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 | Sideeffects? Yes, my life is totally destroyed. Cant do my so loved Sport, Tennis, anymore. Cant work in my so loved job, teacher, anymore. Lost all friends, they didnt believe me. Cant go out anymore. No doc believed me, they called me names, they made jokes about me. They put me in psychiatry. I took this horrible drug 2019. 5 pills. And the nightmare begann and still holds on. It even gets worse. No sports, no work, no life anymore. I write this for all victims of fluorchinolon-antibiotics. We have to fight against the pharma- and docslobby. Greetings from Germany | Dear pharma-managers, dear docs, may you forever burn in hell!!! | M | 50 | 3 days 2X day | 11/22/2022 | 1 | UTI | I was prescribed this poison to treat a possible UTI. I took 500 mil twice a day for 2 days and one pill the following day. My legs began to ache something awful. I walk 5-6 miles a day and it alarmed me terribly to feel this pain. I immediately took myself off it and the following day was still in pain and also had very swollen ankles. My legs looked like a 90 year old with heart failure. Scared me to bits. This stuff is awful and really needs to be distroyed for good. | After being off it cold sober for 3 days my legs still hurt and are swollen, especially ankles. Does this ever go away? Signed: Scared in the Desert. | F | 48 | 2.5 days | 1/24/2009 | 1 | possible bacterial pleurisy | carpal tunnel feelings in both arms, knee pain, thigh muscle pain, tingling in feet, sweaty palms, anxiety, lack of appetite, slight nauseated feeling in head, stiff neck, low back pain, stiff shoulders, ringing in ears, high-pitched beeping sound in right ear, feeling of never getting better/never recovering | My doctor blew me off and told me to take Tylenol for the pain and said it will go away. Funny - I've been off of it for 4 days and have had NO releif. I am so afraid that I'll never get better. | F | 33 | 2.5 days | 1/7/2010 | 1 | UTI | 46y female, Hx UTIs (generally treated previously with Bactrim). After about 2 1/2 days of Cipro, I had joint swelling in my fingers and my knees bilaterally. I could barely walk it hurt so bad. My legs felt like I could pop them they were so swollen. Bending/stairs were very difficult. The finger swelling went down almost immediately after stopping the meds. My knee swelling went down but the ROM limitation stayed and the pain is moderate at times. When I experienced a severe upper resp. infection about a month after the UTI, I was put on Amoxicillin. I again experienced severe joint swelling/pain in my knees extending down my legs bilaterally. I had taken Amoxicillin previously over my lifetime now and then without any problems...now a reaction? Another Dr. worked me up for Rheumatoid Arthritis after seeing my swollen legs (negative) and I did obtain some relief of pain/swelling with Naprosyn. It has been about 3/4 of a year since all of this and my knees have improved but I still f | Drs. continue to prescribe this generously and tell me they haven't heard of these types of problems. I believe my arthritic-like symptoms all stem from my initial Cipro exposure with that UTI infection last winter! | F | 46 | 2.5 days | 8/29/2006 | 1 | PAROTOTIS | woke up after taking taking 3 doses with painful shoulders- as day went on knees and neck began to have problems | I went to a doctor who was on standby for my PC. He diagnosed the condition by feeling my ear and taking my temp. He actually googled the condition to check out the proper antibiotic and came up with Cipro. Only asked weather I was allergic to any antibiotics. Never told me the drug was black boxed by the FDA. I had a partial kidney removal 1 year ago for cancer and have a inoperable rotator cuff tear. I have many skeletal problems and after reading posts like this and the drug warnings and starting to hurt in all the spots referred to I stopped taking the pills. THIS DRUG IS A TIMEBOMB WHICH SHOULD ONLY BE USED IN A LIFE OR DEATH SITUATION. | M | 59 | 2.5 days 500 MG 2X day | 3/17/2013 | 1 | UTI | severe anxiety, joint pain, muscle spasms, ankle pain, insomnia, panic attacks, like I had the flu. | Would not take it unless life or death situation, 6 weeks later my ankles still hurt. NEVER had ankle pain in my life. | F | 36 | 2.5 days 500 2X day | 6/13/2012 | 1 | food poisoning | dizziness, then joint/tendon pain a day or so after finishing the course(stopped early after reading these posts/getting dizzy), some muscle spasms but these seem to be fading. knees and achilles felt very tight as did shoulders, like i was made up of brittle rubber bands. still feeling weird but a bit better. | Same story as many of you--even asked the pharmacist if I might have any side effects and she said, "um...you might get a little dizzy". Some meds recommendations: I'm now taking magnesium to bind whatever's still in my system, fish oil for the joints as well as glucosamine (which takes longer to take effect), potassium for the muscle cramping, aloe vera juice to flush my system, and a 2-week cleanse (not just intestinal) to get these toxins out of my system. 