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 | Kidney Infection/UTI | Body aches, tenderness in all muscles, fatigued, itchy face and lips, headaches and extreme neck pain. | This was the second time I've been prescribed Cipro, the first was to take with me on a Mission Trip to Brazil (in case we got sick)...well we did and I took it. I've been fatigued ever since, at times so badly I could hardly stand the pain walking up the stairs. I am a very upbeat energetic person (morning person at that) and I've totally lost interest in any activity becaue of the pain. Had to go back to the docs for a UTI/Kidney infection and just finished another dose...I wish I had found this website first. I'm worse now than before and I was just starting to feel better. I never associated all this with the medicine, I just assumed I had picked something up during the Mission Trip. It's very upsetting to think I might suffer another several months of these side effects...as it is my family is suffering along with me because "Mommy is not herself". :o( Praying that God will fix this through some other means. | F | 39 | 5 days ? 1X day | 10/19/2010 | 1 | epididymis | tingling in hands and feet, sleeplessness, stomach ache, breathing problems. | please dont take this medication if you feel anything similar to this just stop it and call your doctor immediately | M | 34 | 5 days | 1/25/2010 | 1 | uti | Severe tendonitis, tingling, muscle spasms, panic attacks, brain fog, severe eye strain and sensitivity to light. Can't handle any stress. | This is a scary drug. I was given Cipro for the first bladder infection I have ever had. I didn't know it was hard core drug. I went from active working mom to zombie. I almost passed out while driving, thinking I was having as stroke or heart attack. One ambulance ride and multiple tests later reveal nothing. This was in Sept. 2009 and still only slightly better. Sleep seems to help the most. Doctors pretty much don't care or believe these symptoms are a result of Cipro. In my mind there is no other cause. Till now I have led a healthy life with no medical problems (other than the bladder infection - which I wish I had have dealt with the old fashion way). I have taken very few medications in my lifetime and have have none of these problems in the past. Thanks to all who have blogged about this or I would just think I was crazy. | F | 42 | 5 days 500 2X day | 2/16/2010 | 1 | UTI | Pain in left hip. Severe at night. Able to alleviate by "popping" the joint by doing karate like kick to the side during daytime hours. Seizes up at night. Sleep is impossible laying down. | Will never take again. EVER. | F | 52 | 5 days 500 mg 2X day | 2/23/2010 | 1 | UTI | loss of vision,neck pains, constant discomfort in the mid section, lack of sleep,light fever that I need to replace all my clothing and undergartments around 2am nightly, loss of muscle around my biceps and arms | After reading all the great testimonials on this drug, doctors should give you more options or refer you to a Naturopath (wishful thinking) | M | 53 | 5 days 500mg 2X day | 3/4/2010 | 1 | Kidney Infection | Nightmares, very animated talking in my sleep. Insomnia, didn't sleep at all for 2+ days.Extremely Dry Mouth/Lips. Drank 10+ pints of water daily. Bloated Abdomen (from yeast overgrowth?) Pain that Moved from one place to another (not from injuries) Involuntary Stretching at night in bed to the point of pain. Hurts to Sleep on Sides due to Shoulder & Hip Pain. Cracking, Popping of Joints many times per day, i.e. Shoulders, Elbows, Wrists, Hips, Ankles, Knees. Dizzy. Chills/Sweats. Swollen Painful Finger Joints. Stiff Joints of the Hands, Fingers, Hips & Back. Pain in Knees, Shoulders, Wrists, Hands, & Hips. Cracking, Popping, Clicking, High-Pitched Sounds in Ears. Weird Ringing only in Right Ear. Blurry Eyes. Low Backache. Extremely Tight Sore Stiff Neck Muscles, couldn't turn head left or right very far. Nothing helped, heat or ointments. Strange sensations in back of Thighs and Knees, tendons? Weak upon Standing. Very very weak Wrists, could no longer open wine bottles wi | After my symptoms started I began researching this medication online. Ciprofloxacin is a Fluorinated Quinolone. Do not take anything containing Fluoride: water, juice, tooth paste, mouth wash, medications, i.e. Prozac, Paxil, Diflucan, etc. Read everything. Find a great Classical Homeopathic doctor & get help the sooner the better! I finally found one in Portland Oregon that I'm seeing on the 26th. I have been detoxing for weeks. No Sugar, yeasts, alcohol, only organic foods, natural toiletries. I'm eating tons of Organic Plain whole milk yogurt daily. I'm on a mission to kill this yeast! Regain my Health..Don't give up! Drink tons of pure water.. reverse osmosis. Please any and everyone that's sick from this...tell your doctor, file a report...speak out. Love & Light~ Linda PS Read about the History of Fluoride. It's TOXIC ! | F | 50 | 5 days 500mg 2X day | 3/19/2010 | 1 | prostate infection | Weakness in legs and arms, becoming difficult to walk and stay on feet for very long. Loss of arm and leg muscle, overall muscle loss.....Arm muscle becoming very flabby over very short period of time..... | M | 68 | 5 days 30 1X day | 3/21/2010 | 1 | suspected kidney infection | Anxiety, depression, panic attacks. | Before I took Cipro, I used to jog 3 miles a day and had no health issues at all really. Since taking my last one last decemeber, that is over 3 months ago, I am now on sertraline and valium from my GP to try and control my anxiety and panic attacks and to be honest, they do help