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 | Congestion in lungs | Severe headache and neck pain (at the base of skull can feel very sore muscles on both sides of my neck). Ciprofloxacin HCL 500 twice a day for 10 days, but am going to quit after six days as I can no longer stand the pain in my neck and head. | I called the doctor, but was told to take the cough medicine with codeine to help the headache. Also taking Methylpredisone so I thought the side effects might be related to that drug, but took last pill this morning. Pain in neck returns shortly after taking Cipro and lasts several hours. | F | 51 | 6 days | 1/6/2008 | 4 | acute bacterial prostatitis | Some CNS stiulation. | 750 mg 2 X daily. Helped a great deal. | M | 61 | 60 days | 1/5/2008 | 1 | bladder infection | IT’S NOT IN YOUR HEAD. THIS CAN CAUSE AWFUL SIDE EFFECTS. I went to urgent care today and received CIPRO for a bladder infection. I had had a bad reaction to an anti-biotic a year ago, but couldn't remember the name (turns out that it was CIPRO). I started taking CIPRO again, today, and felt AWFUL after the first dose and realized that these were the same horrible symptoms that I had had the year before with the same anti-biotic (which I stopped taking immediately at that time). I called the doctor at urgent care as soon as I started feeling these same symptoms today. He told the nurse to tell me to keep taking the CIPRO - that the symptoms weren't from the drug, that it couldn’t cause these symptoms so quickly after the first dose. I asked to be changed to a different anti-biotic and he wouldn't do it. He said that that it must be something else, I wouldn't be having the symptoms so soon after taking the drug. I told the nurse on the phone that if he didn't change | These are my symptoms within one or two hours of taking CIPRO: muscle aches, diarrhea, nausea, fatigue, depression and a feeling of horrible malaise. All that I could do was lie on the couch and feel crappy. The doctor made me feel like it was in my head and that I was a big baby. Thanks for everyone's comments. We really have to fight for our well-being, listen to our body wisdom and demand a good quality of life for ourselves. . I haven't felt this terrible in a LONG time, and I feel very angry that the doctor was so callous to my suffering. | F | 57 | 1 days | 1/5/2008 | 2 | UTI and Kidney Infection | Immediate migraine, stiff neck, sore shoulders, upset stomach, gas. | I only took the Cipro because I do not know of any way to clear a kidney infection. I wish I knew of a better way because it's painful to endure the additional effects of Cipro when I'm already in pain from the kidney infection. | F | 36 | 14 days | 1/2/2008 | 5 | food poisoning | I experienced almost every symptom listed as a side effect, even before and then continuing after I began the course of treatment. Obviously, these were due to the ailment and not the cure, which was quick and effective. Maybe others have true side effects in proprtion to the % listed on the labeling, but in my case, thank God for good doctors and modern medicine. | M | 53 | 5 days | 12/26/2007 | 4 | DIVITICULITIS | Did not experience any side effects. It stopped the pain within 4 days | M | 54 | 7 days | 12/24/2007 | 2 | urinary tract infection | up set stomach | F | 22 | 2 days | 12/16/2007 | 1 | bacterial stomach infection | right sided tingling, vision disturbance, hearing issues, and joint pain. Lasted for two years after 5 pills...that's it. | All side effects are real, and effect people. Please be careful before you take any drug. Many times not reported. | F | 30 | 5 days | 12/15/2007 | 1 | sinus infection | hair loss, joint pain, bone pain, muscle twitching, horrible insomnia, loose wrinkled thin skin, bloated abdomen, total loss of appetite, indigestion, breathlessness, hand tremors, depression, floaters, blurred vision, sensitivity to cold | PLEASE DO NOT TAKE A FLUOROQUINOLONE ANTIBIOTIC. I really feel that taking an anthrax drug for a sinus infecttion has totally, totally ruined my life. Since May, I have had $12,000.00 in lab tests done. All results negative. Have been to PCP, GYN, two rheumatologists and a pancreatic surgeon. They say they have "tested me out." They have collectively decided to throw me to the first available endocrinologist. I was first diagnosed with serum sickness 21 days after first cipro pill. Went to PCP with face swollen and joints wobbly. She says it was from the blood pressure meds I had been taking for 2 years, couldn't possibly be the Cipro! Wanna bet? And since then, the hellish nightmare that has become my life started. Besides all the physical symptoms, there is the constant awareness that I have no peace, no enthusiasm, no happiness and worst of all, no hope. I wonder how well the drug company executives sleep. I bet they have no trouble eating or doing the most mu | F | 52 | 2 weeks | 12/12/2007 | 1 | prostatitis | ANXIETY. I had dillusions I was going to die from som ailment. Nevervous...diherrea.....weight loss...no appitite...narrowed stools....IBS flare up | I will not take this drug again | M | 33 | 5 days | 12/7/2007 | 3 | Prostatitis | dizzyness,insomnia,muscle weakness,fatigue,intestional discomfort | seems to have taken care of the e-coli infection | M | 51 | 28 days | 12/5/2007 | 1 | uti | flushing/rash and severe itching of face, ears and elbows and feeling of anxiety felt within five minutes of first dose. Did not take any more and now, a month later, have developed the same exact reactions to some foods I never had a problem with before Cipro. | would never