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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR CIPRO | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | UTI or kidney infection | After 2nd day and 3rd day had sleepless nights, felt agitated (prev. anxiety diagnosis). Leg cramps kept me awake too. On 3rd night when I did get to sleep woke up suddenly in the middle of the night with a headache and nausea. (I have other reactions to medication and when it happens I often get a headache in the back of my head on the right side when it is due to a reaction, as in this case). I didn't take it today - 4th day, which is good because after being up for about 3 hours felt sudden nausea and diarrhea. I tried to tell the doctor I couldn't tolerate it and should have trusted myself. | I have a metabolism mutation - P450-CYP2D6 and have found I'm affected by other metabolizing methods. The patient information provided with the drug implies there is minimal liver effect. The truth is that it is a significant inhibitor to CYP1A2, and also inhibits CYP3A4 a major processing pathway. The result is major for someone like me who is a poor metabolizer. | F | 56 | 3 days 500 2X day | 6/14/2010 | 5 | UTI | NONE at all! Don't let a lot of the other reviews scare you. While Cipro is a very powerful antibiotic, not everyone has the scary side effects. This drug can be helpful to MANY when other antibiotics don't work. I recommend everyone who has bad digestive side effects from this drug to supplement with a potent probiotic during/after treatment. | Cleared up a bad UTI in less than 48hrs. I kept taking it for all 5 prescribed days, though. | F | 23 | 5 days 500mg 2X day | 6/13/2010 | 1 | possible bladder infection | Extreme anxiety, thoughts about death but not feeling suicidal. paranoid. really tired.itching after the 4th pill. dry eyes and mouth.back pain. I want to add that Im 33 and have never had any kind of depression or anxiety problems in my life. I cant imagine a person that is prone to depression taking this. | Ive never had a side effect from a drug. i will never take this again. I took it 2 days and called the dr. for something else. | F | 33 | 7 days 250 2X day | 6/11/2010 | 5 | POSTOP INFECTION | THE ONLY SIDE EFFECT WERE UTI, WHICH PROBIOTICS TOOK CARE OF AND ITCHING. | I HAD MAJOR SURGERY IN NOVEMBER AND WAS HOSPITALIZED 4 TIMES. NOTHING CLEARED UP THIS INFECTIO9N. I HAD DRAINAGE AND NO ENERGY. I WENT TO A WOUND DOCTOR AND HE HAS ME ON CIPRO. NO MORE DRAINAGE AND TONS OF ENERGY. I REALLY FEEL THAT THIS DRUG SAVED MY LIFE | F | 63 | 60 days 500MG 2X day | 6/10/2010 | 2 | uti | eyes and face feel swollen and i already have been living with anxiety for a while and it has been under control for the past few years....since taking the cipro it has come back like a beast..i wake up feeling nervous and then I am "blah" all day long...hate it...it also made my stomach feel like it was eating away at itself...the heartburn and stomach burn is ridiculous | ew | F | 27 | 7 days 500 mg 2X day | 6/8/2010 | 1 | Cough | This drug should be banned from the market. I took one dose of it and had the following: 1. Skin rash with slight hives 2. Swelling of feet, behind kneees 3. Anxiety and shakiness 4. Had to be treated with benedryl and Prednisone | WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THIS DRUG. There are many other safe choices that would not give you a reaction!!!! | F | 48 | 1 days 250mg 1X day | 6/8/2010 | 1 | UTI | 16-year-old daughter went to E.R. with symptoms of mono (after being exposed to mono). They couldn't find anything else, and decided she had a UTI and prescribed Cipro. That evening, several hours after taking first dose, she suddenly just started "freaking out" with elevated heart rate, anxiety, and every symptom that accompanies severe anxiety disorder. She has taken Cipro before, so we didn't suspect this. In the last month, she has been to E.R. 4 times (the one that prescribed the stuff clearly thought she was crazy), Cardiologist (said it was hormones), GP (said it was not hormones, as she checked them--could find nothing in her blood work whatsoever, and recommeded counseling). Have not done this yet, but GP did put her on Buspar and Atarax. Seems to be helping some, but she still basically doesn't have a life. She's 16, and it's summer. HOW MUCH LONGER?? After reading this, I'm convinced this is the problem! Is there any test that will determine for sure in th | There's got to be a different solution. This time it didn't even cure the bladder infection. She had to go on Bactrim. By the way, GP muttered under her breath that this was not supposed to be given to anyone under age 18. | F | 16 | 3 days 500mg 2X day | 6/7/2010 | 1 | cold and ear infection | heart started racing, abdominal pain, vision impairment, feet started freezing, sharp and excruciating calf and leg pain, unable to walk on right leg | I was prescribed this drug by the doctor because I had a bad cold. I took 1 pill and immediately started feeling like bad. My heart started racing, I was getting abdominal pains and my vision was blurring and was sensitive to light. I took another one that evening, not linking the drug to the symptoms and then my heart started racing again and my feet went freezing and my legs started paining and cramping up. I called the doctor and told him I thought the Cipro was the cause and he blamed it