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 | UTI | Took 3 day course , couldn't take last pill dur to nausea , dizziness, shaking,thought it did not relate to drug, finished 2 weeks ago , still dry mouth, metallic taste and very sore tongue!!! | cleared up uti, but when will these side effects go away?? | F | 39 | 3 days | 10/27/2006 | 1 | possible UTI | Depression, heavy anxiety, feelings of doom, difficulty urinating,burning sensation in penis,testicles and rectum,chills, cold sweats, nausea, fatigue | I had yeast infection due to antibiotics received earlier. The stupid doctor put me in cipro 10 days and valtrex 3 days. Without confirming if I had a real UTI. Resulst came up negative in everything viruses,bacteria and herpes test but after 6 days of having taking cipro...I am not sure how long these side effects are going to last ...is amazing how these stupid doctors dont advise of possible side effects. One thinking that the wisdom of these doctors will help you ....end up getting worst that initial problem | M | 38 | 6 days | 10/11/2006 | 1 | Possible Pelvic Infection | Horrible Chest Pains, Rib Cage Pain/Liver Pain, Painful Neck and Joints | This stuff is dangerous. Do your best to avoid it! | F | 24 | 9 days | 10/6/2006 | 1 | Prostate Infection | I started haveing all the awful side effects and thought I was losing my mind,panic attacks,inability to eat,chills,muscle soreness,thank God I found this site on the web and stopped taking the drug ASAP,I am taking low levels of ativan until my body can repair the damage this horror has done, seem to slowly be gietting better, avoid this drug! | M | 49 | 14 days | 10/2/2006 | 1 | Prostate Pain | My doctor gave cipro to take for three months for chronic prostate pain. He said it could`nt hurt anything! This is in 1999. No problems until I finished the drug. Right after finishing the 3 month course I started vomiting with diarrhea.I have not been able to go for more than a few months without this happening! I have gone from 200lbs to a 170lbs. I have not been able to put the weight back on, because if i eat to much I get sick. I also have had severe joint pain in my ankles, knees,shoulders and inside of my elbows. The drug did not help my prostate problem. I now have chronic yeast infection because of the drug. I found a book titled "Healthy Digestion the Natural Way" it has been very helpful. After taking Garlic Extract,Glutamine,NAC,Alpha Lipoic Acid and Grapefruit Seed Extract(NutriBiotic Defense Plus) the pain in my prostate is mostly gone!(Such a relief) I now have to be very careful about what I eat. No sugar at all! | I`m very sorry I took the drug. It has ruined my life! I would love to see the makers of this drug sued right into Hell! Plus doctors need to learn how dangerous the drugs they prescribe are. Some of them don`t have a clue. | M | 55 | 3 months | 9/29/2006 | 1 | UTI | CIPRO was prescribed to me for only three days for a UTI and now I have a constant sense of urgency to urinate -- something I never experienced before taking this drug except immediately before on another antibiotic generic for Microbid. I discontinued that antibiotic and the urgency problem went away but apparently I still had traces of bacteria. That's when the doctor prescribed the CIPRO. | It's been 48 hours since my last CIPRO pill and I am still having severe problems with urgency even though I took a dose of Acidophilus thinking perhaps the CIPRO had merely wiped out my good bacteria as well as the bad. Apparently it's wiped out more than that -- ie. the proper functioning of my kidneys. Hope it will come back. I remember an elderly lady friend of mine who was on antibiotics before becoming completely incontinent. Wonder if it was CIPRO or a similar drug. Wonder if there's a correlation between the prevalence of Detrol, etc. and the use by gynecologists of antibiotics like CIPRO. Please comment if you know. | F | 3 days | 9/24/2006 | 1 | Bladder Infection | muscle weakness, peripheral neuropathy, weakness in arms, legs, dizziness, back papin | do not take it | F | 38 | 7 days | 9/23/2006 | 1 | epididymitis | I quit taking Cipro after 10 days because I began to experience knee pain, but the symptoms continued to get worse. Soon I was nearly unable to walk, and the pain in my achilles tendons became so severe I had to sleep with a heating pad between my ankles for months. When I recovered to the point that I could walk about 200 feet down my street and back, I regarded this as a major milestone. Two years later, walking isn't much of a problem, but my knees are definitely not what they were. It is uncomfortable to stand for long (walking is actually easier), and though the pain in my achilles tendons has lessened, they still hurt every day. | DO NOT take this drug unless death is your only other option. The side effects can be literally crippling. If you are a physician, read the warnings, remember your oath, and prescribe something else! | M | 42 | 10 days | 9/23/2006 | 3 | UTI | It is getting rid of the UTI, for sure, which Macrobid did not do, but I had absolutely