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 | SEVERE Allergic Reaction!!! restlessness, dizziness, lightheadedness, insomnia, nightmares, hallucinations, manic reaction, irritability, tremor, ataxia, lethargy, joint stiffness, hiccough, photosensitivity/ phototoxicity reaction, flushing, fever, chills, angioedema, edema of the face, neck, lips, conjunctivae & hands, blurred vision, disturbed vision (change in color perception, overbrightness of lights), decreased visual acuity, diplopia, eye pain, tinnitus, hearing loss, bad taste.... it just goes on and on... | Taking Cipro was the worst experience of my life. I have had issues with UTI's and my new doctor thought it would be a good idea to try out Cipro during an especially bad UTI. She failed to warn me of any symptoms or adverse reactions, simply said it was "the best", I never went to her again. After the first day, a fever devloped and it felt like my body was shutting down. Nearly all of the side effects I listed were present by the morning of the second day. I had to go to the emergency room that afternoon to find out it was a severe allergic reaction. I immediately stopped taking Cipro and was put on a milder antibiotic to treat the UTI. The symptoms/side effects lasted for 2 weeks after I stopped taking Cipro. I had to walk with a walker/cane for the first week after I stopped medication as I was not able to control my leg muscles efficently and would fall down when I tried to walk unassisted. I developed a bad rash in every pit/cravas (armpits, buttock, behind knees, ne | F | 25 | 2 days | 4/20/2008 | 1 | sinus infection | dizziness and vomiting | I took 2 doses of cipro and became so dizzy i could barely get out of bed. i spent the day vomiting. its been two day and i'm still dizzy and have an upset stomach. Back in november i took levaquin for 7 days 500mg and have joint pain in my knees. I have never had knee issues before taking this family of antibiotics. I would not recommend it to anyone. Its too risky. | F | 35 | 2 days | 3/29/2008 | 1 | UTI | ankle (achilles tendon) pain and stiffness, leg pain | This is a continuation of the previous rating. Although in the past I never experienced symptoms, this time I experienced lots of pain and stiffness in my ankles. I was extremely worried after reading the black box warning of the drug, so I stopped taking it after the third dose and asked to be switch to a different antibiotic. Looks like I'll have to deal with the macrobid tearing up my stomach. But still would rather have stomach pain than damage that could last me the rest of my life. I hope there will be no lasting damage this time. Pain lessened after my last dose, but 24 hours later I'm still a bit sore and stiff. | F | 23 | 2 days | 12/1/2008 | 1 | Bladder Infection | Awful pains in arms, hands, shoulder, neck... complete stiffness and aches. At times they felt numb and tingling. Vision was not right. Headaches. And major anxiety attacks with paranoia. | I would never ever recommend this drug to anyone. It really is poison in a bottle. I seriously thought i was going crazy the first couple days until i researched the side effects and immediately quit taking it. It's been a few days since I've been off and still experiencing some side effects. Very scary medicine. | M | 28 | 2 days | 11/24/2008 | 1 | pneumonis | I took Cipro for two days, 500 mgs twice daily. On the second day, which was Christmas day, I started having muscle spasms and pain in my left shoulder and scapula. Within hours I was in the most excruciating pain I have ever felt in my life, and I am a dougle lung transplant recipient and did not have this much pain. I could not even get to the ER, because the pain was so severe when I would move, that my family didn't want to try to put me in the car. The next day, I decided to research the side effects of Cipro, and realized that the pain I was having was due to this medication. I contacted my physician and he advised me to stop taking it, which I did. The pain has subsided but is still there. I hope that it will resolve itself | DONT TAKE CIPRO NO MATTER WHAT. | 59 | 2 days | 12/28/2008 | 1 | bladder infection | calf pain so bad i couldn't walk, I took it for 2 days 4 pills until I looked up side affects. I stopped taking it 3 weeks ago and still have really bad pain in my legs. I could bearly walk today, I was limping. | I would not recomend this to anyone. | F | 51 | 2 days | 12/31/2008 | 1 | UTI, kidney infection | horrible rash all over my body on the 3d day after taking Cipro even next day after stopping taking cipro the rash got worse, spread all over my body: legs, buttocks, arms, neck, feet, hands swollen feet, skin: itching, burning, hives, petechia nausea, dizziness, loss of appetite horrible | DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG! | F | 43 | 2 days | 