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 | UTI | Morning after I took 1st 500mg Cipro, my left hip upper leg hurt...didn't equate it to Cipro...so I took the next dose, pain was getting worse in my hip. Took the third one and the pain was so bad I googled "leg pain cipro" and found this site. I can barely walk without serious pain...hip just gives out no warning and SEVERE pain. Obviously stopped taking Cipro. Hope this wares off. taking antiinflammatory in hopes it will counteract. Pharmacist said she'd never heard of leg pain with Cipro...yeah..right...The pain is excruciating. I hope this goes away now that I've quit taking it. | only took a total of 3 pills 500mg. Pain started the morning after the first one. Wish I'd known then before taking two more. | F | 55 | 2 days | 5/16/2009 | 5 | Kidney infection | Dry mouth. | I am so surprised to see all of the negative comments on here! I have alot of anxiety, and usually read like crazy about side effects, but this time, I said, I am NOT doing it. Well, guess what, I don't have any! I am on day four and feel fine. Way better than the horrible pain that comes with a kidney infection. Don't let these comments freak you out! Only read the good ones! | F | 43 | 4 days | 5/15/2009 | 1 | Clinical depression, a constant pain in my legs, nausea. | I agree with the guy who said let's have doctors who say this is safe take this stuff. This is an evil drug. Only a moron would say this is drug is safe to use except in a severe emergency, only a complete and utter immoral moron. | M | | 5/14/2009 | 1 | prophylacticaly on trip to DR | After one day on the medication, personality changes, I'm very quiet and shy but suddenly became quite the ooposite. Severe constipation. Day 3 anxiety and paranoia, extreme pain and tightness in my arms and legs. By day 5 my gums were bleeding profusely and that is when I figured out Cipro was the culprit. I stopped taking it. I then developed generalized aches and pains, and chills. On the trip home I was feverish, chilling and urinating blood. I ended up in the hospital shortly after getting home. My tendons in my calves hurt for months and I had this persistant "fogginess". I developed abdominal pain and eventually had my gallbladder removed for "Inflammation".I lost weight, not because I tried. I became more and more depressed as the months went by. I wouldn't wish this drug on my worst enemy. | This drug should be banned. It is dangerous and has caused innumerable people great pain and suffering. | F | 54 | 5 days | 5/13/2009 | 1 | UTI | I took cipro 2x500mg initially for 14 days for a UTI, during which time my only problems were tiredness, night sweats, nausia and diarrhoea. The cipro seemed to clear up the UTI but the problems only started a few days after ending the course. I could not urinate, ached all over felt depressed and had severe diarrhoea and prostate / rectal pain. I was referred to a urologist and was found to have a slightly enlarged prostate he prescribed cipro 2x500mg for another 70 days after STI tests all proved negative. During this second course, things got no better and a few weeks after, things were much worse !. Now I had lost my appitite, losing 3 stones in weight, nausea, constantly tired, depressed and had constant lower left abdominal / rectal pain, stomach cramps, back ache, groin pain, pain in my left leg with cramps. I was unable to walk any distance or sit down for more than a few minutes without pain, I have constant wind and am unable to hold a full bladder and often feel the ungent n | This was the first time I had taken anti biotics for 20 years and apart from the UTI, I was fit healthy and active. three years ago I competed in offroad motorcycle trials, but now I struggle to get up from a kneeling position, and have no energy. I feel I am not the same man since taking the cipro, and sometimes wonder if I will ever live a normal life again. Its been 7 months now since taking cipro, during which time I have had lots of tests, scans and blood tests all negative. I have become intolerant to dairy, spicy food and white bread and have had to completely change my diet which now includes daily cranberry juice and pro biotic drinks. It is only now after 7 months that I can even sit at my computer for a couple of hours, but only because I am constantly taking strong painkillers all day, being in constant pain from my lower left abdomen / rectum. Lying down improves things and I never wake up in a morning in pain, which increased throughout the day, depending on what I eat, being worse between 3 and 10pm. I didn't realise an anti biotic could do so much harm, my whole life has changed and I have been left