CIPRO Reviews (CIPROFLOXACIN HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 1.6 (2014 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare CIPRO with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR CIPRO | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | kidney infection | Looking back I now realize the headache and nausea I was experiencing on day 2 of taking cipro were side effects. I began feeling progressively worse and had severe abdominal pain, vomiting, nightmares, weakness, felt feverish and muscle pain on the 4th night. | I looked up the side effects and stopped taking it even though I only had one day left. I was on 500mg twice a day, but it did cure my kidney infection. I thought I would get better by now, but the leg pain is constant, I developed an itchy rash across my abdomin and I just don't feel well anymore. Will this ever end? | F | 45 | 4 days | 2/8/2009 | 1 | uti infection | shoulder pain...neck pain and also stiff,little nausea...prescribed 250mg. | GO HERBAL | F | 23 | 2 days | 2/6/2009 | 1 | acute pancreatitus | At first i was really tired. Then i woke up in the middle of the night and i could hardly walk. I felt like my hips were broken. Then the pain continued down my legs. The first thing i did was look it up here. Needless to say i will not take anymore of the cipro. | i will never take another medication with out looking up the side effects first. This is so painful. | F | 36 | 4 days | 2/3/2009 | 1 | UTI - Helicobacter Pylori | Tendonitis, twitching, burning all over , joint pain, visual impairment, tinitus , stomach disorders , headaches , chest pain | This is a pernicious drug, do not take it, whatever the doctor says. It has ruined over 3 years of my life | M | 65 | 12 weeks | 2/2/2009 | 5 | Crohn's Disease | None! I took this medication for 5 years and it really helped put my Crohn's Disease in remission in combination with other meds. I really don't know what everyone is talking about. I guess it's maybe an allergic reaction. I had aches, fatigue, and all that before I took Cipro and am now back on 500 mg twice a day and am feeling so much better. | This drug can really help a lot of people. Don't let all these comments keep you from at least trying it. | F | 27 | 5 years | 1/29/2009 | 3 | surgery | TO THE PEOPLE WHO WERE HARMED BY CIPRO: You have fluoride poisoning. It is reversible, there is a detox you can do. This class of antibiotics floods your body with fluoride. Fluoride builds up in your system over time and ruins your bones, joints, and muscles. | If you have chronic pain or tendonitis after taking this medication, you will have to clear it out of your system. Use 1/8 tsp. boron powder (borax) and 1/8 tsp. raw sea salt in a glass of water to chelate the excess fluoride daily. | F | 23 | 10 days | 1/28/2009 | 2 | Diverticulitis | Nausea, Diarrhea, metallic taste in mouth, tongue feels hairy, extreme lethargy, lack of concentration, blurred vision, lower back pain. | I have been on Cipro 500mg x 2 and Flagyl 500mg x 3 every day for the last 23 days and I still have 13 days to take it. I have severe diverticulitis and doctors are trying to get it cleared up prior to surgery but sometimes I wonder if the sides effects are worth it. I do not recommend unless a last resort. | M | 46 | 23 days | 1/28/2009 | 2 | Complicated UTI | shoulder pain, muscle weakness, stiff neck, anxiety | 500mg twice a day. I hope that it cured my UTI. For all the trouble that it's put me through, it better have. I understand that it was necessary to get rid of my recurring UTI once and for all, but with all the side effects, I wish there had been a better alternative. Does anyone know how long it will take before my joint pain goes away? I stopped taking it today. | F | 26 | 7 days | 1/27/2009 | 1 | UTI, kidney infection | horrible rash all over my body on the 3d day after taking Cipro even next day after stopping taking cipro the rash got worse, spread all over my body: legs, buttocks, arms, neck, feet, hands swollen feet, skin: itching, burning, hives, petechia nausea, dizziness, loss of appetite horrible | DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG! | F | 43 | 2 days | 1/27/2009 | 5 | Sinus Infection | Mild stomach upset | This medicine cleared up a sinus infection that would not clear up with z-pac. I felt better in two days with minimal side effects other than a mildly upset stomach. | F | 42 | 10 days | 1/25/2009 | 1 | UTI | I was prescribed this poison to treat a possible UTI. I took 500 mil twice a day for 2 days and one pill the following day. My legs began to ache something awful. I walk 5-6 miles a day and it alarmed me terribly to feel this pain. I immediately took myself off it and the following day was still in pain and also had very swollen ankles. My legs looked like a 90 year old with heart failure. Scared me to bits. This stuff is awful and really needs to be distroyed for good. | After being off it cold sober for 3 days my legs still hurt and are swollen, especially ankles. Does this ever go away? Signed: Scared in the Desert. | F | 48 | 2.5 days | 1/24/2009 | 1 | Sinus infection | Panic attacks, extreme hand numbness/tingling, barely able to breathe, nightmares, unable to sleep more than 1 hour per night, dry mouth, fear of death, feeling like i was dying, having to call 911, extreme anxiety | It is way too strong. DO NOT USE!!!!!! I only used 4 days and had to get off, and it took a month to get it out of my system. I later took cephalexin, 3 a day instead of 2, but worked well without problem. You'll need to take for 2 straight weeks to kill your infection. Be sure to drink a lot of water with and after (SEVERAL cups). Make sure to take an expectorant as well, like mucinex, that is 95% of the problem with sinus infections, the antibiotic alone isnt going to get the buildup of mucus out. | M | 29 | 4 days | 1/22/2009 | 5 | Bladder infection | No side effects at all, very well tolerated and worked quickly for me. | Found this to be a wonderful drug for me. Cleared up bladder infection quickly with no side effects. | F | 33 | 10 days | 1/19/2009 | 1 | UTI | severe inflammation in all of my major joints, migrating around the body and ending up in my shoulders, arms, and hands. I couldn't sleep more than 15 minutes at a time because it felt like I was being stabbed in the shoulders every time I moved even slightly. It finally messed up my hands (I