CIPRO Reviews (CIPROFLOXACIN HYDROCHLORIDE)

Average Rating: 1.6 (2014 Ratings)

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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/
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DATE ADDED
 
 1  Bladder infection Severe pain in muscles!! This is a drug from Hell! It's been over a week since I took this and I am suffering constantly. Pain medication hardly dulls the pain. It should come with a large WARNING label on it. M 69 4 days
500mg 2X day
9/12/2015
 1  UTI Unreal I just wish I had read all this before I started I am extremely fatigued I finished chemo in March and felt great and never felt that tired now here 5 days later I feel like I am dying from an antibiotic do not take this F 49 5 days
500
8/30/2015
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 1  Possible tooth infection Let me start by saying I will never take this drug again ...I'd rather be dead. Severe anxiety, starving 24 hours a day, headaches, ringing in my ears, every joint bone and muscle hurt so bad I could not function or sleep. M 47
500 1X day
8/25/2015
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Patient History
 1  Prostate infection Severe fatigue Extreme skeletal & muscular pain Within a week, I couldn't get to sleep on time, and don't want to get up. Tired all the time. Hurts to stand, hurts more to walk. Uncomfortable to sleep- like I have severe arthritis. I can barely walk in morning, and at night. I feel like a 100 year old man. M 41 4 weeks
500 mg
8/24/2015
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 4  Diverticulitis Even with probiotics I experienced horrible diarrhea and nausea. But the worst was extreme anxiety.I am happy to have completed the dosage. This is a dangerous condition, so need strong meds to clear it up. F 64 10 days
8/17/2015
 1  Crohns abscess Wow, where do I start.. Chronic fatigue, no motivation to do anything! (I'm very active by the way) simple tasks like checking the mail and prepairing food requires conscious effort. I can sleep all the time. Just want to curl up in a ball. Head is always in a fog and I have no appetite. Weighed 173 on day one and 164 on day 9. I'm not eating as much due to the persistent nausea. Oh, and 9 days of diarrhea multiple times a day. I don't seem to have the joint pain that others have. I'm avoiding gluten and taking probiotics for my case. It sucks, but it'll nuke your condition... Don't know what else, be prepared for some sort of side effect. Stopped taking today, I'm hoping I recover from side effects soon!! M 43 10 days
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8/13/2015
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 1   "Stay off the internet sites that talk about side effects" --Yes, stay COMPLETELY ignorant and in the dark about a class of antibiotics that could potentially destroy your life! Genius. PS. Many of Cipro's side effects often don't surface for weeks or months after you've already stopped taking it, so don't be so quick to count your chickens before they hatch. M
1X day
8/5/2015
 4  prostatitis insomnia mood swings. Did not feel normal when on this drug. But it worked. It has been a week since I finished this drug and I feel great. After reading all the scary reviews on this drug. I was really worried about the side effects. I have been battling prostatitis and other antibiotics failed me. My urologist told me Cipro is the gold standard to knock this infection out. And I will say it worked and now I am feeling way better. Make sure you talk to your Dr. about probiotics when taking this drug. And make sure to drink plenty of water. The bottom line is this drug is strong. And before you get worried about side effects. Remember to weigh out the risks of any medication. For me my prostatitis was getting so bad. I got to the point that I did not care about the potential side effects of this drug. And thankfully it worked and I had no real issues. I will rate it 4 instead of 5 due to how it made me feel when I was taking it. Stay off the internet sites that talk about side effects. All that does is cause anxiety. M 35 14 days
500 2X day
8/4/2015
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 1  prostate My left knee is swollen and have pain all the time. I am a Veteran I went to my VA hospital was given Cipro just given a bag with the bottle in it the only warning to avoid direct sunlight. I am a service connected disabled veteran, 56 years old, didnt need messed up by a pill. M 56 30 days
500 2X day
8/2/2015
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 1  prostate Horrible anxiety and panic attacks. Been 2 months now...will I ever get better? ?? I'm afraid I ruined my life forever! Please somebody reply and let me know if you have ever recovered. Or what has helped M 44 10 days
500
7/28/2015
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 1  UTI Anxiety, brain fog, panic attacks, severe psychosis, suicidal thoughts, ended up in the psyche ward, where I had never been before, ended up on psyche meds, which I had never been on before. Sooooo SCARY! 6 months out and I suffer nerve and joint/muscle/bone pain, constant numbness in hands and feet and soreness in ribs that cause shortness of breath, severe chronic fatique, dry eye and vitreous detachment, which I did not have before. I feel desperate for help and worried that I may not recover. Horrible drug this ciprofloxacin. Fluoroquinolones must be perscribed only for life threatening conditions that no other antibiotic could cure! F 55 7 days
