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 | Diverticulitis | soar in every joint especially legs and lower back. | It should carry a warning label on the prescription bottle from the pharmacy - had taken Cipro before and never had this reaction | F | 42 | 8 days | 1/9/2010 | 1 | UTI | Increased low back and abdominal pain, bloating, Bicipital tendon pain, headache, fever, gas, anxiety, tight jaw, pain behind knees pulsing in ears and chills | This has been a huge lesson for me. NEVER ever take a medication without asking to see the PDR on a drug, and take time to find out its history. It's a scary drug and a crime against humanity!! | F | 32 | 7.5 days | 10/26/2007 | 1 | Hot Tub Folliculitis | Severe GI Tract Inflammation, Kidney Pain, Vomiting, Lack of Appetite, Possible Others | Prescribed for Hot Tub Folliculitis (a skin rash caused by topical contact with contaminated hot tub water). During treatment, I had severe lack of appetite (not lack of hunger, just recoil at the thought of eating no matter how hungry), and various symptoms that would be presumptuous to blame on the meds. Since stopping Cipro (2 days), I’ve had severe GI tract inflammation to the point it’s painful to lie on my stomach to sleep (I can’t sleep on my back; no sleep either) and a dull ache/burning sensation in the kidneys similar to that I get when I drink too much soda, but not in that it sometimes gets worse (presumably dependent on what I’ve consumed). After 1 day of self-treatment with acidophilus and magnesium, I’ve finally had a day of loose bowel movements after at least two with none and my appetite is back, but I still can’t eat much because the GI tract inflammation is still in full force and I’m afraid to go back to any ignoramus that would prescribe this for a SKIN RASH! I didn’t know what it was until now, but even my friend’s husband said “CIPRO? OMG, that’s for life or death treatment!” I hope and pray I don’t develop the long term effects some have posted here, but even if I don’t, what I’ve already experienced is completely unacceptable results for having been treated for a skin rash!! I should have been prescribed a topical antibiotic, not this horror! | F | 37 | 7.5 days 500 2X day | 11/2/2011 | 5 | UTI | None | I went to an urgent care clinic because I suspected that I had a UTI (sure enough, I did!) and they prescribed me Cipro. The doctor told me I would begin to feel better within about 6 hours after my first dose and should be back to feeling 100% by the 3rd day. Well, I made the mistake of reading these reviews when I got home and considered going back to the doctor to ask for a different medication. But by that time the clinic was closed and I was in pain from my UTI, so I didn't really have a choice. I'm glad I just decided to take the Cipro. The doctor was right, I started feeling better a few hours after my first dose and was actually feeling back to normal by the end of the 2nd day. No side effects at all. It says you can take with or without food, but I always took it with a meal. | F | 29 | 7 days 500 MG 2X day | 8/12/2011 | 5 | Post Surgery Incision Infection | None at all. No side effects whatsoever. No tendon or joint issues. No stomach issues. No sleep issues. I noticed no difference in anything, except lightning fast healing. | I was so freaked out by reading some of the horrid comments here that I hesitated 24 hrs to take Cipro, which as it turns out was my biggest mistake - hesitating. I don't doubt some had issues but everyone is different and I think most people w/ adverse reactions are more likely to post. So here is my good news for you, I had no side effects and I had immediate stoppage of my infection. When I say immediate, I mean it. The infection & drainage stopped and I started healing after a couple hours of first dose. My only regret is waiting to start, if your Doctor prescribed Cipro, take it & determine for yourself how it affects you. | M | 39 | 7 days 500MG 2X day | 3/16/2011 | 5 | Kidney Infection | NONE | I averaged about 5-6 kidneys infections per year since I was 17. This (and Levaquin) always cleared them up super fast and with zero side effects. Unfortunately it no longer works for me as I've taken way too much of it over the past 10 years. My Doctor informed me that it doesn't really work much anymore for about 40% of people now that it $4 at Walmart and therefore prescribed for just about everything! Luckily a single dose of 100mg of Macrobid every time I have sex prevents the kidney infections from occurring at all these days. | F | 29 | 7 days 500mg 2X day | 2/6/2011 | 5 | Kidney Infection | Typical antibiotic side effects, plus I got a bad sunburn (Cipro increases the likelihood of that-- make sure to stay in the shade!) | Drug was, literally, a life-saver. Although the side-effects weren't pleasant, they were nothing compared to a kidney infection, which it treated and cured really efficiently. My doctors were reluctant to prescribe it, because of its side-effect profile, but it was fantastic. Macrobid, on the other hand, a supposedly 'well-tolerated' antibiotic, was what really nearly killed me. | F | 31 | 7 days 150 2X day | 1/18/2011 | 5 | UTI | Slight fatigue (could be from not drinking caffeine as is recommended), upset GI, possible yeast infection | I'm on Day 3 of my Cipro and my UTI symptoms are completely gone. I have cut out caffeine, as is recommended, so that could be the cause of my fatigue. As with most antibiotics I am having GI side effects but even those aren't that bad since I'm popping probiotics a few hours after taking the Cipro. I may be getting a yeast infection, but that's not the Cipro's fault...antibiotics in general do that to me. How pleasant. I was worried about this drug because of all the negativity on this