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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 1  Antibiotic I put this medicine on my ALLERGY list. This thing made me so nauseous and I vomited uncontrollably. While driving home and sitting in the passenger seat, I had to vomit so suddenly that I didn't have time to tell the driver to pull over....and I didn't have time to roll down my window! I opened the door while the car was going about 25 mph, and stuck my head out and threw up projectile-style and covered the entire back end of the car with vomit. Maybe this is TMI but I want to warn people of the violent side effects I experienced. F 34 7 days
1X day
11/15/2016
 1  Diverticulitis Had severe lightheadedness, felt not normal like I was losing my mind, muscle and joint pain took for 10 days thought still having issues from diagnosis. 24 hours after felt somewhat better. Dr wanted me to extend 4 more days but I am afraid to after the way I was feeling. Still have the lightheadedness some. Hope it goes away soon. I read after stopping can have affects for a while after 😩Had taken before no affects like this but I won't take again it was scary. F 51 10 days
500 mg
10/25/2016
 1   Today marks SEVEN YEARS since I was poisoned by this medication. Seven years since my independent life came to an abrupt and completely unanticipated end. Who would have ever imagined that 12 FDA-approved antibiotic pills taken over the course of six days could permanently cripple a previously-healthy 30-year-old? I sure didn't. I am now 37 years old, living back with my parents and collecting SSDI. All because I trusted my doctor & the FDA. Shame on me, and shame on them! And as always: DEATH TO BAYER! I have now spent the past 2,555 days in bed, as I am no longer able to walk thanks to Cipro. My condition only gets worse with time. A year ago I was merely housebound; now I am completely bedridden. I haven't left my house or been outside in nearly a year now. I haven't even seen my own kitchen since last November (I can no longer do stairs so I am confined to my bedroom). I am truly just waiting to die at this point. Those 12 pills completely destroyed all of my tendons/joints/connective tissue. Doctors have been of absolutely no help (often quite the contrary). If you at all care about your life, stay the hell away from this antibiotic and all others in its class. Cipro can destroy your body & your life in ways you cannot even begin to imagine. If you'd like to learn the TRUTH about this poison, visit my website: www.ciproispoison.com M 37 6 days
500 2X day
10/25/2016
 1  Minor infection Deep aching arm pain. Deep aching (unbearable) muscle pain in upper torso. Sense of being 'out of it' as if drunk during courses. Massive fatigue completely out of character always sleeping. Severe nausea and difficulty eating normal food, consequently weight loss and loss of muscle and fitness. Developed severe IBS where gut would paralyse after eating with exertion. Back pain. Neck pain. Shoulder problems. Tight muscles as if they lost all their collagen. Eventually severe weakness lost use of arms entirely, improved after months but unable to withstand repetitive use or normal level of activity to this day years later. Many effects came one month later and have not gone away. Why is there no zero rating !? Stay clear unless your life depends on it. The doctors and the medication leaflet don't come close to warning the public adequately. Doctors are so ill informed about this class of drugs and often don't recognise the side effects as they emerge and that puts patients at risk of not realising the cause of the new health problems and then taking it again. Many will never make the links to their poor health after these drugs. Side effects can be delayed (Dr Beatrice Golomb describes why this might be) and symptoms can remit and relapse. That sounds strange but one thing to remember with this drug is 'collagen degradation'. Sometimes the problems don't hit until you really try to load the tissues. You can feel fine again but then you try to go to the gym and your body can't withstand it. The warnings don't come close to conveying this reality. Just imagine how many cases of fibromyalgia and other pain conditions, 'idiopathic' neuropathies, and overuse injuries are really side effects of cipro?????? This is why the side effects look rare because side effects get diagnosed as other problems by unsuspecting or unbelieving doctors. F 30 5 months
1000mg
10/1/2016
 5  UTI More Energy+ :) Evening Headaches- :( Just took my last pill of my round. I have felt so good (mentally) lately, that I was wondering if it was due to this medicine. Upon "Google-ing" Does Cipro give you energy? I found this site. I never NEVER take any medications or prescription drugs, (except for phenteramine for weight loss.) I have always been scared that if I take antibiotics too much, they would lose their effectiveness and when the time came that I really needed it, it wouldn't work. So our family rides out their sicknesses naturally. However, when there is severe pain involved or threat to internal organs...I didn't want to take a chance. It began working within 4 hours, I noticed relief. Day 2 I noticed strange feeling of well being, improved outlook in general. I had a "skinny day". If you're a woman you know these are the days you think "hey, am I loosing some weight, I feel thinner" Day 3 another skinny day, hence more good outlook Day 4 same day 5 same. Now that its over, I'm worried my frumpy days will return and my outlook will change. so I was just wondering if it was due to the Cipro. There're are WAY TO MANY comments on this med site to read them all and find my answer. Maybe it's just the combination of the Phenteramine with the Cipro that caused this. Who knows,even so I certainly wouldn't continue taking it for that reason. I'd be safer joining a gym! I really felt great other than the night time headaches. Which by the way Goodies F 45 5 days