NO SLEEP last night (first day on med), the one time toward 4 a.m. when I began to finally nod off, I had a horrible nightmare about a cobra snake cornering me in a room, it was hissing and its mouth was WIDE open | F | 51 | | 9/21/2006 | 3 | UTI | It is getting rid of the UTI, for sure, which Macrobid did not do, but I had absolutely NO SLEEP last night (first day on med), the one time toward 4 a.m. when I began to finally nod off, I had a horrible nightmare about a cobra snake cornering me in a room, it was hissing and its mouth was WIDE open | F | 51 | | 9/21/2006 | 1 | infection in bellybutton | ANXIEY, ANXIETY, ANXIETY | I was perscribed Cipro 500mg for 5 days. I couldnt go beyond day 2. I had delt with very mild anxiety prior to taking this medicine but nothing ever like this. The first day i was fine then when i took the second dose, several hours later i didnt feel right. I had went to the store with my husband and i guess being in the direct sunlight made it a lot worse. I got extremly shaking with cold sweats, i was having difficulty swallowing, and lights were very bright. Each day that went on i got a lot worse. I became affraid of everything. I was scared of being outside and i was even affraid to eat. I lost a lot of weight from not eating and for weeks i would lay around in my pjs becasue i was affraid to take a shower. Every little thing would make my heart race. seeing certain things on tv would bother me and for 4 months i didnt ride in a car. i hibernated in my house for 4 months and my husband had to do all the running around. it was ruining our marriage because we couldnt go anywhere to | F | 21 | 2 days | 9/19/2006 | 1 | Travelers diarrhea | My skin has been burning, face, back, and groin area. While taking the pills, i had extreme anxiety attacks, insomnia, and loss of appetite. I have been off the pill for 3 days now and anxiety has subsided, however the burning sensation has remained, only diminished. I am also now experiencing symptoms of a bladder infection (severe abdominal pain, etc). | I was prescribed 2 500mg tablets a day for 3 days. I have never had such severe side effects before. Unless I will die otherwise, I will never take this medication again! i have learned a valuable lesson though, DO NOT blindly trust your doctor about your meds, research what you take (read the fine-print). | M | 44 | 3 days | 9/19/2006 | 1 | possible std exposure (hep b , ect) | I HAD UNWILLING UNPROTECTED ORAL SEX WITH A PROSTITUTE JUNKIE!I WAS UNDER THE INFLUENCE AND SHE DID WHAT SHE WANTED. TAKING TO COUNCELERS THEY SAY I SOUND LIKE I WAS ASSAULTED. I Took Cipro for around 10 days befor stoping treatment.While Taking it I have experience thoughts of suicide. Feelings of impending doom. PANIC ATTACKS , ANXIETY.LACK OF APPETITE , DIAREA , PALE STOOLS. I Cried almost every day I was on it. Felt Muscle pains and total lack of intrest in work and other activities I was involved with. I have avoided my family completely beacuse I was unsure of the | Over a week since I have stop taking this drug. I have had a very mild headach every day. Muscles are still sore. My eyes have gone red and have red veins showing. My right eye has just started twitching and I feel absolutly horrible.PALE STOOLS HAVE STARTED TO TURN DARKER. I HAVE TO FORCE MYSELF TO EAT. STILL NO APPETITE. I still have thoughs of impending doom. I have been for 2 sets of bloodwork from everything from aids to HEP.So far all negative. I feel like I am dying. I cannot explain. Tests have come back negative so far. THIS IS ONE MESSED UP DRUG. I Still feel like I am dying from something , now I dont know if its cipro or a actuall std.PLEASE IF ANYONE CAN HELP ME JUST EMAIL ME WITH YOUR EXPERIENCES. I AM VERY SCARED AND CONFUSED RIGHT NOW! PLEASE HELP ME! | M | 35 | 10 days | 9/16/2006 | 4 | ruptured appendix + abscess | metallic taste, headache, backache, sleeplessness, frequent urination beginning at about 10 days of treatment. Most bothersome to me was flushing - 8-10 times per day and during the night, I would get very hot and very sweaty. It only lasted a minute or two but was almost unbearable when it happened - felt like I was burning up. Was taking Flagyl 500 mg 3X/day and Cipro 500 mg 2X/day, so not sure which one was doing it. Had had both of them IV in the hospital for a week, and did not have side effects when it was IV, so assume effects are related to metabolism by the GI tract / liver / kidneys. | Hope it did what it was supposed to do (get rid of bacteria in abscess). Relative to that goal, side effects were certainly tolerable and not a really big deal (I've certainly been carrying on my normal work and life schedule) - but definitely more noticeable side effects than with some other antibiotics. | F | 49 | 14 days | 9/12/2006 | 1 | UTI | I have lupus so I wasn't sure at first if I was having the worst lupus flare-up ever or if it was the CIPRO. Thank God I came to this site! Depression, extreme weakness, severe joint pain, felt like something was sitting on my chest, mental "cloudiness," legs went out on me several times....Are