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 |
| 5 | Epididymtis | I had pretty agressive muscle stiffness in my back, thighs, and arms for a couple of days, but it subsided. | Other then the temporary muscle stiffness and pain, it's been a good drug. | M | 33 | 30 days | 3/8/2006 | 1 | kidney infection | acute tendonitis, some nightmares | I would recommend that you not take this drug if you have ever had tendonitis before. I had had recurring episodes of hip tendonitis from running over the last 20 years, and it was primarily my right hip (near the right kidney, where the infection was) that flared up on the drug (interestingly, my right hand was also sore, where i had torn a ligament skiing the year before). The pain started almost immediately but was difficult to diagnose. I stopped the drug after 5 days but experienced the most acute episode two days after stopping the drug.The various postings on this site that indicated that this pain might NEVER subside had me worried that i might never run again or even live normally ever again. I am writing now mainly to reassure visitors to this site that there is hope if you experience severe tendonitis while on, and even after stopping, this drug. If you do take this drug, stop the drug immediately upon noticing any tendonitis, especially in areas that have been sore before. | F | 42 | 5 days | 3/8/2006 | 1 | UTI | HORRIBLE,HORRIBLE DRUG -- DO NOT EVER TAKE CIPRO - SEVERE SIDE EFFECTS STILL AFTER 9 MONTHS!!! Severe Gastro & bladder problems first 2 months - lost 15 pounds in first month plus numbness in arms & legs, could not walk 1/4 mile for months without severe pain, shooting pains in legs, severe muscle aches all over, muscle twitches, stinging sensations in body, for 5 months felt like body was being crushed against any hard surface, red legs & arms, cold arms & legs, weird abnormal blood levels. This is just a small indication of the problems I have had with this NIGHTMARE drug!!!! | DO NOT EVER TAKE THIS HORRIBLE DRUG!!! Never had any health problems in entire life until took CIPRO - what a nightmare!!! Been to every specialists & every medical test possible to try to find cure for problems. Scared to take any medicine becuase of problems with Cipro. Do NOT eat poultry or beef or dairy unless organic because they contain ciprolike antibotics & your body will react badly to digesting them!!! Urge you to read this report: http://www.fluoroquinolones.org/REPORT-REV10-EDITED.pdf | F | 52 | 3 days | 3/7/2006 | 1 | UTI | AFTER COMPLETING 7 DAY COURSE OF CIPRO, BEGAN HAVING SEVERE PAIN IN LEFT HIP AND UPPER THIGH AREA. I ALSO NOW HAVE NO FLEXABILITY OF HIP JOINT DUE TO SHARP PAIN IN GROIN AREA UPON MOVEMENT. | WILL NEVER TAKE CIPRO AGAIN. MY HUSBAND WAS RECENTLY TAKING CIPRO FOR PROSTATITIS AND HAS BEEN HAVING SEVERE, AGONIZING PAIN IN HIS RIGHT GROIN AND THIGH AND HAS GROSS SWELLING IN HIS THIGH MUSCLE FROM THE GROIN TO THE KNEE. THANKS TO THIS WEB SITE, WE NOW REALIZE THE CONNECTION TO THE CIPRO FOR BOTH OF US AND NO ONE IN OUR FAMILY WILL EVER TAKE THIS MEDICATION AGAIN. ONCE AGAIN OUR GOVERNMENT HAS ALLOWED US TO BE POISONED BY THE DRUG COMPANIES. | F | 44 | 7 days | 2/12/2006 | 1 | prostatitis | AFTER 2ND DAY OF TAKING CIPRO BEGAN HAVING SEVERE PAIN IN LEFT THIGH FROM GROIN TO KNEE. MUSCLE BEGAN SWELLING AND I COULD NOT HARDLY WALK. I DID NOT ASSOCIATE THIS WITH THE CIPRO UNTIL MY WIFE LOOKED UP SIDE EFFECTS OF CIPRO ON THE INTERNET. | CIPRO HAS CAUSED ME SEVERE PAIN AND I HAVE NEVER HAD A REACTION TO ANY DRUGS BEFORE. I WISH I HAD NEVER TAKEN EVEN 1 OF THESE PILLS. HOW CAN THEY GIVE US THIS MEDICATION AND NOT EVEN TELL US THAT IT COULD RUIN OUR LIVES. "DON'T TAKE CIPRO" | M | 58 | 7 days | 2/12/2006 | 2 | Epididymtis | Knee pain and stiffness, loose stool (not diarrhea) | M | 25 | 5 days | 2/8/2006 | 1 | Bladder infection | Was given Cipro to take for 6 days. After the third day I got tendonitis in my left hand"had never hand tendonitis before that" now 5 weeks later also have the tendonitis in right hand and my heels also hurt at times.Doctors can't seem to give me any thing tht will heal the tendonitis. If you know of a way to heal this, please email me, Thanks | F | 50 | 6 days | 1/28/2006 | 1 | bladder infection | Took Cipro for 6 days, on the three day got tendonitis in left wrist and hand, now 5 weeks later still have the tendonitis and now also have it in right hand. Had never had it before starting on the Cipro. Doctors can't not seem to get it to heal. Does any one know of a way to heal the tendonitis? | F | 50 | 6 days | 1/28/2006 | 1 | Urinary tract infection | I have never had anxiety. I'm the most laid back person in the world. I was given cipro for a urinary tract infection. Each day that i took the pill, I became more irritable and "out of it". After 4 days, 8 pills later, I suffered a serious anxiety attack (which I've never had). I had tremors, morbid thoughts of death, just to name a few. I went to the emergency room and off cipro. Now, 2 weeks later, I'm having an anxiety attack every day. The medical community is very irresponsible for even perscribing this drug for something like a UTI. It should be the very last line of defense. I'm seeking a lawyer to see what I can do. PLEASE ANYONE EMAIL ME IF YOU HAVE PERMANENT EFFECTS OF CIPRO! [email protected] | F | 23 | 4 days | 1/27/2006 | 1 | prostatitis | hallucinations, nervousness, tremors, muscle twitching, anxiety, blurred vision. | I last took cipro sept 2005. All the symptons that I decribed started to occur 2 days into the medication. Four months later I still have severe