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 | Bladder infection | I only took it 2 days and had horrible side effects. I was dizzy, numb face and mouth. My heart was racing and I felt like I had a bad flu. My ribs had a burning feeling and my whole body ached. It has been 9 months since I have taken it and I am still not back to how I was before the medicine. I still have back pain and just don't feel 100%. Have had all kinds of tests run and cannot find anything wrong. It has to be the cipro. | F | 40 | 2 days | 7/20/2009 | 1 | prostatitis | tinnitis; stinging/shooting pain sensations all over body on skin; headache, total loss of appetite, nausea, very sore achilles tendons, popping shoulder, knee, wrist joints; throat felt 'thick' (not sore, but uncomfortable; almost like it was slightly swollen); definite increase in 'eye floaters'; stinging tongue that gets coated much more quickly then it did previously (possibly changes to my saliva glands?) lots of anxiety (but whether that is due to the side effects or the med itself, I don't know - not that it matters). | 6 weeks after taking the cipro - I've still been experiencing the 'thick' throat feeling, occasional neuropathy, loss of appetite/ nausea. It has now been over 6 weeks since I took two ciprofloxacin tablets (total 1 gram of drug). I am so glad I stopped taking it immediately (started having bad headaches and ringing ears after the first day of use). I've had a much better day today and yesterday, however - possibly due to my increasing my calcium levels (drinking more milk; eating 'tums' as calcium supplements - not sure what the science to this is, but if there was fluoride in my body causing these problems, i know that calcium binds to fluoride and perhaps inactivates it. the neuropathy has largely abated for now; that ridiculous 'thick throat' feeling has gotten *mostly* better as well. still recovering in the appetite department. For the first time yesterday and today I am feeling like my old self again. I will keep up the calcium supplements for the next few weeks. I definitely wouldn't be taking calcium if I didn't think it was helping, as I have a propensity to form calcium kidney stones. But I'd rather have the threat of a stone than the crap I've been dealing with for six weeks on the ciprofloxacin. | M | 26 | 2 days | 10/30/2009 | 1 | UtI | 2 tablets and I couldnt sleep had pain in my legs. They switched me to Macrobid and then the trouble really started. Cipro was still in my system too and after 2 tablets of Macrobid I had to go to ER. Severe pain in my kidney area, anxiety, dizziness, nausea, horrible horrible headache-all severe symptoms. They thought I was passing a kidney stone. All tests were fine-it was Cipro and Macrobid-all this after 4 pills. I felt as if I were poisoned. Now after 5 days, I have pain in my hands and my foot. I am still an athlete and if I get a ruptured tendon or nerve damage from these antibiotics, I dont know what I will do. Warn everyone you know about these antibiotics. | F | 60 | 2 days | 10/5/2009 | 1 | Sore throat | The worst back pain ever, shortness of breath and just genuinly felt like I was slowly dying. I am so so scared and just cant stop crying reading these reviews. | It's awful. Really really awful. | F | 26 | 2 days | 11/13/2009 | 1 | Bladder and Kidney infection | Ankles ache, Left elbow aches, tops of feet ache and are stiff, pains in legs, can't stand for long periods of time, legs tingle, ankle joints ache/hurt. Muscles make popping sounds a lot now | I took 2 dose of Cipro in 24 hour period of time - 2x 500. I stopped after starting to feel side effects. Took Cipro on 10/13/2009 and 10/14/2009. It is 10/18/2009 and I still have side effects. No one advised me of black box warnings. | M | 34 | 2 days | 10/18/2009 | 1 | Kidney Stone | I was given Ciprofloxacin 500 mg & told to take 2x daily. The first day I started having tingling in my legs and by the second day I could hardly move my legs because my knees became extremely stiff and painful. I am a healthy & active 27 yr old that has never experienced any pain in my legs before taking this medicine. I did not take the medicine on the third day and called my doctor and pharmacist. I am now taking Bactrim with less serious side