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 | Possible Diverticulitis | Lower back pain, joint pain, headache, blurred vision, hazy feeling, couldn't think straight, tendon pain, random shooting pains all over entire body. I know that only a small percentage of the population has a reaction to specific drugs, but I fell in this small percentage for the ciprofloxacin. I've never had a bad reaction to any other type of anitbiotic in my lifetime. Please research this antibiotic before taking. I wish I would have. | This antibiotic is absolute poison. Doctor thought I had a possible case of diverticulitis. Turned out to be gastritis/colitis due to heavy doses of motrin (800 mg 2-3 times per day). By day two of a prescribed fourteen day dose, I was experiencing a nagging headache and a very sore lower back. Along with those symptoms, I also just didn't "feel right." By day five, I began experiencing random, shooting pains over various parts of my body (arms, quads, calves). Consistent tendon pain, primarily in the achilles tendons, began on day five also. Tendon pain would come and go and alternate between the left achilles and the right achilles tendon. At day ten I stopped taking the medication. I have been off of the cipro since 5/3, and starting to feel better; aside from the tendon and joint pain in my achilles/ankles. Once I get up from a sitting position, my achilles/ankle is so stiff that it takes me a couple of minutes to come full stride without limping. The achilles/ | M | 34 | 10 days | 5/20/2008 | 1 | I had an aweful chest cold | Paranoia, tingling sensation and burning sensation throughout entire body, depression, emptiness, helplessness, fear of psychotic breakdown/ fear of getting a mental illness, crying, chills, slight fever, fatigue, weakness in muscles, stomach uneasiness, light-headedness, longevity of the above side effects even after finishing the antibiotics. | I started my side effects the same night I started this medication. If it were not for the help of my dear friend Benedryl (who knocks me out with only one tablet) I would not have been able to sleep because of all of the things I was feeling. This medication is absolutely the worst medication I have EVER taken. I have never felt so alone, scared, depressed, unstable, weird... I am shaking right now simply from talking about it. This was the worst experience I have ever been dished and I have gone through some difficult things in my life. I ABSOLUTELY do not recommend taking this medication with the exception of near DEATH by malaria or anthrax and even so, if there is a way around it or the others in the same category AVOID IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. A cold will (without treatment) last maybe 2 weeks with the severe symptoms but the mental stress and disorder will last at least 2-3 weeks AFTER the first 2 it takes to fulfill the prescription. This is a terrible, terrible medication and no on | F | 20 | 10 days | 1/11/2008 | 1 | Ear Infection | Headache, extreme muscle aches in shoulders and neck, fatigue, lethargic, extreme stomach discomfort first couple of days. | I'm sure it's helped my ear infection, but I'm also sure there must be another antibiotic that would have done the same. I've stopped taking it with about 4 days to go - I can't stand feeling like this anymore. Everyone reacts differently and for some it's probably great. I, for one, will never take it again. | F | 53 | 10 days | 11/4/2007 | 1 | Sinus Infection | HOW DOES A SLOW AGONIZING TURTUROUS DEATH FEEL??? I only hope and pray to GOD my life has not been destroyed by this *POISON*! How do you describe JOINT TENDON LIGAMENT PAIN? Like having my hands and feet bashed by a hammer!! Like my head is in a VICE!! Constant RINGING IN THE EARS!! EVERY BONE ACHES!! STIFFNESS!! POUNDING HEART!! ANXIETY!! BLOATING!! | Look up FLUORIDE POISONING and don't forget to search THE TRUTH ABOUT BAYER!! Thank GOD for the INTERNET....and the TRUTH!! | F | 48 | 10 days | 11/18/2007 | 1 | vaginal infection | tendonitis | I developed tendonitis about a month after taking a 10 day dose (which worked for the infection but it was back in 2 weeks). I couldn't think of anything that could have caused the tendonitis, then heard of the possible side effect of Cipro as tendon problems. | F | 53 | 10 days | 7/13/2008 | 1 | reccurent UTI | I definitely agree that Cipro is a dangerous drug or at least one that induces horrible side effects. 