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 | Confusion, delusions, panic + panic attack, tactile and auditory hallucinations, increasing visual hallucinations beginning at night, headache, dizziness, lightheadedness, loss of appetite and taste, tendinitis, sore eyes, stiff neck + back, muscle contractions + significant twitching, weakness | About 8 hours after the first (and last) dose, my side effects began to peak. I felt helpless, delusional, panicked-- like I had finally done myself in with this pill, and I was going to have to live with terrible consequences. I thought I was dying and looked for something to overdose on (the anxiety was unbearable and my pain grew, which led me to believe the muscle spasms would snap my achilles-- which I read could be weakened by Cipro), but luckily had nothing available to me. I fell into a fitful short sleep around 5am and didn't wake until the next afternoon. My tendons were still very sore, and my ankles were actually swollen. At one point I temporarily lost about half my hearing, and things got blurry. Headache, dizziness and an all-over strange feeling for about 24 hours after I took the pill. Felt exhausted but relieved I was alive, and foolish for having such delusional thoughts the night before. Simple solution: never take this. It's not worth it-- stick to generic, lo | F | 18 | 1 times | 4/28/2008 | 1 | Uti | Heaviness in upper arms, tingling in fingers, dizziness, lower back pain, slight nausea | i'm done with Cipro....never again will I take this medicine. | F | 48 | 1 times 500 mg 2X day | 6/12/2012 | 1 | Sinus Infection | Within 30 minutes of taking this medication - My back felt like I had a bunch of little pimples that just popped up on it and it itched like crazy. Not thinking it was the meds at this point, I asked my Mom to check if I had any pimples and to itch my back. She took one look at my back and said there were no pimples but my entire back looked like it was sunburn. Thank GOD I never took anymore of the pills! | When I called the doctors office, the girl got my chart and said - you didn't say you were allergic to sulfa drugs on your info (This was a brand new doctor for me). I told her I didn't know I was. Then she wanted me to schedule another office visit to get a new med! Needless to say I have never been back to that doctor. | F | 35 | 1 times | 9/2/2005 | 1 | sinus infection | I took one 500 mg dose. Within several hours, I had a mild fever (about 100 F), mild nausea, severe joint pain and tendinitis everywhere, muscle pain and spasms, dizziness, and a severe headache. I went to the ER and they treated me as though I had an allergic reaction to it though I didn't have hives and gave me a ton of fluid and some powerful anti-inflammatories. I woke up today with a mild headache and some of my joints and tendons still hurt. If this doesn't go away, I'm filing suit against the manufacturers. I'm only 16 years old... I'm not supposed to be arthritic and I've never had joint problems before. | M | 16 | 1 times | 4/27/2007 | 1 | uti | Started with severe headache, nausa then vomiting with in an hour of taken one pill. Then starting shaking severe trmors especially on right side. Now 5 days later can hardly walk numbness in both hands having trouble with the most simple tasks like doing up buttons.using the keyboard and operating the mouse on my computer.I went to my doctor and she had never seen side effects like these.She is hoping the effects will clear up shortly when the drug is out of my system.But it has been 5 days and am getting worse. No more tremors though.It does not help that I still have the uti and am up several times a night peeing.So am not getting adaquate rest.I am feeling more and more depressed I do not know if this is from lack of rest or another side effect.I have never had a reaction to any medication in my life. | F | 50 | 1 times | 9/30/2007 | 1 | UTI | I had a UTI that I had foolishly allowed to advance to the point of needing an antibiotic. My doctor prescribed me a 3-day course of 500mg 2X per day. On Friday at 6:00pm I took one single 500mg pill. I felt fine; I went to bed at 10:30pm and at 12:30 am I woke up with the worst panic attack, sweaty palms, rapid heart beat, and I did not sleep that night. The next day, my brain became adulturated with depressing thoughts, and I