CIPRO Reviews (CIPROFLOXACIN HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 1.6 (2014 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare CIPRO with similar:
Type: Rx Drug
|
Results are sorted by Date added. Key to Ratings: 1=LOW (I would not recommend taking this medicine.) Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 |
More on CIPRO: Reviews Summary | Drug Safety Information
| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR CIPRO | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Infection | UPDATE: I posted on 10/27 when I was only experiencing pain in my achilles tendons. Well it's been two weeks now since my side effects started, and things have gotten MUCH worse. Keep in mind I had NO side effects until 10 days after quitting Cipro. This drug has attacked not only my achilles tendons but also my ankles, calves, elbows, shoulders and has basically crippled my hands and wrists. I now get severe arthritic pain in every one of my fingers and my thumbs lock up. I have never been in so much pain or been so incapacitated in my life. I'M ONLY 30 AND FIT NONE OF THE "RISK FACTORS" FOR THESE CRIPPLING SIDE EFFECTS! Every day gets worse than the day before. What an absolute F*CKING nightmare! I have been reduced to a cripple. MY BODY IS RUINED! | If anyone has any tips for dealing with this or experience with these tendon/joint side effects I'm experiencing, PLEASE email me. I can barely walk or use my hands, even laying down makes it feel like I'm going to dislocate my shoulders. Every little move I make injures me! I don't know what to do. I'm taking calcium and magnesium supplements as well as glucosamine and MSM, drinking lots of water, vitamin C, probiotics, fish oil...NOTHING is stopping this from wreaking havoc on my body more and more each day. I have literally aged 100 years in two f*cking weeks. When is this going to stop!? IS THERE ANY HOPE? | M | 30 | 6 days | 11/7/2009 | 1 | prostatitis | Took one pill in July -Joints are still sore. | Here is some feedback on the side effects of Cipro. My joints continue to improve though my dosage was smaller then others I read about.I always stayed on my feet with very mild walking. Also walk down stairs backwards so it doesn't stretch the achilles tendon out. I have made bone broth which gives your body protein to rebuild tendons. Ice massage works well too. Stay away from aspirin and Ibuprofin as they restrict blood flow to the joints. Brocchli is a natural anti-inflammatory. I also stretch to keep things limber. Any questions please e-mail me. | M | 46 | 1 days | 11/6/2009 | 1 | Epididimititus | Took full prescribed course(14 days 2 x 500mg a day)After day 4 went back to GP to query Aching ankles,leg,arm,& back muscles,Shooting Headaches,Nausea,Night sweats,and general lack of energy... | On second visit to GP after explaining previous side effects was instucted to continue with course and was prescribed with Pain Killers...Three weeks later and side effects still persist,have had blood test and results show slightly raised white blood cell count,I am hoping this is due to CIPRO as I am really worried it is something more serious!!!Have to get second lot of blood tests tomorrow then if count is the same GP will be referring me to a specialist.I have shown some ofthe comments to my GP an he was unaware of the risks(Am well sickened we dont have the same black box warning in UK) If anyone has any advice please email me | M | 48 | 14 days | 11/5/2009 | 1 | ear infection | numbness in legs and arms, headaches, dizzyness, shakiness, sweaty palms, knee pain, thigh pain, neck pain, shoulder pain, insomnia, fatigue, blurred vision, throbbing veins, diarrhea | I'm still trying to decide if i'm goign to go back to the doctor. From what I'm reading, its probably no use. The first day i felt side effects was the day after finished taking the drug. It felt like i was having a stroke, half of my body was numb. From there my arms and legs were constantly numb and i couldn't sleep and i was constantly alternating between headaches and dizzyness. After reading boards like this, i started taking a probiotic and a omega-3 pill. The probiotic was to help rebuild the positive cells i'm sure Cipro killed and has helped with the diarrhea. The omega-3 oil has helped reduce the numbness. I don't know what's going to help stop the shaking or dizzyness/blurred vision/sweaty palms i'm still dealing with. If you have a clue on how to get this awful drug completely out of my system, please email me. BTW, its been about a month since i stopped taking the drug and I've just been able to get back into my gym routine. I was perfectly healthy before the ear infection and worked out about 4-5 times a week on average. | M | 24 | 10 days | 11/5/2009 | 1 | possible uti | See comments | This is a request to anyone who has made progress in recovering from these quinolones. LET US KNOW ABOUT IT!!! We sure could use the hope that maybe we, too, will get better. So if you have overcome a neuropathy or a muscle/joint pain issue, (even to a degree) dont just leave the board. Tell us. Thanks | M | 58 | 10 days | 11/4/2009 | 1 | UTI | 6 months out and I still have foot, ankle and knee pain and some neuropathy in my feet. I had 4 months of utter hell following 5 250mg doses of this drug. Damage to my vision and several tendons/joint is long term. | You would be well advised not to take this drug unless you hve no other choice (e.g., you will die or have lifelong problems due to the infection). Beware of other similar antibiotics. The Dr. refered to Levaquin as a more mild anitbiotic. It will do the same things to you. If you took this and had no problems, a warning for you: everyone has a limit to how much lifetime exposure to flouroquinolines they can take before these horrible events start to occur. Once they occur, there is no going back. Injurys to soft tissues like tendons are very stubborn and even worse, the drug changes your body's ability to heal the damage it created. IT IS NOT A SAFE DRUG. | M | 42 | 3 days | 11/3/2009 | 1 | epididimitis | ankle and knee pain, numbness in hands and feet, burning in wrists and back of leg, headaches | Although I was aware of the potential adverse effects of Cipro, I decided to take the drug because I have never had any form of reaction to medication. This is a decision that I am now regreting because I have been experiencing the listed adverse effects since I stopped taking Cipro over three weeks ago. With time, I hope to make a full recovery but I consider this experience to be an important life lesson. 