CIPRO Reviews (CIPROFLOXACIN HYDROCHLORIDE)

Average Rating: 1.6 (2014 Ratings)

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 FLUOROQUINOLONES

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CIPRO  (CIPROFLOXACIN HYDROCHLORIDE):  This medication is used to treat a variety of bacterial infections. Ciprofloxacin belongs to a class of drugs called quinolone antibiotics. It works by stopping the growth of bacteria. This antibiotic treats only bacterial infections. It will not work for virus infections (such as common cold, flu). Using any antibiotic when it is not needed can cause it to not work for future infections.   FDA Approval Date: 1987-10-22 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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RATING  REASONSIDE EFFECTS FOR CIPROCOMMENTSSEXAGEDURATION/
DOSAGE
DATE ADDED
 
 3  ielitis Very strong drug! Heighten anxiety and body just doesnt feel normal M 27 8 days
50mg
1/17/2016
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 2  typhoid fever severe headache on the left side, nausea, lack of sleep, dizziness, since i started taking cipro 500 6 days ago iam  frequenting the toilet with full stomach,only to pass gas. iam feeling nauseated, dizziness and lack of sleep. effects were worse 4 years ago when i took cipro by I.V twice a day for 6 days. i got bruises and hot burns in my lady parts. literally cipro "burnt" my private areas. F 39 2 weeks
500
1/15/2016
 4  staph infection Minor headaches, tiredness, fatigue, foggy brain, some nausea, blurred vision, heartburn acidy, jaw popping, problems sleeping. I was on others meds for this staph infection in my nose. Cipro had the least side effects for me.. Just made me feel so tired. And sick. F 43 2 weeks
500
1/14/2016
 1  UTI Hallucinations, fever, cold sweats, chills, paranoia, joint pain, vomiting (forced myself to vomit on one occasion just to get the drug out of my system) can hardly remember going to the mall today when I had my episode. Scary, called doctor who said to stop taking immediately and prescribed Bactrim instead which I have taken before and know won't give me these horrible side effects. F 22 2 days
500mg 2X d
1/12/2016
 1  UTI Throwing up, diarrhea, panic attacks , severe pains in my stomach!! Stopped taking it 3 days okay, side effects still there. Ugh!!! F 55 3 days
1/10/2016
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 1   The reviewer from 12/30/2015 is almost certainly a big pharma rep. Either that or just very, very naive. Just because he's willing to play Russian roulette with his life doesn't mean you have to play it with yours. Cipro--and every other fluoroquinolone antibiotic still on the market--is capable of causing savage harm. Hello, every drug in this class now carries MULTIPLE black box warnings. Yea--real safe! And fewer side effects than older antibiotics? The FDA warning label for Cipro is 43 pages long!! You have been warned.
1X day
1/1/2016
 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
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 1  UTI Itching and burning all over after taking only 2. By the 3rd dose,I have numbness at the tips of my fingers, pain in all of my joints. Neck,arms,wrists,knuckles,hips,kneesetc.Possible manic swing. My ankles feel weak and achy. Muscles twitching all over. STOPPED at 3. I wish I had stuck to my guns and refused the meds, but the doctor assured me that it was a good med. I will never take it again. God help us...we are guinea pigs. F 41 2 days
500
12/30/2015
 2  Diverticulitis flared up ? F 58 4 days
500m
12/11/2015
 1  Uti Was prescribed the generic version of this med for a UTI and I regret ever taking it!! I didn't finish the course of the treatment because it has given severe headaches that do not go away with over the counter meds. I've been off the antibiotics for 3 days and the headache is still there! Don't make the same mistake I did in taking this medication. F 34 3 days
500 mg
11/25/2015
 1  GALL STONES EVERYTHING NEGATIVE! CHANGED MY LIFE TOTALLY!!!😡 HATE IT!!! THROW IT AWAY!!!! F 50 2 days
500 mg
11/25/2015
 4  For ear and sinus infection Feel like I have the flu bone pain for about two hours after taking pill heart race a little nothing I can't handle... And like somewhat electrical shock to my brain a little then it goes away after awhile So far it's helping me a little only Ben on it for two days. F 26 7 days
500mg
11/24/2015
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 1  UTI Severe dizziness, headache, chills, extreme fatigue Cannot function at all after only taking 2 pills. So dizzy that I couldn't get up out of a chair or bed to get across the room. Literally fell over backwards onto the floor. Terrible side effects! F 34 7 days
