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 | Couldn't handle the drug. Cut the dosage to 250 per day. Still felt horrible. Exhausted. Jittery. Sleepless. Tingling hands and arms. Aching joints and tendons, and left me with an irritated bladder and urethra. | I would never take this drug again. EVER. | F | 75 | 3 days 250 mg 2X day | 6/23/2010 | 1 | UTI | 16-year-old daughter went to E.R. with symptoms of mono (after being exposed to mono). They couldn't find anything else, and decided she had a UTI and prescribed Cipro. That evening, several hours after taking first dose, she suddenly just started "freaking out" with elevated heart rate, anxiety, and every symptom that accompanies severe anxiety disorder. She has taken Cipro before, so we didn't suspect this. In the last month, she has been to E.R. 4 times (the one that prescribed the stuff clearly thought she was crazy), Cardiologist (said it was hormones), GP (said it was not hormones, as she checked them--could find nothing in her blood work whatsoever, and recommeded counseling). Have not done this yet, but GP did put her on Buspar and Atarax. Seems to be helping some, but she still basically doesn't have a life. She's 16, and it's summer. HOW MUCH LONGER?? After reading this, I'm convinced this is the problem! Is there any test that will determine for sure in th | There's got to be a different solution. This time it didn't even cure the bladder infection. She had to go on Bactrim. By the way, GP muttered under her breath that this was not supposed to be given to anyone under age 18. | F | 16 | 3 days 500mg 2X day | 6/7/2010 | 1 | UTI or kidney infection | After 2nd day and 3rd day had sleepless nights, felt agitated (prev. anxiety diagnosis). Leg cramps kept me awake too. On 3rd night when I did get to sleep woke up suddenly in the middle of the night with a headache and nausea. (I have other reactions to medication and when it happens I often get a headache in the back of my head on the right side when it is due to a reaction, as in this case). I didn't take it today - 4th day, which is good because after being up for about 3 hours felt sudden nausea and diarrhea. I tried to tell the doctor I couldn't tolerate it and should have trusted myself. | I have a metabolism mutation - P450-CYP2D6 and have found I'm affected by other metabolizing methods. The patient information provided with the drug implies there is minimal liver effect. The truth is that it is a significant inhibitor to CYP1A2, and also inhibits CYP3A4 a major processing pathway. The result is major for someone like me who is a poor metabolizer. | F | 56 | 3 days 500 2X day | 6/14/2010 | 1 | UTI | I don't even know where to start with my anger towards Cipro. Seven years ago was the first time I took this and ever since have suffered from some tendonitis and joint inflammation throughout my body. I have had three surgeries to helped make it tolerable to walk. Although they helped the tendonitis it would just move somewhere else. Three weeks ago I was prescribed this for another UTI. Regrettable, I didn't read all the fine print and assumed my doctor would have the sense to know the dangers of prescribing this drug for minor UTI. The second and third day I had a headache. After my 6th pill I could not walk. Of course, I still thought it was this mysterious disease that no doctor in seven years could diagnose that caused my ankle to swell up and my entire leg to ache like it was pinned under a boulder. I googled cipro side effects to find out about my headache and well that just opened Pandora's Box. Everything I read was answers to my questions and problems for seven years. Unfort | I have found some relief drinking IONIX Supreme from Isagenix. I have spent thousands on trying to find solutions. If you haven't started your cipro prescription, DON'T! Call your doctor and find something else. | F | 40 | 3 days 500 2X day | 2/26/2010 | 1 | bacterial infection | Heart rhythm disturbance, sickness, headache, dizziness, mental fog, horrednous migraine | 6 weeks on I now have very very painful muscle pain in neck, shoulders and generally all over, painful heels, feet, ankles, shoulders, knees, disgusting metallic taste in mouth which won't go away, nightmares, had a spell of acute anxiety and panic, headache. | F | 57 | 3 days 500mg 2X day | 2/16/2010 | 1 | UTI | Previously posted many side effects | Could