CIPRO Reviews (CIPROFLOXACIN HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 1.6 (2014 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare CIPRO with similar:
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| 1 | Post surgical | Panic Attack, Anxiety, depersonalization, hallucinations, extreme fear, numbness of left arm and chest. | I took cypro and methylpred together and suspect that both contributed to my condition. I ended up at ER 4x's and was consequently placed on Lorazepam 1mg 2x's daily to control my anxiety and panic. WHat has worked for me is taking Apple Cider Vinegar, Omega 3,staying away from wheats, meats, and milk (which many times are treated with hormones and cipro) and a caring therapist who works with the body (body movement). Although I am feeling 80% better (and slowly being weaned off the Lorazepam, I am considering going to world renown Amenclinics.com for a Spect brain scan to determine if any damage to the brain and how to treat it. I may also continue to consult with the folks at POINTOFREtURN.com as they mentioned that they have been able to help out people who are weaning of Benzos because of Cipro toxicity. Another thing that has helped me is to challange the irrational thoughts that run through my mind "I am never going to get better, or work again." Write out any negative thoughts down on a piece of paper and then find ways to argue against those thoughts and write those new thoughts down. Recovery is possible but it takes time. Spirituality is very important too. I am currently on temporary disability and hope to return to work as a therapist in June. Wish you all the best. | M | 32 | 7 days 700mg 1X day | 4/6/2010 | 1 | diverticulitis | Debilitating wrist pain and weakness. I can no longer play the guitar, and sometimes I can't even turn a doorknob. This SUCKS. | I first took cipro two years ago and it was about that time that the wrist pain started. I also have developed neck and hip pain at night. It didn't occur to me that it was cipro, until I recently was given cipro for diverticulitis again. This time, over the first few days of treatment I felt myself freezing up like I was becoming some kind of invertebrate with an exoskeleton. All the symptoms I'd developed over the past two years escalated: pain, stiffness. So I came here to askapatient, and ... boom. It all fell into place. This drug should be illegal. | F | 59 | 10 days 1X day | 4/6/2010 | 1 | staph infection of skin | I noticed a tingling feeling all over my body,slightly sharp pains on my feet ankle and sometimes back. I also became paranoid after I woke up from nightmares. What sucks is, i had no choice but to take this because of a bacteria growning on the side of my face. | F | 32 | 2 weeks 500mg 2X day | 4/5/2010 | 1 | possible diverticulitis | numbness and burning sensations in lower arms, hands, legs from the knee's down. | Was on Cipro and Flagyl Since last Friday. Noticed numbness Saturday evening. Thought it was from fatty food I had for dinner. Still noticed numbness on Sunday so stopped Flaygl. Then Monday took Cipro and burst of numbness in arms within 1/2 hour. Told doc he told me to stay on. Tuesday afternoon noticed ringing in my ears and stopped. Today is Friday, I have been off of it for 3 days, and still getting numbness in hands and lower legs, and burning off and on. Really bad numbness everytime I get up from sleeping. I am so scared. Went to GI doc yesturday and he said my GP that put me on Cipro and Flaygl misdiagnosed me and I didnt need to be on it at all. Was probably just irratable bowel flare up and just eat high figer diet. I am so scared. If anyone has had numbness/burning sensations like me and have had any relief either over time or found something to take, please email me. If you doctor recommends this drug, try doxocycline instead. This drug so needs to be taken off the market. If there is some sort of lawsuit anyone knows of, please let me know. It I stay like this I dont know what I am going to do:( So horrible. Please let us all come out of this. Thank you and god bless all of us. I hope and pray we get better. | F | 36 | 4.5 days 500mg 2X day | 4/2/2010 | 1 | mild uti | 7 week delayed toxic psychosis, unbearable mental pain, cognitive dysfunction, confusion, depersonalization, derealization, disorientation for 4 months, just starting to recover now. Insomnia. Go here to read my story and for help on how to recover from cipro toxicity: squidoo.com/fluoroquinoloneantibioticdanger | This and all fluoroquinolone antibiotics are poison. They cross the blood brain barrier interfering with gaba function, neurons and god knows what else. I landed on the psych ward for a week and spent the last four months in HELL ON EARTH. Never thought I ever come out of, I only have begun to now and attribute that to NOT taking any psychotropic drugs to "deal" with the horrific symptoms I had, those would have only made everything wrong with my brain caused by the cipro worse. Ask for a penicillin drug instead. NEVER EVER EVER EVER risk taking these drugs. SAFER ALTERNATIVES EXIST | M | 28 | 3 days 250 mg 2X day | 