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 | UTI | nausia, vomiting, restlessness | This stuff made me sick as hell! I was so sick I couldn't do anything but lay around and hope to die. Missed days of school/work because I couldn't get up. Never taking this again! | F | 20 | 5 days | 6/4/2007 | 2 | infected kidney stones | Woke up in hospital after being given cipro IV with a headache in the back of my head. Thought it was from no caffeine, or lack of sleep so I just lived with it, hoping it would go away and taking tons of OTC pain relievers. After 6 days of a relentless headache, called Dr. and switched to Septra and headache started to ease within 24 hours. Also dizzy, detached, confused, irritable and very very tired. | F | 49 | 7 days | 5/27/2007 | 1 | Dermatitus | Both my husband and I were prescribed this medication 6 days ago (for me) and 4 days ago (f0r him) for what was felt to be folliculitus (sp?) from a hot tub imbalance. Side effects for me: Pain in right hip, right thigh, severe pain in both hands. backache, Headache. Apathy, inability to sleep and emotional sensitivity. For my husband, irritability, extreme anxiety, depression, mouth sores, a bit of paranoia. (He has no history of this behavior) | avoid it at all costs. We ceased taking it and I have a call in to the doctor's office now, after reading this site. I did a search only after I realized how truly depressed my husband is and then, after reading it, I realized some of my other issues were connected as well. | F | 52 | 6 days | 5/24/2007 | 1 | diverticulitis | Severe muscle and joint pain ongoing, nerve pain ongoing. | Would never take again. | F | 50 | 5 days | 5/23/2007 | 1 | bladder infection | I was prescribed this after going to Urgent Care for what we thought was a bad reaction to Bactrim. I took this for 4 days and I felt the same thing everyone else did. I am going crazy. I couldn't sleep, constantly nauseous, dizzy, couldn't function(had to force myself to continue on), tingling all over like surges in adreneline. I lost quite a bit of weight. My doctor prescribed Zanax and thought I was having anxiety attacks. I took 1/2 of a .25mg pill and it had no effect exept making me feel worse. I've had a couple of anxiety attacks before, but they never lasted more than an hour. If you are on this medicine, stop taking it if you can and maybe try something else. You are not alone and day by day your symptoms should get better. I've been off the Bactrim & Cipro for 5 days and am getting better. My stomach is still a mess, but at least I don't feel as anxious. Just know that you're not crazy, it is this medicine. The others that wrote are right...doctors don't kno | F | 36 | 4 days | 5/20/2007 | 1 | Prostatitis | After 16 days with no significant side effects experienced extreme pain and swelling in both feet and ankles. Stopped taking Cipro immediately. Barely able to walk, went to ER and diagnosed as Cipro reaction. Injection of anti-inflammatory drug provided about 70% pain relief. Better for two days then awoke during night with severe swelling and pain in both hands and fingers. Returned to ER next day and given IV narcotics. Narcotics provided pain relief for about two hours. After leaving ER pain so severe could not unbutton my shirt, open a door or pick up a beverage (10 out of 10). After a bad night the next day the pain and swelling lessened and I had two days of feeling somewhat better, although not better than about 3 of 10 pain scale. Awoke next night with pain, chills/fever. Pain now in ankles/feet, hands/wrists, both shoulders and so severe in right knee I can barely walk, Went to primary care physician he had his staff perform a direct admit to the hospital from his o | Both ER doctors and and primary care physician diagnosed condition as Cipro reaction. As you can imagine there was quite a bit of testing conducted to include blood tests/culture, urine tests/culture, Echo Cardiogram, Xray, and CAT scan. At this point both the diagnosis and treatment seem appropriate considering both my experience and my recovery. | M | 52 | 16 days | 5/19/2007 | 2 | Prostatis | Burning muslces, insomnia, twitiching, muscle pain, and a freezing sensation around the nose and mouth caused by an interaction with Flonase. | DO NOT take this medication if you do not have to. It is almost worse than the disease itself. | M | 23 | 1 months | 5/16/2007 | 1 | bacterial infection | diarrhea, nausea, migraine headaches | continue to have diarrhea every day after having been off the drug for two weeks. Interferes with living a normal life. I will never take this drug again! | F | 63 | 10 days | 5/16/2007 | 1 | appendicitis surgery | unable to sleep, disordered thoughts, hallucinations, heat waves , sweating specially in the head, though feeling cold the rest of the body,pressure inside head. Took for 3 days and changed. Still feel terrified just remembering | My sister had disatrous experience too. I Took it directly in vein. Some people say it could be less aggressive if taken via oral. I decided not to run the risk and asked the phisician to change the drug. Still feel terrified just rememering those days | M | 50 | 3 days | 5/14/2007 | 1 | for a bladder infection | I have hadhorrible cramping and diarrhea. Since I already have irritable bowl syndrome, this is a scary situation to be in, because I am not sure whether it is the Cipro or IBS causing the discomfort.Some information says a special kind of diarrhea can happen because of the drug. | I hate this drug with a passion. I have had four bladder infections this past year, and my medical provider keeps pushing it on me, saying it is the best thing going. Yeah, right.... | F | 67 | | 5/7/2007 | 1 | Prostatitis | Anxiety attacks. Suicidal thoughts. Lightheadedness. Headache. Muscle aches. Mild nausea. Tiredness. | I have been taking Cipro (generic) on