knew not to take another pill. The next evening, I went to bed at 10:30pm and could not fall asleep until 3:00 am and woke up at 7:00 am. Today, I feel like I have eaten napalm. I look like I have been drinking tequila, and I feel terrible. | Fluoroquinolones are very toxic; they cross the path into your brain. They destroy your GABA and your melatonin. Although the damage may not be permanent, it can take a LONG time to restore it. So what are the alternatives? Well, there is a MUCH safer antibiotic for UTI's called MONUROL. It is a one-time packet that you mix in water. Unfortunately, it cannot take care of serious UTS's. Another alternative sold in health food stores is D-Monnitol. This herb draws the E.Coli away and clears the problem away. BUT you can only use this herb once every 8 weeks; you can overdose on it, and it CAN be fatal. At least it won't affect your brain like the evil Cipro. | F | 41 | 1 times 500mg 1X day | 6/20/2010 | 1 | pancreatic biopsy | 72 hours after given drug during sugery was awakened with chest pain and extreme heart arythmia. Event lasted an hour and a half. Went to ER. Since first event, 4 more events w/same effects. Mother had tachycardia and was allergic to Cipro. Should not have been administered to me. | F | 61 | 1 times 500mg IV 1X O | 5/3/2010 | 1 | UTI | Severe nausea, sweating, shaking, too weak to stand | Felt like I wanted to die after the second pill and was to afraid to take another, switched to another antibiotic, felt better and UTI cleared up. | F | 25 | 2 times | 4/21/2005 | 1 | Bladder infection | Severe nueralgia like pain, insomnia, fuzzy headed,nose bleeds, general malaise,loss of appetite | Took 2 /500mg over one day Clearly NOT for everyone,would likely be fatal for some if added to an IV | M | 70 | 2 times | 3/9/2006 | 1 | UTI | Took my first dose and experienced burning pains in my right foot 2 hrs. later which lasted all day. On finding out this is a 'severe side effect" I notified the prescribing MD. She said it was probably unrelated and to take the next dose as scheduled. I did so, and once again the pain came back, and not only did it not go away, it spread to my other foot. I called back and she changed the RX, but the damage had been done. Three years later, I still have that foot pain, the result of peripheral neuropathy induced by 2 doses of Cipro. | I was one of the lucky ones. Since then I've heard of thousands of lives that have been ruined by this drug. Cipro is the Thalidomide of the 21st century and should be removed from the market. | M | 54 | 2 times 250 mg 2X day | 12/3/2014 | 1 | diverticulitis | pain under ribs, difficulty to lean forward, tight achilles tendon | there should be warning about side effects | F | 46 | 3 times 500MG 2X day | 2/15/2010 | 1 | sinus infection | Terrible non-stop hiccups, then excruciating joint pain in my knees. Stopped taking a day ago and still have occasional hiccups but knee pain is getting worse. | M | 65 | 3 times 500 2X day | 4/6/2011 | 1 | bladder infection | I've taken cipro about 3 different times everytime it made me sick and i wonder if this drug is to blame. I have cronic migraines Fibromyalga and Anklosling Spondilitis Arthritis. I've been on so many different drugs its hard to say if Cipro is the reason for some or all of my problems. | F | 29 | 3 times 200 7X M | 3/23/2011 | 1 | Epididimytis | At first numbness and tingling on the bottoms of my feet. Achilles tendon pain and calf pain. The bottoms of my feet feel like i am walking on stones, and now very severe neck and back pain. I can hardly walk much let alone go mountain biking, or to the park to play with my kids. This drug is a poison. This is by far the worst medical decision I have ever had. I hope the symptoms go away as a professional pilot I need to be able to support my family. Instead I may be disabled. Wow after 3 pills!!! Sure am glad I quit when I did. | M | 35 | 3 times 500mg 2X day | 10/8/2011 | 1 | Bladder Infection | Extreme dizziness, nausea, tremors, extreme agitation, anxiety, disrupted sleep. | This medicine is wicked. I felt worse on it then I did before taking it. Caused extreme agitation and anxiety. Couldn't handle it. Please be sure to weigh the side effects with the problem. | F | 48 | 4 times 500 mg 1X day | 3/18/2011 | 1 | UTI | severel muscle aches, tired, weak, lethargic, behind