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 | UTI | severe nausea, back pain, muscle and joint pain | Have told my doctor to NEVER prescribe this for me again! | M | 56 | 3 days 500 1X day | 7/23/2010 | 1 | uti | Extreme fatigue, pain in my Achilles tendons and my hands... | ... | F | 52 | 3 days 250 2X day | 6/27/2010 | 1 | Pelvic Infection | Muscle weakness, tingling in hands, feet, legs. | All of these side effects started 1 week after finishing the medicine, and have persisted for a full month, with no signs of going away. | F | 33 | 3 days 500 mg 2X day | 7/5/2010 | 1 | uti | It's been 3 weeks or so since finishing the drug and now I have tendonitis in both Achilles and the top of the right foot is very painful. I will tell all my family to never take this drug | F | 60 | 3 days 500mg 2X day | 7/30/2010 | 1 | Kidney Infection | Nausea, Vomiting, Dizziness, Altered State, Tingling/numbness of fingers, cheeks, lips, Agitation, Diarrhea, Vaginal Candidiasis, Headache, Leg cramps, Tiredness, Lethargy, Dry Mouth, Mental Fog, Anxiety/Depression | This medicine felt like I was being poisoned. I was prescribed Cipro for 10 days, however I stopped taking it after 3 days because I felt worse than I did with a severe kidney infection. This drug has side effects similar to arsenic poisoning. I believe the main problem with Cipro may be fluoride poisoning. | F | 37 | 3 days 250mg 2X day | 8/2/2010 | 1 | uti | first started out as upset stomach, then on day two alot of pain in my knee, its now swollen and very hard to walk. I called the doctors office and told the nurse about this pain, she chuckled and said that the two things are not related. I thought maybe I hurt my knee and couldn't remember, I got on line to find all of this, wow. The sad thing is, they gave me macrobid first and had an allergic reaction, severe...so when I had to stop taking that medicine, the uti was still there and was put on cipro. I am sitting here waiting for the doctors office to call me back. I have never had problems with my knees before, i hate medicine. | F | 36 | 3 days 2X day | 8/11/2010 | 1 | Bladder infection | Knee and elbow tenons swelled and I no longer have mobility or independence. Severe pain in those joints as well. | How did this medicine, pass FDA testing? I will never use another Bayer product again. I also have to believe my doctor has a stronger alliance to drug company's than assisting his patients health. | M | 83 | 3 days 500mg 2X day | 8/4/2010 | 1 | Bladder infection | Knee and elbow tenons swelled and I no longer have mobility or independence. Severe pain in those joints as well. | How did this medicine, pass FDA testing? I will never use another Bayer product again. I also have to believe my doctor has a stronger alliance to drug company's than assisting his patients health. | M | 83 | 3 days 500mg 2X day | 8/4/2010 | 1 | UTI | Rash on entire body, migraine headaches, insomnia, shortness of breath, tongue swollen, loss of smell and taste, pains in legs and feet | I feel like I was poisoned. My entire life has changed and I'm hoping to feel normal again one day. I have lost in excess of 10 pounds, my muscle tone is all but gone, my skin is extremely dry, I have absolutely no energy - just making a bed exhausts me. Everyone tells me it can't possibly be because of the Cipro because it is completely out of my system by now. I am starting to feel like a hypochondriac. I was a fit 63 year old and would not hesitate wearing shorts but within the past few weeks my muscle tone has diminshed so badly that I look 10 years older than I am and would not be caught dead in anything that revealed my arms and legs. | F | 63 | 3 days 250 MG 2X day | 9/30/2010 | 1 | kidney infection | extremely itchy rash all over my body, nausea, anxiety, dizzyness, muscle and bone pain/soreness | I was not eager to call the doc after having been in the ER and pumped full of approx 4-5 antibiotics, sent home with one, then called and told to stop the current (5th or 6th antibiotic) and take cipro, but on the 3rd day I could no longer stand the rash and aforementioned side effects. Kaiser's phone doc (kaiser is the worst) instructed me to stop taking it