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 |
| 3 | UTI | some stomach discomfort, because I have acid reflux and could not take antacids 6 hours before or 2 hours after. | Cipro has worked for me in the past - I like the minimal 3 day regimen. Didn't clear the infection this time though. Doc put me on Bactrim - BIG problems, stopped after 3 of 14 pills. Now on Macrobid, just took the first one. Hoping it works | F | 53 | 3 days | 9/21/2009 | 3 | Uncomplicated Lower UTI | As always with taking Cipro I start getting dizzy and heart palpitations, anxiety, and a mild head ache. Very thirsty all the time, and very hungry. Some muscular-skeleton pain especially in legs. Gas | A lot of people have been commenting about cipro being taken off the market. Cipro is one of the only broad spectrum antibiotics I can take. It gives me side effects but overall it does its job, and relatively quickly. It was approved for anthrax inhalation in 2004 I believe, and to battle such an illness you have to be strong. These complainers obviously haven't taken the Malaria pill. There's on for you, if you can keep it down long enough for it to worm that is. Overall a very safe drug to take because it's half life is 12 hours so it'll be out of your system quickly. | F | 23 | 3 days 500 mg | 7/6/2015 | 2 | Gonorrhea | I've noticed during and after taking this medication that I haven't been feeling my best. Immediately after I had a loss of appetite, nausea, dizziness, extreme fatigue, depression, very gassy, diarrhea and sort of a burning feeling in my arms. My doctor told me to take probiotics to balance out my digestive tract. Not sure if it will fix everything else. They made it seem as though these side effects are rare. It also triggers my anxiety a whole lot more. | F | 21 | 3 days 500 MG | 8/26/2014 | 2 | UTI | flu like symptom, fatigue, restlessness, fast heart beat. felt awful. | Still having pain in the lower back and burning sensation after urinating. Need to go back to the Dr. Please no CIPRO. | F | 43 | 3 days | 6/28/2009 | 2 | bladder infection | sore joints | have been on cipro for three days, but previously been on Furantoin 50 mg. for 2 months before that for bladder infection, now stopped it to take cipro for 10 days than I have to go back on Furantoin. I keep getting bladder infections, nothing seems to totally take it away, I also have M.S., I personally think that's the real cause. | F | 56 | 3 days | 8/15/2009 | 2 | Sinus Infection | Within hours of taking this medicine, I felt very strange. I experienced some mild blurry vision, but figured it wasn't a big deal and continued taking it. By late in the second day I had sudden and medium to severe joint pain in my left ankle, knee, both elbows, and wrists. While putting ice on my joints I realized that I hadn't done a thing to injure them and that it might be the medicine. On the third day the joint pain continued and I'd had enough. I stopped the medicine after 6 doses at 500 each and switched to Augmentin- which was fine. | I think some of the posts about cipro here are a bit over the top, but really if you have a reaction don't be afraid to ask your doctor to switch to another medicine! Also, it's been a week since I took the cipro and I'm not having any joint pain whatsoever so I don't think there will be any lasting effects. But who knows if I had continued on taking it? | F | 27 | 3 days | 12/6/2008 | 2 | possible UTI | FATIGUE FATIGUE FATIGUE. | I think I react badly to this particular class of antibiotics. I have taken Cipro before and had some fatigue but not like this. This time, I slept for 4 hours in the middle of the day on the second day of taking Cipro. I have had UTI's before and usually do not feel so completely drained and in a state of brain fog as this. I also had trouble staying alert while driving to the grocery store. I have taken Levaquin in the past and the reaction to that drug was MUCH worse. When I took Levaquin, I literally fell asleep at work in the middle of typing on the computer. The Cipro fatigue is more a sense of feeling weighted down or "blah." It does work to cure the UTI's but I am not sure if I can continue taking it through for the full 10 days. I am only on day 3 right now. I also have some odd twinges in my joints and that happened in the revious times I took Cipro as