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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 3  UTI Manic reaction, insomnia, headache. I have my 3rd UTI in 4 months. My dr. put me on Cipro for 10 days. Today is only day 3. The first night I took the pill, I couldn't fall asleep. I normally have a drink in the evenings, but did not want to drink with the medication. I had a hard time falling asleep and thought it was due to not having a drink. However, I woke up at 5 AM the next morning (2 hours earlier than normal), and couldn't fall back asleep. I was manic all morning, doing laundry, organizing things, cooking, doing homework, etc. That night I felt very tired but could not fall asleep. I had a terrible headache that would not go away. I slept two hours from 11 to 1, and then again from 4:30-6:30. I still feel manic, and still have a headache. I am hoping this won't get worse. F 21 10 days
2X day
2/26/2010
 1  UTI I don't even know where to start with my anger towards Cipro. Seven years ago was the first time I took this and ever since have suffered from some tendonitis and joint inflammation throughout my body. I have had three surgeries to helped make it tolerable to walk. Although they helped the tendonitis it would just move somewhere else. Three weeks ago I was prescribed this for another UTI. Regrettable, I didn't read all the fine print and assumed my doctor would have the sense to know the dangers of prescribing this drug for minor UTI. The second and third day I had a headache. After my 6th pill I could not walk. Of course, I still thought it was this mysterious disease that no doctor in seven years could diagnose that caused my ankle to swell up and my entire leg to ache like it was pinned under a boulder. I googled cipro side effects to find out about my headache and well that just opened Pandora's Box. Everything I read was answers to my questions and problems for seven years. Unfort I have found some relief drinking IONIX Supreme from Isagenix. I have spent thousands on trying to find solutions. If you haven't started your cipro prescription, DON'T! Call your doctor and find something else. F 40 3 days
500 2X day
2/26/2010
 1  diverticulitis Depression, out of it felling, joint pain, rash on any skin exposed to the sun, migraines, extreme sensitivity to light (and this seems to be permanent) Cipro seems to make you extremely sensitive to light. For me this has not gone away. I was a guy who was pretty tan in the spring and summer. Now my skin I get really bad rashes. Something about Cipro just makes your skin and eyes really sensitive to light....be warned, it can be permanent. Even being in any amount of sunlight now hurts my eyes. I thought this would go away eventually at first, but it hasn't. I really don't think I'm ever going to be able to just go out and sit in the sun again. I really don't think Cipro's worth it, considering the side effects. M 31 10 days
1X day
2/25/2010
 5  UTI I am seriously amazed at all the people on here that have bad effects from this medicine. I have taken this 4 or 5 different times in the last 4 years for UTI's. I NEVER EVER had one side effect from it. I work a fulltime job cleaning commercial building and residences and am a single mother of 3. I was never once tired or experienced any pain, stiffness, joint clicking, ear ringing, loss of sight, stomach pain, weakness, or anything else everyone has said on here. I LOVE this medicine. My UTI's started to clear up immediately everytime I took it. To this day I don't have any problems. F 36 7 days
2X day
2/24/2010
 1  UTI I listed symptoms on here before but I wanted to come back again to to say that like many others my pains and aches have only gotten worse. Before the pain would slowly come on in the evening and night but now the pain in my tendons start as soon as I wake up now. The pain is worse in the tendons in my elbows, wrists, hands, feet and ankles! It's hard to do stuff around the house while my body aches. Even while laying down and resting I feel pain. I'm starting a detox regime hoping the pain will go away and I can restore my organs. I believe cipro took care of the UTI but the side effects are just too scary and painful to take again. I'm going to my naturopath next time! Time to detox!!! F 25
500mg 1X day
2/24/2010
Patient History
