I have taken this drug in the past many time without any problems and this is the first time I have experienced any side effects. | F | 27 | 1 days 250 2X day | 3/24/2010 Patient History | 1 | UTI | Exactly 1 week ago, I took 1 tablet and within 90 minutes I was having intestinal bleeding-blood coming out every time I went to the bathroom! Also I was walking back to the bed and began having dizziness, nausea, cold sweats and then began the worst faint I,ve ever had(I've fainted a few times before and this was very different.) I made it to the phone to call 911 but couldn't dial for the disorientation. I laid on the floor praying not to die, holding the phone as I passed out. My husband rushed home to take me to the ER but we knew this was a medication reaction and we waited to see if I would get better.After half a day of bloody stools and just blood coming out- the bleeding stopped. I was very tired with chills for a few days and discomfort in my esophogus,stomach, but especially my bowels. Thank God I only took that one pill! Praying not to have long term gastrointestinal damage.I can still feel discomfort in my bowels after a week. | Many people can take this medication without any side effects but if you have never taken it before, like any medication it can be a killer or do long-term damage. There are too many websites telling the dangers but too few doctors are aware. This drug has too many serious side effects. Please use with caution if at all! | F | 45 | 1 days 250mg 2X day | 3/27/2010 | 1 | -possible- UTI | This happened on 6-28-10. Not even 10 mins. after taking a pill, I broke out in itchy, red hives. From the bottom of my feet to my face. I also had red splotches all over. My throat felt a little tight, also. Went straight back to the doctor & they gave me a shot of epinephrine & benadryl. Cleared it up within the hour. I was so mad & still am!!! | Horrible drug. I'm glad my reactions weren't worse! | F | 30 | 1 days ? 2X day | 7/2/2010 | 1 | Urinary Tract Infection | so sick to my stomach I feel like Im going insane. | Do NOT take it. This should not be on the market. | F | 30 | 1 days 2X day | 8/18/2010 | 1 | UTI | anxiety, insomnia, then joint pain, muscle twitches, joints popping!, burning sensations on skin... 5 months afterward, most things have improved, some stayed the same. Just recently found out that ionic magnesium helps A LOT. The scientific literature says cipro depletes ur body's magnesium. | When I'm taking my multivitamins and ionic magnesium, my twitches have decreased a LOT, no burning sensations on skin, my joints pop less often. I'm not going off this magnesium for years. Good luck everyone. My lesson was learned: stay the hell away from western meds. | F | 23 | 1 days 2X day | 8/20/2010 |