well. I have (so far) not had the permanent, lasting effects that some have | F | 38 | 3 days | 11/28/2008 | 2 | UTI | heartburn, tachycardia, lightheadedness, nervousness/anxiety, panic attack, sleeplessness, fatigue, indescribable sense of "something wrong" | Recently (April 2010) I got a sulfa-resistant UTI and my doc put me on a five-day course of cipro. Three days into it I had a scary episode of racing heart, lightheadedness, hyperventilation, feeling like I was going to pass out, and a creeping sensation that something was going wrong with my heart. I'm not sure if anything actually WAS wrong or if it was purely a panic attack, but, whichever, it was a bizarre set of symptoms (I have never had a panic attack before). I discovered that walking briskly improved the symptoms. For the next week I had a string of episodes like this. I did not get any of the tendon or muscle problems described by others and my symptoms vanished rapidly as soon as I went off cipro. Fast forward three months, I get another resistant UTI, and I still have a few cipro left - so I take them - yeah I know, stupid. Day 1 was fine; on day 2 I got the sleeplessness and free-floating anxiety; on day 3 I got the lightheadedness, the about-to-pass-out feeling, bad heartburn, tingly face, aha, now I know for sure it's the cipro. The list of symptoms doesn't quite convey how creeped out I feel - this weird body-wide anxiety like I've eaten a toxic mushroom and can actually feel my major organs slowly breaking down. On the plus side it did stop the UTI dead in its tracks. If you have to take this, don't take it for more than 3 days. | F | 45 | 3 days 500mg 2X day | 7/15/2010 | 2 | UTI | First day noticed an intense pain in my left knee , after 3 days all my body hurt like if i'm getting a cold , but the worse is that I have develop a severe yeast infection , don't know what to do ? | F | 40 | 3 days 250MG 2X day | 8/26/2011 | 2 | UTI | It stopped my period. Who would have thought it? I have no idea how an antibiotic could do that. I'm not sure what to do about that or what effect it has had on my hormones. I think it is getting rid of the UTI I currently have, but at what cost? I feel so sore with aches and pains around my knees, ankles, feet, etc. I didn't want to take this particular drug, but the bacteria in my bladder just didn't all die off with the last antibiotic I took. | I don't think doctors know enough about CIPRO and don't warn patients about what they're prescribing. It shouldn't be legal to have something this harmful commonly used outside of a hospital environment with life-and-death situations. | F | 35 | 3 days 250 mg 2X day | 9/9/2013 | 2 | M | 3 days | 5/17/2004 | 2 | cellulitus | This antibiotic did not stop the activity of the infection. The cellulitus continued to spread resulting in a emergency hospital visit where an different antibiotic was administered thru an IV. | This medication's side effect was a severe headache. | M | 57 | 3 days | 1/7/2003 | 2 | UTI | dizziness and lightheadedness, fatigue and drowsiness, nausea, feeling like something was caught in my throat, occasional abdominal discomfort, my legs feel funny - heavy or sensitive or antsy, I'm not sure how to describe it. Fits of crying, but that might have been from my frustration with never getting a straight answer from the doctor. | I was supposed to take this for ten days, but I had my doctor prescribe me something else to finish off my treatment. Though my UTI cleared up in about a day and a half, I felt awful, and hardly got off the couch. The pharmacist said these were symptoms of an allergic reaction, and to inform my doctor of this in the future. | F | 25 | 3 days | 7/12/2005 | 2 | UTI | Although this medication got rid of my UTI I would NEVER take it again due to the side effects I experienced. I felt dizzy, drowsy and weak and could not get off the couch for three days. I also lost my appetite and had to make myself eat very small meals which I don't think helped with the weakness. I also felt anxiety at times. I am on my third full day of being OFF cipro and I still don't feel 100%. I am 33 years old and typically make it to the gym 3 times a week--not happening this week as I still feel a bit weak and tired. I am hoping to feel back to myself by next week. One other thing to note is that I informed