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 |
| 3 | bronchitis | pains in my legs and joints, and back pain. | It helped slightly clear up my bronchitis , my body feels like that of a 70 yr old. I am very active person and yet i feel like i cant get out of bed and i dont even want to. No energy | F | 29 | 7 days | 3/16/2009 | 3 | UTI | Chills/shakes, dizzy, sleepy, retained water, thirsty, blurry vision. | Helped take my UTI pain away in less than 24 hours, but by it being strong enough to do that it came with strong side effects. Be prepared to take time off! | F | 28 | 7 days 500 | 3/29/2015 | 2 | Prostate infection | None. I do not understand the reviews on this website. I looked up studies on the incidence of any adverse reaction from this drug and the incidence is around one percent. Yet this drug has a rating of 1.6 out of five and most patients recommend against using this antibiotic. The studies I looked at proved it has fewer side effects than most other commonly used antibiotics. Is it possible that just the people with adverse reactions review drugs like Cipro? I noticed that all commonly dispensed antibiotics are terrible drugs according to the reviews on this site. | It was interesting to read reviews on this site. It seems that drugs that are well known to be highly toxic to the body and mind like speed (Methamphetamine and adderall) received among the best reviews. Even haloperidol, a neurotoxic neuroleptic that causes tardive dyskinesia in 30 percent of users and parkinsonism in over 50 percent of users has better reviews than this widely prescribed antibiotic. The flouroquinolones are available over the counter in most Asian countries (for example bangladesh). If they were crippling everyone then a large proportion of Asians would be crippled. The published studies on the safety profile of this drug (showing an excellent safety profile, better even than amoxicillin) and the reviews on this site do not match at all. Please note that I am not discrediting the side effects reported but clinical experience and these reviews do not match. | M | 20 | 7 days 500 1X day | 12/30/2015 | 2 | UTI | I was prescribed Cipro 500mg for 7 days to treat a UTI. First day 2 hours after taking first pill I had severe diarrhea. Within 24 hours I had muscle aches and some dizziness. After 2-3 days I became very tired and sick to my stomach. 3rd day I have experienced pain behind my left knee that is worse at night. And now, after 5th day I am experiencing severe pain behind left knee, muscle and joint pain in entire body, ringing in left ear, hands and feet tingling at night, and nothing tastes right. I'm not even sure my UTI has cleared up 100%. And to top it ALL off, my insurance would only pay for 6 pills, not 7 because it wasn't "pre-approved"!!! How do you "pre-approve" an infection????? Sooo, the 7th pill cost me almost as much as it did for the first 6. Never again!!!!! Signed "Depressed and sick in Maryland on the eve of my 49th birthday". | never again | F | 49 | 7 days | 7/14/2009 | 2 | Yes | blurry vision, fatigue, terrible back, neck and shoulder pain since completing my 7 day drug schedule to treat abscess, pain worsens at night. | M | 32 | 7 days | 12/10/2008 | 2 | Complicated UTI | shoulder pain, muscle weakness, stiff neck, anxiety | 500mg twice a day. I hope that it cured my UTI. For all the trouble that it's put me through, it better have. I understand that it was necessary to get rid of my recurring UTI once and for all, but with all the side effects, I wish there had been a better alternative. Does anyone know how long it will take before my joint pain goes away? I stopped taking it today. | F | 26 | 7 days | 1/27/2009 | 2 | Respiratory Infection | Stomach pain, anxiety, difficulty falling asleep and staying asleep,abnormal dreams, hoarseness, muscle pain, hallucinations, confusion, diarrhea | The medicine worked to some extent, but they were far too many side effects... I finished my course today and I am thankful that it's over... I haven't slept in days... I've been afraid of the dark at night(not the norm), and too wired during the day to sleep... My knees hurt... and so does my stomach. DO NOT USE UNLESS YOU REALLY HAVE TO!! BE PREPEARED FOR THE SIDE EFFECTS... | F | 25 | 7 days | 1/20/2008 | 2 | Kidney infection/UTI | Extreme fatigue, dizzy, lightheaded, feeling of being somewhat off balance, feeling like ears are stopped up, nausea, weird dreams, not sleeping well, joint/muscle aches. | I have taken this drug before and not had any problems. My symptoms I was having relating to the kidney infection seem to be better, but this time around the extreme tiredness is just awful. Today is the 7th day I have been taking 500 mg. every 12 hrs. and I am now having other symptoms which are worse than before I went to the Dr. I started worrying about it after really pushing myself yesterday to get through the days work and then this morning, I went back to bed after feeling totally wiped out after being up only a couple of hours. Also, having weird dreams and just feel blah and "weird". This had me thinking maybe I was misdiagnosed and had something else going on, then I decided to research the side effects a little further. I found this site and from reading the other posts on here, it seems I am having pretty