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 | bladder infection | In '09 had a bladder infection. Cipro prescribed. Legs started hurting within a day or two of starting. By end of week couldn't climb a ladder to finish painting room. Toughed it out till med was gone and started getting better. A week later broke out from head to toe in huge, itchy welts. Stomach hurt a lot. After a week of agony was finally diagnosed with Stephens Johnson Syndrome--allergic reaction to cipro. Dr. said my stomach was in same shape as my skin. Had to take steroids for a number of weeks to stop the insane itching. Nearly drove me nuts. Have never been the same since. Doctors told me never to take Cipro again under any circumstance. | I've heard of others who had the same experience with Cipro. I wouldn't touch it again for anything. | F | 69 | 10 days ? 3X day | 1/6/2011 | 1 | urinary tract infection | On the second day I had a nasal hemorrhage. Not just a bloody nose - blood coursing down the back of my mouth so fast I couldn't swallow. Went by ambulance to the ER. They cauterized my nostsrils, packed them, and sent me home. In a few hours, the same thing happened, again sent home. And then a third time. Each time I went to the ER they asked me what medications I was taking. I told them cipro. After the third time, I did some research and saw that nasal hemorrhage is a rare side effect. Not one of those ER Drs cared enough to do the same. I stopped taking it and the bleeding stopped. This happened in 1998 or thereabouts. Don't remember the dosage, etc. I now list cipro as a drug I am allergic to. | F | 63 | 2 days 2X day | 1/5/2011 | 1 | UTI | I took this garbage ONE DAY and had body aches and muscle/joint pain so bad I could barely get out of bed. Im' 24 and feel like I'm 80 years old. | DO NOT TAKE IT! | F | 24 | 1 days 1X day | 1/3/2011 | 1 | Infection | Severe joint and muscle pain. Extraordinary pain on my feet. Itching and finger pain. Swelling of legs. I have used thisc drug in the past, but not at this high dosage. I have rheumatoid arthritis and am 79 years old. SHOULD NOT GET THIS DRUG! | It did clear up my infection. | F | 79 | 10 days 750 2X day | 1/1/2011 | 1 | Chest infection/ UTI | I had had this medicine several times in tablet form but in April I got very sick and was in hospital. i was given ciprofloxacin intravenously and my heart slowed down to a dangerously low level (bradycardia) I could not sit up, I could not speak (I am 32 years old) it was terrifying. After they took me off the cipro I got much better within about 24 hours. Now I can't take it at all - in tablet or IV form. I am very concerned about this medication. My heart rhythm has not been the same since and I am under a cardiologist | I would advise you to explore ALL other alternatives before cipro | F | 33 | 3 days 3X day | 1/1/2011 | 1 | UTI | After taking the first pill, I had oozing pain in the thigh of my right leg. Also chills were coming through my body. I had hard time sleeping with the pain. When I went to the doctor with UTI, a pain was in the right side, where the bladder is located. I took another pill after 12 hours and the pain still persists on my right leg. The doctors office was kind enough to call and find out how I was doing. When I mentioned about having pain in my right leg and thigh, they said stop using and sent another prescription of antibiotics. The UTI symptoms stopped but, the pain still persists. Cipro is not the way. | F | 30 | 1 days 2X day | 12/27/2010 | 1 | uti | stomec cramping , pain , nauseating , | don't take it if you have other obtions ! | F | 53 | 2 days 500.00 2X day | 12/27/2010 | 1 | food poisoning | Made me very ill - dizziness; headache; other while I was taking it; weeks later have had DVT; knee sprain (have MRI next week); shoulder displaced. Not a weak person - have worked out regularly for years right up until I got sick. | Would never take this drug again and now very worried about my knee - swollen and in chronic pain but didn't injure my knee it just came on suddenly. Working to find out what is wrong. Not sure of the cause but can't think of anything else that would have caused it. | F | 60 | 3 weeks 500 mg 1X day | 12/25/2010 | 1 | UTI | Only took 5 pills out of a prescription of 20 for UTI. I had a headache for 2 days and today I became extremely ill, nauseaus and vommited. I haven't been sick at my stomach in many years and am otherwise very healthy. I will not be finishing this drug as it just makes me very sickly. | F | 55 | 2 days 500 MG 2X day | 12/23/2010 | 1 | uti | Bloody stool. Pain in right side .throat became shore. Nauseated. Belly hurt after taking couldn't eat. | This drug was recemended formy uti. The er doctor also said my thrg it than oat was little red. He tested