Ciprofloxatine

Stop the Dr. Google shit. It's anecdotal, although emotionally compelling. The peer reviewed clinical data is dry and boring, but FAR more reliable.

*Ciprofloxacin.

I was on multiple courses for gram negative lung infections (I have damage to my airways which leads to frequent infection; I always require at least a two week course of antibiotics). One of the possible side effects of ciprofloxacin is tendonitis, which I got. It became very sore walking and even though I came off the cipro and haven’t been on it for a year and a half I still get the tendon pain, albeit not as bad. So just be careful to side effects like that; if you get tendonitis you need to come off it or it’ll get worse.

Cipro is a lifesaver although Azithromycin works better for me for lung infections.

If it's the same antibiotic they gave my partner for a cat bite it's TERRIBLE. His trunk showed a terrible, bright red allergic reaction that took forever to go away. It burned 24/7 for a long time and he could barely sleep. It wrecked his digestive system for at least a year, with no sign it would ever go back to approximately normal. Diarrhea all the time. He could not really leave the house much. He then read so many similar stories online he was angry/sad they prescribe it without a big talk with the patient and possible other options.

R4 yup I’m on azithromycin permanently now and it has changed my life, haven’t had a lung infection in ages and no side effects I’m aware of. I was told I couldn’t go back on cipro again and I’m fine with that, it is a tough drug,

OP, I see these commercials all the time on television. This lady seems like she knows what she's talking about, and I think it's an all-natural product.

You should look into it.

I was given Cipro for a very bad infection. They can test the infections now and can tell which meds will work and which won't. Mine would only respond to Cipro as I was hospitalized for this infection. Once they knew it was Cipro, I was sent home with 2 weeks worth and it worked. Never had a single issue from it. I made sure to take a Yakult every day to counteract the antibiotic with some probiotics. It works but I suggest the sugar free Yakults. You can get 5 of them for like $2 at Walmart or any grocery store. They are tiny bottles near the Yogurt. Tasted like citrus. Actually not terrible.

I'm literally crippled from taking Cipro and the person telling you not to believe what you read online should be ashamed of himself. This shit ruins lives in ways you can't even fathom. All fluoroquinoline antibiotics can and do. They don't all carry multiple black box warnings for nothing! There is no cure once Cipro has ravaged your body and you will be gaslit by your friends and family as well as the very doctors who hand this shit out like candy. If you're lucky you will heal after years. Or you could end up like me and never heal from it. I'm unable to even stand up anymore and am in inhumane levels of pain 24/7/365. Opiods don't touch this type of pain as it is a chemical/cellular injury. I hope and pray for death daily if not hourly. If only I'd have been as smart as you to read "anecdotal" reviews online prior to blindly trusting my doctor to "First, do no harm" and the FDA to actually do their fucking job.

Cipro is actually no longer even allowed to be prescribed as a first line of defense against simple infections like UTIs because of its nasty track record of long term/permanent disabling side effects, so whoever gave it to you for a UTI should have their ass sued off. There are much safer alternatives that should be used first! Use Cipro only if/when all other options have failed and it's a life-threatening infection. You may get lucky and "get away" with taking it...or you might not. I assure you it's not worth the risk.

One doctor prescribed Cipro for diverticulitis. But a new PCP prescribed Flagyl. I only took either one when I had a flareup.

Thanks for sharing that, R9.

That sounds fucking awful to endure.

We would never know about these things without people like you sharing this information.

Do your research!

Recent report says undiagnosed UTIs in women is precursor to Dementia.

I had to take a course of it and it left me weak as a kitten, but healed.

I'm allergic to most antibiotics, and cipro is one of the few it's safe for me to take. If you have concerns about a medication you've been prescribed, ask your doctor, not the internet.

R9 is… tender to the touch!

An ounce of prevention. Wash your nasty ass. 🧼🧽 🚿

I take it periodically (usually with flagyl) and have for years; it's a standard treatment for one of my IBD complications. I know a few patients who take it daily, long-term, without ill effects.

Follow any doctor or pharmacist instructions on how to use it, and contact your doctor if any problems arise. Sometimes a slight tweak to the dosage is all it takes to eliminate a side effect.