site, but I have no real complaints. | F | 28 | 7 days 500 mg 2X day | 12/14/2010 | 5 | UTI | I am seriously amazed at all the people on here that have bad effects from this medicine. I have taken this 4 or 5 different times in the last 4 years for UTI's. I NEVER EVER had one side effect from it. I work a fulltime job cleaning commercial building and residences and am a single mother of 3. I was never once tired or experienced any pain, stiffness, joint clicking, ear ringing, loss of sight, stomach pain, weakness, or anything else everyone has said on here. I LOVE this medicine. My UTI's started to clear up immediately everytime I took it. To this day I don't have any problems. | F | 36 | 7 days 2X day | 2/24/2010 | 5 | dental abcess, bronchitis | heavy limbs, extreme fatigue, loss of appetite, soreness & tension in shoulders/back/knees, mild dehydration, delayed onset of tendinitis which subsided with painkillers and pilates after 2 weeks.) sensitivity to light (aided by sunglasses), sound, and occasional tingling in extremities. | cipro was prescribed as an alternative to penicillin. i have taken this medication with success for over 15 years with no outstanding issue. this is the first time i've experienced tendinitis as a result of using cipro. i'd read on here that many people experienced this during or after the course, which is why i spent 20 minutes every day doing gentle yoga / pilates. i'm convinced those 20 minutes of gentle stretching every day of the course lessened the severity of the tendinitis that came 2 weeks after finishing. my advice to anyone taking this stuff - sleep through as much of it as you can, and if at all possible try to do some very gentle stretching every day to ward off extreme tendinitis. all in all cipro has been very effective for me, and i wouldn't hesitate to use it again if it were necessary. | F | 30 | 7 days 500 2X day | 5/31/2010 | 5 | UTI | None. | The adverse reactions I read that others had experienced are the culprit of my very minor side effects, including anxiety, insomnia (a result of the anxiety), trembling, and twitching. Since I stopped googling, all of my symptoms have subsided. ALL drugs have side effects and I understand that this class of drugs seems to have more than its fair share, however, I thankfully did not experience any of these. Further, so-called support groups, such as the Fluoroquinolone Toxicity group on Facebook, do more to upset folks than they do to support each other. | F | 46 | 7 days 500 mg 2X day | 9/29/2010 | 5 | kidney infection | I felt a little sleepy after taking a dose...I had very mild dizziness after my 1st dose...but other than that, no side effects. I have taken this medication on 4 different occasions and tolerated it extremely well. | F | 25 | 7 days 2X day | 10/9/2010 | 5 | UTI | None. | I've had 5 incredibly severe and very quickly progressing UTIs over my life (first symptoms at 5pm, bleeding from urethra at 10pm)and was prescribed Cipro in the emergency room and in the doctor's office. It always worked SO wonderfully and was like a miracle to me. Reading over all the unfortunate side effects makes me sad to hear how other people have fared with it, but I felt like those are the people most likely to write a review. I wanted to give the other side, in that it can be very helpful, with no side effects for certain people. | F | 35 | 7 days 1X day | 10/25/2010 | 5 | Suspected Diverticulitis | No side effects, seemed pretty smooth to me. I did have a sore throat 4-5 days after I finished taking it but I was also smoking occasionally, so I figure that was smoker's throat and not Thrush. | I've taken it before with no problems. I figured compared to bent over in severe pain from Diverticulitis is a good reason to consider taking this drug, but it's probably not a good idea without some type of severe symptoms you are trying to fight. | M | 53 | 7 days | 6/19/2007 | 5 | urinary track infection | None. The UTI was so severe that anything was an improvement, however. | After being treated for a week with another antibiotic, the UTI worsened to include high fever, chills, muscle aches. After one day on Cipro (during a full week's course) I felt improvement. Don't know if this is typical, but it worked for me and I would use it again -- albeit not for long durations. | F | 39 | 7 days | 1/22/2002 | 5 | recurrent UTI | headache, joint pain (knee and hips), stiff muscles, dizziness, foot pain, and tingling sensations in my skin (not often) | I had taken other antibiotics and Cipro is the only one that worked. The side effect were often disturbing, but passed as soon as my 7 days of treatment were over. | F | 18 | 7 days | 12/5/2006 | 5 | UTI | Not sure, but my upper back is itching and driving me crazy. That is why I have been checking side-effects of ciprofloxacin. Might be just dry skin, but I don't think so. It is just the upper back and nowhere else. The UTI is gone. | F | 50 | 7 days | 2/25/2007 | 5 | Post Appendectomy | Muscle aches, shortness of breath, rash/yeast infection | I guess it's working, no infection post appendectomy. Neck and body stiffness/rash annoying, though I guess the alternative would be worse. | F | 28 | 7 days | 11/24/2006 | 5 | UTI | Diarrhea (Dr. said to expect that). My tendons were soft (move slowly). Slightly irritable (think happy thoughts) | I did have tendon "aching,” but not a problem. No workouts for 3 weeks after starting treatment. I was so scared to take Cipro after reading entries on this site (before completing treatment). I did not have any serous side effects from Cipro. I am now on my regular workout schedule with no side effects. | M | 47 | 7 days | 10/11/2008 | 5 | UTI | I had no side effects I just dislike how big the pills are. | F | 18 | 7 days 500 | 8/17/2012 |