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 | Influenza | One month after dosage ended it attacked my tendons from the waist down in both legs. The most severe pain I have ever endured, currently it resides in my left Achilles tendon, which hopefully won't "Pop". No one should ever take Cipro! | M | 58 | 10 days 1X day | 5/16/2013 | 1 | Recurrant UTIs | Cipro ruined my health. I used to be an athlete, and now there are days I dread taking a walk. At only 19 years old I had to drop out of college my reaction was so extreme. I took Cipro over 2 years ago and still have severe symptoms. There have been days I cannot get out of bed. Some of my symptoms that I'm STILL EXPERIENCING TODAY include: Peripheral neuropathy, myalgia, rheumatological symptoms including severe joint pain and stiffness (so bad some days I couldn't walk or use my hands), severe stomach pain and indigestion, urinary retention, disorientation, short term memory loss, anxiety, depression, suicidal thoughts, fatigue, panic attacks, derealization, depersonalization, vertigo, photo sensitivity, hives that still occur 2 years after taking cipro, distorted hearing/hypoacusis, strange/painful throbbing pressure in ears. | Took for 10 days at a time, 5 different times over a year. | F | 20 | 10 days 500MG 2X day | 4/23/2013 | 1 | sinus infection | this drug ruined my life. After taking it my eyes started killing me to add to things i couldnt be in light. its bee 2 years and still no better and have severe light sensitivity to my eyes not to mention horrible dry eyes no matter how much eyes drops i use. also noticed after taking i cant take antibiotics with out making my eyes worse.And i also have pain in my left knee and elbow joints. this np had no clue what she was doing.i weigh 93 pounds and she puts me on 1000mg a day thats twice what i should have been getting. | never take this drug. the drs who prescribe this and the fda and companies that make it should be ashamed that they are ruining peoples lives just to make money. I am already disabled and i do photography and use the computer alot and watched tv alot but now hardly ever due to a careless np not looking at my allergies and over dosing me for someone of my size and weight.i was persrcibed twice the amount of someone my size. they took what thing i had left away from me. death to cipro,any drug like it and the drs who deny the side effects.and the companies that make it and endorse it. shame shame | F | 30 | 10 days 500mg 2X day | 1/28/2013 Patient History | 1 | Bacterial sepsis,endocarditis | Severe nearly crippling pain in my joints, especially my ankles/heels, of my ankles shoulders. When I step onto my feet the paint that shoots up from my heel drops me to my knees, my ankles feel like a bat was taken to them. My whole body is racked in pain. I am on Leviaquin,oral Vancomycin and IV Ineprenem. RE DIARRHEA and Cipro URGENT Abx can cause the bacteria C. Difficile to overtake the colon, this requires medical attention immediately, particularly if your stool is watery. C, Diff, is very contagious as it is a spore, it can clear up for a bit and show back up, as a spore it can spread to family, you shouldn't share a bathroom. It my require hospitalization, you can dehydrate and it can make you much sicker left untreated. | Doctors will deny any of the above side effects, they have each time and every time they have occurred - EVERY time I have taken these meds, Keflex, too. It gets worse each time, so like allergies it may be cumulative and may be increasingly risky. | F | 46 | 10 days 500mg 2X day | 12/16/2012 | 1 | kidney infection | Been off cipro now for couple Weeks andstill have very blurry sight. Along with the worst abdominal swelling that will not go down. I have never before felt such swelling and pressure. The constipation is beond ridiculose. I have bought every thing on the market including prune juice and nothing works. My muscles still hurt every day. Im so sick of these side effects that wont leave. Just because a drug rep bounces in a office and tells drs this drug is great does not mean a thing.after all that is their job. And then of course the dr. starts throwing it at patients without knowing one thing obout the poision.I worked inmedical field for years and I know exactaley how it works.do not take this drug. After all sinse when would anyone expect their dr. to say theygave a bad drug that destroyed a patient for life. Will never happen. So ththey will lie. I know because I worked for drs. To many years and heard them