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 | Cough, upper resp infection | I am in tears reading these posts. I never would have thought the swelling in my legs would have been caused by this until today. My left leg is slightly swelled as well as the ankle but my right leg looks like the michellin man's leg. Literally bulges....my ankle is completely swollen to where I can barely move my foot. I really hope that since I finished it this morning that this will go away. I can't believe I was this stupid to keep taking it. | Avoid this medication at all costs...read everyone's posts! | F | 41 | 10 days 500 2X day | 11/21/2010 | 1 | Sinus infection | Felt as if my body was tearing apart from the inside. My legs swelled, bruised, and I could barely move after finishing the dose. Insomnia. | I have never felt anything like this pain before, ever. I was diagnosed with Lyme disease/Fibromyalgia but nothing compares to the pain that I have felt since taking Cipro. Every part of my body where there are tendons is screaming in pain, feels tight, pops, and blistered. I cannot move without painful cracking and my body has swelled substantially. I cannot sleep due to the pain or the insomnia which I now have. I went to my doctor after suffering these symptoms and she refused to acknowledge that it was the drug that was causing my ailments and suggested that I see a psychiatrist. I did not take her recommendation and instead visited a homeopath who treated me for the drug's effects. I came out walking and moving with less pain, but still have milder versions of the symptoms 2 weeks later, it seems to get worse when it is cold. It will take time for my body to remove it from my system, as according to the Warnings reactions can happen months after finishing the medication. I really feel that this drug is dangerous and do not recommend it to anyone. If I had not had a homeopathic doctor treat me for the side effects I would be bedridden right now. The doctor who perscribed the medication refused to admit that there was a problem, eventhough I had brusing and swelling. I was walking like someone in their 90's before I went to the homeopath and came out walking much better when I left. It was like night and day. That's how I know it was the medication. | F | 29 | 10 days 250 2X day | 12/8/2010 | 1 | Prostatitis | Tendonitis all over my body, anxiety, insomnia, extreme fatigue, tinnitus, back pain, overall muscle aches, preipheral nerve pain. I took the drug over a year ago and the symptoms are still worsenning. The real irony is that I didn't have a bacterial infection after all so all this suffering is for nothing. Doctors are completely ignorant of the dangers of these drugs. | This is poisonous crap. Don't take it under any circumstances as it will destroy your health. Fluorquinolones are the most toxic drugs on the market and they should all be banned from sale. | M | 50 | 10 days 400mg 2X day | 12/9/2010 | 1 | Infection | Severe joint and muscle pain. Extraordinary pain on my feet. Itching and finger pain. Swelling of legs. I have used thisc drug in the past, but not at this high dosage. I have rheumatoid arthritis and am 79 years old. SHOULD NOT GET THIS DRUG! | It did clear up my infection. | F | 79 | 10 days 750 2X day | 1/1/2011 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | diverticulitis symptoms | on the 10th day of taking Cipro, I woke up in am and could not walk due to extreme achilles pain. Since then, and it has been OVER 3 years, I have tendon (which of course includes joints) pain all over my body and it has severely limited all activities from walking, yoga to housework, cooking (opening a jar is painful or impossible) and I have pain every minute of every day and it HAS NEVER improved. At times it seems like a bit less and other times it flares up severely. I have not found anything that helps (nsaids etc.). The worst part is I find most doctors don't know anything about it and/or don't believe me or think it must be something else going on..... Also, I contacted the maker's of Cipro several times just to get info or validation and they absolutely don't respond in any way except to have it documented with the FDA...and they sure haven't gotten in touch with me! | the black box warning appeared a couple months after I took Cipro. I fit the criteria for most at risk and they knew about problems for many years, and had theywillingly put the warning sooner I would not have taken it. I now believe this damage is for life and will not improve and in fact as I age, it will get worse. Shame on them for how they handle this. | F | 64 | 10 days low 1X day | 7/27/2011 | 1 | Diverticulitis (recurrent) | Each time I have been prescribed the combination of Cipro and Flagyl, I have experienced