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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR CIPRO | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Urethritis | Bilateral Achilles tendon pain on day number 2 within two hours of taking the second dose of the day. Difficulty falling asleep. Both of my feet tingling below my ankles. A sense of unsettlness. I had used CIPRO in the past without difficulty, so I had no quarrels starting this round. I reported the side effect to the FDA, and so should you. We need to have a better statistics of the true side effects of CIPRO, or any other med for that matter. Go and report your symptoms, otherwise, there will be other poor souls that will suffer: https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/medwatch/medwatch-online.htm | M | 43 | 3 days 500 mg 2X day | 1/10/2012 | 1 | uti | Life over. Permanent brain damage. Cognition destoyed, severe nuerological problems in brain. QEEG testing shows extensive disruption in the occipital lobes of by brain. This toxin crosses the blood brain barrier which can destroy more than just GABA function, other things like neurons can be damaged if not outright destroyed. I took this in 2009 when I was 28, I have not recovered and it is now 2012 and I am turning 31. | think these comments aren't true? think I'm a hypochondriac or making this up? Okay then smart guy, just you keep taking these kind of drugs then, see what happens. You'll get yours, eventually. PS I take NO pharmacuetical drugs to deal with any of this. They'll not get a cent more of my money and anyway, all pharamacuetical drugs are poison. | F | 30 | 3 days 250mg 2X day | 1/7/2012 | 1 | possible gastritis | I was prescribed cipro and flagyl for suspected gastritis that turned out to be a virus. I already have IBS and anxiety issues and the cipro caused them both to go out of control. I wound up in the er twice for severe diarrhea/stomach cramps and once for a severe anxiety attack. For about 2 weeks I was nearly suicidal. Cipro also caused me to have several other problems I never had before. It affected my blood sugar, blood pressure, caused nerve and muscle pain, nightmares, insomnia, severe nausea, severe diarrhea, severe heartburn, severe anxiety, panic attacks,"brain fog", memory loss,severe sinus problems and depression to name a few. I am still dealing with some of this 5 months later. If you are prescribed this drug, first of all make sure you really NEED an antibiotic, I didn't. Next, ask if there is any other antibiotic you could take. Cipro was meant to be used as a last resort, it is WAY too strong for most infections - research it. Also, ask your Dr. about | DO NOT take this drug unless it is a life or death situation! | F | 47 | 10 days 500 mg 2X day | 1/1/2012 | 5 | Bladder Infection | No side effects. Stayed away from caffeine as it suggests. | I don't think that I was on a long/high enough dose. I had some symptoms reappear, so I went the home route. I took 1 tsp of baking soda in a 10 oz glass of water. That killed the rest of it. I just got tested today, and it's gone for now. | F | 33 | 5 days 250 2X day | 12/30/2011 | 1 | Prostatitis | Severe leg aches (hips, thighs, knees, ankles) persisting at least two weeks after stopping the drug, tremors in hands, racing heart. | M | 35 | 3 weeks 500mg 2x/d | 12/30/2011 | 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 | 1 | misdiagnosed | joint pain and joint destruction in my knees, ankles, shoulders, elbows, and wrists. Can no longer walk and am confined to a wheelchair and bed. | I was maimed and basically murdered by a Doctor at Sentara hospital in Williamsburg, VA. I told him that I was highly allergic to cipro and that was why I was there because of severe pain in all of my joints. He got really mad and upset and made me see a shrink. He said I had a cipro fixation. He then later ordered injections of cipro into me calling it something else. I am now totally destroyed because of this monster. I feel that anyone who prescribes a quinolone should be put in jail alongside all of the executives at Bayer | M | 56 | 7 days 2X day | 12/26/2011 | 1 | sinus infection | Racing heart, rash, extreme swelling especially in my knees, tingling & soreness in my hands, feet & wrists. Fever, chills, extreme body aches, terrible headaches. | I took cipro 2 1/2 years ago and began experiencing these symptoms five days after finishing my last dose. I've had blood tests, xrays & MRIs, but no one can find why I am still having trouble with my hands and knees. Drs. ignore cipro as a possible cause of my symptoms. | F | 52 | 10 days ? 2X day | 12/26/2011 | 1 | had infection. high psa | Always had strong legs. Now no swelling but lack of strong legs. Pain standing and walking. Can't stand it. Also knee pain. I love dancing but can hardly walk now. Help phone 7327356167 | M | 63 | 2 weeks 500 | 12/21/2011 | 1 | Prostate issues | I took Levaquin and ciprofloxacn about 4 years ago for my prostatitis on and off for about 1 year from July-2006 to June-2007. All together I took the stuff for 122 days total. Only warning I was told about was ruptured Achilles tendon which I didn't develop so I didn't link my other problems to the drug and kept taking it because it did help my severe prostate pain. I noticed aches and pains in all my tendons muscles and after a few years has passed the pain has continued. I feel like I an old man and it takes much time to even get out of bed or up out of a chair and moving. The bottoms of my feet are so sore I can hardly walk at first. Calves down to my heals are sore. Shoulders, and elbow tendons sore and Back of Neck and back too. Both Biceps near elbow and up as well as back of elbow. Feet from heal to toes hurt including tops of feet. Wrist fingers thumbs and back of hand bother me. Maybe I should just say I hurt all over except my face and eye lids. Forearms are also sore. | I also noticed ringing in my ears when this all started too and it never goes away. Just walking up or down steps and I get and hear threads in my knees tearing followed by pain which seems to get better in time only to happen again. Example, all I need to do it put pressure on my elbow to turn over