lie to their patientsmany times. | F | 49 | 10 days 500 | 8/19/2012 | 1 | UTI | Nausea, tiredness, anxiety, depression | I have an anxiety disorder to begin with. Last year I was prescribed cipro for a UTI and had no problems at all. This time around it's making me crazy. I'm supposed to take it for 2 more days but I refuse to now. My anxiety is so bad I'm shaking and crying and feel like I'm going crazy, even though I'm on zoloft. I'm never taking this again! | F | 23 | 10 days 500 mg 2X day | 7/12/2013 | 1 | Diverticulitis | I was very healthy walked everyday went to the gym now after taking Cipro I can hardly make it through work. I have tingling in legs, pain in calf muscles, swollen ankles. Doctor ran a lot of tests and finally said I was having muscle spasms??? said it would go away in a few weeks to a couple of months, it is now 9 weeks not going away. | One thing that has helped is wearing compression socks, most of the pain goes away in my calf muscles but when I take them off the pain returns. | F | 52 | 10 days 500MG 2X day | 6/7/2012 | 1 | bladder infection | I ran during this time and ended up with plantar fasciitis, which lasted off & on for several months (with a cortisone shot). I also developed tendonitis in my biceps when laterally moving a very heavy sliding door, which bothered me for a couple of months with tenderness and very sharp pains. | Sharp pains in my biceps still occur (4 months after taking the cipro). During this pains also began in my shoulder area, and gradually got worse. During this time I gradually lost mobility of my shoulder, and now have frozen shoulder (adhesive capsulitis) which is very severe. | F | 53 | 10 days 500 mg 2X day | 4/6/2012 | 1 | UTI | pain in Achilles and most other tendons, could barely walk, brain fog, tiredness, skin sagging, odd perspiration, all starting 2 weeks after use. !0 months and still not recovered from the DRUG. | NEVER put yourself at this risk. I was in perfect health (other than a common UTI) beforehand. | 65 | 10 days 500mg 2X day | 12/23/2017 | 1 | After kidney stone removal surgery | This antibiotic caused me severe abdominal pain not related to kidney, bloating to where I looked 5 months pregnant, gave heart palpitations, muscle aches, and significant digestive problems. | This was the first time I had been on CIPRO. I had a kidney stone that wouldn't pass, and they did surgery to remove it, and left a stent in for five days. That alone was horrible, but I had a stent once before and expected that I would feel better once the stent was removed. I felt just as bad for five days after the stent was removed, to the point where I considered going back to the ER. I was unable to eat, my digestive system felt like it had shut down. Food just did not pass from my stomach for hours and hours. I couldn't fit into any of my pants -- I looked 5 months pregnant. I also believe I was unable to process the hospital drugs and anesthesia out of my body properly, because things were so slowed down. There was another med I was on for two days that turned my urine blue. For nearly 72 hours after my last dose of that med I peed blue, even though my doc said it cleared out of the system completely in 6 hours. I blamed this med for my problems, since I had never had problem with antibiotic before, and I quit that med. I continued to take CIPRO for two full days more before I looked it up, experiencing such an unwell feeling that I was minutes away from going to hospital. I also had significant heart palpitations, by the way. I read the side effects of CIPRO and many of them were what I was experiencing. BE VERY CAREFUL WITH THIS DRUG. I have been off of it for two days, and I am still not doing regular activities, still feel ill, though my appetite is back | F | 44 | 10 days 500 mg 2X day | 4/13/2012 | 1 | Diverticulitis and UTI | Extreme joint pain all over my body. I wake up in pain and go to sleep in pain. I'm also very tired but cannot figure out if it's because I'm suffering from a fatigue type side effect or because I'm not sleeping well due to the joint pain. I have taken Cipro before but have had it several times over the past 5 months due to 3 diverticulitis flare ups and UTIs. I wouldn't recommend Cipro unless it was used for life or death situations. | F | 38 | 10 days 2x/day | 4/15/2012 | 1 | possible gastritis | I was prescribed cipro and flagyl for suspected gastritis that turned out to be a virus. I already have IBS and anxiety issues and the cipro caused them both to go out of control. I wound up