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 | After being on 250 mg for 10 days, by my GP, I began to feel a tightness within the arch of my right foot, I was sent to follow up with a Urologist, who decided to increase the Cipro to 500mgs for an additional 5 days, within an hour of the first 500mg dose,my world spiraled out of control. Both my left,and right foot turned inward at the ankles and contracted like they were shriveling up, the tendons felt like piano wires that were so tight they were about to snap. The same thing happened in my hamstring area behind both knees, my hip flexor area, Groin, and my right hand closed with excruciating pain, the tendons in my palm were so tight I could not open my hand without fear of snapping something. On a scale of 1-10 The "Terror factor" was 12 as I felt tendons contracting and tightening, waiting for a sudden snap. I had NO IDEA what was happening to my body. The worst part was trying to get help: I contacted My General Practitioner telling him what was going on, and what sh | Cipro is on the "FDA BLACK BOX LIST" which is in small letters on the prescription packaging . I usually don't read because I trusted my doctor too much in him not giving me something that could adversely destroy my health. Yeah, My Kidney infection is gone, but so is my ability to ever walk without a cane or make a fist . Cipro is a Terror drug, its symptoms seem to return every time you eat infected beef, or dairy products, Because Its synthetic, nano remnants of Cipro remain in the body increasing relapse with the same side effects months later out of nowhere, I eventually realized that my tendons in my right ankle area had disintegrated. Only after this I was told to combat the Cipro by taking "Ionized Magnesium" which was helping with the other tendinitis like effects from this poisonous quinolone. The FDA has to stop pandering to the Drug Companies and Take this Poison off the Market NOW! Let it be known to those of you out there who were "Floxed" by Cipro,- that the Beef and Dairy Industry uses Cipro, and other "Quinolones" to combat bacterial infections in the treatment of 'cow utter disease' in the dairy industry, and "hoof and mouth, and other infections in the beef industry. Quinolones do not cook off when you prepare food, -You get sick all over again with the symptoms every time you eat infected meat, or dairy products from infected cows. AVOID CIPRO, And it's other names within the "Quinolone" list. | M | 49 | 12 days 250&500 2X day | 1/23/2014 | 1 | Prostatitis | DO NOT TAKE THIS UNLESS YOUR LIFE DEPENDS ON IT. PLEASE! Mental confusion, loss of ability to focus, memory loss, it's been 3 months and still have issues. This is a destructive drug and will attack your healthy cells as well as the good ones. SOME OF THE EFFECTS ONLY APPEAR WEEKS OR EVEN MONTHS LATER. GOOD LUCK TRYING TO EXPLAIN TO YOUR DOCTOR. | Horrific. Stay away. If you have come here to check this drug out, and have NOT taken it, you will have won the lottery! | 12 days 10mg 2X day | 4/13/2016 | 1 | uti | Tendonosis, neuropathy, light headedness, severe knee pain, shoulder pain, jaw pain, depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts, loss of appetite and weightloss, fatigue, tinnitus, cracking popping joints, photo toxicity. arthralgia, anathalatic reaction, face swelling and unable to breathe. | I am shocked and angered that this drug and any of the same group is allowed to be so freely prescribed, I had no warning from my Dr or pharmacist about the devastating and potentially permanent side effects of this drug. Ciprofloxacin should be used as a last resort in a matter of life or death, even then I would not take it, I would rather die. | F | 45 | 12 days 500 2X day | 6/20/2015 | 5 | Proststitis /UTI | Loss of appetite, light headed-ness, back and leg tendon pain, depression, nightmares (infrequent), fatigue , loose stools | it certainly works, but is strong, and has a definite effect on lower GI tract, mental state, and energy level. Effect is cumulative (was on 750 mg..was OK for the first week, before it built up qtys and begin to make me feel badly). | M | 47 | 11 days | 6/17/2006 | 3 | Suspected epididimitis | Discolouration of urine, pain in the lower back area, headache, eye pain, loss of appetite, constant tiredness, severe abdominal pain on day 6 and just recently developed an itching of the anus. | I was prescribed a 14 day (500mg x 2/day) course. I have 3 days left to run but I am stopping taking this medicine this evening and going back to the doctor tomorrow AM, to talk about these side effects. I don't normally experience side effects from prescribed drugs but I have felt increasingly unwell whilst taking ciproflaxin. My infection for which it was prescribed for, has all but gone so before I take any more I want to talk with my GP. I HOPE I NEVER HAVE TO TAKE THIS DRUG AGAIN!!!!! | M | 45 | 11 days | 1/1/2009 | 2 | Epididymus Infection | Very dry mouth, aches and pains in joints, diarrea, loose stools afterwards, zero energy, insomniac-like tendancies, get some of the worst stomach aches so you can't eat a damn thing (it took me an hour to eat a cup of rice). I'm 22 and am very healthy & fit, but this med hit me like a pair of brass knuckles. Knotted muscles in my back. Killer headaches but those went away after a week. | My infection is gone... as far as I know it. Doc put me on a 500mg tablet every 12 hours for 14 days. That's a lot of meds for me. The infection was gone 3 days into taking the meds. I feel like I'm slowly killing myself. 