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^ beyond idiotic statement (but unsurprising given the poster)

Every single drug has every single side effect.

Shiproflockshatin

I've taken it. Not a favorite. Have felt a bit wonky sometimes. The dosing regimen is a pain given the interaction with dairy.

Cunts always get UTIs, you deserve it for being here on a gay forum, your pussy must be wrecked, Cipro is strong, I glad for you.

My mother was prescribed ciprofloxatine for a UTI about 20 years ago, and it was horrible. We thought it was the worst thing to happen to her, but then dementia struck (interesting connection, R13; she had UTIs for as long as I can recall). The cipro reaction was so bad she begged for death. Let me tell you how hard it is to hear your mother beg paramedics to not save her life and let her die, knowing that there is little to be done to alleviate that kind of pain.

Sometimes it is easier than fighting.

They call it getting “floxxed”. Evil drug, lots of people permanently disabled and think they’re just taking a simple antibiotic.

I once went to an Urgent Care to see if I had an infection. The doctor there, without first determining if it WAS an infection, handed me a prescription for Cipro.

I questioned it. He snatched the paper from my hand, actually threw it onto the floor, and said, in a "Psycho" calm voice, said, "That's fine. You can wait until you're on an IV drip in the hospital."

I didn't have an infection.

I have a friend who is a very wealthy philanthropist, he travels the world supporting humanitarian aid projects, he’s done this for decades. He carried Cipro with him at all times, and any time he thought he was getting food poisoning/water sick, he popped a Cipro.

Fast forward maybe 15 years later, his shoulder joint was destroyed from it and had to be surgically rebuilt and will never fully function the same. Obviously, most people don’t take it as frequently as my friend, but it can cause true damage.

[quote]If you have concerns about a medication you've been prescribed, ask your doctor, not the internet.

Famous last words. Doctors know NOTHING about the very poisons they make their living throwing out at their patients. Everything they know about their pharmaceutical arsenal, they get from biased drug reps! Do you also only listen to car salesmen when you shop for a new car? Or do you scour the internet for reviews from actual owners of the car you're interested in?

[quote]Every single drug has every single side effect.

Yes, and they're almost almost transient side effects which cease once the drug is stopped. Not so with Cipro and other fluoroquinolones! These side effects are often permanent and don't even surface until AFTER you've stopped taking the medication (once it's too late to stop and the damage is done). I've never met anyone in a wheelchair from taking aspirin before but I've met many who are wheelchair-bound or bedridden from taking Cipro and Levaquin! The ones who die are actually the lucky ones. Most are just left completely maimed and have to finish the job themselves.

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So I blocked R31 and everything after R29 disappeared. Some days the stupid (Kate thread) and crazy (this thread) really dominate. You feel like you're in one of those movies where you get locked in the nuthouse, only you're not nuts.

I know several people who had very bad reactions to this stuff.

Wasn't Cipro all the rage during the anthrax scare?

[quote]Wasn't Cipro all the rage during the anthrax scare?

Yes it was, and it was still a relatively new drug at the time so all of the crippling side effects we now know about weren't yet fully known (or at least acknowledged). A number of USPS workers even filed a class action lawsuit against Bayer after they became disabled from taking it:

I was prescribed Cipro 20 years ago (before the black box warning was added) and after my second dose was so weak I couldn't make it down the stairs. Stopped taking it but the side effects took a couple of years to go away. It's bad, bad shit and criminal that it's still being prescribed.

Can I have your stuff?

"Doctors know NOTHING about the very poisons they make their living throwing out at their patients."

Yes, NEVER trust a doctor. ALWAYS get your medical advice/care from random gay men on websites.

The drug can have some severe side effects but MOST people tolerate it well and it heals them. Just like any other drug.

I ordered a course from an online pharmacy (I said a partner notified me of chlamydia) after a very sluttly couple of weeks whoring around London. Knocked any bacterial STIs right out of me. Thank you Cipro.

I blocked just one post and suddenly about thirty hysterical posts disappeared.

Nuke this lunatic thread

Cipro is very commonly prescribed and very effective. Nobody I know has ever had any side effects.