in the er twice for severe diarrhea/stomach cramps and once for a severe anxiety attack. For about 2 weeks I was nearly suicidal. Cipro also caused me to have several other problems I never had before. It affected my blood sugar, blood pressure, caused nerve and muscle pain, nightmares, insomnia, severe nausea, severe diarrhea, severe heartburn, severe anxiety, panic attacks,"brain fog", memory loss,severe sinus problems and depression to name a few. I am still dealing with some of this 5 months later. If you are prescribed this drug, first of all make sure you really NEED an antibiotic, I didn't. Next, ask if there is any other antibiotic you could take. Cipro was meant to be used as a last resort, it is WAY too strong for most infections - research it. Also, ask your Dr. about | DO NOT take this drug unless it is a life or death situation! | F | 47 | 10 days 500 mg 2X day | 1/1/2012 | 1 | Sinus infection | Severe abdominal pain and vomitting. Had to go to emergency room. | Never take this drug unless you really have a big tolerance to amoxcillian and have to be on somthing else. | F | 36 | 10 days 250 3X day | 2/3/2012 | 1 | sinus infection | Racing heart, rash, extreme swelling especially in my knees, tingling & soreness in my hands, feet & wrists. Fever, chills, extreme body aches, terrible headaches. | I took cipro 2 1/2 years ago and began experiencing these symptoms five days after finishing my last dose. I've had blood tests, xrays & MRIs, but no one can find why I am still having trouble with my hands and knees. Drs. ignore cipro as a possible cause of my symptoms. | F | 52 | 10 days ? 2X day | 12/26/2011 | 4 | sinus infection/bronchitis | flu-like symptoms - headache, body ache, nausea, fatigue | The drug cured my sinus infection. That's the good news. Early on I had headache - dismissed it. About day 7, stomach began bothering me. I knew I was in good health - just had 2 complete physicals and blood work. Day 8 I felt like I had the flu. Day 9 was horrible - I researched the drug and I knew I was reacting. I had 1 pill left and I threw it out. I believe the dose was way too strong for me - I rarely take antibiotics. From what I've read though, my reactions could have been way worse. | F | 59 | 9.5 days | 2/19/2009 | 3 | Kidney Infection | Was prescribed 500 Mg, twice daily for 2 weeks. Went to urgent care after 5 days of being on the medication due to severe back pain. Kidney infection was cleared up, but my back continued to hurt and my kidney became swollen, and painful. I did not know what was causing it until I forgot to take a Cipro, and my kidney/back started to feel better. I stopped taking the medication after 9 days. Cleared up my kidney infection, but was in a terrible amount of pain. | I took Cipro for 10 days a few months ago, and I did not have the kidney pain/swelling. Might be the 500 Mg dosage that got me. | F | 31 | 9 days | 9/29/2009 | 3 | urinary tract infection | light headed sometimes confused. Problems to sleep at night. Achiles tendons are painfull. I used to be a very active person. However I had to stop all physical activities like jogging or working out at the gym for fear of pulling of breaking a ligament. Had to stop caffeine as is seems to combine with the drug giving me even more joint pains. The general feeling is a lack of energy and a difficulty to concentrate. | I must admit that it did cure my symptoms. But the side effects are terrible | M | 46 | 9 days | 9/6/2007 | 3 | supposed septic bursitis of elbow | dizziness, heartburn that was awful, dark stools, feeling | I don't like it. | F | 40 | 9 days | 9/13/2004 | 2 | Kidney Infection | Prescribed 500 Mg twice daily for 2 weeks. I stopped taking it after 9 days due to my kidney being in pain... I've had a pearcing headache with a stiff neck for three days now... no pain meds help it. Now have to go to the Dr. | Might be okay if you are on a lower dosage, but 500 mg twice daily (or more) is too much for anyone I think. | F | 31 | 9 days | 9/30/2009 | 1 | Prostatitis | Ankle and Knee pain. Extreme pain in calve muscles. Legs too stiff to walk. Pain in fingers. Nausea, dizziness and extreme fatigue. | Took 500mg Cipro XR for 9 days for Prostatitis. After 7 days my legs were so stiff I could not walk. My Urologist took me off the Cipro nearly 3 weeks ago but I am still too weak to walk. I called Bayer Canada and asked for help with the side effects but they have NO information or treatments. This drug should not be used except as a last resort. | M | 45 | 9 days | 8/27/2008 |