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 | prostatitis | constant nausea, burning in stomach joint ache in all joints | worst i have ever felt in my life. have been off cipro for 6 months and the joint pain has not diminished. i am not the same man i was before taking the drug | M | 58 | 14 days | 7/20/2004 | 1 | prostatitis | During: mild tinnitus, oversensitivity towards sounds After: (5 weeks after ending course): severe, disabling joint pain (both knees and hips). After 1 Year not much improvement. Sensitive to smells ( mild MCS>>multiple chemical sensitivity) Might need artificial joints at the age of 23! | Advice to everyone: Do NEVER take Cipro (or Tequin, or Levaquin, or Floxin, Factive) UNLESS you are on the brink of dying. Quinolones cause damage to joint cartilage ( in adults and kids). This drug has ruined my life. | M | 23 | 14 days | 6/10/2004 | 1 | epididymitis | diarrhea,flat stools, back pain, indigestion, abdominal pain, gas | do not take it not worth the side effects | M | 33 | 14 days | 9/2/2007 | 1 | Prostate Infection | I started haveing all the awful side effects and thought I was losing my mind,panic attacks,inability to eat,chills,muscle soreness,thank God I found this site on the web and stopped taking the drug ASAP,I am taking low levels of ativan until my body can repair the damage this horror has done, seem to slowly be gietting better, avoid this drug! | M | 49 | 14 days | 10/2/2006 | 1 | Suspected abscess | Anxiety, panic attacks, brain fog, impaired vision and memory, head pressure, suicidal thoughts, depersonalisation, severe insomnia, nightmares, balance problems. | DO NOT TAKE THIS MEDICATION UNLESS YOU WANT TO RUIN MY LIFE. MY LIFE HAS BEEN TAKEN FROM ME 4 MONTHS AGO. I TRUSTED MY DOCTORS, THEY POISONED ME WITH CIPRO. | M | 25 | 14 days 500 mg 2X day | 2/3/2012 | 1 | Prostatitis | Fasciculations, neck pain, brain fog, mitochondrial myopathy. Ruined my life! I will spend the rest of my life seeking justice. | M | 35 | 14 days 500 | 12/28/2017 | 1 | UTI | Felt flu-like body aches, no energy and dizziness at the time of taking Cipro but thought it was due to being sick. That I just had a worse than normal bladder infection. Took tylenol and advil NSAIDs with the cipro, which I hear later is a bad thing. Developed gradually within a few months of taking the drug; nerve, tendon, muscle and soft tissue pain all the time which is worse just from minor exertion (grocery shopping, driving, more than an hour of computer use and etc...). Insomnia, numbness, tingling, loss of hand control (dropping things), strength, sharp and/or burning nerve pain, soft tissue swelling in hands/wrists, mostly upper back, shoulders, arms, wrists and hands, but have had some real problems with feet too, including part of a tendon detaching. Also have depression and am not sure if this is just because of the pain and the life changes involved or partially the drug its self. | I took this drug in 2001 for a UTI and within 6 months time my life completely changed. I had been a very active person, work 8-12 hours a day 5 days a week, gym or karate 2 hours 4-5 days a week and nightclubbing or concerts on top of that. I did not link Cipro to any of my symptoms until I had one doctor look very interested when I mentioned it as part of my drug history on an intake exam and ask me questions about when I took the drug (which caused me to then look into Cipro). This was in 2004 or 2005 after many doctors and medications, a carpal tunnels surgery (that did nothing, I refused the second surgery on my other hand), physical therapy, chiropractic work, massage and etc... I recommend that anyone reading this try to eliminate any sources of fluoride from your life (toothpaste, RX drugs, many anti-depressants and etc..., contain fluoride...). I've found some help with orthomolecular vitamin and mineral supplementation; IODINE 25mg day (Iodoral iodine combo helps to expel fluoride from the body), good multi-vit, vit C 5,000-10,000mg day, L-glutamine 4,000mg day, alpha lipoic acid 300-600mg day, magnesium 400mg, vit D 8,000mg day, fish oil 2,000mg day, Divide the doses morning and night for everything except multi vit and vit D which I only take in the morning). It helps enough, so that I'm fighting back again and doing physical rehab again with an eye towards hopefully re-training and being able to work. I also take Norco a few times a week, when I need a bre | F | 43 | 14 days 3X day | 2/4/2013 | 1 | suspected prostatitis | long-lasting neurological and tendon damage. | Bayer at work in some of these recent responses I suspect. This drug gradually, and well after discontinuation, damaged my achilles and rotator cuff tendons, and peripheral nerves. Had to give up all impact sports as a consequence. Now, long-lasting neuropathy, fasciculations, myclonic jerks. On lyrica for the foreseeable future. These are powerful drugs and save lives in extreme circumstances, but only take them if your life depends on it. | M | 38 | 14 days 500 2X day | 11/17/2012 | 1 | enlarged prostrate | my grandfather was taking this medicine.. he had back pain itchy rash on his hand anxiety/panic attacks suicidal thoughts from this medication and he commited suicide on 7-20-2012 with 1 pill left in