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 |
| 3 | Urinary tract infection | Severe anxiety, nervousness in stomach, panic attacks ....depressed, irritable! | I think its clearing u infection, kidneys and abdomen still sensitive. Was surprised at what bad write ups this drug has. | F | 26 | 3 days | 3/16/2007 | 3 | Prostatitis | Anxiety, lightheadedness, dizziness, itching, tingling in face, feeling hot, eyes feel "buggy", extreme spacy/foggy/trance-like feeling, inner vibrations, etc. | I have recurring UTI's and have been on both Cipro and Levaquin before including the new Cipro "timed release" tablets. this time around I'm on day 3 of taking 500mg of Cipro twice daily and already the anxiety, extreme mental fog and all of the other symptoms are really beginning to hit me hard. I just hope I can last another 23 day on this stuff!!!. | M | 44 | 3 days | 3/13/2007 | 1 | UTI | hallucinations (I thought my arms were on fire), burning pain, disorientation, shortness of breath, dizziness, headache, fatigue, tremor, inability to think clearly, fainting, inability to swallow. | This drug nearly killed me. The side effects were so extreme. My husband found me lying on the floor after I had gotten up in the middle of the night because I thought my arms were on fire. there are many many other antibiotics for UTIs, avoid this one! | F | 37 | 3 days | 3/13/2007 | 2 | Possible food poisoning | Felt better by day 4, but two days later experienced severe pain in my stomach, abdomen and back area. The pain is worse than when I started the medication. On my way back to the doctor again! | F | 37 | 5 days | 3/7/2007 | 1 | Prostatitis | EXTREME ANXIETY and Insomnia - eventually built up to halucinations, paranoia, and a general sense of imminent danger. I felt as if at any milisecond I might break out running, crying, or screaming in fear. I was seen by the dcotor today (03/07/07) who had never heard of these symptoms paired with Cipro. He looked it up and confirmed that these are side effects associated with Cipro - up to and including toxic psychosis. I am now off the Cipro and on 10mg of valium and hope that I will return to normal in a few days. | I will NEVER take this or any other quinolone antibiotic again. | M | 32 | 6 days | 3/7/2007 | 3 | Food poisioning | Slight dizziness the first day, followed by abdominal cramping. The fifth day experienced swelling of the left calf muscle and severe aches and pains in the joints. | Was told by doctor this drugs side effects were not that serious, five days into it and the stomach pain went away, now have other problems starting to appear. | F | 38 | 5 days | 3/5/2007 | 1 | she got psudemonous infection | my mother was sent home from hospital and given cipro 500mg. she took the first one and her stomach balloned like she was 6 months pregant. she said it felt like worms were eating at the inside her stomach. she was 75. she went back to hospital and got complications. c-diff, thrush infection in throat and 1 month later died. | this stuff is too strong dont take it. try to stay in hospital and take intrevenous medicine. vancimycin or other medicine in home with visiting nurse giving intrevenousily. | F | 75 | 1 days | 3/2/2007 | 1 | Chlamydia/Epididymitis | ANTIBIOTIC-INDUCED-COLITIS?, very loose stools, dehydration, depression, energy loss. THIS DRUG SHOULD NOT BE ON THE MARKET, REQUEST AN ALTERNATIVE - it has torn up my insides to the point that I'm wiping more blood than fecal matter. I ended up having to go to a health clinic for a free one-time dosage of Zithromax to cure my $2,500 ER visit's mistake! | I've learned that CIPRO is sometimes used to treat Epididymitis and Gonorrhea and prescribed for taking only a few days at most for these cases. Please note that CIPRO is NOT EFFECTIVE against Chlamydia as the ER doctor had evidently thought. I was prescribed to take this pill twice a day for 14 days and took it for 10 days before I was told I needed to go back to the ER for what I've learned is probably antibiotic-induced-colitis caused by this terrible drug! | M | 18 | 10 days | 2/26/2007 | 5 | UTI | Not sure, but my upper back is itching and driving me crazy. That is why I have been checking side-effects of ciprofloxacin. Might be just dry skin, but I don't think so. It is just the upper back and nowhere else. The UTI is gone. | F | 50 | 7 days | 2/25/2007 | 5 | Ear and Throat Infection | Some muscle pain. 1st day or two a little nausua, now that is gone. | I also take a Acidophilus capsule before Breakfast, this puts healthy bacteria back into my lower Intestineal track, so I don't get the runs. This will also help woman, (acidophilus)because this drug (cipro) seems to lend itself to yeast infections. A lot of yeast infections are an indication of high glucose levels, have a test. But will try to drink lots of water with this stuff, as that seems to help the muscle pain. Damn ears anyway, every year the same thing. | M | 55 | 10 days | 2/18/2007 | 1 | Kidney Infection/UTI | excessive muscle spasms and pain, backache, pains in the arms. 4 mos later inchy tongue, easily bruises pain under arms, very transparent veins, itchy skin, difficulty swallowing, acne. | Don't take it. It is horrible, I feel like an old lady and am only 38 years old. | F | 38 | 3 days | 2/16/2007 | 2 | UTI | Diarrhea! Diarrhea! Diarrhea! | After 5 days on CIPRO, experienced the worst, most horrible diarrhea in my life. I wound up getting C-Diff. | M | 45 | 7 days | 2/14/2007 | 3 | Bacterial Prostatitis | This was a milder attack than the first and was on the mend before I started Cipro (2 days after first symptoms). By day four the obvious signs of prostatitis had abated, apart from the odd twinge. However, I had a set of other symptoms this time that were familiar from my first brief acquaintance with Cipro: dizziness on waking (dismissed as BPPV last time), tachycardia (my usual pulse rate is very slow), my first ever faint (on a treadmill just after I finished a run), periodic shortness of breath, difficulty clearing my chest, anxiety & nervousness, sleeplessness, night fevers, depression, sadness, pessimism - all the sort of stuff that it is easy to write-off as typical, post-illness. However, after 10-days this time I got back to exercise by taking long walks and a few days after that I took my first easy run. I was aware of the possibility of Achilles tendon rupture by now and had discussed it with the last doctor, who said it was a risk of all drugs in this class but mostl | This is my second encounter with Cipro. I had it for a week six-months ago when I reported an initial bout of prostatitis to the doctor. Subsequently, a specialist put me on doxycycline (and 400mg ibuprofen) for a month. Seemed like an odd choice, given that a month of Cipro is emerging as the UK "gold-standard" for ABP (and the ibu combo is frowned on). However, he knew I ran - about five miles almost daily... This time round I had a urine sample analysed by a clinic immediately, which identified an e-coli infection. Yet another doctor agreed that a month of Cipro made sense to try and eradicate any prostate infection. I also requested Ibuprofen again and reluctantly (risk of fits with Cipro) received a scrip for a two-week course. I might add that a PSA test that I was grudgingly granted first time round had come in at 17 (should be below 2), which had prompted the first doc (who had, naturally, assumed that I had anything but prostatitis) to do a complete 180, send me | M | 48 | 30 days | 1/31/2007 | 1 | UTI | Neck Pain, Lower back pain, I feel awful all over and it didn't cure my infection! | F | 33 | 10 days | 1/27/2007 | 5 | Bladder Infection | None | I have chronic bladder infections (5 in the last 8 months). Twice doctors prescribed Macrobid and I got extremely ill. High Fever, body aches, chest pains. I have never had any side effects with Cipro. | F | 33 | 7 days | 1/26/2007 | 1 | UTI | Severe abdominal pain, nausea, diarrhea, feelings of depersonalization, joint pain, extreme exhaustion. | I have Crohns Disease and prior to my total colon resection in 1999, I was on Cipro and do not recall these awful side effects, but then I was so sick with Crohns I may not have realized. This was horrible and I only took 2- 500 mg. doses. I will not take this medication again. | F | 54 | 2 days | 1/21/2007 | 1 | Presumed Prostatitus | Please read some more worse sideeffects on other posts before taking cipro, ciprofloxin etc I wish I had. Terrible anxiety, joints and muscle pain. tinging in fingers toes & vibration sensation. Eye and vision damage which will not resolve | I took 500mg 2x a day for 28 days and it was the worst thing I could have ever done. Maybe smaller doses over a shorter period are better tolerated. I experienced all the side effects of a severe reaction, however they didn't start till week 3. I was a young and healthly 26 year old male in perfect health. This grug caused anxiety first, then vision and light problems and my ears began to ring, then all the joint and muscles problems set in. Now 12 months after finishing the medication, I'm leaft with terrible floater (spots and specs in front of the eyes), light sensitivity and tinitus. If you take this med and have the slightest sideffect, STOP IT RIGHT AWAY | M | 26 | 28 days | 1/20/2007 | 5 | Presumed Prostatitus | Frequent prostatitus (later, infections were found to be caused by continuous excess urine in a seriously stretched bladder) always cured by 500mg Cipro. Had another of these infectious attacks, went to the first doctor available who said, "let's kill this off once and for all". He prescribed 750 mg Cipro. After taking one I had terrible continuous vomiting & diarrhea (hours). I couldn't drive. A friend took me to the emergency room. After a 4 hour miserable wait I was finally rehydrated and told to not take Cipro again. | Now I have another infection. Doctor has me on bactrim. It doesn't seem to be working. Maybe I need Cipro. I know that 500 mg Cipro works, and works quickly based on past experience but I'm now afraid to take it (the ordeal was terrible). Maybe 500 mg would act as it always has in the past with no problems. Comments or suggestions? | M | 68 | | 1/17/2007 | 1 | KIDNEY INFECTION | SEVERE BACK AND NECK PAIN. ARM AND LEG WERE NUMB AND TINGLE FEELING. | F | 35 | 10 days | 1/12/2007 | 1 | prostitis | severe joint pain elbows, wrists ,knees,and feet.WITHIN THREE DAYS OF STOPPING CIPRO PAIN STARTED TO SUBSIDe one WEEK LATER STILL HAVE PAIN. JUST NOT SO SEVERE i can't walk like earlier. | Please if on cipro stop taking it asap if you start experincing joint pai etc. | M | 59 | 17 days | 1/2/2007 |