I have had cellulitis many times (a non-healing wound issue), and doctors prescribed floxines (gatofloxin and levaquin) many times over the course of 15 years. They were very effective drugs for me. My body's reaction to cellulitis has always been extreme. (Temperature going from normal to 105 in one hour, leading to wracking chills, vomiting, extreme pain, lymph node swelling and tenderness, etc). The floxines worked very quickly and shut down infections. But as the bad news about these antibiotics accumulated, gatofloxin was taken off the market, and now levaquin is rarely prescribed. My doctor has given me a prescription of Bactrim to keep on hand, and it is also effective against cellulitis, but is slower to act. I have become better at wound management and haven't had cellulitis in years, (knock on wood), but it's sad that such effective drugs come with such terrible side effects for many. I'm allergic to penicillin so that takes many options off the table for me.

I’ve had Cipro a few of times and have been perfectly fine, except for some mild nausea. More importantly, my UTI cleared up right away and didn’t spread to my kidneys.

A very small number of people will have a bad reaction to [italic]any[/italic] substance (my grandmother permanently lost most of her hearing back in the day after taking a sulfa drug, for example). Shit happens sometimes. I don’t know why one person here is being such a hysterical Mary, though!

I don’t see any hysteria here at all. Cipro is indeed a dangerous drug, taking other types of antibiotics does not put your body at risk. I posted on here that I personally know someone who had to have multiple surgeries on a shoulder from Cipro damage. I don’t think the bad reactions we are sharing are as rare as one would hope.

If you use it, feel free to keep going of course. But keep your eyes wide-open. Doctors only know what they’re told by Big Pharma. If you trust Big Pharma, then I am side-eyeing you and I feel bad for you. And FYI, I take all kinds of Big Pharma meds, but I know they are made by corporations who do not give a FUCK about consumer safety and health. They only care about profits, that’s it. Go watch Broderick as a Sackler on Netflix.

[quote] I don’t see any hysteria here at all.

And that's because either (a) you either agree with the person making post after post in a row denouncing antibiotics, or even more likely (b) because that person is you yourself posting under a different account.

Making post after post after post after post right in a row just to advocate one position is hysterical behavior.

I’ve taken it multiple times. No issues.

I've worked as a pharmacy technician for 15 years and never heard of any of our patients having any kind of reaction to Cipro.

[quote]Yes, NEVER trust a doctor. ALWAYS get your medical advice/care from random gay men on websites. The drug can have some severe side effects but MOST people tolerate it well and it heals them. Just like any other drug.

Best of luck to you! Some people just insist on learning lessons the hard way.

I've used Cipro, r67. Never had an issue.

Keep rolling the dice. Past performance is no guarantee of future success with these drugs. They can turn on you at any time.

Yes, r69, so can infections.

[quote]I've worked as a pharmacy technician for 15 years and never heard of any of our patients having any kind of reaction to Cipro.

Talk about anecdotal. Yet OP creates a thread asking if anyone's had any issues with this drug and multiple horror stories immediately surface. That's the problem: Doctors and pharmacists can't see what they refuse to acknowledge even exists to begin with. Complaints are always excused away as, "Those side effects are *rare* so it can't possibly be the drug--it must be something else causing your issues!" (as if "rare" means non-existent). And the madness continues.

Folks: Look out for your own health! No one else is looking out for it, I assure you. Not your doctor, not your pharmacist and certainly not the FDA. Always check Facebook to see if a drug has a support group. If it does: RED FLAG!

Cipro/Levaquin are consistently ranked among the drugs receiving the highest number of adverse reaction reports submitted to the FDA's MedWatch program. They're also among the lowest-rated drugs on askapatient.com. More fluoroquinolone antibiotics have been removed from the market for their severe side effects than currently remain on the market--and the ones remaining are covered in multiple black box warnings!

There are people "claiming" on this thread that the drug caused them these issues but I doubt there is proof that links it to the drug in any of the cases posted here.

R71, I almost didn't take hormone treatments for my breast cancer because there were so many "horror" stories online of adverse effects. People screaming about huge amounts of weight gain, joint issues, bone issues, etc.