and off--mostly on--for over a year. It clears up the symptoms, but they come back a few weeks after I stop. My physician has not been able to get a positive urine culture, so doesn't know what bacterium is to blame. I'm stopping again today and if the symptoms return will demand a different drug, as the anxiety, suicidal thoughts, and lightheadness have become excessive. | M | 64 | 1 years | 5/7/2007 | 1 | UTI | Nausea, depression, unable to form clear thoughts, dry mouth, dry skin. Extreme anxiety. Unable to sleep. Woke up many times throughtout the night in a panic. Woke up feeling "hungover". Diarrhea. took it as prescribed, 1 tablet 2x's a day for 3 days. 500mg. Glad it is over...But Is till feel lousy today and not like my usual self. | Nothing seems to have changed. I still feel sick, but I'll go back to the doctor to see if it cleared up the UTI. | F | 48 | 3 days | 5/5/2007 | 1 | UTI/Kidney infection | I took 3 CIPRO 500mg tablets and ended up in the ER after taking 2 CIPRO. I had no idea what was happening to me. I was having a hard time with my thoughts and when I was driving, felt like I was going to pass out. I had extreme anxiety and my body was trembling all over. In the ER, they never attributed it to the CIPRO and sent me home. I stopped taking it on my own. I have been taking vitamins, probiotics, lots of fluids to try to detoxify my body from this horrible drug! I am still dizzy after being off it for 5 days, especially when driving. I am a RN and have given CIPRO IV to many people, I had no idea of the possible side effects and how severe they can be. | F | 43 | 2 days | 5/3/2007 | 1 | repeated sinus infection | After being on and off of Cipro 750 x2 per day for months (unrelenting sinus infection that is unresponsive to antiobiotics), I started having hyperactive problems--my heart would race, my words flew out of my mouth nonsensically, my kids said I seemed angry and distant, and my head just spun all day long. This is not my personality at all. Also, I could not sleep (even taking meds to help me sleep), and I bloated up like a balloon, gaining at least 20 pounds in water weight. I stopped taking this, and all of these symptoms disappeard within 12 to 24 hours. Even the water weight disappeared. | This drug might be good for some things, but for me, I think I just took too much of it for too long, and it just went haywire on me. | F | 39 | 20 days | 5/2/2007 | 1 | Bronchitis | I have been taking 500 mg twice a day and I am still sick. Calling Dr. for something different. | F | 41 | 10 days | 5/1/2007 | 2 | Epidydimytis | Nausea, cramping, loose bowels, occasional diarrhea. Post-treatment antibiotic-related colitis. | After my second dose of Cipro, the nausea, loose bowels/diarrhea, and cramping hit me. The doctor couldn't give much advice except that the symptoms are normal and to continue the course of treatment if I wanted to get rid of the infection. I continued to have these symptoms throughout the course of treatment. Two days after taking the last dose, the symptoms came back in full force in the form of antibiotic-related colitis and as a result, I was down for three days with cramping, etc. All in all Cipro cured the infection, but now, over 1 1/2 months later, I'm still having occasional bouts of colitis and as a result having to treat the symptoms of this as well. If I get this infection again, I certainly will not be taking Cipro for it and will consult with my doctor about taking an alternative antibiotic. | M | 25 | 2 weeks | 4/29/2007 | 1 | sinus infection | I took one 500 mg dose. Within several hours, I had a mild fever (about 100 F), mild nausea, severe joint pain and tendinitis everywhere, muscle pain and spasms, dizziness, and a severe headache. I went to the ER and they treated me as though I had an allergic reaction to it though I didn't have hives and gave me a ton of fluid and some powerful anti-inflammatories. I woke up today with a mild headache and some of my joints and tendons still hurt. If this doesn't go away, I'm filing suit against the manufacturers. I'm only 16 years old... I'm not supposed to be arthritic and I've never had joint problems before. | M | 16 | 1 times | 4/27/2007 | 1 | Possible food poisioning | 2 months after taking the meds, still having severe stomach problems and severe pain & swelling in the abdomen area and back. Dr. informed me that the his Asst. should not have given the drug after the original "food poisioning" symptoms started to go away. Now I have twice the problems and a number of CT & Bone Scans ordered. I'm sure the insurance co. will love this one! | F | 38 | 5 days | 4/23/2007 | 2 | Bronchitis | extreme fatigue, anxiety, muscle pain, lack of energy, difficulty concentrating, nausea, headaches, stiff neck, weakness in legs, dry eyes, irritabililty, elevated s-got and s-gpt in blood tests, chest pain, muscle twitches | Took 500 mg two times per day for 10 days. After the first day, felt like it was improving the bronchitis, however after that, the side effects took over everything else, especially the fatigue. | M | 43 | 10 days | 4/20/2007 | 1 | acute bronchitis and, later, divert | With the first dose (over a year ago for 10 days), I ended up tearing all the tendons in my left calf. Had THE MOST humongous bruice from my knee to my ankle. With the second dose (two weeks ago, 3 days before I called my doctor and asked to be taken off it), I had pain in my right leg (like a constant charlie horse) and severe pain in my knee. I got up one morning and my knee popped. Saw a orthopedist today and he said he had a patient who after taking Cirpo for two days blew out BOTH of his Achilles' tendons. I have told my doctor to mark my chart and absolutely to NEVER give me Cipro or levaquin again! I live with constant pain in my legs. Horrible -- I wish I had never taken it. | F | 58 | 3 days | 4/20/2007 |