on my cold. I told him I wanted off of that antibiotic and he reluctantly agreed. The next couple of days my calves for worse and worse until I was limping and then could no longer take any weight on my right leg. I have been out of work and at home trying to recuperate for over a week now. My leg is feeling a bit better but I still cannot walk properly. DO NOT TAKE CIPRO AND IF YOU HAVE STARTED GET OFF OF IT RIGHT AWAY. THIS DRUG IS A POSION AND IT WILL HARM YOUR BODY. DOCTORS AND BAYER OUGHT TO BE ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES. THEY HAVE SOLD THEIR SOULS AND OTHERS HEALTH OUT FOR A FEW BUCKS. | F | 29 | 1 days 2X day | 6/2/2010 | 1 | UTI | Swelling of tendons in my fingers,hands and wrists. Itchey sensation on the inside of my hands. Could not close my hands or turn my wrists without pain. | In the ER I was given cipro thru IV, my hands were swelling even then, but that was attributed to how fast the IV was being pumped in. By the next day I noticed the swelling the in my hands had not gone down but had gotten worse and now they were itchey, and ached. I called my doctor at 8:A.M. it took until 1:P.M. for him to get my paper work from the ER. He immediately said to stop the cipro (which I had already) however, now I have tendonitis in both hands and wrists. It has been a week, I take an anti inflammatory every 4 hrs, the swelling has gone down a little (had to cut off my wedding ring), the pain is awful. I WILL NOT RECOMMED CIPRO, EVER, TO ANYONE. I want to know how much money the drug company pays out to every doctor that perscribes this poison. | F | 56 | 1.5 days 500 MG 2X day | 6/1/2010 | 5 | dental abcess, bronchitis | heavy limbs, extreme fatigue, loss of appetite, soreness & tension in shoulders/back/knees, mild dehydration, delayed onset of tendinitis which subsided with painkillers and pilates after 2 weeks.) sensitivity to light (aided by sunglasses), sound, and occasional tingling in extremities. | cipro was prescribed as an alternative to penicillin. i have taken this medication with success for over 15 years with no outstanding issue. this is the first time i've experienced tendinitis as a result of using cipro. i'd read on here that many people experienced this during or after the course, which is why i spent 20 minutes every day doing gentle yoga / pilates. i'm convinced those 20 minutes of gentle stretching every day of the course lessened the severity of the tendinitis that came 2 weeks after finishing. my advice to anyone taking this stuff - sleep through as much of it as you can, and if at all possible try to do some very gentle stretching every day to ward off extreme tendinitis. all in all cipro has been very effective for me, and i wouldn't hesitate to use it again if it were necessary. | F | 30 | 7 days 500 2X day | 5/31/2010 | 1 | Kidney/Bladder Infection | For me today is only day 2 of taking cipro and I have already experienced many of the symptoms I have read about. The very first dose I was ever given was two nights ago at the ER, a few hours afterwards I started hallucinating, lost my desire to eat, became very irritable and moody. Also started having terrible hotflashes, became weak and dizzy. It almost feels like a legal high sometimes, where my eyelids feel so relaxed and heavy. I constantly have to strain my eyes to read or drive, especially at night time. On the first day I noticed lower back swelling and alot of pressure there. As I said before, today is only day 2 and I am already having tingling sensations all over my legs and feet. | Being on this medication it effects me enough that I cannot work. I have had to miss work for the past 2 days due to the side effects of cipro. Would NOT recommend this drug at all. | F | 21 | 10 days 500mg 2X day | 5/29/2010 | 1 | diverticulitis | About 20 minutes after taking my first dose, I experienced a feeling of faintness and anxiety. My neighbor came over and took my BP and it was 178/105. Normally my BP is very low, 110/60. She called the hospital and they told her to keep my lying down. After the first responders came I was put on Oxygen and my BP continued to be high. I went to the hospital by ambulance during this time I was very tired and slept. My BP was very irratic going from low to high while I rested. I was realeased from the hospital that day with a "reaction" to Cipro. | I do not think that Cipro is a safe drug and should not be prescribed. | F | 57 | 1 days 500 MG 2X day | 5/27/2010 | 1 | UTI | The pain in both of my Achilles tendons started about 4 hours after taking Cipro. Next morning I went back to my doctor and she changed the prescription to Macrobid. Since then, the pain has intensified and now all of my joints are aching. My lower legs including the Achilles tendons are extremely painful, I can only walk with crutches. | This is a terrible drug. I was very fit before taking Cipro, I used to race internationally. Now, I can only pray and hope that I can get out of this. I will update my experience with this drug in the future. | F | 52 | 1 days 1000 1X day | 5/27/2010 | 1 | UTI | Shortness of breath and anxiety within first couple days, flu like symptoms within one week, after 2 months I hit the worst of it- paranoia & depression, resulting in severe panic attacks, head aches, constant dehydration, trouble focusing, chest pain, lack of flexibility (which I used to be), insomnia... these are the main symptoms I had but I am lucky for it not to have been worse. | I should mention that I actually took this drug for kidney infections 4-5 times before this and was fine... It has been almost 4 months since I stopped taking the Cipro and although the symptoms I still have are manageable I am still paranoid and on some days depressed. I have become a hypochondriac as well. I have been reassured that I should be nearly back to normal after 6 months AFTER the worst of it... so it appears I have 4 months to go. this drug is wrong. | F | 21 | 5 days 30? 