2 days after taking this poisonous crap, I developed heart palpitations, felt like my heart was going to jump out of my chest, it was beat at 130-150 beats per minute (the average heart rate is 60-100). So I thought I was going to die!! Then a few days later I developed muscle pain in both of my upper arms, to the point where I couldnt even lift up a cup!!! Just horrible! I really hate whoever has created this peice of shit drug, causing tremendous harm than good! | Does anyone have an idea whether you can develop latent effects after taking STUPID Cipro?? If so, what are the possible side effects even after stopping this drug? thanks | F | 26 | 10 days | 5/5/2008 | 1 | ear infection | I took 750mg of cipro for 10 days in jan 2008. It is one year later and I am still living with aweful side effects. It started 2 weeks AFTER finishing the med: tendon pain, muscles, twitching and small spasms on side of head, feet, legs, arms. Head and face pain. Tendonitis all over body. Within days I could hardly walk due to tendonitis and muscle pain. For three months I could not walk farther than from room to room in my house. A month after the ear ringing started. Once the tendonitis was gone (about 3 months after it started) I was able to walk some, then more, until I can walk as far as I want, but still feel pain in legs. Activity helped for me, once the tendonitis was gone. Still ear ringing, and head pain which seems to be from tendons in head (jaw). I saw many doctors all with may ideas but no solid fixes. I was formerly very fit, able to hike 20 miles in mountains. I want to know if the ear ringing ever stops for anyone? | These are very powerful drugs and doctors readily give them out like lollie-pops. I recommend people seek out alternatives before risking the rest of their functional lives on it. The drug companies need to research the mechanisms of injury and seek ways to help. The car companies made airbags, whay dont drug companies research the side effects rather than cover them up? Do not take this drug. | M | 32 | 10 days | 1/15/2009 | 1 | Minor urinary infection | Horrible side effects ; feelings of death and doom ; massive diarrea,headaches,ear-ringing;sound sensitivity;muscle wasteing; cramps;horrible insomnea and nightmares,the list goes on and on and this is one year later ; still never recovered from this vile,poisonous drug!! | Bayer should be sued out of existence for the damage this drug has done to me and thousands of others !! DO NOT TAKE THIS POISON UNLESS YOU ARE WILLING TO GAMBLE WITH YOUR HEALTH !! IT HAS RUINED MY LIFE !! Go to the Yahoo Quinolone forum or FAVC forum to hear others tell their stories of pain and suffering cause by these antibiotics . E-MAIL ME IF YOU SUSPECT YOU HAVE BEEN POISONED BY CIPRO !! | M | 48 | 10 days | 12/4/2008 | 1 | UTI | Sore ankles, muscles in legs achy | Has anyone been to a good doctor who helped with these symptoms? How long do the symptoms typically last? | F | 45 | 10 days | 12/27/2008 | 1 | kidney stone | i was involved in a work related accident on 9/26/08 which consisted of bruised ribs with torn muscles and minor cuts on my arm but when i had a cat scan in the emergency room they found a kidney stone [13mm] then what happened was i had 1 doctor perscribing pain meds,anti inflamatories and muscle relaxers [for the ribs] and i went to an uroligist and had lipthotripsy done twice and each time i was given cypro as an antibiotic anyways i had severe loss of short term memory ,slurred speech,shaking in legs,suicidal thoughts ,it was like i was trapped in my own body ,i quit taking all the other meds except for the cipro and still had the symptons so i went to a 3rd doctor [ the other 2 wouldnt talk about the problems ] and was scheduled for a cat scan. quit taking cipro that night and short term memory / slurred speach improved within 3 days ,now 2 months later i can hardly walk and i feel like i ran a marathon every day !! my leg muscles feel like they are on fire and alot of | DONT TAKE THIS POISON !!! i cant believe a doctor would prescribe this junk !! | M | 39 | 10 days | 12/29/2008 | 1 | suspected sinus infection | Mild nausea, loss of