me for strep didn't have it. So he gave me his drug. I have felt wrose taking this than when wasn't. Today I noticed bloody stool and right side pains. When I started taking it it upset my stomach I couldn't eat or set without it eritating me. My throat.has gotten shore now and constantly thursty. I hope and prayothers readng this do not go threw with taking this. | F | 19 | 7 days 500 2X day | 12/21/2010 | 1 | UTI | Six hours after taking my first dose I suddenly became violently dizzy and equally violently nauseous. As the EMT’s noticed “this isn’t normal vomiting”. The ER fixed me up, but I had NEVER experienced anything that left me feeling like I might be dying, but one dose of Cipro and I now know that feeling. AVOID! | F | 52 | 1 days 1X day | 12/16/2010 | 5 | UTI | Slight fatigue (could be from not drinking caffeine as is recommended), upset GI, possible yeast infection | I'm on Day 3 of my Cipro and my UTI symptoms are completely gone. I have cut out caffeine, as is recommended, so that could be the cause of my fatigue. As with most antibiotics I am having GI side effects but even those aren't that bad since I'm popping probiotics a few hours after taking the Cipro. I may be getting a yeast infection, but that's not the Cipro's fault...antibiotics in general do that to me. How pleasant. I was worried about this drug because of all the negativity on this site, but I have no real complaints. | F | 28 | 7 days 500 mg 2X day | 12/14/2010 | 1 | UT pain | Quickly developed basal thumb joint arthritis such that I dropped a glass while washing it and had to finish the dishes with one hand. Severe diarrhea. Pain in both Achilles tendons. Pain in right shoulder and shooting pains in palms of hands. This was 6 years ago and I still have the basal joint arhritis, shoulder pain and, intermittently, Achilles tendon pain in one ankle. | An ophthalmic version is Zymaxid which I took reluctantly for eye surgery Sep. 2010. Although the Physicians Desk Reference says the blood concentration using this drop is 1/1000 or less than caused by the tablets, I still have experienced new arthritis in one finger, intensification of the basal joint and shoulder pain, and more frequent recurrence of the tendon pain. And, hello, smart-mouthed doctors: don't tell me I already had arthritis anyway. I had no basal joint pain before first taking cipro, and a detailed X-ray 2 weeks after the pain developed showed no joint lesions. Lesions did, however, show up on an X-ray a year later. Hello, also, suffering patients: even Bayer and the FDA has now admitted people need to be more careful with this antibiotic - notice went out a year or two ago. Most importantly, it should only be used as a last resort and only when the target pathogen has been identified. So any MD who blows you off about the side effests is only ignorant and open to a well-deserved lawsuit. Finally, to the men who have tried it or might try it for prostatitis: if you're going to experiment with drugs for this condition, try to get a doctor to prescribe Valtrex first. After 18 miserable months with the UT pain I had originally been prescribed Cipro for, I found serendipitously that a couple of days on Valtrex fixed it for months. Not to say it would necessarily work for you, but if you're going to experiment, Valtrex and its generics seem a lot safer | M | 67 | 3 days 500 mg 2X day | 12/13/2010 | 1 | UTI/Kidney Infection | Insomnia, SEVERE cramping of lower abdomen almost like Menstral Cramps as well as severe stomach pain and radiating cramps towards my lower back, disorienation, confusion, fatigue, etc | I was 20 yrs old when I was prescribed to Cipro after having a really bad UTI and my symptoms actually worsened. I slept for the first two days after taking this and felt like I was ran over by a truck. I have never had any other complications from other medicines and I have been on many to say the least. I would reccomend asking for Septra before Cipro and ONLY take cipro if nothing else works. I even had false pregnancy symptoms, way to throw your life around.. | F | 20 | 3 days 500 MG 2X day | 12/13/2010 | 1 | suspected gastroenteritis | extreme lethargy, loss of coordination, extreme fatigue, extreme dizziness | Cipro should be taken off the market for good. This is a strong, strong antibiotic. I wound up in the ER after sever abdominal pain, and the GI doctor prescribed Cipro. Never again. I slept for 12 hours on this, and woke up still feeling exhausted. I'm 19, and in college. I shouldn't be sleeping 12 hours and bedridden. This medicine is ridiculous. Finally called the GI and he told me to stop taking them. | F | 19 | 6.5 days 500 mg 2X day | 12/10/2010 | 1 | UTI | heart palpitations, high heart rate, high blood pressure, after the "non-cardiac related