2X day | 5/26/2010 | 1 | Prostatitis | Severe, disabling tendinitis in legs and shoulders. Tinnitis (ear ringing), vertigo, insomnia. | I was very healthy and active before taking this drug. I commuted to work via bicycle. 2 months later, I now have an electric wheelchair. Do not take this drug! Researching on the net I now see hundreds of people have become disabled by it... the effects can be permanent or last for years! | M | 42 | 7 days 250 mg 2X day | 5/25/2010 | 1 | UTI | 6th day after starting taking the drug I felt a small annoyance in my right elbow. I didn't connect it to the Cirpo, so I finish the treatment at 7th day. After few days the annoyance was growing until I felt real pain in my right arm. Other joints followed the elbow, as well as muscle pain. Sometimes the muscle and joint pain are so intense you are left disabled in bed. After two weeks discontinuing the drug, small signs of healing are showing up, but I still have to endure the pain. | Taking Cipro for regular mild infections is not worth the risk. Side effects are serious and can last for much time even after you stop the tratment. Avoid it as much as you can. | M | 25 | 7 days 500 MG 2X day | 5/24/2010 | 1 | UTI | Tendonitis, fatigue, severe joint pain, rhabdomyolysis, muscle fasciculations, peripheral neuropathy (limb weakness/paralysis, tingling and vibration in arms and legs), eye floaters, visual disturbances, anxiety, insomnia. | I wish all of you the best. Get plenty of sleep and eat well. Take acetyl-L-carnitine and B vitamins to support nerve regrowth. Also, make sure you submit a MedWatch report to the FDA (http://www.fda.gov/Safety/MedWatch/default.htm). Hopefully we can get this poison taken off the market, and spare others the torture we have been through. As for me, three (yes, three!) measly pills have led to months of excruciating agony. Fortunately, the joint and tendon damage resolved after several weeks of rest, and for that I am endlessly grateful. I am being treated by a wonderful neurologist who diagnosed me with demyelinating polyneuropathy due to Cipro. Lyrica has helped give respite from the maddening pain and "bugs under the skin" feelings. I've been reassured that peripheral nerves almost always heal, although it may take over a year. After three months, I rarely need medicine, and have only residual tingling and muscle twitches in my limbs. I'm even able to do very light workouts at the gym, although I'm far from being back to my normal activity level. If you're like I was, you're reading this terrified because you are having these same exact symptoms and wondering if your life has been ruined from here on out. But be brave--your body wants to heal, and you will get better with time. See your doctor *immediately*, and demand that they help you with this. | F | 26 | 1.5 days 500 mg 2X day | 5/23/2010 | 1 | If I could rate this poison a ZERO, I would. | Imagine a drug that doesn't kill you, but instead cripples every tendon and joint in your entire body and then LEAVES you like that--permanently. That's Cipro. It'll make you WISH you were dead from it. Beware: The BLACK BOX WARNING on this poison grossly understates the likelihood, severity and duration of its horrific side effects. Take it from me--it's NOT WORTH IT. I am crippled for life as a result of this poison and there are thousands of others out there just like me. Ask your doctor for something safer (which is just about ANYTHING!) unless, of course, you LIKE being in a wheelchair. | M | 45 | 7 days 500 2X day | 5/21/2010 | 1 | UTI | I've Experienced migraine headaches, stomach pain,nausea, lower back pain, body ache like flu symptoms | Dont take this medicine it is poison. Ive taken cipro for five days ended up at the ER for severe headache come to find out I was having a migraine headache that i never had in my life. plu the UTI was still there. Called my dr.he told me stop taking it I was having an allergic reaction and he prescribed something else. My lower back pack is the worst. Been put out of work for two months and still havent returned. I've done so much tests and they cant find whats wrong.I did a CT scan, Xrays, Bloodwork, Seen a chiropractic. no one helped the pain. so I went an seen nerve study doctor and came to find out I have nerve damage. they saying the chemical reaction from the cipro has damage my nerves. If theres anyone who can direct me on what to do please help? | F | 35 | 5 days 500mg 2X day | 5/20/2010 | 5 | Pouchitis of ileo-anal pouch | After 15 years the only side effect I've had is the occasional episode of sore knees for a few days at a time. | I believe it's a wonder drug and if I happen to forget to order a new prescription in time and have a few days without any, I definitely know about it. I believe I will be on this drug for life! | F | 48 | 15 years 500 mg 1X day | 5/18/2010 |