have taken it if I had any idea what it would do. | F | 50 | 1 days | 12/1/2007 | 1 | Bacterial infection | I WOULD NOT USE AGAIN. After 3 days of 500mg BID (2xday)I started experiencing clouded thought, ANXIETY bordering on Panic. Stomach up-set even when taken with food, vision disturbances, diahrea initially which passed after 2 days and this is the First Day without the medication. I had taken Levaquin once in the past and same symptoms 2 years ago. Came to web to find some answers. I found them. Quinilones are KNOWN for ALL of these reported symptoms I have reported and read on this board. Not hypocondriacal reaction/ IT IS VERY REAL TO ME. Hope it Passes. Have read it should pass within the period of 7 days abstenance or cessation of treatment with Ciproflaxin. ONLY MY OPINION !! | Thanks To EACH and EVERYONE who posted so I now know I am OK and these symptoms are from a specific known substance and not manifestations of something unknown. :) | M | 50 | 4 days | 11/26/2007 | 1 | Sinus Infection | After one dose, woke up feeling woozy. Felt great for 2 days - then had lightheadedness and bad indigestion. Next night, ended up in ER with chest pain, heart palpitations, horrendous indigestion and leg tremors. Was taken off meds the following day, but continued to have severe tremors (right arm, both legs) and numbness/tingling in left arm and palpitations for 2 more days (to date of writing this email). Also noticed "white noise" in ears, itching, floaters in right eye, chest pain, thrush, loss of appetite and confusion. | PREPARE FOR NO ONE TO BELIEVE YOU! I was lucky, my primary care providers recognized it might be a reaction. But the ER docs - forget it! "The tests were normal/negative" so I must be fine. When I went to the ER the 3rd time after an hour of severe tremors, they assumed that I was crazy or trying to get attention. And since adavan brought down my pulse quickly, they assumed it was an anxiety attack. I asked repeatedly, could it be an allergic reaction - only the last time when they saw a rash and thrush did they say "maybe". We all have to commnicate our experiences to the medical community - I'm writng a letter to the head of the ER and chief of staff for the hospital. And, I might consider contacting my local TV station to be interviewed. We need to get the word out so others don't suffer! | F | 33 | 5 days | 11/26/2007 | 1 | infection from a puncture wound | After three doses: muscle pain ,shaking, severe vomiting that lasted twelve hours ,two days later still no appetite .Very weak. Hoping side effects will now subside ..... | I called the ER and the Doctor there said he thought it was the flu ,even though I never ran a fever or had any other flu like symptoms such as coughing or runny nose .On monday I called our regular doctor and he said stop medicine immediately(which I already had done since I couldn't hold anything down .) sounded like side effects to him . | M | 20 | 2 days | 11/20/2007 | 1 | Sinus Infection | HOW DOES A SLOW AGONIZING TURTUROUS DEATH FEEL??? I only hope and pray to GOD my life has not been destroyed by this *POISON*! How do you describe JOINT TENDON LIGAMENT PAIN? Like having my hands and feet bashed by a hammer!! Like my head is in a VICE!! Constant RINGING IN THE EARS!! EVERY BONE ACHES!! STIFFNESS!! POUNDING HEART!! ANXIETY!! BLOATING!! | Look up FLUORIDE POISONING and don't forget to search THE TRUTH ABOUT BAYER!! Thank GOD for the INTERNET....and the TRUTH!! | F | 48 | 10 days | 11/18/2007 | 5 | UTI | Small amount of fatigue, drowsiness, and loss of appetite, but that's it. Much better on my GI system than any of the cyllins out there when taken with food like yogurt. | The 3 most common drugs for UTI's are macrobid, levaquin, and Cipro. Started feeling better after 2 doses. They actually prescribe this for "traveler's diharreha" so drink lots of water. Best broad spectrum taken PO. | M | 35 | 7 days | 11/16/2007 | 5 | UTI | second day on Cipro for a UTI, so far so good, 3 more pills left and no reactions so far. | After reading on here and having a previous bad experience with Bactrim I was pretty nervous to start Cipro. My bladder infection is gone and ZERO side effects. It seems as that people would only log onto this website because they were having problems... keep that in mind when considering these comments. | F | 26 | 3 days | 11/14/2007 | 1 | UTI | headaches, nausea, dizzy spells and blackout for a couple of seconds, gloucose levels elevated | I will never take Cipro again the side effects are worst than the sickness | F | 55 | 3 days | 11/14/2007 | 4 | Q-Fever | Following a very long diagnostic process it was finally determined that I have Q-Fever. I was prescribed Cipro and Doxycylin together and after 4 months of treatment my antibody titer's are almost back to normal. In the last month I developed severe pain in my pinky toe going about 1/3 of the way down the side of my foot and severe knee pain. I feel like a 30 year old women with 80 year old knees. I told my doctors and they decided to take me off of the Cipro. Although I have experienced a lot of other minor side effects I don't know which medication is causing them - extremely oily skin and hair, easily fatigued, headaches, frequent colds, RLS, weird sleeping inconsistencies. | I have not noticed an improvement in 3 weeks and I am wondering if my knees and foot will get better. Since I have been off of the Cipro I have also started breaking out like a teenager all over my face and neck (and I am still on the Doxycylin which is used to treat acne). | F | 30 | 4 months | 11/12/2007 |