his bottle | were gonna do something about this this cipro caused him so much misery and pain that it made him feel like that was the only way out | M | 73 | 14 days 500mg 2X day | 8/1/2012 | 1 | UTI or Prostitus | Near the end of this course I woke up in middle of night and felt strange - like I'd gone to 'half speed.' I went to hospital and they said I was stressed. Gradually after that I developed worse and worse insomnia until I slept an hour a night if I was lucky. This went on for about 90 days! As the insomnia worsened I got terrible anxiety and felt suicidal. It was hell. | Now I'm 7 months into this and although I'm a little better I'm still in hell. I now sleep 5 hours a night which isn't enough. My shoulder aches, I have plantar facitis, feel tired all the time, have a permanent headache and am clinically depressed. I've had enough, but I'm too scared to end my life. My Doctor doesn't want to accept that a drug he prescribed could do this to me. He says he took it and was fine. Now I'm being treated by the local mental health team, I've lost my business, can't work and am scared stiff about the future. My advice - avoid this drug | M | 47 | 14 days 250mg 3X day | 6/3/2013 | 1 | Epididymitus, UTI | I took ciprofloxacin for 14 days twice a day as a result of an UTI after having an STD and this medication has completely ruined my life. I only found this website as a result of looking for help because this ciprofloxacin medication made me think I was dying.I have had horrible diarrhea, my wrist and muscles still twitch, extreme exhaustion, horrible lower back pain, really bad chest pain and my ankles feel weird.In addition, I almost failed a semester in college because I could not focus and have never been suicidal. I use to wander how some could be suicidal but this medicine caused me to have suicidal thoughts. It was only God that brought me through it. It has now been 2 months and the aches come and go but now I have the sudden onset of horrible chest pain at times. I really am tired of feeling this way and this site provides comfort to me as I know that this not just my body responding this way but there are others. Hypochondria, definitely not!!! Anyone who says that we are hav | Please do only take this medication as a last resort. It WILL change your life and maybe its God's little way of reminding usto not be so promiscuous yet saving us from infection. Please pray for me and all others as I pray that these symptoms do leave one day. | M | 22 | 14 days | 7/2/2009 | 1 | Post-surgery | depression, anhedonia, blunting of emotions & affect, confusion, inability to concentrate, fatigue at some points, anxiety at others, nightmares. | For the first week or so, I did not notice any side effects, then I noticed extreme fatigue, malaise, anhedonia, depression, a lack of ability to feel any emotion to a great degree. A few days later, anxiety and nightmares. When I look up my side effects, they fully meet criteria for a major depressive episode with melancholic features. I've never had this before. | F | 36 | 14 days | 9/5/2008 | 1 | Diverticulitis | Extreme lower back pain followed by hip pain. | This started right after I stopped taking cipro. At first I had pain when getting up. The next day I could not walk. Was flat on my back for five days. When that pain finally ended, I started having pain in my hip. This lasted for two days. I also had extreme bloating, dizziness, ringing in ears, and I felt faint several times. I will never take this again! | F | 58 | 14 days | 4/20/2009 | 1 | Prostatitis | 6 months out, life has changed completely. Suffer from intracranial hypertension, migraines, nausea, tendon problems, kidney problems, vision deterioration, loss of peripheral vision, hormonal imbalances, damaged spleen, depersonalisation, nightmares, depression, suicidal thoughts you name it. Symptoms reappear each time i eat meat that i havent cooked, i start to think the whole industry uses cipro even on animals and fish.. | Perfect to kill yourself. Would not even give it to my enemies. The best biological weapon to take out terrorists by the thousands. Cannot be detected, damage lasts for years and makes you incapacitated. Lost my job, my family everyone, have been isolated in a small village, trying to live and eat healthy and learn as much as i can from all this experience. Killer drug, poison, stay away. I have taken many antibiotics in my life, due to working in a research lab but nothing like this. This was the worst, sides are equivalent to cancer and hiv drug treatments, even worse STAY AWAY | 30 | 14 days | 7/22/2008 | 1 | Urinary Tract Infection | Partial Seizures (Can't drive anymore because of this as they can occur at stop lights), Severe Anxiety, Panic Attacks, Ulnar Neuritis, Peripheral Neuropathy, Tingling in back/legs, Hip pain, Floaters, Severe Abdominal Discomfort, Numbness in Hands, Neck Swelling, Problems Focusing and Concentrating, Inability to think complex thoughts, Short term memory loss, Inability to feel emotions(Love, Happiness, Joy, and Satisfaction Feedbacks Do Not Register), Depression, Depersonalization(Constant Out of Body Feeling), Insomnia, Altered sleep state with vivid dreams that my brain wants to classify as real memories, Increased