36 hours after starting fish oil I'm feeling better (not 100% yet) but it could be that as some folks have said these symptoms fade after a week or so. Even if this is my reality for the rest of my life I'll do my best to accept it and adapt, as that's all I can do! | F | 30 | 2.5 days 500 mg 2X day | 3/24/2010 | 5 | Bacillary dysentery | Usual antibiotic symptoms - gut flora upset, dryness, etc. | CIPRO is a SHORT TERM antibiotic. The MOST you should ever take is 2 doses. Man it sure kicks the crap out of infections though. Be warned though that only a few doses are needed. | M | 35 | 2 days | 9/22/2007 | 5 | UTI | None. However, Cipro 500MG is a very strong medication! I used precaution about doing anything for at least two hours after taking a tablet. | F | 43 | 2 days | 6/14/2007 | 5 | bladder infection | none | none | M | 50 | 2 days | 11/1/2004 | 5 | conjunctivitis strep throat | None really... a little bit of sleepiness but I actually like being able to sleep when sick... other than that great medication so far... best antibiotic i have tried so far | M | 34 | 2 days 500mg | 5/7/2013 | 4 | strep throat | weakness, lethargy, headache - pretty much the same from other drugs like this | It worked and I didn't find the side effects to be that bad. I've experienced a lot worse side effects from other things. | M | 41 | 2 days | 6/22/2007 | 3 | Bacterial gastroenteritis/e.coli | Sore neck, aching body but the worse was the terrible nightmares last night, dreaming I was dreaming but nightmares occured in both dream states, possibility of the dreams of me dreaming were hallucinations in some parts. Really disturbing nightmares too. | This medicine made me feel better within 1 day so cant fault it for that but am now scared to take it because nightmares is considered very rare affecting less than one in ten thousand ppl. Gonna ring doctor later to get advice | F | 27 | 2 days 500mg 2X day | 11/19/2010 | 3 | Food poisoning | Mild nausea, pain in neck, tendons feel tight. | M | 23 | 2 days 250mg 2X day | 4/6/2011 | 3 | UTI | Headache and severe muscle/joint pains | I started taking Cipro 2 days ago. After just one day I had minor leg cramping when I woke up, nothing too bad. It went away soon after. Today, after taking the drug 2 full days, was different. The leg pain was much worse. Walking was difficult and I could barely reach my shins. I've spent all day laying on the couch, elevating my legs, and they are much, much better this evening. I did not take the drug today and have been switched to Macrobid. My doctor told me he had never hears of such side effects....I just hope and pray the pain totally subsides. | F | 25 | 2 days 500 mg 2X day | 8/4/2011 | 3 | Possible Parasite | Racing heart beat, Pounding heart, fever feeling (but didn't have a fever), chills, cloudy head, couldn't concentrate, minor neck pain, headache. | I am also on Metronidazole for a possible parasite that I might have picked up traveling. I thought the cloudy head was from being on a bland diet but I was on the diet a week before taking the antibiotics and never felt like this. It did make my stomach feel better however the racing heart was enough for me to call my Dr on call and stop the medications. I can't wait to get this crap out of my system... but now I need to find an alternative for my possible parasite!? This is beyond frustrating | M | 27 | 2 days | 9/18/2009 | 2 | UTI | nausea, fatigue, excruciating headache, soreness, loss of appetite, dry mouth | I took this a couple of years ago and it took care of my UTI. However, I had trouble with other medicine. So this time I told the doc I only wanted Cipro. The first night I took it I got a headache and it perpetually worsened. The third day I stopped taking it all together because I woke up feeling like death. This is just my experience. Drugs affect people differently. | F | 27 | 2 days | 12/17/2009 | 2 | UTI | Worst headache i have seriously ever had. I've been on it for two days now and i simply cannot function. I've been drinking cranberry juice as well as taking this and that has seemed to help my UTI. I have cramps that feel like period cramps and i'm very dizzie and unable to stand for a long period of time. I also have no urge to eat. | F | 17 | 2 days | 11/27/2008 | 2 | urinary tract infection | up set stomach | F | 22 | 2 days | 12/16/2007 | 2 | UTI | Gave it up after getting headaches, dizziness, and nausea. I took the cranberry chewables and the infection was gone in 10 days. I noticed improvement the next day after taking the AZO cranberry. No side effects from Azo. | Anytime I have another UTI I will treat it with AZO. The Cipro nausea was bad. | F | 40 | 2 days 500 2X day | 12/8/2016 |