appetite, depersonalization, headaches, internal feeling of vibration or shaking (not visible externally), ringing in ears, EXTREME anxiety, EXTREME fatigue and lethargy (to the point I could have stayed in bed all day every day), depression, disinterest in life, feeling of pressure or a "buzzing" sensation inside my head, bodily aches and pains in joints and soft tissue (as if I were bruised), thoughts of doom, easy bruising, memory loss and inability to articulate thoughts, and a loss of pleasure. | I wasn't feeling great when I went to the doctor, but I felt much worse when I started taking this drug. I thought I was going crazy or was going to die. I took it for 10 days and have been off of it almost 3 weeks, but didn't realize the drug could be causing all of these feelings until I read these postings. I have been to my doctor twice since my original visit, and she has yet to mention that what I'm feeling could be caused by CIPRO. In fact, she scheduled me for an MRI on my head (which came back normal) and a ton of blood work (which also came back normal). Thankfully, some of the symptoms are subsiding or at least improving. Nausea is gone and appetite is back. Eye problems are getting better. The ringing in my ears has lessened but still there. The "buzzing" or pressure feeling in my head is gone, but I do still feel "shaky" on the inside at times. However, the tenderness throughout my body is still here, and I'm still experiencing anxiety and fat | F | 43 | 10 days | 12/13/2008 | 1 | minor infection | Joint pain, newly prominent veins, wrinkled thinning skin, sun-sensitivity, caffeine intolerance, anxiety, depression | DO NOT TAKE THIS if you can at all avoid it. I was put on 1 gram of "this very safe drug" daily this fall for a condition for which it is not generally used (yes, it worked), and definitely not at that dosage, and it has wreaked havoc with my activity level (joint pain and sun sensitivity) and my skin. Google "Cipro + elastin" or "Cipro + collagen" and you will find some very interesting and unsettling information. Nothing surfaced while I was taking it but within a week after, I had pain throughout legs, knees, and ankles, newly prominent veins all over my body, sunburn even through my usual sunscreen level, and in the weeks since, skin on hands, neck, and elsewhere that looks like it has aged ten years. And if this is the external tissue reaction, who knows what is going on internally? No two people will have the same reaction to the same medication, but for me this drug has been a nightmare. Unless you are assured that there is no alternative to a | F | 47 | 10 days | 1/2/2009 | 1 | For bronchitis & slight pneumonia | Three days after starting on the drug my speech started slurring, I developed twitching of my eyelid, my right side became very weak and I had trouble swallowing and walking. I was extremely exhausted. After the 10 day supply of cipro I was put on erethromycine and my speech cleared as did the twitching and other symptoms. Unfortunately after 3 days on erethro my stomach could't handle it so I was put on a 3rd antibiotic and all the symptoms came back and 2 months later Iwas diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gerhigs disease. I asked the neurologist if the cipro could have had anything to do with the ALS and he said it was just a coincidence. Then I came home and looked up Cipro Poisoning online and found out that many symptoms mimic ALS. Be very careful if you are prescribed any cipro's | F | 55 | 10 days | 5/31/2008 | 1 | Bladder Infection | Aching ankles (tendons), pins & needles, loose stools, twitching and aching muscles, fatigue, anxiety, depression. Some symptoms didn't start until several weeks after stopping the medication. | I took Cipro for 10 days. This was in 1997. The fatigue, anxiety, and depression still bother me. Most doctors don't know about these severe side effects and unfortunately probably won't believe you if you tell them. | M | 70 | 10 days | 7/4/2008 | 1 | "staph" infection - no testing | Extreme fatigue, fuzzy mind, blurry eyesight, joint pain, lethargy, difficulty with thinking organized and speaking, painful tendons on wrist, hip and knee. I felt like I was falling apart. | I was given Cipro for a severe leg wound. From the first day, I had extreme fatigue, aches and pains in several