 1  Prostatitis 1. Tendon pain in the knees and behind them. Pains started after 4th tablet. Slight pains, coming and going. I kept taking it, since there was no warning that I had to stop and doctor told me that I worry too much about it(!). After I quit, it became more severe in 2 weeks, then gradually disappeared 1.5 months after discontinuation. I was fine for 1 month, until I tried rollerblading. Pains came back and stay now with no improvement for 2 months. Barely walking. Muscle weakness. Still having them. 2. Heart palpitations. Started on 8th day. Just brief episodes. Three weeks after discontinuation they suddenly became horrific, violent and endless, continued for another 3 weeks. 12500 per 24 hours! I worn heart monitoring device and visited emergency. I was in hell and thought that I am going to die soon... 3. Insomnia, inability to concentrate, severe anxiety, panic attacks. Almost resolved by now. Had them for 3 months after discontinuation. 4. Hypothyroidism. Got cured on it It's a fluorine positioning. Like with many of you, doctors were fooling around with me, convincing me that it can not be from Cipro! ITS A MAFIA! They all instructed to say the same thing! When I complained after 1st episode of tendon pain, doc told me that it can't be from Cipro - he said that he gave it to hundreds of people and no one complained! The horrible leg pain, which started during the antibiotic course and lasting for months no way can be from Cipro. How childish it sounds... I saw 4 doctors and the first thing they do – they looks for “other reasons”, like rheumatoid arthritis or some kind of coincidence! The state of US health care is outrageous... Who are these people??? Kaiser Permanente poisoned me. They didn’t even do the test to see if I have an infection… I don't understand why I need a medical insurance. So that doctors would kill me??? No more trust! I had to figure out myself, that I had fluorine positioning as many of you. There are some remedies, how to remove the fluorine from your body: The bad thing – fluorine can stay in your body for a long time and keep poisoning you. This medication is very DANGEROUS. 1) Side effects come or intensify, even after discontinuation. 2) Doctors refuse to associate it with cipro and do a proper treatment. 3) Side effects are very long term and unpredictable. 4) NO adequate warnings regarding tendon pa M 36
500 1X day
2/24/2010
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Patient History
 1  UTI Pain in left hip. Severe at night. Able to alleviate by "popping" the joint by doing karate like kick to the side during daytime hours. Seizes up at night. Sleep is impossible laying down. Will never take again. EVER. F 52 5 days
500 mg 2X day
2/23/2010
 1  SUSPECTED UTI The Dr. prescribed cipro XL 1 pill a day I told the pharmacist I cant' swallow pills and can I chew this she said no it's a 24 hr time release pill so she gave me 2 regular pills per day saying I can chew them. When I got home I read the warning she printed for me and it mentioned the liquid dose so i called her back and she agreed to give me the liquid. The liquid came in a box with a spoon and to my shock it came with a paper about 2 ft by 2 ft full of warnings. The pill form did not come with this paper. I started reading and got very nervous so I forced myself to take 1 dose last Sat night. Then I started check the drug out on the internet and I freaked. I called the pharmacist and asked if I was to have a bad reaciton would it be after the first dose and she said NO it would be after the 2nd dose. So for me there was no second dose. The next morning I wake up with pain in my left back near the wing. Eventually it went away. The next day - yesterday night I started feelin F 50 1 days
500 MG 2X day
2/23/2010
 5  UTI None. My urologist said to quit after 3 days. Had taken 2 courses of Macrobid before but UTI kept coming back. Cipro knocked it out and it hasn't come back (been a few months now). Mostly negative reviews are going to be posted in a place like this. I think that makes it's usefulness very questionable. F 57 3 days
500 2X day
2/21/2010