effects. It's been 4 days since I stopped taking Cipro and I am still in pain! Not too mention my entire body has started to making a "popping" noise whenever I move! | Do not take this medicine!! I am extremely upset that this was prescribed when there are far less risky drugs to clear up infections. With all the bad things I found out about this drug you'd think someone would take it off the market. | F | 27 | 2 days | 10/24/2009 | 1 | UTI | Nausea (very bad) couldnt eat, tingling and numbness on face hands & feet, Anxiety, severe back pain near ribs, IBS, headaches, neck pain (like cramps) lip numbness, confusion and fatigue. | TERRIBLE! Have been taking for 2 and half days, stopped because I felt it was the Cipro making feel so sick, I went to ER last night and Dr, gave me different medication to treat UTI. I couldnt take the back pain & heaches and thought maybe it was my kidneys. All of a sudden I have Anxiety and all the symptoms I described above. I did a search on cipro and found this site and now Im scared. how long will I have these problems. Nausea isnt as bad as its been last few days ( I ate twice today) had Diahrhea, headache still all day and pain still there. This is day 2 of not taking it. For the past few days I've been feeling like I'm deathly ill. No energy and very depressed. Today, I recall taking Cipro a few years ago and after one day I felt so sick & I went back to Dr for different meds, totally forgot. NEVER AGAIN!!! | F | 36 | 2 days | 11/26/2009 | 1 | possible bacterial pleurisy | carpal tunnel feelings in both arms, knee pain, thigh muscle pain, tingling in feet, sweaty palms, anxiety, lack of appetite, slight nauseated feeling in head, stiff neck, low back pain, stiff shoulders, ringing in ears, high-pitched beeping sound in right ear, feeling of never getting better/never recovering | My doctor blew me off and told me to take Tylenol for the pain and said it will go away. Funny - I've been off of it for 4 days and have had NO releif. I am so afraid that I'll never get better. | F | 33 | 2.5 days | 1/7/2010 | 1 | UTI | I was prescribed this poison to treat a possible UTI. I took 500 mil twice a day for 2 days and one pill the following day. My legs began to ache something awful. I walk 5-6 miles a day and it alarmed me terribly to feel this pain. I immediately took myself off it and the following day was still in pain and also had very swollen ankles. My legs looked like a 90 year old with heart failure. Scared me to bits. This stuff is awful and really needs to be distroyed for good. | After being off it cold sober for 3 days my legs still hurt and are swollen, especially ankles. Does this ever go away? Signed: Scared in the Desert. | F | 48 | 2.5 days | 1/24/2009 | 1 | food poisoning | dizziness, then joint/tendon pain a day or so after finishing the course(stopped early after reading these posts/getting dizzy), some muscle spasms but these seem to be fading. knees and achilles felt very tight as did shoulders, like i was made up of brittle rubber bands. still feeling weird but a bit better. | Same story as many of you--even asked the pharmacist if I might have any side effects and she said, "um...you might get a little dizzy". Some meds recommendations: I'm now taking magnesium to bind whatever's still in my system, fish oil for the joints as well as glucosamine (which takes longer to take effect), potassium for the muscle cramping, aloe vera juice to flush my system, and a 2-week cleanse (not just intestinal) to get these toxins out of my system. 36 hours after starting fish oil I'm feeling better (not 100% yet) but it could be that as some folks have said these symptoms fade after a week or so. Even if this is my reality for the rest of my life I'll do my best to accept it and adapt, as that's all I can do! | F | 30 | 2.5 days 500 mg 2X day | 3/24/2010 | 1 | UTI | 46y female, Hx UTIs (generally treated previously with Bactrim). After about 2 1/2 days of Cipro, I had joint swelling in my fingers and my knees bilaterally. I could barely walk it hurt so bad. My legs felt like I could pop them they were so swollen. Bending/stairs were very difficult. The finger swelling went down almost immediately after stopping the meds. My knee swelling went down but the ROM limitation