4/2/2010 | 5 | severe sinusitis | After four months of sinusitis and three prescriptions of Azythromax a CT scan of my bleeding sinuses revealed they were completely blocked. My doctor said I would probably need a surgery but before that he wanted to try Levaquin. I asked him to prescribe cipro because it was the strongest poison I knew and I really wanted to kill the ugly germs. I guess I felt like people who have cancer and take chemotherapy because it is the lesser of the two evils. I started feeling better after three days. I was waiting for side effects but nothing bad happened. Towards the end I got stomach gas and then polyuria, but I can't be sure what caused that because I was also on steroids and 180 mg of antihystamine Allegra per day. I hate drugs; I am allergic to most antibiotics and most other drugs. I hope all of you get well soon. | M | 63 | 28 days 500mg 2X day | 4/1/2010 | 1 | prostate infection | After about the third dose of Cipro, I had horrible muscle spasms in my back, neck, buttocks and legs. The extreme pain got worse with each dose of Cipro. Disorientation, confusion and incoherence followed after the last dose and the pain only became worse. Now, after about a week after stopping Cipro, I can't walk. The tendons in my leg are extremely painful and I can barely stand without support and in spite of taking a course in prednizone, the pain and the muscle spasms are still intense. Will this ever go away? I was perfectly healthy prior to Cipro and loved to walk in the mountains. Will I ever be able to do that anymore? What can I do to make this go away? | This drug should and MUST be taken off the market so people won't get so very hurt by it. | M | 72 | 4 days 250mg 2X day | 4/1/2010 | 2 | Prostatitis | Thanks to this website and all of your comments I have decided to NOT take Cipro. I wanted to add an educated guess about the cause of many of these symptoms. Cipro binds with magnesium, zinc, iron and calcium possibly because of the fluoride content. These minerals, now combined with Cipro would be useless to the body. Cipro may be causing multiple mineral deficiencies in patients who have preexisting low mineral levels. My suggestion is to use a chelated multi mineral supplement to help correct any deficiencies. I would stay clear of aspartates (personal experience). Do not use products containing magnesium oxide, which is very difficult to absorb. I wish I had a recommendation about which brand to try. You can research other people's opinions of individual products at iherb.com - I am not affiliated - or elsewhere on the web. | M | 44 | 0 days 500mg 2X day | 3/31/2010 | 1 | Possible infection | Tendon pains all over body, Stiff neck, Depression, | Took this three weeks ago and I need to use a cane to walk now. If anyone has taken this and has gotten better PLEASE contact me by e-mail. I am doing research and need to find others similar to me. 116 - 125 lbs. | M | 25 | 3 days 500 2X day | 3/30/2010 | 1 | diverticulitis attack | pain in back of neck and stiff neck followed by pain going across to shoulders started after the 4th dose.... excruciating pain ...seems to be getting worse | pain is awful....seems to be spreading....i think this drug has TOO many side effects and should be banned....hope this will not effect me for the rest of my days | F | 65 | 2 days 500 mg 2X day | 3/30/2010 | 1 | Cellulitis infection in leg | First, I'd like to point out that the drug had no effect whatsoever on the infection - I had to go to another full course of antibiotics to kill that off. I took this medication the first full week of January this year. Skin rash, tendonitis in ankles, kness and shoulders, gout outbreak in 5 or 6 joints at once and depression for the first couple of weeks. Since then, skin rash has abated but I've still got problems with gout breakouts (and I am watching my diet so it's not because i'm misbehaving) and tendonitis - these things seem to come and go with no warning. Also, lacking energy and a general body ache. Does anyone have any idea how long these effects last? | I would like to treat the prescribing doctor to a large suppository of Cipro for his efforts. | M | 59 | 7 days 500mg 1X day | 3/29/2010 | 1 | Ear infection | This med literally made me crazy. I became severely depressed, but had simultaneous severe panic attacks. I realised that something was really wrong when I started repeatedly bashing my hand against a wall!! My doctor said this "going loopy" side effect is not unheard of, but it's very rare. Within a few days of being off it I was back to normal. Got switched to a different med for the ear infection without problems. | I'm definitely NOT going on this drug again. | F | 37 | 5 days 250mg 2X day | 3/29/2010 | 1 | UTI | Exactly 1 week ago, I took 1 tablet and within 90 minutes I was having intestinal bleeding-blood coming out every time I went to the bathroom! Also I was walking back to the bed and began having dizziness, nausea, cold sweats and then began the worst faint I,ve ever had(I've fainted a few times before and this was very different.) I made it to the phone to call 911 but