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 | Central,autonomic and peripheral nerve damage. Crazy tight muscles and tendonitis. | Boy, I wish I would have found this site before I took these devil pills. These pills has destroyed my life. I'm still suffering years after taking them. I have taken every test possible and have seen many top doctors and they have come up with no answers to my damage except Cipro. I've taken at least 4-5 courses in my lifetime. The last one really did me in. | F | 47 | 10 days 10 pills | 6/14/2017 | 1 | Diverticulitis | Had severe lightheadedness, felt not normal like I was losing my mind, muscle and joint pain took for 10 days thought still having issues from diagnosis. 24 hours after felt somewhat better. Dr wanted me to extend 4 more days but I am afraid to after the way I was feeling. Still have the lightheadedness some. Hope it goes away soon. I read after stopping can have affects for a while after 😩Had taken before no affects like this but I won't take again it was scary. | F | 51 | 10 days 500 mg | 10/25/2016 | 1 | UTI | Complete zap of energy!! Awful! Not sleepy--just had no energy to do basic routine. I stopped after 4 days - could not continue...it was prescribed for 10 days. | F | 52 | 10 days 500 mg 2X day | 4/22/2017 | 1 | sti infection | Swollen throat glands for months and fatigue and weak knees | It helps but its a disaster | M | 31 | 10 days 1000 xr | 4/13/2016 | 1 | Precaution for root canal | Achilles tendonitis. Severe pain and difficulty walking for about three months. Did not recover fully for six months. | After hearing what my side effects were, my PCP has noted NO CIPRO on my chart, permanently. Thank God. | F | 53 | 10 days 500 mg 2X day | 3/27/2016 | 1 | Diverticulitis and later for UTI | EXTREME FATIGUE, PAIN IN KNEES, HAND, LOWER BACK, NECK AND HIPS. I can hardly walk now due to the pain and lack of energy, My life has changed so much, I wish I had never taken this drug. | Should only be used in extreme emergency. The side effects are dreadful ! | F | 65 | 10 days 1X day | 7/13/2016 | 1 | UTI | extreme pain of muscles with burning and crawling sensation of my skin, that bad that I cried day and night and no painkillers worked on this. The pain went through stomach, to sides, to back, to arms and hands to my hips and tights, I thought I am dying as I never experienced such an extreme pain. I was on morphine 5 weeks and out of work as I was weak and unable to walk, my legs became so weak from my knees down. later I developed burning and numbness over my face and on the top of my head. Severe diarrhea two weeks after finishing the dose. Terrible nausea, was scared to fall a sleep in the night as I felt like I am loosing myself, and will never wake up. Temperature moving from 37.8 to 33.2 through 15 minutes. Severe pain in carpool nerve on right hands suddenly from one day to another. Went to ER more than 10 times, all were looking at me like I am crazy, as all results were ok. Totally lost appetite and lost 6 kg in 3 weeks.Was out of work more than two months as I was unable to | do not take it, ask doctor for second option! There is always the second option. This drug will screw you for more than 3 months, or even more and maybe forever. | F | 40 | 10 days 500 mg 2X day | 7/20/2016 | 1 | UTI | If you are reading this and haven't taken it please stop !! - Heart palpitations - Numbness in hand - Weak knee - Tendonitis - Diarrhea and digestive | Please do not take this. It ruined my life ! I was an active 27 year old and took this for 10 days and my life has never been the same. I wake up with numb and swollen hand. It cuts off my circulation at my elbow. I have elbow pain and my knees are giving out. My major issue is I have digestive disorder and gas. I have diarrhea every day and my bowel movements have never been the same. My life is depressing and I have anxiety and doctors can't do anything. They won't even recognize its all because of this drug. | M | 28 | 10 days 500 | 8/16/2017 | 1 | Ear infection | I took cipro in 2008 for an ear infection. After a few days I felt some old athletic tendon injuries oddly return. I also had discomfort on my temporal area (temporal tendon as it turns out) I thought nothing of it and continued. I had spasms in my temporal tendon and feet. Then 2 weeks after stopping the drug, in a matter of 12 hrs my entire body flushed into tendonitis. Arms, legs, everything was inflamed and not functional. I was unable to do simple tasks like wash dishes and soon I was unable to walk farther than across the room. It felt like a burning tearing sensation in my upper legs when walking. At 3 weeks I woke one morning to loud tinnitus. It diminished slightly over a week, but has been with me ever since. After three months being house bound, taking baths every day and losing my mind on the internet, the problems were mainly limited to my legs (and tinnitus and temporal area). I began to walk and within days of walking most of the burning sensation in my legs went away. F | Now, 10 years out, I'd say I am 90-95%. I still have tightness and discomfort in my right leg/knee, but it doesnt slow me down. I still have tinnitus, which goes through periods of being more or less intense. At times my temporal tendon bothers me. Physically I do whatever I want (climb mountains, trek, paddle) without discomfort. It's hard to know what other lingering effects I have and if they will affect me as I age. But I feel lucky to have largely resolved. I don't know what did it but it took months and years (depending on the symptom). I took lots of baths, some magnesium. 