in bed and I hear and feel threads tearing again in my elbows and shoulders. My tendons are still brittle and have reoccurring Tendonitis from the doses I took and It was 4 years ago. I ache so bad I can't sleep nights and took so much aleve and other over the counter pain meds my stomach is upset to the point I am sitting on the toilet about 10 times a day. I had 45 codeine pills for a sinus surgery I had in 2009 and taking one of those before bedtime at least allowed me to sleep some. Codeine is the only thing that takes the edge off the pain. I have also developed depression. I have always tried to stay active and now I don't do a lot of what I used to enjoy. I feel like I'm stuck in the body of an 80 year old man the last 4 years. This stuff is really nasty and needs to be pulled from the market. | M | 50 | 122 days 500 to 750 1X day | 12/14/2011 | 2 | UTI | mild allergic reaction that came in waves and subsided (itchy scalp and arms, and redness/sensitivity of palms of hands and bottoms of feet); persistent GI problems (sharp abdominal cramps, acid reflux, indigestion, nausea, bloating); fatigue; pain in hips and knees | Cipro seems to have cleared this UTI but at a major cost. I am particularly concerned about the lingering GI distress, which is disabling 2 days after finishing this drug. With all the research on the human genome, scientists should be able to identify the genes that make some individuals likely to have an allergic reaction or be susceptible to drugs' adverse effects (for example, because they metabolize them poorly). Understanding the underlying biology of adverse drug reactions should be a priority of medical research, and testing for such susceptibility should be available to patients. | F | 65 | 3 days 500mg 2X day | 12/13/2011 | 1 | Sinus Infection | Woke with intense inflammation and pain in wrists and all joints in hand. Fever, sweating at night, chills. Hands swollen up like sausages. Now, 2 weeks later I am still getting fevers every night and wake with numbness and tingling in both arms, wrists, hands. Different joints ache. Muscle weakness. Insomnia. I am furious. | I was extremely healthy before taking CIPRO. I run a warehouse and was kicking butt doing it. Now I have to have others help me with my usual work. | F | 52 | 5 days 500 MG 3X day | 12/12/2011 | 5 | infection, skin | could not tolerate my morning coffee, or i would have a panic attack | F | 45 | 1X day | 12/4/2011 | 2 | UTI/PROSTATITIS | upper arm tendonitis, bilateral proximal hamstring tendinopathy | Helped with painful symptoms, but if you are athletic and want to not suffer horrible tendon pain, then find something else. The black box warning is accurate. | M | 63 | 8 days 500 mg 1X day | 12/3/2011 | 1 | suspected diverticulitis | Guys dont take this im 23, now I feel like a 70 year old woman.. Im have the weridest pains in my legs, hips, groin, back and this is 2 weeks after quiting, its like more things keep popping up!!!! Im not even sure what my original problem was. I am getting weird chest pains, and my heart does weird things now : ( please take that stuff back!! | I quit taking it after the 4th night, before that I was actually breaking the pills in half because 750 MG is a lot for a small person like me, when I call the pharmacy/doctors I was BLOWN OFF, dont count on someone helping you if you get bad side effects to this. i had panic attacks and couldnt sleep :'( please im still suffering effects from this drug find something else its worth spending a little extra money to get another brand. I hope I dont get worse.. | F | 23 | 4 days 750 2X day | 12/2/2011 | 1 | Epididymitis | First Day nausea, Second day vision problems, third day couldn't walk. I only took one pill and feel ruined. It has been 4 weeks and I still can't walk normally. Pain and crunching in my shoulders and elbows as well. Of course my doctor doesn't believe me at all. I was very active before this. I couldn't be more angry!! | M | 50 | 1 days 500 MG 2X day | 12/2/2011 | 1 | infection on colon | severe pheriphal neuropathy | F | 80 | 54 days 1X day | 12/2/2011 | 1 | UTI | (Note: I was perfectly healthy before taking this med) I took this medicine and following the last pill I could not walk. Both of my knees inflamed and I was diagnosed with rheumatory arthritis overnight. My ankle and achilles tendon in my right leg inflamed and I have shooting nerve pains through my achilles. My wrists ache from the lightest use. My knees have never healed and still hurt to the point where I can hardly walk around. I have horrible heart palpitations and tachycardia. I went through hell and back and am still frequently tortured with anxiety and panic attacks due to the change in chemistry in my brain this poison caused. My vision blurs at times and am now very sensitive to light. | This POISON changed me from a healthy, active individual to a crippled mess overnight. DO NOT EVER TAKE THIS MEDICATION (OR ANY OTHER FLUOROQUINOLONE) UNLESS YOU'RE ABOUT TO DIE. It causes IRREVERSIBLE psychiatric and physical effects! If only I knew then what I know now- SAVE YOURSELF. If you or a loved one is suffering from the effects of this toxicity please visit the Facebook group: Fluoroquinolone Antibiotic Toxicity (Cipro, Levaquin, Avelox, Floxin). | F | 23 | 3 days 500mg 2X day | 11/30/2011 | 1 | Sinusitis | Dizzy and Faint Feeling, Red Rash on Stomach, Tingly Right Hand, Horrid Yeast Infection with a blistering lesion on the front of my vagina. | This has been the worst medication experience I've ever had. I felt like I was given Herpes only to find out I'm having a bad reaction to the medication. I'm in so much pain I can barely walk. This drug should be taken off the market. It ruined my neither regions. | F | 28 | 10 days 500MG 2X day | 11/30/2011 | 1 | Muscle spasms, weakness in left leg, pain in knee, burning and numbness on right side of body, | Do not take this drug! If I had known about the side effects ahead of time, I never would have taken Cipro. I took 3 pills and ended up in the ER. It has been over 2 weeks since I stopped taking Cipro and I am still having pain in my left leg and calf. It feels like Sciatica. | F | 40 | 1.5 days 500 MG 2X day | 11/30/2011 |