Tinnitus, Dry Eye, Dry Mouth, Conscious moments feel like dreams, Tingling in left hand, Night Sweats, being shocked awake by panic when trying to sleep, sudden drops in blood pressure, vision blurring, photophobia, rectal spasms, fibromayalgic symtoms, pain on touch in legs, no longer have any sex drive, loss of ability to experience sexual pleasure, heart palpitations, | November 12, 2007 will most likely be my last normal day of existence. I was having UTI symptoms so I went to the doctor and was prescribed 250mg tablets of Cipro to be taken twice a day for two weeks. Immediately I started feeling sick and started having severe stomach pains. I wanted to stop taking it but my sister convinced me that I should take them all to kill off the infection. I took 27 of the 28 pills given. My body started to tank very quickly. Its been eight months since cessation and the doctors have no answer except I must be crazy because in their minds they are always right and no antibiotic can wreak havoc on a system after this long. Cipro is in the class of fluroquinolones and is NOT an antibiotic, it is a chemotherapeutic agent that stores itself in fat cells and when it is released, binds with proteins in your blood and causes damage to any system it comes in contact with. I was perfectly healthy and enjoying college life before taking this pill, and now there are da | M | 23 | 14 days | 7/27/2008 | 1 | hematuria(possible uti) | insomnia after three days. lasted 4 months. tingling in feet, hands, and wrists. felt like needles sticking. tendinitis in my elbows. elbow to finger tremors(lasted a few days). stumbling speech. muscle spasms. shaking hands and feet. loss of balance. stomach cramps. diarrhea. general upset stomach. | I was on cipro, 1000 mg, for 14 days. I felt like I was going to die. I read most of these reports from other people. It didn't help. I would like to tell anyone who is experiencing the same thing. It will get better. I did. Don't overload yourself with appointments, medicines, and specialists. Your symptoms are most likely due to your side effects. It takes a very long time to heal, but you do heal. Trust your body. I felt it was a slow crawl, but I eventually got there. About 4 months. I feel normal now. No issues. | M | 42 | 14 days | 8/20/2008 | 1 | Infection from cat bite | Headache, neck pain, joint pain, peripheral neuropathy, burning nerve pain in both arms and both legs. Both hands and both feet are completely numb. I have had 5 mri's, bone scan, emg, lumbar puncture. | This is a nightmare I am waiting to wake-up from..Is there anyway to reverse what is happening to me....This has been going on for 6 months now, with symptoms worsening every week. | F | 53 | 14 days | 9/10/2009 | 1 | Epididymitis | Headaches, peripeheral neuropathy (tingles in my hands and feet), muscle twitches, muscle cramps neck pain, back pain, eye pain, night sweats, difficulty swallowing, panic attacks, deptression, etc.,etc,, etc. If it was on the side effects list, I got it. | This has been an absolute nightmare of an antibiotic for me. I started the cycle about 5 weeks ago and immediately started getting piercing headaches. I told my doctor and he said that if I stopped the medication, I would grow an immunity to it. Fearing testicular cancer, I kept on with the cycle. By day 4, I lost feeling in my feet and hands and by day 8, I started getting these feelings in my face. After I completed the cycle, I told my doctor that I still had those feelings, along with the headaches and bad muscle cramping. He said it would go away - it never did. I just visited my neurologist and got a CAT Scan and MRI done for fear of MS or ALS. Both tests came back negative and the neurologist stated that it had to be the meds. He even consulted with a neurologist colleague who had a patient with the exact same symptoms and took 2 years to accurately diagnose!! Cipro works for most folks, but the second you get ANY side effects, please, please, PLEASE stop!!! | M | 36 | 14 days | 9/19/2009 | 1 | On Oct. 23, 2008- I was in emerg. room with a severe sinus infection. Levaquin was prescribed intravanous for 14 days- as the very first drip entered my body- my legs felt very heavy with pain. I complained immediatly and thru-out each treatment- I advised to continued or would get a super bug. Finished treatment and now for the last 10 months I am so much in pain of all types. When I complain to Docs. they now say have spinal stenosis and nerve damage normal for my age-never had this before 10/23/08-- No one will commit to the fact that Levequin has caused this--but I have all the same side effects that I have read about- and I am very depressed, | Cipro=Levequin is a killer! Please email me if you have any treatments that have helped you-relieve any side effects Please email me if you have aquired an attorney who will take a case against Bayer, doctors and hospitals | F | 64 | 14 days | 8/3/2009 | 1 | Epididymitus orchitus | See sumission 5/11/09 | I have now had blood test results and they show white blood cell and liver function abnormality...now awaiting appointment with specialist.Has anyone else had abnormal blood test result after taking Cipro...Worried sick now | M | 48 | 14 days | 11/11/2009 |