depressed and bewildred. People should be warned of the dangers of cipro, I would like to see all doctors take an 84 day course, and see how they feel !. Some days I feel so low that if I still had my Sako rifle, I could quite happily put the barrel in my mouth and pull the trigger, Thank You Bayer !....... | M | 44 | 84 days | 5/8/2009 | 1 | UTI prevention/treatment | I took Macrobid, Cipro and Bactrim over the course of 1 year for chronic UTI. As a result I developed severe joint, muscle, tendon and ligament pain and damage to my arms. | Please if you are a UTI sufferer visit: www.squidoo.com/d-mannose It's a story of my personal battle with cystitis and how I have been infection free since last August thanks to d-mannose. I'm not selling anything or making a profit off the site I just want more people to know they don't have to suffer like I did and risk the horrendous side effects from antibiotics. D-mannose is a natural sugar that prevents E-coli bacteria from adhering to bladder walls and causing infection. Safe no side effects. Nothing short of a miracle. | F | 28 | | 5/8/2009 | 1 | urinary infection affecting PSA | My right arm is sore at the shoulder joint. In fact half my right arm turned blue and black down to the elbow. Experienced constipation on and off, and some blood and itching at various times coming from anus. Naseau various times. | My PSA was up to 4.6 and Dr had mentioned I seemed to have some infection in my urine sample. Agreed to try to knock out the infection by taking cipro for 30 days, twice a day and try another PSA. My PSA was normally around 2.5 to the highest of 4.6, this week it tested at 8.6. I quit taking the 2 pills a day after 2 1/2 weeks, and finished up the other 1 1/2 weeks with 1 pill a day. Have an appointment with him today, and we are going to have a little chat. Never will agree to this medication again. | M | 61 | 30 days | 5/7/2009 | 1 | F | | 5/6/2009 | 1 | sinus infection | I experienced severe muscle pains and cramps in my legs after only 3 days of use. I stopped taking Cipro and saw a doctor. I was flat on my back for 5 days before I could walk again. I've developed tendonitis problems in my wrists and foot. | This is a dangerous drug which should never be used for mundane infections! It should be a drug of last resort. | F | 54 | 3 days | 5/4/2009 | 4 | Intestinal Bacteria Infection | Nausea and constipation. | I just finished the last of 6 500m pills, I am hoping it worked. I did not have the severe side effects others did. If it worked the few side effects I had were worth it. | F | 46 | 3 days | 5/3/2009 | 1 | Dr. said | SEVERE pain - I have never felt anything like it. diarrhea, nausea, a rash on my face, Anxiety. | I don't understand why a doctor would ever give this poison to a patient. It is horrible. I hope this pain goes away eventually. | F | 18 | | 4/29/2009 | 2 | Suspected prostatitis | Pains in legs (behind knees), upper arms, ankles and wrists | I think the infection has been cured, but the pains are ongoing (albeit improving) four plus weeks after finishing taking Cipro. I suspect alot of the pain is caused by anxiety and depression (triggered by drug) - now taking seroxat. | M | 49 | 4 weeks | 4/27/2009 | 1 | Upper Respiratory Infection | Swollen eyes, rash around eyes and lips. Fatigue, Swelling in knee. Whoda thunk KNEE INFLAMMATION! | I have a bad knee to begin with, but have had no problems lately. Had no idea the knee swelling was due to meds until I read the info from the pharmacy. Dr. gave me cortisone shot to relieve rash and swelling. Rash improved, but pain and swelling in knee has persisted. It's been one week since cortisone shot. Seeing orthopedist tomorrow. | F | 47 | 4 days | 4/26/2009 | 1 | Acute diverticulitis | Within hours of the first dose, I had severe pain in the left elbow. The physician who'd prescribed the drug told me that it couldn't possibly be drug-induced. Within weeks, I suffered from debilitating joint pain in tendons of both elbows and right wrist. Off work for four months. Two years later, pain is manageable but not fully resolved. | Product appeared to be effective for the purpose it had been prescribed. | M | 51 | 8 weeks | 4/24/2009 | 1 | prescribed for a stomach pain | After taking just 2 pills on the first day, 4/20/09, I began to feel pain in my right heel. Now, just 4 days later, I can't lift my foot due to the pain in my Achilles tendon and essentially I can't walk. I looked at the Mayo website and there is no mention of these bad side effects for Cipro. How can that be? Why is this information being withheld? The medical profession and the FDA should be ashamed. Those at Bayer who work to perpetuate the deceit