immediately and take benedryl, no mention of how bad/sick I would feel and for how long. I am now 14 days of the cipro and still not feeling 100%. my boyfriend became so worried by my lingering symptoms he insisted i go back to see a doc in person and when i did, not only was i not told about what symptoms i might be still experiencing, the male doctor told me i must be depressed, and, 'well, you look good!'gee thanks for your blatant disregard and unprofessionalism. i guess the drug companies really are paying the physicians to shut up. btw, i am a psychologist. | F | 42 | 3 days 500 mg 2X day | 9/17/2010 | 1 | urinary infection | extreme rise in anxiety, dizzyness, had to come from work, blod pressure raised way up. Short of breath. pain in my joints, can't sleep. DO NOT TAKE THIS EVER! I'm waiting to feel good enough to work again. I'm totally fatigued. | Every pharmasisit told me it was bad news | M | 53 | 3 days 250 2X day | 9/21/2010 | 1 | Epididymitis | First two days, no side effects. Third day extreme anxiety and little heat zaps to the side of the head. 2nd Pill on the third day Extreme panic attacks, anxiety, muscle and back pain. I had to take xanax to calm me down and I thought I was going to have to go the ER. | If you suffer from General anxiety disorder don't take this medicine. I am usually calm cause I have it under control but this medicine brought it out to the most extreme. The panic attacks where horrible | M | 42 | 3 days 500mg 2X day | 9/11/2010 | 1 | bladder infection | extreme dizziness,not able to walk normally | Obviously, some CANNOT take it! | M | 82 | 3 days 500mg 2X day | 10/2/2010 | 1 | diverticulitis | After taking cipro for three days I felt a stabbing pain in my right knee.I have been unable to walk since then without severe pain.It has been seven months now and I am no better.This medication has ruined my life.My husband says he sees severe depression since this treatment. | This medication should be taken off the market. | F | 68 | 3 days 500 2X day | 11/2/2010 | 1 | bladder infection | could not sleep,hard time breathing, chest pain, throbbing heart,cough thought i was having a heart attack | this crap should not be on the market i kick myself for taking it i should have known when pharmacy gave me 4 pges of reading meterial im still not sure of long term damage its been 2 days since i quit taken it and still not 100percent heart feels funny i was healthy and active before | F | 45 | 3 days 500mg 2X day | 4/17/2010 | 1 | mild uti | 7 week delayed toxic psychosis, unbearable mental pain, cognitive dysfunction, confusion, depersonalization, derealization, disorientation for 4 months, just starting to recover now. Insomnia. Go here to read my story and for help on how to recover from cipro toxicity: squidoo.com/fluoroquinoloneantibioticdanger | This and all fluoroquinolone antibiotics are poison. They cross the blood brain barrier interfering with gaba function, neurons and god knows what else. I landed on the psych ward for a week and spent the last four months in HELL ON EARTH. Never thought I ever come out of, I only have begun to now and attribute that to NOT taking any psychotropic drugs to "deal" with the horrific symptoms I had, those would have only made everything wrong with my brain caused by the cipro worse. Ask for a penicillin drug instead. NEVER EVER EVER EVER risk taking these drugs. SAFER ALTERNATIVES EXIST | M | 28 | 3 days 250 mg 2X day | 4/2/2010 | 1 | UTI | Many. Have posted them previously. | "I think people should understand that side effects happen-take it from someone who takes a lot of medication. It's just up to that person to determine whether the expected outcome is worth it." I think all of us (patients) realise that side-effects happen, but when doctors tell us they have never heard of ANYONE experiencing side effects, and offer no help at all despite the long list of side-effects mentioned on the packet, the outcome is definitely not worth it.....unless you have a PROVEN infection that would not clear up with weaker antibiotics. Most people who leave comments on here and have suffered severe side-effects have been given NO medical help to deal with them. The