much the same type of symptoms as others have stated. So this time around, the Cipro seems to work as far as clearing up the infection but the side effects from this med are worse than the symptoms I was having from the infection. Assuming it is in fact side effects from the med that is causing all this for me. I will call my doctor and see what she says. | F | 46 | 7 days | 11/24/2009 | 2 | Suspected Intestinal Infection | Watery diarrhea. Fatigue. Abdominal pressure. | I took 500 mg twice daily concurrently with Flagyl 500 mg, three times daily. These did not help me with my problem. The side effects were bothersome, but I would endure them again if they would cure me. | M | 54 | 7 days | 12/31/2009 | 2 | Strep Throat | Yeast Infection | I am deathly allergic to Bactrim and have a sensitivity to penicillins, so I was put on Cipro to clear up my strep throat. I developed a yeast infection- the first and only one I have ever had in my entire life- and stopped taking my meds. I only had a 10 day dose, and had gotten through 7 days before I figured it all out. Will not take this drug again, and will look at the entire quinolone class of drugs before taking any more, in order to prevent another reaction. | F | 29 | 7 days | 12/30/2009 | 2 | UTI | side effects, head hurt, nauseous, sleep problems | F | 46 | 7 days 1X day | 4/25/2013 | 2 | UTI | Diarrhea! Diarrhea! Diarrhea! | After 5 days on CIPRO, experienced the worst, most horrible diarrhea in my life. I wound up getting C-Diff. | M | 45 | 7 days | 2/14/2007 | 2 | infected kidney stones | Woke up in hospital after being given cipro IV with a headache in the back of my head. Thought it was from no caffeine, or lack of sleep so I just lived with it, hoping it would go away and taking tons of OTC pain relievers. After 6 days of a relentless headache, called Dr. and switched to Septra and headache started to ease within 24 hours. Also dizzy, detached, confused, irritable and very very tired. | F | 49 | 7 days | 5/27/2007 | 2 | UTI | Cloudy head, but that could have also been sinuses. | It didn't clear up the infection. | F | 34 | 7 days | 8/2/2005 | 2 | UTI | Yeast Infection | I have been on and off Cipro and various other antibiotics to combat recurring UTI's. Nothing seems to keep them from coming back. | F | 23 | 7 days 50mg? 2X day | 7/15/2011 | 2 | Ear infection | Fatigue, nausea, dizziness and loss of appetite. | In my opinion, this should not be the first antibiotic prescribed for a simple infection. I took it for 4 days and could not stand the nausea and dizziness any longer. Stopped the pills and the side effects disappeared. Also have ear drops which I did continue to make sure the infection did not return. | F | 46 | 7 days 500mg 2X day | 1/23/2011 | 2 | UTI | Pain and weakness throughout the body (especially through legs, knees, and back), dizziness, light-headedness, upset stomach, diarrhea, general fatigue | I stopped taking this on the 5th day because my body felt extremely weak like never before, as I am relatively fit and young. I did not mind the upset stomach as much as having the UTI, but this was where I drew the line. Now I feel as if I'm 50 years older. I am still experiencing these symptoms after stopping the medication. I don't think everyone would react like this, just keep in mind that if you do feel pain/weakness in your limbs, call your doctor immediately. It is not normal, so my doctor told me to stop and will prescribe a different antibiotic. Cipro relieved my symptoms but did not cure my UTI, and it took several days to feel a difference (which is also rather unusual with such a strong drug). | F | 20 | 7 days 500 mg 2X day | 3/11/2010 | 2 | uti | eyes and face feel swollen and i already have been living with anxiety for a while and it has been under control for the past few years....since taking the cipro it has come back like a beast..i wake up feeling nervous and then I am "blah" all day long...hate it...it also made my stomach feel like it was eating away at itself...the heartburn and stomach burn is ridiculous | ew | F | 27 | 7 days 500 mg 2X day | 6/8/2010 | 1 | possible bladder infection | Extreme anxiety, thoughts about death but not feeling suicidal. paranoid. really tired.itching after the 4th pill. dry eyes and mouth.back pain. I want to add that Im 33 and have never had any kind of depression or anxiety problems in my life. I cant imagine a person that is prone to depression taking this. | Ive never had a side effect from a drug. i will never take this again. I took it 2 days and called the dr. for something else. | F | 33 | 7 days 250 2X day | 6/11/2010 | 1 | If I could rate this poison a ZERO, I would. | Imagine a drug that doesn't kill you, but instead cripples every tendon and joint in your entire body and then LEAVES you like that--permanently. That's Cipro. It'll make you WISH you were dead from it. Beware: The BLACK BOX WARNING on this poison grossly understates the likelihood, severity and duration of its horrific side effects. Take it from me--it's NOT WORTH IT. I am crippled for life as a result of this poison and there are thousands of others out there just like me. Ask your doctor for something safer (which is just about ANYTHING!) unless, of course, you LIKE being in a wheelchair. | M | 45 | 7 days 500 2X day | 5/21/2010 |