my doctor that I was still feeling a bit tired, weak and still had a loss of appetite (w/loose stools) and she took a stool sample to make sure I did not get another bacterial infection FROM cipro called C Diff. Still waiting for the results--needless to say I am hoping it comes back negative. Are you kidding me? Getting a bacterial infection from an antibiotic | F | 33 | 3 days 500MG 2X day | 3/7/2013 | 2 | UTI | First let me start with saying that I have an anxiety disorder. My UTI didn't clear up on another drug so the doctor tried Cipro. I had been feeling tired after sleeping and Cipro really seemed to help on the first day. My energy was back and I was doing chores. However, had a panic attack on day 2 and nervous and agitated on day 3. Doctor said to discontinue. Again, I already had anxiety, Cirpo seemed to make it worse. | F | 46 | 3 days 250 MG 2X day | 5/26/2013 | 2 | Sinusitis | Severe headache, anxiety and neck stiffness on left side. | F | 65 | 3 days 1X day | 2/25/2012 | 2 | UTI | mild allergic reaction that came in waves and subsided (itchy scalp and arms, and redness/sensitivity of palms of hands and bottoms of feet); persistent GI problems (sharp abdominal cramps, acid reflux, indigestion, nausea, bloating); fatigue; pain in hips and knees | Cipro seems to have cleared this UTI but at a major cost. I am particularly concerned about the lingering GI distress, which is disabling 2 days after finishing this drug. With all the research on the human genome, scientists should be able to identify the genes that make some individuals likely to have an allergic reaction or be susceptible to drugs' adverse effects (for example, because they metabolize them poorly). Understanding the underlying biology of adverse drug reactions should be a priority of medical research, and testing for such susceptibility should be available to patients. | F | 65 | 3 days 500mg 2X day | 12/13/2011 | 1 | Urethritis | Bilateral Achilles tendon pain on day number 2 within two hours of taking the second dose of the day. Difficulty falling asleep. Both of my feet tingling below my ankles. A sense of unsettlness. I had used CIPRO in the past without difficulty, so I had no quarrels starting this round. I reported the side effect to the FDA, and so should you. We need to have a better statistics of the true side effects of CIPRO, or any other med for that matter. Go and report your symptoms, otherwise, there will be other poor souls that will suffer: https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/medwatch/medwatch-online.htm | M | 43 | 3 days 500 mg 2X day | 1/10/2012 | 1 | uti | Life over. Permanent brain damage. Cognition destoyed, severe nuerological problems in brain. QEEG testing shows extensive disruption in the occipital lobes of by brain. This toxin crosses the blood brain barrier which can destroy more than just GABA function, other things like neurons can be damaged if not outright destroyed. I took this in 2009 when I was 28, I have not recovered and it is now 2012 and I am turning 31. | think these comments aren't true? think I'm a hypochondriac or making this up? Okay then smart guy, just you keep taking these kind of drugs then, see what happens. You'll get yours, eventually. PS I take NO pharmacuetical drugs to deal with any of this. They'll not get a cent more of my money and anyway, all pharamacuetical drugs are poison. | F | 30 | 3 days 250mg 2X day | 1/7/2012 | 1 | KIDNEY INFECTION | THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I'VE TAKEN CIPRO, BOTH TIMES WERE 3 DAY REGIMENS. I AM ON MY THIRD DAY NOW AND WONDER IF THE KIDNEY INFECTION WOULD BE BETTER THAN WHAT THIS DRUG DOES TO ME. I FEEL LIKE I AM NOT THE ONE INSIDE MY OWN BODY. I'M ANXIOUS AND TIRED AT THE SAME TIME AND I CAN'T FOCUS ON ANYTHING BESIDES HOW EXTREMELY DIFFERENT I FEEL. LAST NIGHT I STARTED GETTING EXCRUICIATING PAIN IN WHAT I BELIEVE TO BE MY SPLEEN. I COULD HARDLY STAND UP. TODAY I AM STILL IN TERRIBLE PAIN AND WALKING IS TROUBLESOME. I AM IN MY EARLY 20'S AND FEEL AS IF I NEED A WALKER TO HELP ME BE MOBILE. ALL I CAN SAY IS I WISH THESE SIDE EFFECTS GO AWAY AFTER THIS LAST DAY OF PILLS. I'VE NEVER EXPERIENCED A MEDICATION THAT WAS THIS HORRIBLE. | ASK YOUR DOCTOR FOR SOMETHING ELSE. THIS DRUG IS NOT WORTH IT IN THE LEAST BIT. | F | 24 | 3 days 500 MG 2X day | 12/29/2011 |