500 mg
7/20/2015
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 1  UTI/kidney infection I was told to take the cipro for 7 days, but after 4 days I "sprained" my ankle simply walking at home (no actual twisting occurred, I simply began to feel intense pain as if I had sprained it) and discontinued use. Two days later I began to feel pain in all of my joints and was unable to leave the bed for three days. I then began moving about, but with great difficulty. One week later I "sprained" my wrist simply opening a door. Now, two months later, I still feel a dull, yet constant pain and tightness in my wrists and ankles/achilles tendons. I would like to return to my usual activities (running, cycling and martial arts), but even 10 minutes of easy cycling exhausts me and causes pain. I was a very healthy, very active 32 year-old athlete before taking this horrible medication. Don't take this drug unless it's a last resort; it can be devastating, particularly to athletes. F 4 days
200mg 2X day
7/16/2015
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 1  prostatitis Anxiety nighmares. Nausea , driving me crazy depress Don't try this drug..can't believe is legal to sell this M 38 7 days
500 mg
7/15/2015
 1  Sinus Terrible body pain and mental anguish that is not subsiding, even after cessation of the drug. I never suffered from any of this prior to taking Cipro. Thank God I work from home, otherwise I would have to be on leave but even then I'm struggling to make it through the days. Wouldn't wish this stuff on my worst enemy. Should be highly restricted if not outright banned as far as I'm concerned. I'm going to be having a little talk with the doctor who prescribed this to me. I've lost such respect for the medical profession after my experience with this poison. Who can we trust? M 59 7 days
500 2X day
7/14/2015
 1   More side effects than I can even list. Most importantly, it ruined my joints! Have to use an electric scooter to do my grocery shopping now, assuming I can even make it into the store at all. I'm beyond devastated =( Hoping this isn't the way my life will be from now on, but I'm losing hope the longer this goes on without any sign of healing. Tried physical therapy and it only made things worse. I'm going to start looking for a lawyer. F 37 14 days
500 2X day
7/11/2015
 1   To the 23yo female who posted on 7/6/15: You are obviously quite ignorant about Cipro and its (abysmal) safety profile. A bullet has a half-life of what, a fraction of a second as it passes through your body? But we all know how deadly and destructive bullets can be. Keep on taking your Cipro like a good consumer and we'll see who's a "complainer" once she's permanently unable to walk. It's one thing to knowingly endanger your own health, it's quite another to encourage others to do the same with theirs. You have a lot of learning yet to do!
1X day
7/10/2015
 3  Uncomplicated Lower UTI As always with taking Cipro I start getting dizzy and heart palpitations, anxiety, and a mild head ache. Very thirsty all the time, and very hungry. Some muscular-skeleton pain especially in legs. Gas A lot of people have been commenting about cipro being taken off the market. Cipro is one of the only broad spectrum antibiotics I can take. It gives me side effects but overall it does its job, and relatively quickly. It was approved for anthrax inhalation in 2004 I believe, and to battle such an illness you have to be strong. These complainers obviously haven't taken the Malaria pill. There's on for you, if you can keep it down long enough for it to worm that is. Overall a very safe drug to take because it's half life is 12 hours so it'll be out of your system quickly. F 23 3 days
500 mg
7/6/2015
 5  Epididimytis Anxiety, throat and neck pain, swollen nodes, insomnia. Neck and throat pain were quite painful. Anxiety came on afternsecond pill. Drinking a lot of water made the pain and anxiety go away. M 39 10 days
500
7/4/2015
 5  Bladder infection Light headed, cotton mouth, thrush, weak legs, crazy dreams. Although these side affects happened, my infection cleared up. F 36 7 days
500 MG
6/25/2015
 3  Mycobacterium abscessus infection severe neck muscle spasm/pull so severe that for two days I had to stay in bed with my face in the mattress, the pain disabled me totally. Pain in the leg joints and arms so severe the walk to the bathroom was awful. It was not subtle. I had to take the drug because I wanted to keep my foot. It was a bad infection (three intravenous drug treatments three emergency room admissions, four weeks in hospital, private infection room where everyone had to wear protective clothing Including food service. Six moths on clarithromycin. I took cipro both orally and intravenously. It was one drug of many. Amikacin, tigercylin, cipro, and many more the infectious disease doctor really had to work to contain the infection. Stepping on a nail is not a minor thing. M 61 90 days
2X day
6/25/2015
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