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 | Diverticulitis | Systemic Tendinopathy within 24 hours of first dose. Bilateral Achilles Tendinitis. Peripheral neuropathy in left index finger. Ringing in ears. | 10 weeks later, I have had to cut back on my work (personal trainer) and am unable to exert myself in activities of daily living without tendon inflammation. I have no idea if these symptoms will resolve in a year or if this will be with me for the rest of my life (or if it will get worse). Cipro has saved lives, but it should be a drug of last resort - the price I am paying is too high :-( | F | 49 | 2 days 500 mg 2X day | 5/24/2013 | 1 | sinus infection | Nausea, Muscle spam, Insomnia, Anxiety, Headache | Cipro has to many serious side effects. Doctors should think twice before they give a prescription for Cipro, only if there is no other option. This antibiotic has a black label warning from the FDA... There are other alternative antibiotics on the market. | F | 42 | 2 days 2X day | 2/11/2011 | 1 | Diarrhea | I was prescribed Cipro by a doctor because i had had bad diarrhea for a full week and it was getting worse (blood, etc..) Started taking Cipro and was warned that it may make my Achilles tendons hurt a little. after 1 day my left knee and my left hip/pelvis/lower back were in more pain than i've ever felt in my life. Trying to get out of bed and go to the bathroom with bad diarrhea is hard enough, but trying to keep things in while trying to strain my body against pain is nearly impossible. i have messed myself 4 times since being on Cipro because the pain just made it impossible not to go while in transit. After seeing this forum, i'm going to call my doctor today and demand a new medicine.. i just hope my body goes back to it unpainful state. i would definitely avoid this drug. | M | 32 | 2 days 500 2X day | 2/17/2011 | 1 | urinary tract infection | On the second day I had a nasal hemorrhage. Not just a bloody nose - blood coursing down the back of my mouth so fast I couldn't swallow. Went by ambulance to the ER. They cauterized my nostsrils, packed them, and sent me home. In a few hours, the same thing happened, again sent home. And then a third time. Each time I went to the ER they asked me what medications I was taking. I told them cipro. After the third time, I did some research and saw that nasal hemorrhage is a rare side effect. Not one of those ER Drs cared enough to do the same. I stopped taking it and the bleeding stopped. This happened in 1998 or thereabouts. Don't remember the dosage, etc. I now list cipro as a drug I am allergic to. | F | 63 | 2 days 2X day | 1/5/2011 | 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 | Bladder Infection | Horrific graphic real nightmares. Restlessness and anxiety. | I will never take another drug again without reading the warning signs first. I have been awake all night and have experienced 7 - 8 horrible nightmares, night sweats, anxiety and restlessness. This drug is not for me. | F | 50 | 2 days 500mg 2X day | 11/19/2010 | 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 | stomec cramping , pain , nauseating , | don't take it if you have other obtions ! | F | 53 | 2 days 500.00 2X day | 12/27/2010 | 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 | Suspected infection | Broke out with hives like i was having a severe case of the Chicken pox this stuff is extremely dangerous please please please reconsider | M | 44 | 2 days 750 mg 2X day | 4/29/2011 | 1 | UTI | After the 3 dose, my legs started to feel 'weird'. I started having problems walking and I felt pain in my achilles tendons. I exercise every day and when I went to the gym, I found all I could do was walk 2 miles per hour on the treadmill, I usually run at 6miles per hour. Everytime I tried to increase the speed my legs, knees felt like they were going to give out. I spent 30 minutes on the treadmill and went back to my job. After 1 hour, I started to feel nausea after eating 2 crackers, then I felt like I was fainting and started sweating and felt so bad that I had to lay down on the floor. After 30 minutes, my nausea passed and I left work and went to the ER. I could barely walk, my legs were so weak, I had shooting pains in my achilles tendon, numbness and pins and needles feeling from the knee down. My heart , blood and liver checked out ok at the ER. I was not taking any more CIPRO. The next day, I am at home resting and the side effects are isolated to my knees down. I am | I took 3 doses and then when I started to feel the side effects , I looked up CIPRO and read the black box warning. I have asthma and take steriods and MY DOCTOR NEVER TOLD ME the warning. She never told me any of the possible side effects. I just got off the phone with her and told her that because I take Advair/steriods she should have never prescribed this medicine. The black box warning states not to take in combination with corticosteroids but my doctor stated that since Advair is inhaled corticosteroid it is not included. I told her that I disagreed and that my symptoms fit exactly with the warning. She said this happens in less than 1% of patients and thats why she prescribed it for me. DO NOT TAKE THIS CIPRO unless you will die without it. I went from running 3 miles at 6miles per hour to walking like an old lady in TWO days of this medicine. I am so worried and it was not worth it for a UTI that I could have taken another antibotic. | F | 40 | 2 days 250 MG 2X day | 5/26/2011 | 1 | uti | after 2 doses, stabbing sharp pain between right ankle bone and bottom of foot; swollen knees and pain; weeping sense of depression after one dose until i exercised next day. woke up after 4th pill w/ numerous stabbing pain in right foot, same place; rash. called doctor and got off cipro and on another antibiotic. hopefully four pills won't cause permanent damage. will see how things go. take this drug off the market. | F | 68 | 2 days 300 2X day | 5/7/2011 | 1 | stomach pain | widespread tendonitis, weakness, crawling feeling in forearms, joint pain, severe muscle aches. I took this two years ago and am still having trouble standing, walking more than a couple of blocks, doing any rep fine motor activities, lifting objects etc. | This is a very toxic medication. It should only be taken if you have failed many other drugs. I frankly would rather die than take this medication ever again. I went from being very