10 years ago there was much less information about it. I had doctors who dismissed me, and others who knew what I was dealing with, but had no remedy. I think it was mostly just time. Our bodies want to heal and function normally. I see from other people on this site, time has not helped them. This reaction affects people with similar symptoms, but widely varying degrees of intensity and duration. When I was in the thick of it, I drove myself into terrible fear and sadness reading the horror stories on the web. I am posting this 10-year update to remind others that if this is happening to you, it is very possible that you will come out of it largely unscathed. Clearly some do not, but I will tell you that some...maybe most, do. Be gentle on yourself. Make baby steps toward reclaiming your joys and body. | M | 40 | 10 days 750 2X day | 3/5/2018 | 1 | Skin infection | Racing heart was my most noticeable symptom and most worrisome, stop using it after 3 days when this started happening. muscle spams after taking it, when eating yogurt or consuming probiotic | Muscle spams only occurred when taking a pro biotic after I stopped taking cipro. I saw dr and she confirmed a small amount of ppl have this happen, so I could not eat yogurt or probiotic for months after. however my heart palpitations have continued for 3 yrs now after using it and first happening while on cipro. My dr tried to say the heart issue was from anxiety at the time, but now I am pushing for more answers and using a heart monitor. | F | 30 | 10 days 2X day | 11/11/2020 | 1 | Ut infection | Muscles weak, leg cramps, intense itching all over body & eyes too, breaking out with hive looking patches all over body, runny nose & no energy! My primary doctor said I should have been only prescribed 5 days initially, as Cipro works in body 2-3 weeks after last dose for infections! She (Primary Dr.) thinks the infection traveled to my bladder & maybe kidneys) & I'm Just so weak all over, blood in urine & fever gone after 3-4 days on Cipro initially! It has been 13 days since I took last dosage! | I think I may have to go to urgent care again Monday, as I do not feel well @ all! I think I need blood tests? | M | 77 | 10 days 500mg | 11/5/2017 | 1 | UTI | joint pain, muscle pain, neuropathy, auditory hallucinations, brain fog, fatigue, anxiety, joint popping, TMJ pain, low body temperature | i'm only 26 and this drug ruined my life. 4 pills into my regime, and i knew something was terribly wrong. i was in the worst pain i've ever experienced in my life. i was bedridden for 5 days and i attempted to go to work. i made it 45 minutes into my shift before breaking down, because the pain in my shoulders, spine, and hips was unbearable. i was healthy before this, and now i feel like i traded my body for an 80 year old body. i feel like i have arthritis, fibromyalgia, all of it. i've healed a little bit, but i still deal with symptoms and "flare ups." i've been from doctor to doctor and they can't specify what's going on, but they all agree it was an adverse reaction to cipro. i was cold intolerant before, but that's worse now. my body temperature is always 96-97 when i go to the doctor. i can't warm up. my body is always in pain. this reaction happened back in july, so it hasn't been long but i wish i would heal already. i want to feel normal again. i have days where i can barely move, it feels like lactic acid is building up in my muscles and my joints feel as though there are huge shards of glass in them. there are days i cry, because i worry i'm going to have to apply for disability. i worry what my body will be in 10, 15, 20 years. i can't exercise, i can't work, i can't socialize. i'm restricted to my house most days. i'm 26 and my life feels like it's already over. some days i struggle just to stand up from the couch, i struggle to lean, i struggle t | F | 26 | 10 days 500 2X day | 12/22/2018 | 1 | ear infection | in Jan. 2008 I took Cipro for an ear infection. I noticed during the course of medication that several old athletic injuries oddly returned. Two weeks after ending the drug my entire body flushed into tendonitis, and nueropathy. I couldn't walk, wash dishes, nothing. I was bed bound for about 3 months with terrible pain in my upper legs, temporal tendons (side of head), arms, etc. Ears began ringing about a month later. I had a buzzing sensation, tingling, in lower extremities (peripheral nueropathy). | After about 4 months (Apr 2008) I forced myself (on account of work) to move. I had to walk in the woods for two days. This helped enormously and over a week cleared up a lot of my symptoms. (However, I was very concerned about tendon rupture so took it very slow and easy...) Over the next several months I continued to resume my activity and my symptoms abated about 85% better. A next 10% recovery occurred over the next year. I still have