 1  Prostatitis loss of sight, couldn't fucus, brain fog, sickness lost use of legs, spasmin, increased blood pressure, rash, swelling, aching, sore joints, muscle wastage. NEVER take this i was an hour away from having a seizure and possible tendon ruptures i had an allergic reaction yesterday and am now on anti-histamines i still can;t walk properly, my legs feel weak i cant control how they move, they jolt and twitch. i play bass guitar and have extremely muscular hands fingers and wrists. i now struggle to open bottles or move my office chair and my fingers are nothing but skin and bone. i have headaches... momentary relapses of double vision and brain fog despite not taking any more doses. i have pulpatations and after all that my test results show i didnt even have bacterial prostatitis in the first place... very dangerous stuff... the company has had law suits against this drug on countless occasions but they are still producing it. my dad also had milder versions of my side-effects. i would NOT recomend this to ANYONE! feel free to e-mail me with the button on the right if you are worried or want any info. i can give a full account of what happened to help you spot effects early because it happenes very suddenly and i almost went into shock!! M 19 2 weeks
unknown 2X day
2/18/2010
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Patient History
 1  bladder infection neck pain, swelling of joints in knees and shoulders, strange feeling in legs (aching, burning), itching,slight fever at times, kind of like aching during flu symtoms (except it seems like a weird feeling that can't really be explained), headache in mornings Took medication for 4 days-thought I maybe was getting sick or something, but decide to look this drug up-so glad I did. Thank you everyone for posting your comments-STOPPING MEDICATION TODAY!!!! I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS MED. I do relize everyone reacts differently to drugs, but look at all of the harsh negative reactions. Definately will not take ever again and do not recommend anyone else using this. F 43 10 days
250 mg 1X day
2/18/2010
 1  sinus infection Severe Headaches, insomnia, difficulty breathing, heart palpitations, acute tendinitis( heal, wrist, neck, anxiety attacks, vertigo, confusion, dizziness, lightheadedness, loss of appetite, muscle spasms, numbness, tingling (left hand & foot) I have been off Cipro for 4 weeks and still am bed ridden. I went to the ER twice after going to my Dr's 3 times for Debilitating headaches. Had 1 MRI, 1 CT scan, Spinal tap, etc. All came back with negative results. This was only after taking 3 days worth of a 10 day dosage. My Dr kept telling me to continue taking. I refused. Went to a different Dr 2 hours away & he was able to diagnose acute tendinitis in almost my entire body. He was a god sent for the tendons, but unfortunately the headaches have not subsided. F 36 10 days
500 MG 2X day
2/17/2010
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 4  sinus infection Just some mild lower G.I stuff; not a big deal. I always try to eat yogurt to rebuild the normal flora that antibiotics wipe out, but I don't know how effective that is. It was my first time taking it. The reason I Googled it and ended up on this site was because I wasn't sure if 7 days was long enough, and I didn't want to start a new course of antibiotics later if my sinus infection came back. F 43 7 days
750mg 2X day
2/16/2010
 3  Prostatitis Very strong aching/pain in both heels. Joints "clicking". General feeling of weakness in some muscles. Also had nightmare 1st night I took and headaches first couple of days I am M 39 and was taking for prostatis. I took 500MG twice a day for 7 days, then due to strong pain in heels stopped and my doctor switched me to another antibiotic. It did appear to be clearing my Prosatitis. However I am now 5 days on from stopping and I still have aching heels, clicking bones and some muscle aches. My GP couldnt offer any help. Despite googling constantly - I cant seem to get a general feel for the average time the tendon aches etc go on for. I know lots of people on here seem to of had really horrible stories that linger unfortuneatly, but there must be a whole bunch of people that get tendon muscle aches that clear within an avergae/common time (surely?). Does anyone have any examples or good news about the side affects clearing and how long? thanks and good luck. M 39 7 days
500MG 2X day
2/16/2010
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 1  diverticulitis swollen and tight knees -snapping noise on movement. pain in ankles and numbness and pain in both hands about 2-3 days after I began the Cipro my knees began feeling very tight and swollen and . I returned to my GP who took me off the Cipro saying it was a "possible" cause. The drug was actually prescribed for 14 days. Within the next few days, my right ankle began hurting and within the next few weeks both hands became numb and painful. All of these symptoms are much, much worse at night when trying to sleep. My GP sent me for extensive blood work looking for arthritis and/or lymes disease. Blood work came back with extremely high ANA's. He suspected Lupus and sent me to a rheumatologist who ordered very comprehensive blood work which all came back normal. Rheumatologist claims I have tendonitis in my ankle, bursitis in both my knees and carpal tunnel in both my hands! What a coincidence, huh! No way do I believe this...I was fine before I began the CIPRO! I was active before my CIPRO treatment doing power yoga weekly and treadmill...now I can't possibly keep up with my yoga class, I've tried to return several times and just can't do it. I have no energy at all. WONDERING IF ANYONE ELSE HAS DEVELOPED ELEVATED ANA'S AFTER CIPRO?????? F 55 8 days