1/27/2009 | 1 | uti infection | shoulder pain...neck pain and also stiff,little nausea...prescribed 250mg. | GO HERBAL | F | 23 | 2 days | 2/6/2009 | 1 | UTI | nausea, loss of appetite, loss of taste, headache,rash, leg pains, numbness in feet, hands,face, tongue, arms, diarrhea, sleeplessness, anxiety, panic attacks,extreme nerve pain | When these symptoms hit me on Jan. 23rd after 2 days of taking this medicine someone recommended me this site. I'm amazed almost 2 months later how many MORE negative comments there are, and how SIMILAR they are to what I'm STILL going through. I was also on Prednisone. Cipro activates your immune system. Be VERY careful with this drug. It will be a slow painful recovery. I don't know why you would even want to try it. It's miserable. | F | 28 | 2 days | 3/22/2009 | 1 | Diverticulitis | Tingling, numbness and weakness in my arms and legs, a burning sensation like a sunburn or chemical burn on my chest, back, arms, legs and face, joint pain, feeling of skin crawling and burning tongue. Being outdoors in the sun is even uncomfortable. I only took it for two days (4 pills) and I'm still having these side effects even though I stopped the medication 6 weeks ago. Some days are worse than others. I have no idea why. I've taken this drug at least twice before with no side effects. At least none that I remember. | When I realized that my symptoms could be possible side effects from Cipro, I read the insert again that was given with the drug and saw that it was rare, but nerve damage was possible. It said if it was caught early enough, it could be reversed. I freaked out and went to the emergency room right away. The doctor had to do some research on Cipro because he had not heard of anything like what I was experiencing. After 20 minutes or so, he came back and told me there have been a couple cases like mine, even after one dose. He did no tests at all, but referred me to see a neurologist. Days later when I saw her, she did a nerve test in the office and sent me out for some bloodwork. Two weeks later when I went back for my follow up appt., she said everything was normal and that the burning tongue could be hormone related since I am peri-menopausal and that the other symptoms would hopefully disappear eventually. It's very frustrating to think a drug that is so common, can be this ba | F | 50 | 2 days | 7/2/2008 | 1 | Kidney infection | Extreme fatigue; persistent headache; light sensitivity; vomiting; nausea; strange, unsettling dreams; hallucinations; depression; general feeling of being poisoned. | I am a healthy, fit person in general. I was absolutely stunned by how ill I felt after 2 days on CIPRO. First dose was on Thursday evening; terribly sick dreams Thursday night. I coudn't move all day Friday. No appetite. General malaise. Thought I saw some strange furry animal in my kitchen! OK -- that did it. I called my doctor Saturday morning to get the prescription changed to a different antibiotic and had to end the call because I needed to vomit. Now taking Keflex -- no problems. By the way, CIPRO is the drug of choice for anthrax. You can bet I will never take CIPRO again. | F | 51 | 2 days | 3/15/2009 | 1 | UTI | My second day on 500mg Cipro. I have very bad lower abdominal pain now, feel weak, like I been beat with a baseball bat. Usually very active & workout. I can barely get the stamina to run the vacuum. Took Keflex prior, no problems but did not cure UTI. So I am trying to put up with this torture. | Thinking about cutting pills in half for a lower dose | F | 36 | 2 days | 6/12/2008 | 1 | UTI | Morning after I took 1st 500mg Cipro, my left hip upper leg hurt...didn't equate it to Cipro...so I took the next dose, pain was getting worse in my hip. Took the third one and the pain was so bad I googled "leg pain cipro" and found this site. I can barely walk without serious pain...hip just gives out no warning and SEVERE pain. Obviously stopped taking Cipro. Hope this wares off. taking antiinflammatory in hopes it will counteract. Pharmacist said she'd never heard of leg pain with Cipro...yeah..right...The pain is excruciating. I hope this goes away now that I've quit taking it. | only took a total of 3 pills 500mg. Pain started the morning after the first one. Wish I'd known then before taking two more. | F | 55 | 2 days | 5/16/2009 | 1 | UTI Infection | Extreme bloating, nausea and insomnia | I took this for a UTI and quit after 2 days. This medicine is horrible. Now I have had extreme bloating, nausea and insomnia for 3 5 days and I only took this poison for 2 days. It should be banned and Bayer should be sued. Do Not TAKE I wonder if I will ever get better. I have always just been prescribed a sulfa medicine before for my UTI. Symptoms would go away immediately. Why are they prescribing this horrible medicine. Do the doctors get a