problems" went away i started having bad insomnia, chest tightness, severe chest wall inflamation, "heavy" throat feeling, shortness of breath, upper left abdominal pain, heartburn, hip pain, stomach "burning" sensation after meals, eye pressure, floaters, memory loss, dizziness, pain underneath belly button, neck and wrist aches, trouble concentrating, fatigue, forehead pressure. | this drug is toxic. i use to be pretty healthy before i started taking it, never had any health problems. i feel like im sixty now. some days its not that bad, other days i don't want to get out of bed. almost every doctor i've seen that has performed numerous tests (bloodwork, two x-rays, urine samples, etc) had blamed stress and anxiety, not the cipro. i've contemplated seeing a couple specialists...but then asked myself, "what's the point ?" they'll probably say they can't find anything wrong with me and link these problems to depression, i also find it pointless because i've read numerous stories by patients who have had problems with cipro like mine and they've been told the same thing just about. there aren't any drugs such as ibuprofen or tylenol that will help much and trying to get as much rest as possible won't relieve any of these long term side effects. completing simple tasks is hard sometimes and i feel like any moment i'll drop dead or start having a seizure. every week there seems to be a new problem and i guess i'll have to get use to it until i can find some type of "fluoroquinolone poisoning washing out of system" thing to take, or maybe one day it will all go away but i don't think that will happen anytime soon. | F | 20 | 2 weeks 500mg 2X day | 12/10/2010 | 1 | kidney infection | -Severe tingling and weakness in hands, forearms, and feet (I can hardly type) -Severe fatigue -Severe vertigo (I lose balance when I stand up) -Achy all over -Joint pain and popping | I am so disgusted that my doctor prescribed this drug to me without providing me information about the potential side effects. I did some research the first day I started taking it and had serious reservations, but thought I would try because my doctor has always been pretty good. I am on the fourth day of a seven day cycle and will not take any more of this medication. When I first started feeling some of the noted side effects, I contemplated the possibility that I was perhaps paranoid from reading about potential side effects; however, after a few days I am feeling really sick and there's no way any sort of trepidation about taking this drug could produce such overwhelming physical manifestations - I feel like shit and a lot worse than I did before I started these pills. This drug is criminal and I am so worried about the long-term side effects. | F | 29 | 4 days 500MG 2X day | 12/9/2010 | 1 | UTI | Developed POTS syndrome and am now unable to work or shop or take care of myself. Its been 8 weeks, I really hope this goes away. The FDA should pull this drug. | The fact is, some people have a reaction, and some don't, just like any other drug. However, if you are one of the unlucky ones, you may be disabled for life. Thats quite a gamble when there are plenty of other options out there. The people out there who are mocking to those of us whose life has been ruined just because they "missed the bullet" are uneducated and heartless. I am not writing this review to vent, I am writing it so that someone else does not have to go through what I am going through. DONT TAKE THIS DRUG. | F | 28 | 2 days 500mg 2X day | 12/9/2010 | 1 | Prostatitis | Tendonitis all over my body, anxiety, insomnia, extreme fatigue, tinnitus, back pain, overall muscle aches, preipheral nerve pain. I took the drug over a year ago and the symptoms are still worsenning. The real irony is that I didn't have a bacterial infection after all so all this suffering is for nothing. Doctors are completely ignorant of the dangers of these drugs. | This is poisonous crap. Don't take it under any circumstances as it will destroy your health. Fluorquinolones are the most toxic drugs on the market and they should all be banned from sale. | M | 50 | 10 days 400mg 2X day | 12/9/2010 | 1 | Prostatitis | This is the worse drug I have ever taken. Soon after taking the drug I started having pain under my rib cage and that continued even now. I have been off the medication for 3 months and still experiencing the pain. I have been diagnosed with a fatty liver and I am not an overweight person, I don't eat red meat and exercise daily. The Cipro caused me to have the fatty liver and now I am suffering every day wondering what else is wrong with me because of this drug. I would highly recommend if you are on Cipro that you ask your doctor for another antibiotic. | M | 45 | 21 days 500mg 2X day | 12/8/2010 |