couldn't dial for the disorientation. I laid on the floor praying not to die, holding the phone as I passed out. My husband rushed home to take me to the ER but we knew this was a medication reaction and we waited to see if I would get better.After half a day of bloody stools and just blood coming out- the bleeding stopped. I was very tired with chills for a few days and discomfort in my esophogus,stomach, but especially my bowels. Thank God I only took that one pill! Praying not to have long term gastrointestinal damage.I can still feel discomfort in my bowels after a week. | Many people can take this medication without any side effects but if you have never taken it before, like any medication it can be a killer or do long-term damage. There are too many websites telling the dangers but too few doctors are aware. This drug has too many serious side effects. Please use with caution if at all! | F | 45 | 1 days 250mg 2X day | 3/27/2010 | 1 | suspected kidney infection | Anxiety, depression, panic attacks. | Before I took Cipro, I used to jog 3 miles a day and had no health issues at all really. Since taking my last one last decemeber, that is over 3 months ago, I am now on sertraline and valium from my GP to try and control my anxiety and panic attacks and to be honest, they do help somewhat but I am so desparate to be normal again and cannot see any light at the end of the tunnel. The more research that I do on the fq drugs, the more horrified i am that they are still legal. Most of their class have been banned worldwide due to their toxicity and cipro is one of the handful left still in use and I am sure that it wont be long before this one is taken off the market after countless more poor victims. I cannot believe that an antibiotic has done this to me!! | M | 34 | 5 days 500 1X day | 3/25/2010 | 1 | Sinus infection | First day knee , ankle, wrist , shoulder,calves, thighs, back of neck all painful. Day two , swelling in feet, hands, knees, and elbows along with worse joint pain and stiff neck and headache.Day Three cannot bear weight on right knee or left foot , left elbow and wrist too painful to use. Neck pain and headache unbearable. Shortness of breath and high pitched wheezing. Day four all above symptoms with worse pain and swelling in feet, legs and hands. | My dad researched the meds I was given and discovered these reactions have been reported. Stopped taking hoping for relief but have found none. Contemplating ER visit. | F | 31 | 4 days unsure 2X day | 3/24/2010 | 1 | food poisoning | dizziness, then joint/tendon pain a day or so after finishing the course(stopped early after reading these posts/getting dizzy), some muscle spasms but these seem to be fading. knees and achilles felt very tight as did shoulders, like i was made up of brittle rubber bands. still feeling weird but a bit better. | Same story as many of you--even asked the pharmacist if I might have any side effects and she said, "um...you might get a little dizzy". Some meds recommendations: I'm now taking magnesium to bind whatever's still in my system, fish oil for the joints as well as glucosamine (which takes longer to take effect), potassium for the muscle cramping, aloe vera juice to flush my system, and a 2-week cleanse (not just intestinal) to get these toxins out of my system. 36 hours after starting fish oil I'm feeling better (not 100% yet) but it could be that as some folks have said these symptoms fade after a week or so. Even if this is my reality for the rest of my life I'll do my best to accept it and adapt, as that's all I can do! | F | 30 | 2.5 days 500 mg 2X day | 3/24/2010 | 1 | UTI | Nervousness, tremor in my right hand, tendinitis in right leg, back pain, weakness, headaches, abdominal pain, cramping, anxiety and swollen throat. | I have taken this drug in the past many time without any problems and this is the first time I have experienced any side effects. | F | 27 | 1 days 250 2X day | 3/24/2010 Patient History | 1 | uti | headaches tinnitis feel like my tendons on knees achilles calves shoulders are gonna rupture its been over 5 months can any one please let me know if you have healed any sight of hope please let us know if we ever heal months a year or two any hope at all | after 5 month my headaches subsided not completely but a bit enough to sleep I promise if i heal i would let you guys know so you can have something to look forward to. I wish I knew what was happening in my body Im so scared. I used to run 30 miles a week I can barely walk 1mile a day im so sad cipro changed my life. | F | 44 | 2 days 500 2X day | 3/23/2010 | 3 | uti | pain in side at kidney area, severe burning muscles in shoulders, back and hips. popping shoulder joints especially at night. these aches gradually went away after i was done taking the pills. | F | 32 | 10 days 500mg 2X day | 3/22/2010 | 1 | prostate infection | Weakness in legs and arms, becoming difficult to walk and stay on feet for very long. Loss of arm and leg muscle, overall muscle loss.....Arm muscle becoming very flabby over very short period of time..... | M | 68 | 5 days 30 1X day | 3/21/2010 |