progressively more severe side effects, The first few days are not so bad; however, the longer on the combo the worse the symptoms, which are, extreme cramping (on a par with labor pains), bloating, inflammation of the whole lower abdominal region, feeling as though my colon received a caustic burn, itching in my ears, fatigue, and mental confusion. I have told my doctor EVERY TIME she wants to prescribe it, but my pleas have fallen on deaf ears. Apparently it's the preferred treatment. I am not one to exaggerate and maybe her other patients do. This drug combination made me feel as though my colon was going to rupture and I would die. I could hardly walk, I felt as though I was carrying 9'lb bowling ball in my pelvis. My uterus felt like it was being expelled through my vagina due to the pelvic pressure. My bladder felt battered and I had to urinate every 20 mins to an hour because I couldn't stan | Plain and simple, I believe this to be poison. Will NEVER take it again. Like others, I have also suffered knee problems, plantar faciatis, and tinnitus that I now wonder if it was the result of taking this medication | F | 49 | 10 days 500 MG 2X day | 6/5/2011 | 1 | bladder infection | I had very bad pain in the upper thighs on both legs. I was in & out of the bath room all day. I was sooooooo tired & I slept all day. My lower stomach hurt worst after I started the Cipro. I took it for 4 days & told my husband that I wa going to look up side effects because of the way I was feeling. Thank you to everyone that posted because I'm going to quit taking Cipro today. I will never take this agian I felt like I was dragging the whole time & I have no energy. I would rather try something natural. Cipro is not the "ANSWER". Thanks for the warning with all your replys!!!!!! | F | 47 | 10 days 500 mg 2X day | 6/11/2011 | 1 | Possible sinus infection | F | 47 | 10 days 500 2X day | 6/28/2011 Patient History | 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 | Kidney Infection | joint and muscle aches, headache, fatigue, nausea, dry mouth | Killed my infection but it's not worth feeling so crappy and weak all the time while on it. I do not recommend this to anyone. Take precautions. This medication will specifically bring out any underlying joint/tendon problems. | F | 25 | 10 days 500mg 2X day | 9/5/2011 | 1 | Prostate | Torn calf muscle in left leg, tendons in right leg about to rupture, can't sleep, muscle twitching in legs, right shoulder pain in joint, all joints around body are cracking and popping, back ache, pain in right side of tummy. | Right leg in plaster, torn tendons and calf muscle,right leg very painful and feels like it is about to go the same. Muscle twitching and aching in legs, and shoulder pain like I have dislocated it. I can't sleep, bones and joints all around my body are crunching and popping. This all happened 2 weeks after finishing my dose. Just walking across the road and then pop my leg went. This should not of happened as I am a fit bloke who has calf muscles like popeye. My job involves climbing etc... No problems before hand ever. Now after 3months of taking this drug I am ruined. I feel that I have aged 30 years .currently having blood tests, had blood clots in leg, 1inch deep tear in muscle and tendons damaged etc... Not sure what future holds, And how long before pain in tendons in good leg subsides. My advice to anyone about to take this drug.......please try something else unless you really need this drug. Your doctor or your employer will not believe you when you tell them that a pill you took for a week or two as crippled you. It has been 3 months since I took the drug and it has not got any better yet. Not quite sure how I am going to do my job on return to work......yes this pill is life changing. | M | 43 | 10 days 500 2X day | 8/17/2011 | 1 | Sinus Infection | Horrible headaches, extreme low back pain, achy joints - more miserable than the sinus infection | No wonder they use this for anthrax exposed patients - they're damned near dead anyway so give them CIPRO. If it doesn't kill them, it might cure them. NEVER, NEVER take this as a first choice. Go with any other antibiotic but CIPRO as this stuff is horrible. Doctor took me off this stuff and put me on augmentin - a proven winner that's been around for year. It did the job and no problems. | M | 45 | 10 days | 10/6/2007 | 1 | KIDNEY INFECTION | SEVERE BACK AND NECK PAIN. ARM AND LEG WERE NUMB AND TINGLE FEELING. | F | 35 | 10 days | 1/12/2007 | 1 | Kidney infection | Tingling in fingers and toes. Chills and fever 18 hours a day. Mild joint pain. Rash on 10th(last)day. | Physician didn't think I was allergic until the rash appeared. I write this on the 10th day...I'll see what happens. | M | 42 | 10 days | 4/22/2004 |