somewhat but I am so desparate to be normal again and cannot see any light at the end of the tunnel. The more research that I do on the fq drugs, the more horrified i am that they are still legal. Most of their class have been banned worldwide due to their toxicity and cipro is one of the handful left still in use and I am sure that it wont be long before this one is taken off the market after countless more poor victims. I cannot believe that an antibiotic has done this to me!! | M | 34 | 5 days 500 1X day | 3/25/2010 | 1 | UTI | I've Experienced migraine headaches, stomach pain,nausea, lower back pain, body ache like flu symptoms | Dont take this medicine it is poison. Ive taken cipro for five days ended up at the ER for severe headache come to find out I was having a migraine headache that i never had in my life. plu the UTI was still there. Called my dr.he told me stop taking it I was having an allergic reaction and he prescribed something else. My lower back pack is the worst. Been put out of work for two months and still havent returned. I've done so much tests and they cant find whats wrong.I did a CT scan, Xrays, Bloodwork, Seen a chiropractic. no one helped the pain. so I went an seen nerve study doctor and came to find out I have nerve damage. they saying the chemical reaction from the cipro has damage my nerves. If theres anyone who can direct me on what to do please help? | F | 35 | 5 days 500mg 2X day | 5/20/2010 | 1 | Post Surgical | I have found healing from this nasty drug through the folks and supplements from Point of Return, they are located in California and their supplements not only helped me get off the anti-anxiety medication I was on due to Cipro toxicity, It also alleviated, Anxiety,depression,irregular heart beat, confusion, insomnia, fever. It has been 4 months since I was poisoned with this drug and i am 95% better and looking forward to working again. | there is Hope! Point of No Return is a non-profit organization that helps folks with medication withdrawals and has helped me with Cipro Toxicity. Their website is pointofreturn.com | M | 32 | 5 days 700 1X day | 5/12/2010 | 1 | UTI | After taking the 2nd dose, I started having horrible headaches around the same time everyday (I rarely ever get headaches). I had stomach cramping and green stool for 2 days. Then I started getting really worried because my joints started cracking/popping when I walked which at first was funny but not so much anymore. The back of my left calf is sore and my middle finger started aching last night before bed (an arthritic like pain). Calling the Dr. now... | F | 23 | 5 days 500mg 2X day | 6/18/2010 | 1 | UTI | Shortness of breath and anxiety within first couple days, flu like symptoms within one week, after 2 months I hit the worst of it- paranoia & depression, resulting in severe panic attacks, head aches, constant dehydration, trouble focusing, chest pain, lack of flexibility (which I used to be), insomnia... these are the main symptoms I had but I am lucky for it not to have been worse. | I should mention that I actually took this drug for kidney infections 4-5 times before this and was fine... It has been almost 4 months since I stopped taking the Cipro and although the symptoms I still have are manageable I am still paranoid and on some days depressed. I have become a hypochondriac as well. I have been reassured that I should be nearly back to normal after 6 months AFTER the worst of it... so it appears I have 4 months to go. this drug is wrong. | F | 21 | 5 days 30? 2X day | 5/26/2010 | 1 | Ear infection | This med literally made me crazy. I became severely depressed, but had simultaneous severe panic attacks. I realised that something was really wrong when I started repeatedly bashing my hand against a wall!! My doctor said this "going loopy" side effect is not unheard of, but it's very rare. Within a few days of being off it I was back to normal. Got switched to a different med for the ear infection without problems. | I'm definitely NOT going on this drug again. | F | 37 | 5 days 250mg 2X day | 3/29/2010 | 1 | suspected prostatitis | Severe connective tissue pain,insomnia,suicidal ideation,blurred vision,impaired hearing,et al. | Still unable to walk TWO YEARS after taking this poison and now living the life of a disabled person.Avoid this drug at all costs. | M | 53 | 5 days 500mg 2X day | 4/18/2010 | 1 | UTI | anxiety, depression, nauseous, extreme tiredness, fatigue, orange urine, headache, chest pain, aweful taste in mouth, dry mouth, thirst | After taking medication for two days, I called my doctor to tell of the side effects and he said I had just three more days left and to just hand in there. Nothing else was said. Yes, the infection is getting better, but the side effects are extreme. I will stop taking this drug now after reading all these comments. I've taken antibiotics before, but never had the problems I had with Cipro! | M | 63 | 5 days 500 MG 2X day | 4/21/2010 | 1 | epidymitis | stomach pain,severe back pain,fatigue,numbness and tingling in feet and hands,blurred vision,severe joint pain at times | I was treated with Cipro last year around Sept. Still today I'm suffering from this crap. What makes me mad is that I told the doctor what I went through and that I'm still having side effects weeks after taking it. He never once told me about the side effects of this drug. Scary part is, I'm still having problems today. I guess I'm the percentage that will have long term effects. I have worried for months thinking something was serious wrong, but blood work and doctor visits never showed a problem. The doctor