the person who just posted about having relief from the foot/heel/muscle pain after 6 months please contact me and let me know if you took anything or changed your diet to help? I have been left with sporadic severe muscle pain (especially in my back/shoulders), that can last a day or two and then suddenly disappear, and continuous foot/heel pain, especially when I stand up having been sitting a while. They just feel stiff and painful most of the time, but loosen up a bit after walking for a while. I took Cipro for 3 days (500mg twice a day) from 21st October, so it's been 3 and a half months, and I am still in pain.....though having said that it is a LOT better than it was. I no longer have shooting pains in my arms/legs/feet....but I do still have buzzing sensations and some numbness in my fingers at night. This had previously gone away, but came back again. | F | 35 | 3 days | 2/3/2010 | 1 | UTI | Joint stiffness/weakness - mainly in ankles, toes, wrists, fingers and knees. Achilles heel tendons constantly feel strained. Joints feel like they creak and pop so much more now. | I still had two more days of my prescription left when I called my doctor after feeling some joint stiffness. He said to stop taking the meds and pop 800 mg of Advil! Like that would fix the damage. It has only been a week since I stopped, but I am feeling the limitations. I'm scared to exercise in case a tendon tears or severely hurt my joints further. Who knows what will happen? It is like Russian Roulette. | F | 30 | 3 days 500 MG 2X day | 2/8/2010 | 1 | UTI | Fever, nausea, achilles tendonitis | I really, REALLY wish I had read this stuff before taking the medicine, because then I never would have. It gave me fevers of almost 102 degrees, achilles tendonitis in my right leg, and it didn't even completely clear up the UTI. I had to follow up with 3 days of Bactrim, which I should have just taken in the first place. Please do not take Cipro for anything if you can help it. You will regret it. | F | 29 | 3 days 2X day | 3/2/2010 | 1 | uti | extreme anxiety, weird hopeless despairing feelings, flu-like symtoms, terrible gas, dizzy, light-headed & increased volume of urine | I was prescribed cipro last march for c-diff from augmentin and experienced these same symtoms but believed they were caused by and related to my illness (bronchitis & then c-diff). After taking it a 2nd time and experiencing the same, there's no doubt of the culprit. Worse, I've had lingering bouts of vertigo and am now prone to panic attacks. It did effectively treat both the c-diff and uti but at what cost?! | F | 49 | 3 days 500 mg 2X day | 3/7/2010 | 1 | Possible infection | Tendon pains all over body, Stiff neck, Depression, | Took this three weeks ago and I need to use a cane to walk now. If anyone has taken this and has gotten better PLEASE contact me by e-mail. I am doing research and need to find others similar to me. 116 - 125 lbs. | M | 25 | 3 days 500 2X day | 3/30/2010 | 1 | Uti | Severe neck pain, chills and fever w vomiting on first night. Numb ankles. Slight balance issues. After reading a lot of these reviews on here it scared the shit out of me so I stopped taking the drug. Initially my doc wanted me on it for 7 days. 3 is enough. | M | 31 | 3 days 500 | 3/1/2012 | 1 | UTI/KIDNEY INFECTION | Severe muscle pain in shoulders, knees, back and ankles; nausea, headaches, dizzy, lightheadness, weak,rash over chest, back and face, swollen/chapped lips | F | 38 | 3 days 500 MG 2X day | 3/2/2012 | 1 | Suspected UTI | Backache and chills on the first day; muscle soreness& weakness in arms, back, hips, legs, ankles, and bottom of feet. Felt like I had over-stretched. | An advice nurse called in a prescription for Cipro (which I had taken before and had worked on a previous uti) for what I thought was a UTI. I took the first dose and experienced chills, headache, and backache. When I called the advice nurse to ask if this was normal, she said that it sounded like symptoms from the uti and to keep taking the drug for the full course. I took a second does before going to sleep and when I woke up the next day, my left leg felt weak & jiggly. I walk between 4-7 miles a day, so I am in pretty good shape. I had done nothing the previous day to make my muscles act in this way. As the day progressed, my muscle aches worsened. I called the advice nurse yet again and asked if