2X day
11/24/2015
 1   Took cipro last year. Afterwards poor sleep. Joints. Brain fog. Bad dreams. Never related this to cipro. Until I got cipro last month. Worried about my future. Seems to be permanent damage now Cipro should only be used as a last resort. This drug is very dangerous should removed. M 49 7 days
11/21/2015
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 1   Cipro: Kills the infection by killing the patient
1X day
11/16/2015
 1   Now that the FDA has FINALLY acknowledged that fluoroquinolone-associated disability exists (30 years later!), I think it's time we victims band together and get compensated for our damages, our pain & suffering, our lost income and the lost years of our lives. Why should U.S. tax payers be on the line for our SSDI benefits when it was Big Pharma that caused all of this? The public should be outraged. I don't know about you, but I cannot live on SSDI alone. Not when I have to pay someone to do the most menial tasks for me now like grocery shopping, yard work, taking out the trash, etc. Why should I be relegated to a life of poverty and financial ruin because a multi-billion dollar corporation (as well as the FDA) withheld safety information from me? Bayer owes me and countless others MILLIONS, and it's about damn time they pay up. M
1X day
11/12/2015
 1  because of my foot I've been taken this med because of my foot and about 3 days in I lost about 60% of my hearing in my left ear. It's like contain ringing and won't stop its been doing this since last night so now this morning I'm heading to the er DO RESEARCH BEFORE USING M 30 1 days
500
11/8/2015
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 1  UTI WORST NIGHTMARE OF MY LIFE WHEN I TOOK THIS DRUG (CIPRO) 10 YEARS AGO & THE FDA IS FINALLY (11/5/15) SAYING THIS DRUG SHOULD HAVE STRONGER WARNING LABELS FOR SIDE EFFECTS!! TAKE IT OFF THE MARKET! Still have some muscle problems 10 years after taking drugs! Had problems with almost every organ in my body due to CIPRO. Was perfectly healthy before taking this POISON!!! From Wall St. Jrl. 11/5/15: FDA Panel Seeks Tougher Antibiotic Labels Mounting evidence of previously unknown, and sometimes permanent, side effects prompted review. By Thomas M. Burton – Wall St. Jrl. SILVER SPRING, Md.—A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel overwhelmingly called for heightened label warnings on widely prescribed antibiotics called fluoroquinolones because of unusual but sometimes devastating side effects. The action followed a day of emotional testimony from dozens of patients who said these drugs have had a wide range of harmful effects on their health and cognitive ability. The agency decided earlier this year to have its advisory committee examine the class of antibiotics because of mounting evidence of previously unknown, and sometimes permanent, side effects.".... As early as April 17, 2013, the FDA’s Office of Surveillance and Epidemiology, which evaluates drug safety, concluded: “We continue to find an association between fluoroquinolone antibiotic use and disabling peripheral neuropathy.” 2 days
250 2X day
11/7/2015
 1  prostatitis extreme anxiety, restless, insomnia , weight loss, fatigue, tremors at night, nightmares, floaters , blurred vision, dry mouth, back pain , mental fog, tinnitus (high pitch ring) M 52 2 days
500mg 2X day
11/5/2015
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 1  UTI About two weeks ago, my primart care physician diagnosed me with a UTI and prescribed cipro to be taken twice a day for 10 days. Two days later I took myself to the ER for unbelievable pain and it turns out I had a kidney stone. I am not aure if the two things are related or not. The kidney stone debacle had me on Vicodin, Ibuprofen and Flomax so I quit the Cipro. About a week after, I traveled to Italy and hadto go to the hospital for lower abdomen pain that I thought was my UTI coming back. The doctor prescirbed me 500 mg twice a day for six days. However I have completely given up on it, I refuse to take it. It basically has taken all my energy away, I have no appetite and I have a really hard time getting to sleep, once I do get to sleep, I wake up in the middle of the night with stomach cramps and runny stool. It is so uncomfortable. I am sure that this medicine is doing more harm than good and I will not ever take it again. This medicine is so potent, I dont think I should have been taking this for an uncomplicated urinary tract infection. I guess its like an end all, be all solution but it has been very hard on my body and I do not recommend. If your doc wants to give you cipro I suggest asking for a less potent antibiotic. F 22 6 days
500mg
11/1/2015

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