3 more days of this until it hits 14.. nah, nevermind. I'll just save the 3 days worth just in case it comes back. I'm starving because I can't eat a thing w/o intesifying the stomach aches. | M | 22 | 11 days | 8/14/2006 | 1 | Prostatitis | I took Cipro for 10 days with no side effects. On the morning of the 11th day I awoke with badly swollen hands and wrists and my hand joints were red and badly inflamed and very painful. I also had muscle pain in arms and elbow and shoulder joints. Since I did not have any prior problems with my hands, and did not have arthritis, the Doctor concluded that it was a side effect from Cipro. | M | 64 | 11 days | 5/18/2005 | 1 | UTI | tremors, muscle spasms, joint pain, chills, nervousness, insomnia, nausea and dehydration. | I will never take Cipro again! I have had many tests and everything comes up normal. I was perfectly fine before taking this medication. I lost ten pounds in less than two weeks and for a length of time felt as though I could not move. I am a writer and the joint pain in my hands has caused lots of problems. Doctors act as though I'm losing my mind and making up my symptoms. I know better and I have decided to treat myself with lots of vitamins, fluids, rest and a strong desire to fight these effects. | F | 25 | 11 days | 6/16/2005 | 1 | Urinary tract infection | Excruciating achilles tendon burning and pain. Can't chase after my 4-year-old, can barely walk. I have lost 4 pounds in 11 days; loss of all muscle tone. | I feel that a milder antibiotic could have been prescribed to me for my UTI. I was a healthy, active 36-year-old mom who loved to exercise; now I am exhausted by walking across my living room. I am trying to stay positive. | F | 36 | 11 days 500 mg 2X day | 7/27/2010 | 1 | Presumed UTI | Extreme Achilles tendon pain, left leg worse than right. Had to crawl for two days and then on crutches for two weeks. | I previously posted but was unable to get back in to edit my post. It has been about six weeks and I have now recovered. I still have some stiffnesse in my left Achilles, but am able to get around. Dealing with trying to rebuild muscle I have lost from not being able to exercise. PLEASE DON'T TAKE THIS DRUG UNLESS YOU ARE ON YOUR DEATH BED! It works well for some people, but the side effects for the people who have them are devastating. | F | 36 | 11 days 500 2X day | 9/20/2010 | 1 | UT | After being on 500 mg of Cipro for 5 days, it did not get rid of the UT. A week later when the UT symptom were still there, the dr. put me back on it for 10 days. By day 6, I was having severe burning and spasms in my UT and bladder. Also, pain behind my eyes, vomiting, tremors, diarrea, and achy all over. When I stopped taking the Cipro, the vomiting and diarrea stopped but the terrible pain and burning in my bladder continued. I have been off of it for 10 days and I still have pain in my UT and bladder, pain behind my eyes, blurry vision, and terrible aching in my joints. Also, extreme dry patches on my fingers and around cuticles. | I went to a urologist when my primary found that the infection had cleared up, but I was still having extreme discomfort and pain in my bladder and UT. The urologist said that my UT/bladder was still inflamed from the infection. I have never had this happen before after at UT infection. They did a CT scan , but I doubt they will find anything. After finding this website, it explains why I feel so terrible. I can't go with taking the Utira C to calm by bladder. I am also living on Advil. I can't sleep at night without it. I feel like an 80 year old woman my joints hurt so bad. My menstrual has also stopped. I had a pregnancy test but am not pregnant. I plan to go to a holistic doctor for detox. I feel like my body has been poisoned! The makers of Cipro should be held accountable for hurting so many people. I just pray that I will be over this soon. | F | 47 | 11 days | 11/22/2008 | 1 | Epididymitis | Depression, Nervousness, Anxiety, Nightmares, Sleep Loss, Confusion. | If for any reason you are prone to anxiety or depression, request a different antibiotic. This cleared up my infection quick but the side effects ARE real. All MD's that I mentioned my reaction to seemed baffled by it, but several co-workers experienced similar side effects. I ended up in the ER and the Dr. said that he had heard that Cipro made elderly patients "wacky". Proceed with extreme caution. I am ok now (2 weeks later), but the efx are NOT fun. | M | 30 | 11 days | 2/28/2008 | 1 | Prostatitis | Severe pains in hands and feet. Joints/tendons damaged - Thumbs almost useless. Never had problems until took these drugs. Weeks after stopping taking the cipro the pains are not subsiding | Do not take this drug!! Wish I had never had it. It took just 11 days to ruin my joints/tendons. How can something this toxic and damaging be approved for use? | M | 43 | 11 days | 3/23/2009 | 1 | diverticulitis | Ten days into a 14 day course of Cipro, I