these people crazy prescribing this poision??? Doctors and the drug companies??? I quit taking it just this morning and praying that the symptoms subside soon. I am very scared! | F | 42 | 4 days | 9/10/2006 | 1 | infection picked up in hospital | increased pain, burning, dizziness, vomiting, fatigue, 'crawly' skin, nervousness. I began to feel ill within 20 minutes of taking a dose, and it just got worse. After thowing up a dose (and the food I took it with)I called the doctor. Very blandly they said, "yeah it's a little hard on the G.I. system but we hoped you could cope with it." Thanks for the warning!!! Haven't used antibiotics in years but I was pretty sure you're supposed to feel better, not considerably worse. They switched me to Bactrim. A little better, just incredible fatigue with that. | I am glad this drug works for some people...it was extremely harsh (and expensive) and increased the pain, plus the awful side effects. Not impressed. | F | 40 | | 9/2/2006 | 1 | Sterner Injury Warnings Sought for Meds BY Associated Press August 29, 2006, 2:07 PM EDT WASHINGTON -- The labels on Cipro and similar antibiotics should bear more serious warnings about a possible link to tendon injuries, petitioners told federal health officials Tuesday. Between 1997 and 2005, the Food and Drug Administration received 262 reports of ruptured tendons in patients using drugs from the fluoroquinolone class of antibiotics, the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen said in its petition to the FDA. The state of Illinois filed a similar petition last year and asked Tuesday that the two requests be combined. An FDA spokeswoman had no immediate comment. Staci Gouveia, a spokeswoman for Bayer HealthCare, maker of Cipro, declined to comment. The labels on the entire class of drugs already warn doctors and patients of the risk of tendon problems. The FDA had manufacturers add that language following a 1996 Public Citizen petition. Public Citizen and the Illinois at | Sterner Injury Warnings Sought for Meds BY Associated Press August 29, 2006, 2:07 PM EDT WASHINGTON -- The labels on Cipro and similar antibiotics should bear more serious warnings about a possible link to tendon injuries, petitioners told federal health officials Tuesday. Between 1997 and 2005, the Food and Drug Administration received 262 reports of ruptured tendons in patients using drugs from the fluoroquinolone class of antibiotics, the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen said in its petition to the FDA. The state of Illinois filed a similar petition last year and asked Tuesday that the two requests be combined. An FDA spokeswoman had no immediate comment. Staci Gouveia, a spokeswoman for Bayer HealthCare, maker of Cipro, declined to comment. The labels on the entire class of drugs already warn doctors and patients of the risk of tendon problems. The FDA had manufacturers add that language following a 1996 Public Citizen petition. Public Citizen and the Illinois at | F | 53 | 3 days | 8/30/2006 | 1 | sinus infection | beware poison poison. my life has been destroyed by this drug. constant pain since i ceased this crap a year ago. 20 years old and the best part of my day is when im sleeping- if i can. do not take this poison unless you want to be disabled. | M | 20 | 5 days | 8/29/2006 | 1 | UTI | 46y female, Hx UTIs (generally treated previously with Bactrim). After about 2 1/2 days of Cipro, I had joint swelling in my fingers and my knees bilaterally. I could barely walk it hurt so bad. My legs felt like I could pop them they were so swollen. Bending/stairs were very difficult. The finger swelling went down almost immediately after stopping the meds. My knee swelling went down but the ROM limitation stayed and the pain is moderate at times. When I experienced a severe upper resp. infection about a month after the UTI, I was put on Amoxicillin. I again experienced severe joint swelling/pain in my knees extending down my legs bilaterally. I had taken Amoxicillin previously over my lifetime now and then without any problems...now a reaction? Another Dr. worked me up for Rheumatoid Arthritis after seeing my swollen legs (negative) and I did obtain some relief of pain/swelling with Naprosyn. It has been about 3/4 of a year since all of this and my knees have improved but I still f | Drs. continue to prescribe this generously and tell me they haven't heard of these types of problems. I believe my arthritic-like symptoms all stem from my initial Cipro exposure with that UTI infection last winter! | F | 46 | 2.5 days | 8/29/2006 | 5 | bacterial infection for 6 weeks | I passed a kidney stone & had severe nocturnal itching in both shoulders for months after usage. drove me nuts!!! brilliant pharmacist cured me with Orthomega capsules (Omega-3 fish oil) I thought he was silly, but now I'm a believer. Cipro likes to settle in joints. Some people after 2 years are still having what I had!!! | Make sure you drink TONS of water and if you develop the itching, take the Orthomega 3 times a day. It really works. | F | 53 | 42 days | 8/27/2006 |