500mg 2X day
9/17/2016
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 1  prostatitis Heart palpitations, severe anxiety, severe insomnia. As a result of my insomnia - which kept me up for 48 hours at a time - and anxiety I got addicted to benzodiazapines - another dangerous class of drugs that are over-prescribed - which was most unpleasant to fix. I also think it damaged my immune system as I simultaneously developed psoriatic arthritis along with the stated symptoms. Flouroquinalones are well-documented to cause all sorts of very bad side effects, some permanently disabling. There are support groups and at least one documentary that document such. A number of drugs in this class have been banned in Europe because of the side effect profile. They should never be used as a first-resort antibiotic but they often are. It took me two years of hell to recover from my side effects and I still don't sleep like I used to and find it hard to get motivated sometimes. Don't take any drug in this class unless your life depends on it. Really. M 66 30 days
500 mg 2X day
8/16/2016
 1  UTI Anxiety, rapid heart beat, increased tinnitus, mental fog, tingling in extremeties, headaches This stuff is no joke. Was prescribed this for UTI and stopped after just 2 doses.After 1 week, the tinnitus is still there, but other side effects seem to have subsided. For those who need to detox from this nasty drug, magnesium chelate and NAC are recommended in other forums I've read. M 42 6 days
250 mg 2X day
8/16/2016
 1  UTI GI upset, joint pain, difficulty walking, fatigue, light sensitivity, memory loss, muscle weakness, muscle spasms, insomnia, heart palpitations Stay far away! Don't use as a first line of defense if other milder antibiotics are available. Side effects linger and may not go away for a long time after stopping. F 36 7 days
500 mg
8/13/2016
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 1  Uti Sick with severe flu symptoms for 3 weeks. Do not take it. F 62 5 days
8/8/2016
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 1  UTI/Bladder infection Took in 9/2014 for 7 days. 2 YEARS LATER - SUFFERING PERMANENT, DISABLING SIDE EFFECTS. While on Cipro - random ice pick pain in both hips, both knees, and shoulder. Terrible lower back pain. Pain all over body. After finishing med - felt like razor blades were slicing both achilles tendons. 8 weeks later - walked up and down stairs/next day could not walk. Both achilles tendons and calf muscles were frozen/taken in wheelchair to orthopaedic doctor. 6 weeks of PT – can now walk, but can never dance, run, exercise, or stand on toes again due to permanent tendon damage. Recently had MRI - diagnosed with tendon damage and bursitis (painful inflammation) in both hips. Hips always painful. Have to lift myself off of car seat with both arms when I drive over speed bumps. Can't do any repetitive movements with my hips. Use heating pad on them and lay down a lot. Hurts to walk for too long in store. Cipro also damaged thyroid - caused hypothyroidism. Nails broke off in chunks after Cipro RUN AS FAR AWAY AS YOU CAN FROM THIS POISON (while you can still run) I IMPLORE YOU - DO NOT EVER TAKE THIS DRUG - IT WILL RUIN YOUR LIFE. (THIS INCLUDES LEVAQUIN AND AVELOX,TOO) I have done a lot of research these past 2 painful years. Cipro was originally created for anthrax exposure only. It also has been used as a chemo drug, and it acts like a CHEMO drug. It is NOT an antibiotic. It works by damaging bacteria DNA, so they cannot replicate, but it also PERMANENTLY damages human DNA. Hundreds of thousands of people have been injured by this drug. Many are permanently bedridden - in chronic pain, crippled, cannot walk. There have been hundreds of thousands of complaints filed with the FDA. There are at least 4 Black Box warnings on this drug, which is the closest thing it can get to being pulled from the market. Warning #1: Tendon damage/rupture Warning #2: Permanent nerve damage Warning #3: Permanent Mitochondria Damage Warning #4: (Posted 7/26/16) As per FDA, "Can cause disabling and potentially permanent side effects of the tendons, muscles, joints, nerves, and central nervous system that can occur together in the same patient." IF YOU VALUE YOUR QUALITY OF LIFE - YOU WILL NOT TAKE THESE MEDICINES AND ASK FOR ANOTHER, SAFER ANTIBIOTIC. CONSIDER THIS REVIEW AS GOD WARNING & PROTECTING YOU. Look up "Cipro is Poison" website to learn more. This website is about a healthy 30 year old guy who took 12 pills and has been bed-ridden for past 6 years. F 43 7 days
500 MG 2X day
7/31/2016
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 2  Uti Extremely sleepy I have slept away 2 days, crazy dreams, stomache upset beyond reason, weakness thought there was something else wrong with me I am on day 3 from not taking this still feel a little upset stomach and cramps I F 29 5 days
2x50
7/24/2016