500 2X day
2/16/2010
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 1  uti Severe tendonitis, tingling, muscle spasms, panic attacks, brain fog, severe eye strain and sensitivity to light. Can't handle any stress. This is a scary drug. I was given Cipro for the first bladder infection I have ever had. I didn't know it was hard core drug. I went from active working mom to zombie. I almost passed out while driving, thinking I was having as stroke or heart attack. One ambulance ride and multiple tests later reveal nothing. This was in Sept. 2009 and still only slightly better. Sleep seems to help the most. Doctors pretty much don't care or believe these symptoms are a result of Cipro. In my mind there is no other cause. Till now I have led a healthy life with no medical problems (other than the bladder infection - which I wish I had have dealt with the old fashion way). I have taken very few medications in my lifetime and have have none of these problems in the past. Thanks to all who have blogged about this or I would just think I was crazy. F 42 5 days
500 2X day
2/16/2010
 1  bacterial infection Heart rhythm disturbance, sickness, headache, dizziness, mental fog, horrednous migraine 6 weeks on I now have very very painful muscle pain in neck, shoulders and generally all over, painful heels, feet, ankles, shoulders, knees, disgusting metallic taste in mouth which won't go away, nightmares, had a spell of acute anxiety and panic, headache. F 57 3 days
500mg 2X day
2/16/2010
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 1  suspected infection severe depression, almost catatonic. Occasional sharp pains in hands and feet, fatigue, dryness of lips(like too much salt), brain fog, slight headaches, poor concentration. Was unaware of this drug until I read the warnings that came with it; didn't sink in until I went online....probably because I had been fighting the extreme depression (I didn't realize) it was causing. So far worst effects have been psychological, ie.I just want to go to sleep, but that has been bad enough for me to stop taking this drug. I feel better already for it although the joint awareness feelings could be an issue later I'm sure. IMHO as so many have stated do not take this drug unless you absolutely have to...it just doesn't feel right. M 60 5.5 days
500 2X day
2/15/2010
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 1  diverticulitis pain under ribs, difficulty to lean forward, tight achilles tendon there should be warning about side effects F 46 3 times
500MG 2X day
2/15/2010
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 3  Blood in urine - Suspected UTI Almost immediately, I was feeling low level chronic 'tenderness' along the spine in various spots and my range of motion leaning forward was severely reduced. I was not thinking this was related to the medicine so I kept taking it. Aat about the 6-7th day, I started to feel some pain and stiffness in two areas: on my right foot at the middle toe 'knuckle' area, but underneath. This has come and gone since I have stopped taking the medicine about a month ago and appears to be abating now. The worse pain has been in my right elbow - a tennis elbow sort of symptom. This has not gone away and in some ways it has gotten worse in this period (perhaps because it is difficult to immobilize my right arm). It has now gotten to the point where I am considering getting treatment for the tendonitis now. Despite the above, I generally liked the medicine as I have been on other types of antibiotics in the past and had all sorts of GI side effects - none of those were seen with this treatment. It did make me pretty thirsty all the time and I am left wondering if I had been better at keeping hydrated would that have prevented the tendonitis? M 49 7 days
Not sure 2X day
2/12/2010

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