healthy and active to disabled just from five pills. | F | 32 | 2 days 500 MG 2X day | 3/31/2011 | 1 | sinusitis | severe headache, couldn't walk w/out help, dissorientation, couldn't sleep, then numbness/tingling in hands/legs, loss of strength, joint pain, memory loss, nervous system damage, loss of motor skills, difficulty talking, mild depression, tinnitis, temperature sensitivity, vertigo, labral tear in hip from bending leg. 4 years later and I can't walk w/out difficulty. I still have balance issues and nervous system damage. I used to be very active; jog, ski, pilates, etc. | DON'T TAKE THIS DRUG! IF YOU HAVE A REACTION LIKE I DID YOU WILL REGRET TAKING IT FOR A VERY LONG TIME. | F | 50 | 2 days 200 mg 2X day | 3/19/2011 | 1 | UTI | Chills and fever developed with severe headache, muscle aches, joint pain that are persisting, but slowly improving. Emergency room doc thought I had the flu, but flu swab was neg. Will never take this medication again. I go to Zumba 3 x a week, but have been unable since this all began. | F | 58 | 2 days 500 mg 2X day | 3/20/2011 | 1 | uti | Dr at walk in clinic prescribed me Cipro. From the the first pill, I noticed that my jaw started becoming tight and stiff, and some dull pain. I thought it might have been all in my head. From the second pill, I noticed more pain in other parts of my body, like my feet, legs and arms, neck, shoulders. I continued to take it, especially since it was very effective against the uti, but after the fourth pill I knew I couldn't take this anymore (and especially after reading lots of stuff online about the effects on your tendons and the long term effects that many people have for life). My legs were paining me. My feet ached. My knees hurt. My arms and hands had shooting pain. It was like someone beat me up or I had been in a car accident. I was even limping. I went to a different dr today, and she told me this shouldn't be given for a uti, unless several other antibiotics didn't work. She didn't seem to know anything about the tendon side effects, and it seems no doctors or pharmacists take this seriously at all. I still have pain today, and I am sore all over. I am worried that I will not go back to normal, as many people haven't who took even less of the pills and dosage than me. I hope to be one of the lucky ones. This medication should not be dispensed. It should be taken off the market. I warn anyone to not ever take this medication. I am a young (28), healthy, and fit woman, and this happened to me. The side effects are way more common than you'd think. | F | 28 | 2 days 500 2X day | 8/29/2011 | 1 | UTI | The first day I felt only slightly nauseuos. The next morning I felt pain in my feet I have never felt before. I took a total of 4 pills on 7/13 and 7/14. I am STILL in pain. I felt popping and clicking in my left heel. I am still having that. Now I have additional pain in the top and left side of my left foot. I also have an overall weakness after taking Ciproflaxacin. | I usually go to the gym regularly. I was taking spin classes, TRX classes, Zumba, and more. I had trouble taking a WALK the other day. This drug is POISON. I was not made aware of the side effects before taking it. I would NEVER have taken it if I was. I figured it was like any other antibiotic. I thought it was safe to use. It isn't. So now what?! It is July 28th and I am still suffering! How much longer is this going to affect me? I wonder if my left ankle and foot are the worst of it, or are there other symtoms lurking that have not come out yet? STAY FAR AWAY from this drug! This drug has ruined me. | F | 45 | 2 days 250mg 2X day | 7/28/2011 | 1 | for a UTI | HOSPITILIZATION, huge rash all over my body, shortness of breath, gall stones that lead to a gall bladder removal, pain in my legs and swelling in my ankles and feet, the most unrest in my head, just gross. I was in the hospital for 4 days. They never put people in the hospital anymore | it sucks. | F | 33 | 2 days 200 2X day | 7/14/2011 | 1 | Kidney infection | Severe anxiety that included panic and akathesia (restlessness that would not allow me to sit down), worsened depression (I have depression, but this made me much worse and very suicidal), severe insomnia. Finally calmed down and slept after 4 days of not sleeping at all. Weakness in legs. Trouble thinking straight and worsened ADD. | This drug should either be taken off the market or used as a last resort. Also there should be clear warnings on the label about not taking the drug with NSAIDS such as Ibprofen. I didn't learn that the two were contraindicated until it was too late. Apparently NSAIDS keep you from breaking down the drug properly which can allow it to build up to toxic levels in your system. This drug should also never be given to people who have conditions such as depression. If you have a toxic reaction to this drug the best thing you can do is get glutathione (a detoxifying amino acid found in our bodies) injections. That is what I did and it helped tremendously. Recommended glutathione dose is 600mg 3 times a week. Must be injected for full benefit. Cipro deeply imbeds itself in tissue which is why detoxifying right away to prevent further side effects and damage, is so important. I feel like I'm still having some trouble thinking straight, but I think most of the other side effects have cleared up. I found the following two websites helpful for support in my healing: fqvictims.org/fqvictims/index.htm and www.survivingcipro.com/. If you've had a toxic reaction to this drug, detox yourself like crazy, stay positive, eat well, don't scour the internet for horror stories. True, this drug has injured people, but reading those stories won't help you stay positive which is critical for recovery. People do recover. | F | 26 | 2 days 200 mg 2X day | 6/26/2011 | 1 | UTI | its been 5 weeks since I took my last dose of Cipro and after two weeks I could finally walk SLOWLY with a LIMP as my left knee is damaged. Before taking this drug, I could run 3 miles, now I can only slowly walk for 15 minutes and I have CONTINUOUS pain in my feet, ankles, legs and knees. I only took 3 pills! This is an AWFUL drug. | Do Not Take Cipro. Ask your DR for another Drug. The DR will downplay the warnings and when you get the side effects they DONT CARE and there is nothing any Doctor or Drug can do for you now. Just time and prayer. | F | 40 | 2 days 250mg 2X day | 6/28/2011 |