this could be the cipro. He said no, and to keep taking it for the full course or my infection would return stronger. I decided to google cipro + my symptoms and this site came up. I threw the rest of the cipro out and saw a doctor at the drop in clinic the next day, who told me that my infection was very mild and one that I could have easily eliminated by drinking lots of water and cranberry juice. She then told me that she didn't think it was cipro because these kinds of side effects only happen with people 65 or older, but hell, as soon as I stopped taking cipro, the symptoms abated. I'd avoid this antibiotic as much as possible. | F | 40 | 3 days 250 Mg 2X day | 3/3/2012 | 1 | infection from a bug bite | wow now I know and understand what I am experiencing while taking this drug! I woke up this morning felt like I was having a nervous breakdown, I was very anxious and having the worst panick attack I experienced tingling sensations in my legs and stiffness in my back, shoulders and neck it was the worst I figured it had to be the medicine because it was not until I took it that I would experience these symptoms, well after 3days of this medicine I took myself off of it....I'm a strong woman of faith I woke up this morning feeling like I was about to loose my mind,I begin to pray and God gave me peace I promise u .....for those whose experiencing this your not loosing your mind, your not crazy,,, its an attach from this Demon called Cipro but God is greater and more powerful than this drug and can heal u from it's affect as he has for me!!!!! you are not defeated by this drug!!! take your life back,pick yourself up and live!!!!! | F | 41 | 3 days 500 mg | 5/22/2012 | 1 | UTI | -joint pain - black stools - abdominal pain - skin rash -fever -low blood pressure - extremely fast pulse rate -nausea -loss of appetite | F | 45 | 3 days | 3/22/2012 | 1 | Kidney infection/UTI | On day one I had no side effects. Day 2, underneath my armpit began to hurt, like I had hurt a muscle. I didn't think anything of it. Day 3, when I woke up my right shoulder was in excruciating pain. I can not raise my arm above my head or write on a chalk board ( I am a teacher). I am 31 years old and have never injured my shoulder and have done nothing recently to injure it. It even urts to breathe. I am no longer taking Cipro. How long does this go on? Should I call me Dr? I keep seeing where Dr's are denying the drugs side effects. | Don't take this drug. | F | 31 | 3 days 500 mg 2X day | 3/20/2012 | 1 | UTI | I developed severe bilateral ankle and Achilles pain and tenderness within 3rd dose of taking this poison. It has been 3 months and I continue to have severe bilateral Achilles and ankle pains, I can't walk more than a few steps without annoying pain. After 11 weeks off of this poison I developed episodes of panic attacks. I had absolutely NO medical or psychiatric illness. I am writing this note to see if I can prevent another victim. The side effects from CIPRO is straight out of hell! The experience is a horror movie. I have had broken bones before and those were nothing compAred to this. | M | 43 | 3 days 500 mg | 3/31/2012 | 1 | uti | horrible rash that returns after steroid treatment to make the rash go away is finished | 3 days 2X day | 6/18/2012 | 1 | Lung infection | Petechie rash (redpinpoint spots from head to toe), nausea, loss of appetite, night sweats, black stools, abdominal pain, erratic vital signs | F | 45 | 3 days 500 mg 2x | 4/12/2012 | 1 | KIDNEY INFECTION | THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I'VE TAKEN CIPRO, BOTH TIMES WERE 3 DAY REGIMENS. I AM ON MY THIRD DAY NOW AND WONDER IF THE KIDNEY INFECTION WOULD BE BETTER THAN WHAT THIS DRUG DOES TO ME. I FEEL LIKE I AM NOT THE ONE INSIDE MY OWN BODY. I'M ANXIOUS AND TIRED AT THE SAME TIME AND I CAN'T FOCUS ON ANYTHING BESIDES HOW EXTREMELY DIFFERENT I FEEL. LAST NIGHT I STARTED GETTING EXCRUICIATING PAIN IN WHAT I BELIEVE TO BE MY SPLEEN. I COULD HARDLY STAND UP. TODAY I AM STILL IN TERRIBLE PAIN AND WALKING IS TROUBLESOME. I AM IN MY EARLY 20'S AND FEEL AS IF I NEED A WALKER TO HELP ME BE MOBILE. ALL I CAN SAY IS I WISH THESE SIDE EFFECTS GO AWAY AFTER THIS LAST DAY OF PILLS. I'VE NEVER EXPERIENCED A MEDICATION THAT WAS THIS HORRIBLE. | ASK YOUR DOCTOR FOR SOMETHING ELSE. THIS DRUG IS NOT WORTH IT IN THE LEAST BIT. | F | 24 | 3 days 500 MG 2X day | 12/29/2011 |