 1  UTI extreme pain of muscles with burning and crawling sensation of my skin, that bad that I cried day and night and no painkillers worked on this. The pain went through stomach, to sides, to back, to arms and hands to my hips and tights, I thought I am dying as I never experienced such an extreme pain. I was on morphine 5 weeks and out of work as I was weak and unable to walk, my legs became so weak from my knees down. later I developed burning and numbness over my face and on the top of my head. Severe diarrhea two weeks after finishing the dose. Terrible nausea, was scared to fall a sleep in the night as I felt like I am loosing myself, and will never wake up. Temperature moving from 37.8 to 33.2 through 15 minutes. Severe pain in carpool nerve on right hands suddenly from one day to another. Went to ER more than 10 times, all were looking at me like I am crazy, as all results were ok. Totally lost appetite and lost 6 kg in 3 weeks.Was out of work more than two months as I was unable to do not take it, ask doctor for second option! There is always the second option. This drug will screw you for more than 3 months, or even more and maybe forever. F 40 10 days
500 mg 2X day
7/20/2016
 1  bladder Wheelchair, unable to stand or walk, nerve stabbing pains in arms and left side of face. wasting, hair loss, gum loss, torture to do anything at all., Burn all over. Former FDA commissioner Margaret Hamburg named in massive conspiracy and racketeering lawsuit involving Johnson & Johnson, a Wall Street hedge fund, and the Levaquin drug. "This Amended Complaint sets forth allegations that involve a conspiracy by Defendants, each and every one of them, to reap large financial returns by failing to disclose to Plaintiffs and the public at large the full extent of the devastating, life-threatening, and deadly effects of a highly dangerous pharmaceutical drug named Levaquin," reads the opening of the lawsuit. The conspiracy complaint also alleges that over 5,000 people died as a result of Hamburg's conspiracy cover-up at the FDA: Once confirmed as FDA Commissioner, Dr. Margaret A. Hamburg acted as the instrumentality that all Defendants used to perpetrate their conspiracy and racketeering enterprise by having her act illegally and outside the scope of her authority as FDA Commissioner to suppress material information to Plaintiffs and the public that Levaquin was inherently dangerous and in fact, deadly. Had this information been disclosed to Plaintiffs and the public at large, her and her husband's financial gain and net worth would have plummeted, since Dr. Margaret A. Hamburg's husband, Peter F. Brown, reaped and continues to reap huge financial gain as a result of Renaissance Technologies, L.L.C.'s holdings of Johnson & Johnson stock. F 50 1.5 days
2X day
7/18/2016
 1  Diverticulitis and later for UTI EXTREME FATIGUE, PAIN IN KNEES, HAND, LOWER BACK, NECK AND HIPS. I can hardly walk now due to the pain and lack of energy, My life has changed so much, I wish I had never taken this drug. Should only be used in extreme emergency. The side effects are dreadful ! F 65 10 days
1X day
7/13/2016
 1  Pyelitis uncomplicated Tendon problems (femur/hip, feet, knees, elbows). Headache, fatigue, no concentration & cognition ability strongly reduced, depressed, not myself, low energy, low immune system, severe bronchitis, weeks of illness, other times feeling bad but working. Hair loss, finger nails broke off I will never take it again, would not have taken it if I had been informed on the risks and do NOT RECOMMEND anyone to take it. I feel poisoned. And I try to get my health back since 1 year. I have been a vital and healthy person before this incidence and I am SHOCKED how severe and possibly irreversible this medicine is. I pray I will recover. I hope I will be able to do sports again. I do everything for it, but so far the tendons still worsen. The tricky thing: it all can come later and thus people might not link it to cipro first (I did not). all in all: DO NOT RISK IT, THERE MUST BE MORE REASONABLE MEDICATIONS OR ALTERNATIVE HERBS. F 42 9 days
500mg 2X day
7/9/2016
 1   Completely devastated my once-healthy body, essentially ending my life. I would love to get my hands around the CEO's neck and strangle the life out of him for what his company's poison has done to my life. An eye for an eye, buddy. 24/7/365 pain and suffering beyond anything I can even begin to put into words. M
1X day
6/27/2016
 1  suspected inflammatory bowel diseas Severe hives, heart palpitations, severe abdominal pain, angiodema I feel like i have been poisoned. Two trips to the emergency room in the past 3 weeks and still have hives that are horrific. Pumped full of steroids.This drug is awful. F 38 5 days
500mg x2
6/23/2016
 1  suspected c diff Immediately after the IV was entered I started to itch. It was dc'd immediately. Had an allergic reaction. Deadly poison. Doctors are drug pushers who do not know how to cure anymore. Unfortunate. M 90 1 times
1X day
6/21/2016
 5  Abscess tooth I feel tired. Not sure if it's the Cipro, or the stress of the tooth abscess pain finally gone. I've always done well with Cipro. From prior comments, I see we all react differently to this drug. I'm taking this drug for 7 days. I could not get the days prescribed to register here. F 60 1 days
500
6/20/2016
 5  Abscess tooth I feel tired. Not sure if it's the Cipro, or the stress of the tooth abscess pain finally gone. I've always done well with Cipro. From prior comments, I see we all react differently to this drug. I'm taking this drug for 7 days. I could not get the days prescribed to register here. F 60 1 days
500
6/20/2016

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