I started taking it because it cuts my chances of my cancer returning by 50%. I've lost over 80 lbs since starting it and have had zero side effects other than a bit of depression that was fixed by tweaking my antidepressants. My oncologist assured me that MOST women tolerate the estrogen blockers well and it turns out, she is correct. Glad I listened to her and not the screeching idiots on online "support groups" who can't admit they gained weight and have joint issues because their idea of a work out is walking to the kitchen to get some more chips.

R72, Weight gain and aching knees are not the side effects being discussed regarding Cipro.

R66, spill.

Husband and I became sick beyond belief (likely from eating with contaminated utensils) in Africa.

In desperation contacted our US doctor who, after hearing circumstances and symptoms, strongly recommended CIPRO

It was a lifesaver.

Desperate times, r75....

I've had multiple UTIs this year, which is unusual for men, and we're trying to figure out why. My doctor used Cipro, but then changed it to Keflex after my latest urine culture came back. I had no issues on Cipro

Close your legs to married men.

[quote]I've had multiple UTIs this year, which is unusual for men, and we're trying to figure out why.

Oh, we know.

One side effect of Cipro is some people end up with severe tendonitis, especially the knees. For most the symptoms go away but it can take more than a year. I would take the medication anyway, UTI is nothing to take lightly.

Men don’t usually get UTI unless you fuck pussy with chronic clap or constantly stick your dick raw in e.coli-infested anus shitholes.

When your nasty cooter is especlally funked up, a strong antibiotic such as copra can do wonder, provided you're not carrying resistant strains.

Don't ask me how I know.

I was recently hospitalized, and had to share a room with an elderly woman who was in for her Nth UTI infection that winter. A nurse came in and patiently explained to the woman that she had to change her urinary pad more frequently, and that when women keep using the same one repeatedly, they risk getting UTIs. The patient was astonished--she had never heard that before, and that was clearly where the problem originated.

I've had chronic UTIs since childhood and have taken my fair share of Cipro. Now when a doctor offers it to me, I almost always refuse. I don't know about getting floxxed but whoever is giving it to you should rethink it for another reason: Cipro has been handed out *so* often...that it's not as effective anymore against bacterial infections. If you don't take antibiotics regularly (hopefully you don't) you may be ok. It would eradicate your UTI fully and not come back. But often a doctor who readily prescribes Cipro is setting up their patient for failure (in this case a UTI that may recur due to ABx resistance) and prioritizing a short-term result over that patient's (and the global population's) long-term health/ ability to resist pathogenic infection.

Ruh roh!

V V V V

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If you tend to get chronic UTI's, you need to avoid all alcohol. I recommend you take something like Sarsaparilla Root Liquid (alcohol free variety) which acts like a natural anti-inflammatory for the urinary tract and bladder. Once a week as a preventative measure I take two full droppers into half cup water, stir and drink an hour before bed. It even helps if you currently have a mild infection or inflammation.

Eye of Newt always worked for me. But you have to saute and then French press, not just boil it up.

You'll be in far worse shape if that infection leads to sepsis. Take the damn Cipro.

R81 and others -

I had frequent UTIs. I'm a male. Turned out they were the result of bladder stones. Keep that in mind if it happens to you. Luckily I was only prescribed Bactrim, which was obviously ineffective in my case because the UTIs weren't from an infection.

A thousand years ago I was prescribed Levaquin - in the same class as Cipro, but is off the market under its trade name but still prescribed as a generic - for a case of amoebas . It fucked up my stomach for YEARS. My stomach has never been the same. I feel lucky that was all it was for me. Over the years,I learned I wasn't the only one.

It's all anecdotal and easy to say it works for most people unless you're one of the people it damages.

I was prescribed Cipro + Flagyl after becoming septic after a doctor cut into my colon during surgery for something else (obviously). 3 or 4 days later while at home resting I became cripplingly sick. I was in a fetal position begging for death. Later, I did some research and was angry I was not warned of the side effects. I did read that it is prescribed mainly for serious infections, like being septic, but still. OTOH I have a great friend that uses it regularly with no issues.

R91 Many septic conditions lead to death. A coworker died from sepsis at age 43. He refused to go to the doctor for over a week. By the time he went to the emergency room and admitted, the treatments were administered too late. If you are subscribed Cipro for a serious infection, then take the fucking Cipro, and deal with the side effects later.