my eyes hurt, skin rash, slept the entire 3 days (4 pills) | Never again will I take Cipro for anything. In fact. I'm jotting it down on my 'allergy' list. It was sincerely one of the most awful experiences of my life. I do not know if it was the pill itself, or it 'triggered' something in my body to react the way it did...but I did *nothing* but sleep for 3 days and even that was restless -- infact I went back to my doctor, and he had thought my Mono from over 10 years ago -- had come back!! -- It turns out that was NOT the case NO mono...quite simply -- the pill. I was severly achey ALL over my body my neck, my back, my legs -- even my EYES hurt. Tired, weak, lethargic, no appetite. Two days AFTER I stopped taking the pill IT gave me a MILD rash, a spot here, a dab there, and itch here and there -- red, looked better a FEW days later. Its still healing actually. BUT in ALL HONESTLY -- no sooner did he say "stop taking Cipro, it could makE your "mono" 'worse'..BOOM -- I started feeling AMAZINGLY BETTER. Please everyone, LISTEN TO YOUR BODY!!! If you feel AT ALL strange taking this pill -- JUST STOP! -- there ARE other alternatives!! --peace -a+ | F | 27 | 4 times | 6/9/2009 | 1 | UTI | I took it the first time for bronchitis, it broke me out in a mild rash after the 4th pill, but I wasn't sure it was this medication that broke me out. I was also taking a cough surup i had never taken before. Then, the UTI showed up, so I tried it again and the rash began again, but much worse this time. I stopped taking it. | F | 44 | 5 times | 6/16/2008 | 1 | UTI | I never thought about it until today but the side effects were immediate. I took my first pill and within 20-30 minutes became irritable and just went home and sat. Next morning I took pill #3 and had trouble with hands shaking holding a menu. That night pill #5, more anxious, irritable, could not sleep. #6, could not breath, anxiety, trembling in hands and fascia muscles across upper body. Emergency room visit and the doc immediatly took me off of it and told me of similar problems with other patients. | Where did this stuff come from? This is my first UTI requiring meds, my wife gets them somewhat frequenty and was always given Macrobid(SP?). I have never heard of this being given as such a generic antibiotic. Mother had severe stomach reactions also. Still feeling tense, hands shake on and off. I hope this goes away with time. Even my family doctor told me of the exact same symptoms when she took a sister drug for bronchitis. She was not the prescribing doctor. Now I'm waiting on anxiety drugs to stem off the feeling until it passes out of me. What a nightmare. I dealt with the UTI on cranberry pills for 2 weeks, I just needed a little oomph to make it go away not a sledgehammer. | M | 33 | 5 times | 1/3/2006 | 1 | Kidney infection | This drug has ruined my life! Balance issues, dystonia, nerve damage, tendon pain, knee pain, | F | 45 | 6 times 500 | 2/2/2012 | 1 | Uti | Muscle pain, tremors, muscle spasms and twitches, muscle jerks, vision problems, floaters, dry eyes, blurriness, headaches, feeling like ants are biting me all over, insomnia, Heart palpitations and a racing heart, severe anxiety and panic attacks. | This medicine is poison. Please, do not take it. I took this medicine several times over the course of a few months for uti infections. My health started to decline and I didn't know what was wrong. Made a neurologist appointment, a appointment with a heart Doctor, an ER visit and several appointments to my primary care doctor trying to figure out what was wrong, all the while worried I was suffering from a neurological disease. Had a MRI done and the doctor said everything was fine. Heart Doctor said my heart was fine. Never thought at all it was the medicine. You see, cipro attacks your mitochondria. Destroying your nervous systems and your muscles and the effects do not go away after taking it which is why I never suspected the medicine. I could go on all day about this poison. If somebody takes up for this crap, clearly they must be making money from it. Numbers don't lie so please do research, these "side effects" are not uncommon like they want you to believe. This medicine should only be used in life or death situations, not handed out like candy. Please beware of cipro. | F | 27 | 6 times | 6/17/2016 |