muscle twitching and a constant level of high anxiety and nervousness. My doctor will not admitt that there is even a possibility this all could be from cipro. He recommends that I go see a neurologist. But I refuse, I know my body and I know this is directly from taking cipro. I just pray it leaves my body soon. This is very scary!! If anyone has had similar side effects please don't hesitate to email me. 1/25/06 | M | 44 | 12 days | 1/24/2006 | 4 | Shigella (food poisoning) | I was prescribed a 3-day round of Ciproflaxin to clear a severe infection of Shigella (food poisining). The Ciproflaxin worked rapidly. | The Ciproflaxin killed the Shigella but made way for another parasite to thrive. I am now taking flagyl for this secondary infection. | M | 46 | 3 days | 1/9/2006 | 1 | UTI | I never thought about it until today but the side effects were immediate. I took my first pill and within 20-30 minutes became irritable and just went home and sat. Next morning I took pill #3 and had trouble with hands shaking holding a menu. That night pill #5, more anxious, irritable, could not sleep. #6, could not breath, anxiety, trembling in hands and fascia muscles across upper body. Emergency room visit and the doc immediatly took me off of it and told me of similar problems with other patients. | Where did this stuff come from? This is my first UTI requiring meds, my wife gets them somewhat frequenty and was always given Macrobid(SP?). I have never heard of this being given as such a generic antibiotic. Mother had severe stomach reactions also. Still feeling tense, hands shake on and off. I hope this goes away with time. Even my family doctor told me of the exact same symptoms when she took a sister drug for bronchitis. She was not the prescribing doctor. Now I'm waiting on anxiety drugs to stem off the feeling until it passes out of me. What a nightmare. I dealt with the UTI on cranberry pills for 2 weeks, I just needed a little oomph to make it go away not a sledgehammer. | M | 33 | 5 times | 1/3/2006 | 5 | recurrent UTI | I get 5 to 7 bladder infections a year. My doctor put me on bactrum once nightly for 12 months, but infections still occur. Cipro is the only thing that works for me. However, after taking it this week I had nausea and vomitting for the first time after taking first dose. This has never happened before. | Always works but sometimes I have to take a second round. I always have a yeast infection with it so my doctor prescribes for that each time just in case. | F | 53 | 5 days | 1/1/2006 | 1 | bacterial infection | Hallucinations, nightmares, bad joint pains, irrational thinking, couldn't function normally | Could only take 1 day of this (2 doses) and switched antibiotics. Powerful medicine I guess, but hope to never take it again. | M | 54 | 1 days | 12/30/2005 | 1 | Bartonella henselae (tick disease) | Muscle, tendon, bone(?) pain all over body. (7 out of 10 level) Lessening of mental acuity. Started right after first day, continued to get worse (for 6 weeks) and has not let up to any substantial degree even almost 2 months stopping. This is a VERY serious drug with long lasting sequelae for many people! Think twice. Then think again. | There are many class action suits filed against this drug, esp. after the anthrax scare. You can google it and find many serious allegations about it. | F | 9 weeks | 12/19/2005 | 4 | lung infection | nauseousness, skin red around wrists, stomach cramps a couple of times | first time taking; I am also taking cephaflexin at the same time! | F | 57 | 5 days | 12/9/2005 | 1 | UTI | nausea, vomiting, anxiety, insomnia | There are better drugs with fewer side effects for UTI's. | F | 37 | 1 days | 12/8/2005 | 2 | UTI | not many symptoms, but i feel it never works well in getting rid of all the bacteria. after my run of Cipro, i end up back at a doctor for another med to compleyely fix me. the infection always seems to reoccur with cipro. | i have better luck with Bactrim. | F | 24 | 4 years | 12/6/2005 | 3 | Diverticulitis-1st episode | Eye dryness and pain, seeing insect-like things crawling/flying where there are not any, neck pain and stiffness, numbness in feet, instability feeling in knee, irritability, dizziness, poor memory, nightmares, increased pigmentation on recent scars. Hope that is all... | I read up on this med before I started taking it. I asked the doc if there was an alternative. Apparently there are 2 others, flagyll and sulfa drugs that are pretty nasty too. Doc was unconcerned with my apprehension in taking this drug. So, being pretty ill and desperate, I went with the CIPRO and have had some side effects. I have 3 days more to go and hope that the side effects don't get worse and that they will subside when dose completed and I do a good internal cleansing. So far, this med has cleared up the infection, but I am not over it yet, so that is why I gave it a "3" rating. Good luck everyone who is taking this! | F | 46 | 7 days | 12/3/2005 | 2 | kidney infection | trouble falling asleep, but the worst was a severe yeast infection (my doctor called it "deeply embedded") required 3 doses of Diflucam over a week. I also experienced vulvadynia (also called vulvar vestibulitis), which is inflammation of the nerves in the opening of the vagina and causes severe burning pain during intercourse. | it did work to get rid of the kidney infection, but I will ask if there are other options next time -- but then, with all the cranberry juice I plan to start drinking, I don't think there will be a next kidney infection for me. :o) | F | 28 | 6 days | 12/1/2005 |