medical profession (and manufacturers of this drug) need to take precautions before dealing it out, or take responsibility for the damage that they cause. I am 6 months post-cipro poisoning, and the foot pain has got a lot better, but I now have knee swelling, clicking and pain. It feels like all the nerves, tendons, ligaments and joints in my body have been affected by cipro. Each morning I wake up wondering what will hurt today. I am grateful at least that I can still walk, and that the buzzing in my legs and chest have stopped, and that I don't feel like I am walking on scalpals anymore. Maybe one day the knees will stop hurting too. I was given cipro for a "suspected" uti, whilst in hospital, where I was unable to research the drug, and where I trusted the doctors knew | F | 35 | 3 days 500mg 2X day | 4/19/2010 | 1 | Post surgical infection | Swollen tongue and difficulty swallowing, ringing in the ears then and general overall feeling terrible. Then the muscle aches, breast tenderness, and joint pain started. My skin burns and I'm depressed, more than just the pain should cause. I'm fatigued and tired but can't sleep. I hurt all over.I have spoken to so many people who have ruptured a tendon on this class of drugs that I am extremely fearful of all the pains in my wrists, knees, tendons, biceps, that I will rupture a tendon and have even more pain and medical issues. Oh yea, and a coated tongue. | After researching as much as I could find from medical journal excerpts, I am taking a multi-mineral tablet with calcium magnesium, a tablespoon of Milk of Magnesia during the day and Melatonin Snooze-in which is a blend of Melatonin with calcium magnesium and other herbs which really, really helps though it makes you sleepy if you take it during the day. Large doses of a high quality probiotic to restore my digestive tract and help heal along with Kumboocha, olive leaf oil, chondroitin/glucosamine, aspirin to help with inflamation, ice helps specific spots too, SAM-e for inflammation, joint, liver and depression. When I am not so fearful of tendon rupture, I will be making that appointment with the accupuncturist. But according to 1 study the majority of tendon ruptures occur between 2 and 42 days so I will be waiting 2 more weeks before begining even light exercise more than home maintenance. I also take a multivitamin, D3, and L-theanine. If you have learned anything else that helps I'd love to hear. I am taking the "keep moving" advice to heart. I am believing I am going to get better, lets stay positive! And warn everyone about flouroquinoline drugs. | F | 43 | 3 days 500mg 2X day | 5/10/2010 | 1 | UT infection | numbness in arm then leg then all over body. Extreme wrist pain then tendonitis all over my body. Eye floaters. | I WOULD NEVER EVER EVER TAKE THIS DRUG AGAIN. THIS IS PURE POSION. I took this drug for 3 days only 250 mg (1 pill a day). On the first day I started feeling numbness on my arm. Then I had pins and needles sensation all over my body. My doctor told me to stop after the 3rd day I made the connection. A month later I have tendonitis all over my body, eye floaters, and insomnia. I can't lift weights (I went from athletic to in the bed all the time)....DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG | M | 30 | 3 days 250mg 1X day | 5/11/2010 | 1 | Gut Infection | Doctor gave this out like candy for a stomach infection - I had tendon pain within 24 hours, stopped at 6 doses. It killed the stomach problem - but did horrible damage to my 29 year old otherwise healthy body. Could barely walk do to body-wide tendon pain and joint popping. Then got diarreah. Worried that I was going to be disabled! Now taking Magnesium Chelate, B6, C, CoQ10, Omega3, probiotics, eating bone stock trying to recover my body and flush the fluoride out of my system. The summer and possibly this year is lost - can't exercise without joint pain. Recently got muscle spams and worried about nerve damage. | Should not be on the market, but they make billions a year to poison healthy people! Should only be used in last resort, but greed makes them lie to doctors and give it out like candy. | M | 29 | 3 days 250mg 2X day | 6/22/2010 |