1. Do not take any medication unless you absolutely have to. 2. If you need to take a drug that has potential serious side effects, always research to see if their is an alternative that is safer. 3. Stop taking a medication immediately if you experience any side effects! | M | 32 | 5 days | 11/1/2009 | 5 | Urinary tract infection | Drowsiness | Today is my 10th day of a ten day twice a day 500mg treatment for urinary tract infection. Cipro makes me drowsy but other than that there is no adverse affects. I took it a year ago for UTI with excellent results. | F | 24 | 10 days | 10/31/2009 | 5 | bacterial infection | No side effects that I would attibute to the Cipro. Thought I was getting foot and ankle pain. Turned out to be bad shoes. | To everyone complaining about the doctor not telling you about the effects, read the stuff that the pharmacy gives you; look on the internet; follow the instructions of what you should avoid while taking it. I see mention of people taking ibuprofen and such. The drug info clearly states to not take NSAIDs with it, or take with dairy, or have too much caffeine, etc. I get that side effects occur, but how many mentioned on this site are self-inflicted or caused by something other than the medicine? | F | 42 | 20 days | 10/31/2009 | 1 | UTI/Kidney Infection | This is my 5th day taking the pill, but throughout this week I have experienced; nausea, insomnia, stomach pains, anxiety, afraid I may die "Paranoia", chills, dry mouth, it also caused me to experience a even worse yeast infection and on top of all that, the burning sensation has not cleared up when I urinate. | I was not prescribed this drug the first time I had a UTI, and I really don't like that I have to take this drug now. It really sucks. And I don't feel any better. At all. The bad thing is I didn't even get a chance to talk to the doctor about what I felt was truly going on. I went to the restroom came back and he was gone, he had my prescription written out and gave to another worker in the office to give to me. | F | 22 | 5 days | 10/31/2009 | 1 | prostatitis | tinnitis; stinging/shooting pain sensations all over body on skin; headache, total loss of appetite, nausea, very sore achilles tendons, popping shoulder, knee, wrist joints; throat felt 'thick' (not sore, but uncomfortable; almost like it was slightly swollen); definite increase in 'eye floaters'; stinging tongue that gets coated much more quickly then it did previously (possibly changes to my saliva glands?) lots of anxiety (but whether that is due to the side effects or the med itself, I don't know - not that it matters). | 6 weeks after taking the cipro - I've still been experiencing the 'thick' throat feeling, occasional neuropathy, loss of appetite/ nausea. It has now been over 6 weeks since I took two ciprofloxacin tablets (total 1 gram of drug). I am so glad I stopped taking it immediately (started having bad headaches and ringing ears after the first day of use). I've had a much better day today and yesterday, however - possibly due to my increasing my calcium levels (drinking more milk; eating 'tums' as calcium supplements - not sure what the science to this is, but if there was fluoride in my body causing these problems, i know that calcium binds to fluoride and perhaps inactivates it. the neuropathy has largely abated for now; that ridiculous 'thick throat' feeling has gotten *mostly* better as well. still recovering in the appetite department. For the first time yesterday and today I am feeling like my old self again. I will keep up the calcium supplements for the next few weeks. I definitely wouldn't be taking calcium if I didn't think it was helping, as I have a propensity to form calcium kidney stones. But I'd rather have the threat of a stone than the crap I've been dealing with for six weeks on the ciprofloxacin. | M | 26 | 2 days | 10/30/2009 | 1 | UTI | Anxiety, Insomnia, pain in legs and shoulders, stiffness in muscles | Left me with crippling anxiety and mental breakdowns, I thought I was going crazy. My life has changed, its been 3 months now...I now take anti anxiety meds and hope I'll recover over time. I am glad I am not alone in this, anyone who experienced similar things please write me [email protected], | M | 26 | 7 days | 10/28/2009 | 1 | Infection | I took Cipro for 7 days (twice a day @ 500mg). Everything seemed fine while taking it, other than it gave me a yeast infection. Well here I am two weeks after I finished my course, and suddenly my achillies tendons and ankles are absolutely KILLING ME. I'm very scared because I wasn't aware of the horrible side effects this drug can cause (or how common they are) until after I'd already taken it. I've laid in bed for the past three days because I can hardly walk. If anyone has any advice PLEASE EMAIL ME! I'm so scared that I'm going to end up with a rupture or that this pain will last forever (as many people on here claim). I can't believe my doctor gave me this SH!T and the only side effect he mentioned to me was sun