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 | sinusitis, pneumonia | colitis, tendonitis, tinnitis | no warnings came with medication except to drink a lot of water. this drug should be banned. | F | 59 | 10 days 500mg 2X day | 1/30/2011 | 1 | Suspected kidney stones / infection | Horrendous side effects suffered for 10 days till I stumbled upon this site. I suffered stiff knees from the 2nd day, I have been walking around like a man 3 times my age since. I then suffered pains in my neck, back, wrist, foot and suffered a badly swollen right shin and calf. I am still suffering lack of appetite and sleep and really bad night sweats. Literally needing at least 1 change of bedclothes per night. I can only put these symptoms down to this medication as they are slowly starting to ease a week and a half after stopping taking this poison. | I am a fairly fit 31 year old, often running or circuit training. I was prescribed a 7 day course of this med by a Locum doctor as my doctor was on holiday. He then re-prescribed it on his return for a further 7 days. It was at day 10 I stopped. I have never known pain or discomfort like I suffered while on this muck. These tablets are POISON. We must spread the word to anybody we know not to take this medicine and explore other options. | M | 31 | 10 days 250MG 2X day | 9/4/2010 | 1 | UTI | stomach aches, wost of all psychological, turned my husband from a smart, chairman of a large committee, to a crying imbicele who could not even tie his own tie. | When white cells still tuned up high, given another dose 1 x 500 twice a day, ended up crying in office, told he has depression, given anti depresion drug, not catching on that this was all caused by CIPRO. An so mad will contact lawyer. | F | 69 | 10 days 500 2X day | 9/4/2010 | 1 | Sinus Infection | Slight nausea without food, anxiety/depression, painful UTI and yeast infection symptoms | I was prescribed multiple rounds of Cipro for sinus infections. Each time I took it, I would end up with symptoms of a UTI, after which I was given another antibiotic, and then ended up with a yeast infection and would need a 3rd round of different medicine. I took probiotics with all of these, but my body is so out of whack now. The last dose (round 4) of cipro has given me severe symptoms of both UTI and yeast infection at the same time, so painful that I cannot urinate and have trouble sitting down. My OB-GYN found no trace of infection in my system, yet the pain continues. I expressed my concern before taking this medicine to my doctor and he insisted it was the only way to fix my sinus infection. I am now in more pain and sicker than I started. I have begun alternative treatments of Chinese herbs, acupuncture and significantly adjusting my diet and lifestyle to cleanse my system and get better. It has been 5 days and the improvement is just slightly beginning to show. In the long run, I will likely never take antibiotics again. I feel betrayed by my doctor for not knowing the research behind this medicine or the side effects, and for prescribing it so many times so carelessly. | F | 29 | 10 days 500 2X day | 9/5/2010 | 1 | UTI | CIPRO is a drug that has caused me severe abdominal and iam only on day3< I didnt have any abdominal pain with the UTI before taking this drug. This medicine seems somewhat toxic as if i took something that isnt right at all. | F | 46 | 10 days 500 mg 2X day | 8/28/2010 | 1 | toe infection | I didn't have side effects as long as I ate prior to taking the pill. | NOW, 6 weeks after taking CIPRO I've been experiencing muscle cramps and popping in my joints. I'm not able to do any strenuous exercise because of my toe issue (still burning pain in my toe) so I know my muscle pain isn't exercise related. It just occurred to me that my pain is likely an extended effect from the CIPRO. I would caution anyone thinking of taking this drug. I would not have taken it had I known then what I know now. | F | 53 | 10 days 2X day | 10/12/2010 | 1 | diarrhea and vomiting | Immediately my diarrhea and vomiting went away, but myself and my stomach weren't feeling any better. All the way until about 10 days after I was on the drug did my stomach finally start to feel better. The big thing was this long term effect that I've had since I was on the drug... Insomnia. I've never had sleeping problems before I took Cipro for this length. I had used Cipro before, but only 1-2 pills. I could not sleep and was always tired during the day. I went to GNC and became tolerant to all their sleep aids within a month or so. Went to a sleep specialist and became tolerant to all the drugs he gave me rather quickly. I was even drinking myself to sleep, awful. Apparently, the best place in the country for this type of disorder is Hopkins and I have been with them once a week for two months. Although I have improved from 3 months ago, I want to get to sleep! Here it is almost a year later and over $1,000 later, I still have terrible insomnia. | M | 25 | 10 days 500mg 3X day | 10/27/2010 | 1 | Inflamed Uterus | When I first started taking Cipro, I felt so sick to my stomach, I couldn't eat. Then I started having ankle and knee pain. Second day I was on it, i fell down the stairs for NO reason. weeks after taking it, my ankle pain has gotten worse and i feel is down in my foot. | F | 22 | 10 days 500 2X day | 10/6/2010 | 1 | Urinary tract infection | ruptured extendor tendon in my left hand while STRETCHING | F | 67 | 10 days 30 mg 2X day | 6/24/2010 | 1 | Bacterial infection | Diarrhea, vomiting, nausea, anxiety, depression, poor memory, rashes | I stopped going to the doctor who prescribed me Cipro. It needs to be banned. | M | 35 | 10 days 1X day | 8/9/2010 | 1 | Kidney Infection | Pain, aching joints, heel pain, burning and tightness, sore/stiff neck & shoulder, right hip and ankles. Blurred vision and headache....i'm sure there will be more to follow :( | runner who can no longer run. was prescribed Cipro last week, took all but the last 4 of 20 pills. first noticeable symptom was the headache, then the heel pain... more symptoms as the days have gone by. basically everything hurts... feels like i ran a Marathon yesterday, but i haven't been able to run all week...it hurts just to walk. going to the Dr. at 2:15. not sure if there's anything that he can do, but i want it on record. | F | 45 | 10 days 500MG 2X day | 7/22/2010 | 1 | bladder infection | Cipro sucks I took this drug for a bladder infection and it clear it out but I now have anxiety issues when I was taking this I went to the er 3 times it made me feel tired I couldn't sleep I had shortness of breath shaking trembleing feeling like I was going to faint I wouldn't recommend this drug they need to take it off the shelve | F | 22 | 10 days 5 2X day | 7/27/2010 | 1 | UTI | Nausea, loss of appetite, dizziness, fatigue | I will NEVER go back on this medication. My job requires me to do a lot of standing, heavy lifting, and I have to do it quickly. I had to call off work not because of the UTI I had, but because of the side effects from Cipro. Take this crap off the market! | F | 27 | 10 days 1X day | 7/29/2010 | 1 | sinus infection | Severe Headaches, insomnia, difficulty breathing, heart palpitations, acute tendinitis( heal, wrist, neck, anxiety attacks, vertigo, confusion, dizziness, lightheadedness, loss of appetite, muscle spasms, numbness, tingling (left hand & foot) | I have been off Cipro for 4 weeks and still am bed ridden. I went to the ER twice after going to my Dr's 3 times for Debilitating headaches. Had 1 MRI, 1 CT scan, Spinal tap, etc. All came back with negative results. This was only after taking 3 days worth of a 10 day dosage. My Dr kept telling me to continue taking. I refused. Went to a different Dr 2 hours away & he was able to diagnose acute tendinitis in almost my entire body. He was a god sent for the tendons, but unfortunately the headaches have not subsided. | F | 36 | 10 days 500 MG 2X day | 2/17/2010 | 1 | bladder infection | neck pain, swelling of joints in knees and shoulders, strange feeling in legs (aching, burning), itching,slight fever at times, kind of like aching during flu symtoms (except it seems like a weird feeling that can't really be explained), headache in mornings | Took medication for 4 days-thought I maybe was getting sick or something, but decide to look this drug up-so glad I did. Thank you everyone for posting your comments-STOPPING MEDICATION TODAY!!!! I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS MED. I do relize everyone reacts differently to drugs, but look at all of the harsh negative reactions. Definately will not take ever again and do not recommend anyone else using this. | F | 43 | 10 days 250 mg 1X day | 2/18/2010 | 1 | diverticulitis | Depression, out of it felling, joint pain, rash on any skin exposed to the sun, migraines, extreme sensitivity to light (and this seems to be permanent) | Cipro seems to make you extremely sensitive to light. For me this has not gone away. I was a guy who was pretty tan in the spring and summer. Now my skin I get really bad rashes. Something about Cipro just makes your skin and eyes really sensitive to light....be warned, it can be permanent. Even being in any amount of sunlight now hurts my eyes. I thought this would go away eventually at first, but it hasn't. I really don't think I'm ever going to be able to just go out and sit in the sun again. I really don't think Cipro's worth it, considering the side effects. | M | 31 | 10 days 1X day | 2/25/2010 | 1 | Cronic Sinus Infection/ Staf A | None! My Mother warned me to research Cipro before taking it and ALL OF YOU saved me!!! | THANK ALL OF YOU for telling your story as a warning. I will not fill the script and will pray for all of you. God Bless you. | M | 53 | 10 days 500 MG 2X day | 2/8/2010 | 1 | strep pneumonia | Headache, anxiety, insomnia | Since taken cipro for a week I started feeling anxious, depressed and unable to sleep. I plan never to take again and Im going to the Dr. tomorrow to get some traquilizers or something. Hoping these side effects wear off quickley. Upset because penicillin would have worked just as well on step. | F | 58 | 10 days 500 2X day | 4/12/2010 | 1 | diverticulitis | Debilitating wrist pain and weakness. I can no longer play the guitar, and sometimes I can't even turn a doorknob. This SUCKS. | I first took cipro two years ago and it was about that time that the wrist pain started. I also have developed neck and hip pain at night. It didn't occur to me that it was cipro, until I recently was given cipro for diverticulitis again. This time, over the first few days of treatment I felt myself freezing up like I was becoming some kind of invertebrate with an exoskeleton. All the symptoms I'd developed over the past two years escalated: pain, stiffness. So I came here to askapatient, and ... boom. It all fell into place. This drug should be illegal. | F | 59 | 10 days 1X day | 4/6/2010 | 1 | Possible Bacterial Infection | It stated with nausea and some heart burn, it progressed as the others have said about the heal/Achilles tendon pain. Towards the end of the prescription it was nasty. | I was a regular 37 year old, no chronic pains, cancer or some strange disease before the use of this drug. I read some reviews about this drug and you get the feeling some of these people hang out in the woods doing their Au natural stuff and they may have some ulterior motives for posting. I am your average Joe construction worker. This stuff is bad enough to make me post. Like I mentioned it started with stomach issues, bloated, nausea, turning later into severe lower abdominal pain and swelling. What has me worried is it seems I developed the muscle aches and pains during this also. It started with the heels but has since spread to what fells like my entire body. I use to run three to four times a week and lift. It is a severe struggle to do it now. It is so hard to describe but it is a whole body ache and loss of muscle strength. Its like I am missing my "reserve" muscle strength. It has been over three months since being off of it and the muscle issues are still as bad and I have a heart murmur now... I am really worried after reading some of the other peoples reviews I may be damaged for life from this stuff. During the course of the drug I would drink tons of water which I always did before anyway, and followed all other guidelines. It is still a nasty drug with horrible side effects. I know all meds have some adverse reactions but this stuff must be like one in four to mess you up bad. If this drug is all you have between you and death I would take it, other | M | 37 | 10 days 500MG 2X day | 4/26/2010 |