a few lingering affects (the other 5%) and will likely have these forever (I'm 12 years out). They include temporal discomfort (temporal tendon was severely effected), persistent tightness in right quad (both legs severely affected), and tinnitus. These are just reminders of the event more than anything that slows me down, or that I dwell on. I post all this to say that when you are in the thick of it - you can't walk, and can't work, and you're depressed reading horror stories on the web and see no end in sight, as I was, there is a light at the end. Other than hot baths, being gentle on myself, I didn't do much to recover. I saw doctors some of whom thought I was nuts, and others were familiar with the reaction, but had to strategies to help. Our bodies are resilient and time will help. When I had it there were few recommendations as to how to recover. I'm not sure if there are now. But our bodies have the capacity to heal these things and so be hopeful and patient. | M | 42 | 10 days 750 2X day | 2/26/2020 | 1 | UTI | Throat closing up feeling, Charlie horse in foot and popping in my joints at times when walking. | I'm only on my second day taking this, but the closing up feeling and heavy feeling in my throat scares me the most. I just took two Benedryl in case its an allergic reaction. I think I'm going to call my Dr tomorrow and see if I can take something different. All the side effects listed here is pretty worrisome as well. | F | 39 | 10 days 100 mg 2X day | 9/29/2011 | 1 | Diverticulitis | Shooting pain from knee up my thigh, pain in ankles, can hardly walk up stairs do to pain in right knee, extreme nausea, eyesight seems to be affected | I took the cipro with flagyll - over the past year, I have been prescribed 4 times to get rid of the diverticulitis. It worked but left me sick and exhausted. Now, several weeks later, i'm in lot of pain. | F | 43 | 10 days 2X day | 9/8/2011 | 1 | UTI | Anxiety, irritability, depression, severe insomnia, cognitive impairment, racing heartbeat. | WARNING: Avoid taking Cipro if you are prescribed Cymbalta. These two medications cause a SEVERE INTERACTION, resulting in worse physical, cognitive & emotional health. Potentially, the two medications may result in suicidal tendencies and emotional instability. Regardless of what your doctor or pharmacist say, they DO NOT always know what is best for you. I learned the hard way, almost lost my life to the doctors negligence and I'm so very grateful the Lord spared my life. | F | 47 | 10 days ? 2X day | 11/13/2011 | 1 | Bone Infection, Intestinal Infectio | Extreme anxiety and apnic attacks! I would wake up in the morning shaking, sweating, and short of breath. I also felt like I had tons of adrenaline running through my body, specifically in my abdomen. I missed lots of work because of this too. I have been off of it for 6 days and I still wake up with these symptoms however they are not as intense. | I am beginning to eat yogurt and take probiotics. I am also thinking about about doing a liver and kidney detox program too. I may eve try some of the other suggestions on this site. Another thing to note is that I am smoker. Yeah, I know that is bad, and I want to quit soon. However, I believe the nicotine greatly exacerbated my anxiety and panic attacks. When I smoked that first cigarette in the morning, my anxiety was even worse. | M | 55 | 10 days 500 2X day | 6/1/2012 | 1 | finger infection | Numbness &tingling in both legs&feet | F | 47 | 10 days 50 | 11/21/2011 | 1 | suspected urinary tract infection | DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG, ABSOLUTE POISON!!! 11 months later and I am still experiencing daily side effects from Cipro. I was prescribed it for a suspected urinary tract infection. I took my first dose before bed and woke up 2 hours later in such pain I could barely move. Excruiciating low back pain, leg pain, basically head to toe pain uncomparable to anything I had ever experienced. Followed up with my doctor the next day who encouraged me to finish my 10 day round of Cipro, ensuring me that the symptoms I was experiencing were due to my suspected UTI - Could not have been more wrong! Finished the Cipro and have been dealing with the aftermath of being poisoned by this terrible drug ever since. I am 24 years old and wake up feeling as though I'm 100 and spend each day in some degree of pain. Joint and muscle pain in my arms, legs, neck and shoulders. I never had any of these issues before taking Cipro. I advise everyone to NOT take this drug or any drugs from the floroquine family of antibiotics. Just Google 'cipro is poison' and read the thousands of horror stories victims have posted as their lives, like mine, have been forever changed from Cipro. | F | 24 | 10 days | 2/15/2012 | 1 | Sinusitis | Dizzy and Faint Feeling, Red Rash on Stomach, Tingly Right Hand, Horrid Yeast Infection with a blistering lesion on the front of my vagina. | This has been the worst medication experience I've ever had. I felt like I was given Herpes only to find out I'm having a bad reaction to the medication. I'm in so much pain I can barely walk. This drug should be taken off the market. It ruined my neither regions. | F | 28 | 10 days 500MG 2X day | 11/30/2011 |