stayed and the pain is moderate at times. When I experienced a severe upper resp. infection about a month after the UTI, I was put on Amoxicillin. I again experienced severe joint swelling/pain in my knees extending down my legs bilaterally. I had taken Amoxicillin previously over my lifetime now and then without any problems...now a reaction? Another Dr. worked me up for Rheumatoid Arthritis after seeing my swollen legs (negative) and I did obtain some relief of pain/swelling with Naprosyn. It has been about 3/4 of a year since all of this and my knees have improved but I still f | Drs. continue to prescribe this generously and tell me they haven't heard of these types of problems. I believe my arthritic-like symptoms all stem from my initial Cipro exposure with that UTI infection last winter! | F | 46 | 2.5 days | 8/29/2006 | 1 | PAROTOTIS | woke up after taking taking 3 doses with painful shoulders- as day went on knees and neck began to have problems | I went to a doctor who was on standby for my PC. He diagnosed the condition by feeling my ear and taking my temp. He actually googled the condition to check out the proper antibiotic and came up with Cipro. Only asked weather I was allergic to any antibiotics. Never told me the drug was black boxed by the FDA. I had a partial kidney removal 1 year ago for cancer and have a inoperable rotator cuff tear. I have many skeletal problems and after reading posts like this and the drug warnings and starting to hurt in all the spots referred to I stopped taking the pills. THIS DRUG IS A TIMEBOMB WHICH SHOULD ONLY BE USED IN A LIFE OR DEATH SITUATION. | M | 59 | 2.5 days 500 MG 2X day | 3/17/2013 | 1 | UTI | severe anxiety, joint pain, muscle spasms, ankle pain, insomnia, panic attacks, like I had the flu. | Would not take it unless life or death situation, 6 weeks later my ankles still hurt. NEVER had ankle pain in my life. | F | 36 | 2.5 days 500 2X day | 6/13/2012 | 5 | UTI | Anxiety, wakeful sleeping - I woke up this morning with a positive, relaxed outlook after spending the last two days quite anxious (on Cipro, 500 2x@day) took my morning dose - anxiety returned - I now am sure that the Cipro is causing it - knowing that makes it OK - it's curing my UTI! | F | 54 | 3 days | 8/10/2006 | 5 | diverticulitis | Dry mouth | I've taken this many times, it's fast and effective | M | 41 | 3 days | 7/7/2006 | 5 | UTI | Slight Insomnia,Headache,Grogginess,Heartburn | I thought Cipro did it's job very well. My UTI cleared up within days. I also now have clear toenails... and it cleared up my acne to a large degree. I am very happy. The side effects were mild except the heartburn... it was way too strong. I tasted the pills in my mouth all night, as well as acid and a chalky taste it was gross. | F | 25 | 3 days | 10/14/2008 | 5 | UTI | NONE | I took Cipro in 06 & again this month for 3 days of 250mg pills twice daily. I was terrified to take it & when I couldn't stand the uti anymore, I broke down & took the pill & awaited all these terrible side effects. Nothing happened except the pain, pressure & the constant need to void went away! | F | 47 | 3 days | 8/7/2008 | 5 | UTI | None. My urologist said to quit after 3 days. Had taken 2 courses of Macrobid before but UTI kept coming back. Cipro knocked it out and it hasn't come back (been a few months now). | Mostly negative reviews are going to be posted in a place like this. I think that makes it's usefulness very questionable. | F | 57 | 3 days 500 2X day | 2/21/2010 | 5 | UTI | I have not a single complaint, cipro work extremely well, no side effects, and I had a realy bad infection and terrible pain. | F | 44 | 3 days 500mg 2X day | 9/28/2010 | 5 | Bladder/Kidney Infection | No side effects. | Went from in miserable pain from the infection to feeling wonderful in just a few hours. After 2 weeks of being sick as a dog from the UTI infections, I took Cipro and it killed everything off that was hurting me. I took it both on an empty stomach and after eating, it was always the same. Never any side effects. Felt like a million bucks. Would take it again any day. This was wonderful to take, considering I have IBS and EVERYTHING bothers my stomach, and this caused me no troubles at all. | F | 30 | 3 days 2X day | 10/3/2011 |