sensitivity! Sun sensitivity...and here I am barely able to walk. | Again, please email me if you have any advice or ideas as to how I can minimize/heal the pain in my achillies tendons and ankles. I've never in my life had any problems with my feet or tendons. I'd also like to hear from anyone who's had similar side effects from taking Cipro and your experience with it (did your pain go away over time, etc?). I'm really freaked out right now--THIS IS SO MUCH WORSE THAN WHAT IT WAS MEANT TO TREAT! | M | 29 | 7 days | 10/27/2009 | 1 | Sinus Infection w possible UTI infe | Within hours of 1 dose 500mg, severe leg cramps and stiffness. Stiffness in the calves, hamstrings, and hip flexers. Worse than the flu body aches that gave me the sinus infection. Stopping medicine and have a call into my doctor. | I've taken it before about 14 years ago for a UTI and did not suffer any ill effects that I recall. | F | 34 | 10 days | 10/27/2009 | 2 | UTI/Kidney Infection | Nerve/muscle pain just above right knee that shoots down leg, mild nausea and abdominal cramping in the beginning | I was prescribed 500 mg twice daily for 10 days. I'm currently on day 6 and am just now starting to see the more serious side effects spoken about on this site. The first few days I had mild nausea and abdominal cramping, which I felt was normal for a new medication being introduced into my system. However, since last night I've had this intermittent pain that shoots down my leg, starting about mid thigh above my right knee. It is more painful when I'm on my feet, but I can still feel soreness even when I'm sitting down. It's not terribly painful, but when it starts to shoot down my leg, it makes me pull in my breath. I'm going to my PCP this afternoon after work to see if my infection has cleared up and if I need to switch to a different antibiotic. | F | 25 | 6 days | 10/26/2009 | 1 | fever/diarrhea | Took 3 days several days later had left ankle pain and swelling, and sore achilles tendon. Went back to the doctor ankle the size of a grapefruit and starting to get soreness in my right foot. Doc said cellulitis and prescribed Keflex. Three days later went back in because my right foot was swelling badly although left foot swelling was down pain the same. Now I'm on prednisone and wear compression hose and my right knee is swelling. Docs are acting like they want to call it RA but after reading this I know it's from the Cipro. I took it for three days and have been out of work three weeks and counting. | I just turned 46 but I am very healthy. I build large barns and buildings all by myself for a living. I am lucky to be able to feed the chickens now. The compression hose work well for helping the achilles tendon, without them it hurts continually with them on it is bearable. Soaking in warm water with epsom salts gives temp relief on the pain in my feet. | M | 46 | 3 days | 10/25/2009 | 1 | Kidney Stone | I was given Ciprofloxacin 500 mg & told to take 2x daily. The first day I started having tingling in my legs and by the second day I could hardly move my legs because my knees became extremely stiff and painful. I am a healthy & active 27 yr old that has never experienced any pain in my legs before taking this medicine. I did not take the medicine on the third day and called my doctor and pharmacist. I am now taking Bactrim with less serious side effects. It's been 4 days since I stopped taking Cipro and I am still in pain! Not too mention my entire body has started to making a "popping" noise whenever I move! | Do not take this medicine!! I am extremely upset that this was prescribed when there are far less risky drugs to clear up infections. With all the bad things I found out about this drug you'd think someone would take it off the market. | F | 27 | 2 days | 10/24/2009 | 4 | Pneumonia | Severe lower back pain, which started about 5 days into the course and has continued, now 10 days later. I continued the full course because the pneumonia was so severe. I've never had back pain before. | F | 49 | 14 days | 10/23/2009 | 1 | UTI | extreme abdominal cramping, slight numbness of bottom lip, uncontrollable shaking | This is really scary stuff. I have never felt so bad taking an antibiotic before. I started without any pain whatsoever, and ended in so much pain that I ended up in the ER shaking uncontrollably. It cleared up the blood in my urine in just a day, but the side effects that came after that make this a drug I will be sure to avoid at all costs in the future. | F | 48 | 8 days | 10/23/2009 | 1 | bacterial infection | Between this an Flagyl, I don't know which causes what. They both are horrible and mixed together sent me to the ER twice. Dizziness, abdominal bloating and pain, headaches, itchy, numbness, confusion, nausea | It makes me wonder if the doctors even know what they give us. "Here take a pill, ok, take a pain killer to counter the side effects of the pill I just gave you. Well, lets just run you through a battery of expensive tests and give you another pill." Honestly someone should regulate the doctors and their tests and HONESTLY tell you about all the side effects that you will encounter. All we ever want is an honest diagnosis- what do I got and how can I treat it without feeling like I am going to die by filling a prescription. Sure some bacterial infections can kill you, but so can the medications they give you. I don't like feeling ill, but I don't like that doctors seem to tell you, "inconclusive... I have no idea what you got, but follow up with your primary doctor". They actually print on discharge papers now: (Your condition does not appear serious at this time. However, the signs of a serious problem may take more time to appear. So, watch for new symptoms)... ok, now here's a pill. | F | 41 | 28 days | 10/23/2009 |