kick back. | F | 54 | 2 days | 4/11/2009 | 1 | c diff | After 3 500 mg pills, complete fog, exhaustion, strange dreams. Very Itchy skin. Stopped taking. Next day, the SEVERE joint pain began. First in shoulders and thumb. Unable to lift arms due to pain. Unable to drive. Pain Migrated to knees, neck, ankles, hands, lower back. Unable to open jaw very wide...then trouble closing.Pain Moving approx. every 24 hours. Unable to make a fist. Right wrist EXTREMELY swollen and very hot. Pain walking, actually causing limping. | It is two weeks today since I took the 3 pills. The doctor was COMPLETEly dismissive of blaming the cipro, until he WITnessed the size of my wrist...he acted like I had been making it up before that. Now I've got his attention. Two courses of pred with no effect. Hives break out in the pm. Benadry and claritin have helped. Still experiencing migrating pain in joints, but have not had a SEVERE attack like early on in shoulders and hand. Counting this as improving. Perfect health before this, athletic. Praying for all that are suffering from this drug. There is no treatment or cure, just time and luck...every case is different. Take it only if your life depends on it. Even if you are okay with the original exposure, you may be injured in the future with the next exposure. | F | 21 | 2 days | 4/17/2009 | 1 | UTI | Where do I start?...with slight stomach upset, bad muscle/overall body weakness, difficulty breathing and fatigue following my first dose, and then graduating to some very severe and bizarre symptoms: extreme weakness to the point it was difficult for me to lift my arms, extreme mental confusion (That was probably the worst part. I was having jarbbled thinking and trouble figuring out how to do basic things like pour a glass of water, when I was feeling okay an hour or so ago), difficulty concentrating (I felt like I couldn't put together one clear thought or focus on what I was doing), anxiety/nervousness, restlessness, mild carpal tunnel pain, vision change (everything seemed slightly blurrier, but it wasn't too bad), stiffness, body pain, an overall feeling of terrible heaviness, including of the chest. It felt like the medication was damaging my body; like it was eating away at my muscles or something. I felt like death, just a lifeless feeling at my best moments on this drug. | Something about this drug doesn't seem right; It’s too strong and I shouldn't have this many side effects after taking it for such a short time. I even took a strong antibiotic once called Rifampin with worse side effects listed than this, and even had some of them, but it wasn’t as bad. I don’t want to continue a prescription that seems to be doing damage to my mind. I’m feeling better after being off of it for almost thirty six hours, but not completely yet. Hopefully I will, and may others too I pray. Please, somebody, get this drug off the market or provide more severe and detailed warnings with it. If that had been done, I might have thought twice before taking it. And then if people still want to risk their health they at least have the knowledge before they decide. The side effects listed on the paper that came with this drug did not prepare me for what I actually experienced. I am concerned for future patients who are given this and take it with | F | 26 | 2 days | 9/3/2008 | 1 | UTI | My wife took this for 2 days and only took 4 250mg pills total. She wrote a suicide note last night and woke me up and told me she was going to die today. Now she has been up for over 46 hours and hasn't slept she's like a zombie and can't hold a conversation. The emergency room thought she was just crazy. This is a nightmare. We have 2 small little girls and she barely knows they exist. I don't know what to do. Please Pray for her. | I'm her husband | F | 25 | 2 days | 12/14/2009 | 1 | kidney infection | paranoia,body aches, anxiety, attacks of fear and distress | If you get this message before you take Ciprofloxacin then bin them immediately. I only took them for 2 days and that was 2 months ago and have only just started feeling normal, you will think that you are dying and that the world is coming to an end. What a nasty,nasty evil poison. | F | 39 | 2 days | 1/3/2010 | 1 | uti | anaphylaxsis(severe allergic reaction) which required me to call 911, paramedics saved my life, spent all night in the ER | i have severe anxiety and depression since taking cipro | F | 50 | 2 days | 1/11/2010 | 1 | Uti | EXTREME burning in the vaginal area that wasn't yeast or bacteria, extreme fatigue and dizziness. Random pains and muscle twitching. It's been 4 wks and burning is gone but still weak, dizzy, stomach upset etc. DO NOT take this class of drugs!!! They are terrible. I'm terrified. I've taken it many times before unaware of side effects til now. | F | 35 | 2 days 500mg 2xd | 10/30/2013 |