that treated me when I was going back and complaining of my symptoms told me get more sleep and lose some weight. I'm about 6ft 215lb and thats fit, not fat. I'm currently thinking about talking to an attorney. I should have been warned by the doctor and the pharmacy. I know it is a small percentage that have long term effects from this drug, but we have the right to know before taking. We shouldn't have to look info up online about a drug prescribed to us. Doctors should inform everyone of the potential dangers and side effects. If he explained to me that some people have long term side effects, I would have asked for another antibiotic. Seven months now and I wonder will I ever be the same. | M | 34 | 5 days 500 2X day | 4/23/2010 | 1 | Prostititis | Muscle twitching starting in calves. Joint pain, boarderline bipolar disorder, nightmares, loss of movement in one of my toes, carpel tunnel like symptoms, night sweats. It has been 3 months with little remission and I have racked up a ton of bills for the ER, specialty doctors, etc. Also I had to deal with fearing that I had ALS, which by itself is a nightmare. | Doctors need to be aware of the side effects of this drug and stop prescribing it. | M | 31 | 5 days 800 2X day | 1/18/2012 | 1 | Nausea, extreme abdominal cramps, diarrhea, hives, itching, swelling in ankles, feet and lower legs, anxiety, dizziness, heart palpitations, and joint pain and stiffness. | I was first prescribed this nasty drug in December 2011 for a UTI that had not resolved after having taken a less potent antibiotic. I typically have issues with upset stomach, diarrhea, etc, when taking strong antibiotics, so I was not overly alarmed when these issues began immediately. By day 3, I was itching all over, had developed hives and had swelling from my knees down. My face began to swell by day 5, to the point that my eyes were tiny slits and I could barely see. I stopped taking the drug despite my doctor's advice to continue. I don't even recall how/when the UTI resolved due to all of the other issues. I developed aches and pains, along with stiff joints, in my neck, back, hands, and legs, along with very loud popping and cracking in my neck and shoulders that I had not experienced before. I began to have difficulty sleeping. I also had extreme fatigue, despite having been very active and a "high energy" person. I told my PCP about the issues and she advised it was probably an allergic reaction, and to not take CIPRO again. Issues with muscle and joint pain, stomach upset and increasing insomnia continued and worsened. In February 2013, I went to the ER the day after returning from the Caribbean, where I had become quite ill with nausea, diarrhea, excessive swelling of the lower legs and feet, and the appearance of small, bright red bumps all over my swollen calves and feet. I was dehydrated, dizzy, and basically felt like I was going to die. The ER phy | F | 45 | 5 days 500 2X day | 9/6/2013 | 1 | Sinus Infection | Woke with intense inflammation and pain in wrists and all joints in hand. Fever, sweating at night, chills. Hands swollen up like sausages. Now, 2 weeks later I am still getting fevers every night and wake with numbness and tingling in both arms, wrists, hands. Different joints ache. Muscle weakness. Insomnia. I am furious. | I was extremely healthy before taking CIPRO. I run a warehouse and was kicking butt doing it. Now I have to have others help me with my usual work. | F | 52 | 5 days 500 MG 3X day | 12/12/2011 | 1 | UTI | my side effects: - leg spasms - arm spasms (near forearm area) - weakness in fingers...unable to make a fist. - shooting pain in calves. - shooting pain in feet - numbness in hands and fingers - chills - shoulders hurting and popping - the absolute worse headaches of my life (like someone put my head in a vice) - soreness and twitching in my left eye - fatigue - general overall body weakness. - tightness and spasms in my jaw making it difficult to chew - panic attacks that keep me up all night. - insomnia - God...I haven't slept in days. Do I need to say any more? DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG!!! | I took Cipro about a week ago for a UTI. I got the prescription from CVS (no black label warning on any of this), and 13 pills later I started getting pains in my legs and my arms. I called the doctor who told me to keep taking the Cipro (crazy right?). But at that point red flags went off and my boyfriend and I went to the web and looked up CIPRO. It was then we saw millions of stories and I knew I had to stop taking this poison. A full week later and I am experiencing extreme leg spasms which have debilitated me so much that I can hardly walk and Ive been home from work the whole week. I'm in pain in my arms as well...as well as experiencing cramping and soreness in my achiilles tendons and calves are sore and cramping. I am also feeling spasms in my arms as well as my jaw. My God...what a nightmare drug. Perhaps the worse is what happened last night... On top of everything I started getting these massive PANIC ATTACKS!! and excruciating headaches. Worst I've ever had in my life. It was like someone was crushing my skull from the sides. The pain went all the way down from my head to my shoulders and trapezius muscles (Ive never had pain like it before and it was the worst headache I've ever had in my life). I've gone back to the doctor who prescibed me this poison and the doctor doesn't take me seriously and dismisses me entirely. I could spit blood I'm so angry. DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG!!! | F | 32 | 5 days 500mg 2X day | 9/11/2011 |