joints and weakness, so bad, that I could barely lift my arms to turn a page in a magazine. I wanted to quit the last of the 10 doses, but I was told not to, that the good news was that I had only 1 to go, but the bad news was that the ill effects could last 30 days, or so. It's been about 40 days and I'm suffering very low blood pressure, tiredness, fatigue, but having trouble staying asleep. I went to a holistic doctor, today, about my low, low blood pressure (80's over 50's). I told him about the leg injury and the Cipro to treat it. I saw the "light bulb" go off in his eyes and he said that I was Toxic from the Cipro and set up a 3 times series of Vitamin C IV drips for me to take, plus some natural, oral celations to take. I'm so excited - I have Hope and the assurance that I was not immagining these symptoms or just "being lazy". I can't wait to s | F | 64 | 10 days | 6/26/2008 | 1 | UTI | Terrible drug - Wish I had never took it now - Capable of "delayed reactions" Can cripple you months/years down the line . Tinnitus , Hyperacusis,Insomnea ,nightmares, nausea ,CNS problems big time, the list goes on and on | Poison , vile drug , go to Fluoroquinolones.Org . if you want a good scare . . | F | 52 | 10 days | 3/21/2009 | 1 | UTI | Swelling, severe pain, red eyes, flu-like symptoms, rashes on face and neck | F | 26 | 10 days | 7/3/2009 | 1 | acute diverticulitis | AFter ten days on the drug, ankle pain and extremely severe pain in shoulders, wrists, and hands. I could not sleep on either side, nor do any work with my hands. My usual routine at the gym was trashed. LIft a weight? Hah! Interestingly, some weeks after quitting the cipro, I developed an eye infection and put in a drop of the newest antibiotic drops my eye doc gave me. Two hours later, the horrible shoulder and wrist pain was back full-force. Intrigued, I looked closely at the eye drop box: It was "Viagmox," a fluoroquinolone, the SAME class of drug as Cipro! Keep an eye on those eye drops, folks. | There is some hope for those hurt by this drug. It's been almost three months since I stopped Cipro, and although I did not suffer an outright tendon rupture, I saw my rheumatologist about the continuing pain. He diagnosed Cipro-induced tendinitis and prescribed physical therapy, and after twice-weekly heat therapy, ice, massage, and gentle exercise, I am almost back to normal. Only one shoulder still bothers me, and my weights at the gym are indeed lighter than I normally use, but things are improving. If you have been harmed by Cipro, I urge you to talk to a rheumatologist. They are aware of this problem and can often help. | F | 66 | 10 days | 6/18/2009 | 1 | urinary infection | crippling pain, unable to walk. after 10 days of cipro, I had achilese tendonitis, plantar facia (bottom of feet) pain, shoulder pain with 2 rotator cuff tears. | I took this medicine in 2006 and had shoulder surgery about 8 months later to repair torn tendons. I had to see a foot specialist (to no avail), now in 2009, both shoulders have rotator cuff tears so I'm looking at surgery again, my feet still hurt daily as does my left elbow. I have a technical job that does not relate to the kind of tendon problems I had and still have. Personally this drug is a nightmare, if you happen to be alergic to it, not everyone is, and it does clear up infections very fast. there is one thing that is evident though, there is no time limit on the injuries you can have from this medicine. | M | 55 | 10 days | 6/5/2009 | 1 | diverticulitus | Took the entire dose, 10 days, 1000 mgs per day. Kept feeling worse, no strenght, blamed it on the heat. Tendonitis flared up really bad. After last dose became super ill and ended up in the ER and was admitted for the night. My body was one giant hive, hands so swollen they had turned blue and really painful, so were the bottom of my feet. Had really bad chills to the point of not being able to control my motor skills. Doctors thought it a bit strange that I didn't have this reaction prior to finishing the dose. Put me on Prednisone for a week. Feeling much better, just weak and can't handle any kind of heat. No problems breathing, no real throat swelling. | Have never had a reaction from any meds like this one. Had only taken it once before with no problems. | F | 56 | 10 days | 9/8/2008 |