am a professional pianist) and today was the first time in over four months that I have felt like I might get over this eventually. | I took this for a UTI for a week, then about a month later for two more weeks because the infection came back. About six weeks later I had two cortisone shots to the knee and a week later woke up one day with all my joints on fire. Every move I made resulted in pain all over my body. I have suffered for four months now. The medical doctors won't cop to it being a CIPRO reaction (one has even suggested that I have rheumatoid arthritis), but my chiropractor, acupuncturist and reiki therapist all believe that it is. They are the only relief I have gotten at all from this, and I am experiencing it as a poison that I have to slowly let pass through my body. I think in another month or two it will be totally gone. I teach college, but if I had been a blue-collar worker, I would have been out of work four months ago. I've been living on NSAIDS and turmeric extract since it started, and I am not going to take autoimmune-suppressing steroids. I firmly believe that this drug is BAD NEWS. | M | 57 | 3 weeks | 1/19/2009 | 5 | parasite/intestinal infection | none | I took this medicine for the 5 day course, and my symptoms have completely improved. No side effects whatsoever. I went from having 3 weeks of uncontrollable diarrhea and abdominal pain, to being completely back to normal after the cipro. | F | 34 | 5 days | 1/18/2009 | 1 | ear infection | I took 750mg of cipro for 10 days in jan 2008. It is one year later and I am still living with aweful side effects. It started 2 weeks AFTER finishing the med: tendon pain, muscles, twitching and small spasms on side of head, feet, legs, arms. Head and face pain. Tendonitis all over body. Within days I could hardly walk due to tendonitis and muscle pain. For three months I could not walk farther than from room to room in my house. A month after the ear ringing started. Once the tendonitis was gone (about 3 months after it started) I was able to walk some, then more, until I can walk as far as I want, but still feel pain in legs. Activity helped for me, once the tendonitis was gone. Still ear ringing, and head pain which seems to be from tendons in head (jaw). I saw many doctors all with may ideas but no solid fixes. I was formerly very fit, able to hike 20 miles in mountains. I want to know if the ear ringing ever stops for anyone? | These are very powerful drugs and doctors readily give them out like lollie-pops. I recommend people seek out alternatives before risking the rest of their functional lives on it. The drug companies need to research the mechanisms of injury and seek ways to help. The car companies made airbags, whay dont drug companies research the side effects rather than cover them up? Do not take this drug. | M | 32 | 10 days | 1/15/2009 | 5 | Bladder Infection | MINOR nausea that went away (I found taking it on an empty stomach wasn't the best idea), MINOR dizziness the first day or two which cleared up, after coming on this site the 5th day I had MINOR "tingling" and some MINOR muscle pain but that may be have been psychosomatic since I'm prone to anxiety. | I've been off this pill for 48 hours and no further side effects. This pill did wonders for my bladder infection and there was an added bonus of clearing up some digestive issues I was having that I didn't relate to being a possible bacteria problem. My pharmacist gave me a huge hand out on the possible side effects so I was very nervous to take this drug but I just want to say to all the people who are starting this drug and are on this site and just as nervous as I was, do not worry and listen to your doctor. Don't think that taking this drug for a few days is going to "ruin your life". Its important to clear up the infection. you may get even sicker if you let the infection get worse..Just think if you asked a surviving cancer patient what his or her opinion of chemo is you'd probably get a response like "it was hell but I'm alive" and those side effects would be waaaaay worse then the potential side effects you are going to experience from this drug. Sometimes w | F | 29 | 7 days | 1/11/2009 | 3 | sinus/inner ear infections | I keep seeing white poodles everywhere. it started and I was sitting in my recliner petting a poodle. I wondered how it got in my house I thought, but it was very friendly. my girlfriend looked at me and asked what I was doing and her laughter turned to tears when I told her I thought I was petting a poodle which obviously I was hallucinating. Wow right, but the drug is curing my infection(s) so I guess it's a trade off. I'm really going to miss that poodle when I'm done taking this medication in 7 more days. | Hallucinations, strange dreams, hard neck, but hey I feel better. | M | 31 | 3 days | 1/9/2009 | 1 | vaginal infection | tendonitis, shoulder pain, possibly rotator cuff damage | Two weeks after taking 2 doses of cipro, I got tendonitis in my elbow even though I couldn't relate it to any activity. After about 6 months it finally healed but by then I think I have possible damage to a rotator cuff. I have always been active and never experienced this before and again, don't know what triggered it. Not having insurance I will again try and wait it out and hope it heals. I will never take this again. | F | 53 | 13 days | 1/8/2009 | 1 | UTI | After 3 days of taking CIPRO my neck became stiff. Could not turn to left, right, up, or down. Severe pain in back of head and muscle/tendon over the main artery on left side of neck. Was very healthy until then. My Dr. agrees it is probably due to the CIPRO. I have had CAT Scans and 4 MRIs and am going for another scan of the arteries in my neck next week. They think from the MRIs that "maybe" the CIPRO caused a blood clot in the left artery. I had this scan several years ago and there was no problem with my arteries. DON'T TAKE THIS MEDICATION. It cured the UTI, but I have been in Physical Therapy for weeks and massage therapy, but nothing helps. The pain is still there and they say there is only 50/50 chance of getting over it. I am in constant pain, day and night. My head feels heavy when I stand. This is not a 'medication', it is poison. jsc | I have heard it is a wonder drug for those who can take it, but for those who can't, the cure is worse than the reason for taking it. | F | 60 | 9 days | 1/5/2009 |