should be arrested. For those monitoring this site I hope you can sleep at night because your contribution to society is ruining people’s lives. Someday there will be a moment where you look back on your life and assess how you did. For doing this you will have failed. Is it really worth the money? | M | 49 | 1 days | 4/24/2009 | 3 | UTI | stomach aches, yeast infection, severe diahrrea (sexy, i know), a tiny little rash on my abdomen that only shows when im out in the sun, with prolonged use: hallucinations, huge mood swings | ive been getting UTI's on a regular basis for the past 6 years. honestly, the only thing that prevents them is vitamin c and 8 glasses of water a day. if dr's ever prescribe me cipro, i've learned not to take it for more than 3 days and save the rest for next time. it's true, cipro kills ALL bacteria, good or bad (hence the yeast infections) so make sure to eat TONS of yogurt or drink KEFIR (good stuff!). i'll drink a bottle of KEFIR a day and the effects are not as harsh. but if you can get away with taking any other kinds of pills, do it! dr's wont approve of ginko baoloba but treat cipro like candy. | F | 24 | 3 days | 4/23/2009 | 1 | diverticulitis | Ten days into a 14 day course of Cipro, I developed severe pain in my shoulders, wrists, and thumbs. Sleeping on my side was impossible, and sewing or cooking or even lifting a frying pan were amazingly painful. I am a healthy old jock and having worked out at the gym for over thirty years, I know what pain is normal or predictable for me. This was way outside my experience of sports injuries, and it really was/is debilitating. I stopped taking Cipro, and at first it seemed that the pain rapidly decreased; however, it's now been over two weeks, and I find that lifting the smallest weights or using the slightest incline on the treadmill causes the old pain to flare up and new pain, such as knee pain that I've never had before, to arise. Advil helps, but I'm not used to limiting my activities or living on medication, and not knowing how long these side effects will last or if they will get worse (the medical literature says it is possible) is worrisome--this in addition to dealing wi | If you google the frequency of tendinitis or tendon rupture with Cipro and other antibiotics in this class, you will read surveys which indicate that serious reactions are fairly rare, that is, one in something like 11,000 patients, plus or minus a few thousand. Those are not bad odds. But people who have been harmed post more often at sites like askapatient than do people who have not had problems, so naturally you will see a higher proportion of negative responses here. Even so, I would recommend being very careful with Cipro. It's important to read the patient information that comes with the drug, where warnings about possible tendon damage are clearly laid out, and noting that people like me, over 60 and physically active, or people who already know they have problems with their joints for other reasons, are more likely to have a serious adverse reaction. I suspect that some people are just more sensitive to medications in general, and if you know that about yourself, it would probably be a good idea to avoid Cipro and its cousins. I would not and could not take this drug again. | F | 66 | 11 days | 4/22/2009 | 1 | Prostate surgery | Neck spasms, severe pain in knee, chrondrocalsenosis, shoulder pain, loss of range of motion. | I have been on pain medication for several months. I have lost musle mass, and can't sleep one my left side. This has been going on now since July 29th. 2008. There are now signs things are getting better. Don't take this drug. I took it for four days at 500mg. I am recieving shots in my shoulder and neck of anti inflams and cortosoids. This has been a awful experience. Medical people have NOT been helpful. Just give pain pills for the most part. They don't believe me. | M | 61 | 4 days | 4/21/2009 | 1 | Diverticulitis | Extreme lower back pain followed by hip pain. | This started right after I stopped taking cipro. At first I had pain when getting up. The next day I could not walk. Was flat on my back for five days. When that pain finally ended, I started having pain in my hip. This lasted for two days. I also had extreme bloating, dizziness, ringing in ears, and I felt faint several times. I will never take this again! | F | 58 | 14 days | 4/20/2009 | 5 | Testicle infection | None | I don't understand the almost `100% negative ratings. Reduced an agonizing/scary infection for me in less than a week to almost no pain at all. After two weeks zero pain. If you need an antibiotic, at least give it a try. | M | 66 | 14 days | 4/17/2009 |