developed severe pain in my shoulders, wrists, and thumbs. Sleeping on my side was impossible, and sewing or cooking or even lifting a frying pan were amazingly painful. I am a healthy old jock and having worked out at the gym for over thirty years, I know what pain is normal or predictable for me. This was way outside my experience of sports injuries, and it really was/is debilitating. I stopped taking Cipro, and at first it seemed that the pain rapidly decreased; however, it's now been over two weeks, and I find that lifting the smallest weights or using the slightest incline on the treadmill causes the old pain to flare up and new pain, such as knee pain that I've never had before, to arise. Advil helps, but I'm not used to limiting my activities or living on medication, and not knowing how long these side effects will last or if they will get worse (the medical literature says it is possible) is worrisome--this in addition to dealing wi | If you google the frequency of tendinitis or tendon rupture with Cipro and other antibiotics in this class, you will read surveys which indicate that serious reactions are fairly rare, that is, one in something like 11,000 patients, plus or minus a few thousand. Those are not bad odds. But people who have been harmed post more often at sites like askapatient than do people who have not had problems, so naturally you will see a higher proportion of negative responses here. Even so, I would recommend being very careful with Cipro. It's important to read the patient information that comes with the drug, where warnings about possible tendon damage are clearly laid out, and noting that people like me, over 60 and physically active, or people who already know they have problems with their joints for other reasons, are more likely to have a serious adverse reaction. I suspect that some people are just more sensitive to medications in general, and if you know that about yourself, it would probably be a good idea to avoid Cipro and its cousins. I would not and could not take this drug again. | F | 66 | 11 days | 4/22/2009 | 5 | kidney infection in child | If you really need this medicine, it does work, and everyone doesn't have the terrible reaction that a lot of the other postings have had. My daughter did have diarrhea after day 4, but with probiotics daily it was managable. Otherwise, it worked well. | My daughter had to take Cipro as a last attempt to get rid of her kidney infection before hospitalizing her. She was so sick, she could have died from the infection, pseudomonas. Cipro saved her life, and saved her from the hospital experience which at best would have been upsetting and at worst could have been... well...we all know about hospitals... | F | 8 | 10 days | 4/8/2009 | 5 | stomach upset, urinary tract inf. | I was prescribed Cipro before a 3 month trip abroad as a medicine that could cure me even if I was stuck in the middle of the jungle or on a mountaintop. Yep. I had to take it 3 times in 3 months, which is not a good plan. Each time I got bad stomach illnesses, waited a week to see improvement, nothing happened, I took it. Same thing with a UTI I tried to cure home remedy style. It cured the above problems in 24 hours or less practically with the first pill. Cipro will eventually become a weaker drug as more bacteria becomes resistant. Try to avoid taking as much as I did (I may ask for a more common antibiotic for my next trip for regular, run of the mill infections) But right now, if you are really ill, Cipro is the drug to get those bad bugs out of you immediately. | F | 21 | 10 days | 9/12/2008 | 5 | UTI | the only thing i experienced was my UTI going away! | I've taken cipro and levaquin for throat infections and they've always worked. recently, i had a terrible UTI. cipro knocks out bacteria fast. if you take it for more than 10 days, you feel kind of weak, during one infection, the cipro really made me sick to my stomach and i lost my appetite. but, that's a small price to pay for a life-saving antibiotic. i am prone to yeast infections, so that's generally a given for me. but, cipro really has just been given a bad name, and it's an excellent, fast-working drug. | F | 23 | 10 days | 5/22/2009 | 5 | UTI | Sleepyness, Mood Changes, Dehydration | Makes me more sleepy than usual, Crying for every sappy thing, Have to make sure to drink enough fluids with all antibiotics (not just Cipro). This medication has not caused me any other problems. Everyone, PLEASE read the entire medication description. It will alert you to possible side effects, drug interactions, etc. Some of the problems you all are having could be avoided by simply educating yourselves about the medication you are taking. This medication will increase the effects of caffeine!!! | F | 29 | 10 days | 2/18/2009 | 5 | UTI | None | I was surprised to see so many negative reactions listed on this page. I just thought I'd add that Cipro cleared up my symptoms within days and I experienced no side effects. | F | 31 | 10 days | 6/17/2008 | 5 | UTI | None whatsoever. | As I am allergic to ampicillin, cephalosporin, erythromycin and sulfa, I am extremely thankful that there is something I can take for my once-or-twice-a-year UTIs. And it works. | F | 52 | 10 days | 6/30/2008 |