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Below are Cipro (Ciprofloxacin) reviews, ratings, comments submitted by patients and caregivers. Based on a total of 12 ratings/reviews, Cipro has an overall score of 6.50. The effectiveness score is 9 and the side effect score is 6.83. The scores are on ten point scale: 10 - best, 1 - worst. This information is not vetted and should not be cosidered as clinical evidence. | | Cipro review by 55 year old male patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | |   |
| Effectiveness: | | Highly Effective |
| Side effects: | | No Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | gastroenteritis |
| Dosage & duration: | | 500 mg taken twice daily for the period of 7 days |
| Other conditions: | | none |
| Other drugs taken: | | none | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | stopped symptoms within 1-2 days |
| Side effects: | | none |
| Comments: | | took cipro 500 mg twice daily for 7 days |
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| | Cipro review by 35 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Highly Effective |
| Side effects: | | Moderate Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | Pneumonia |
| Dosage & duration: | | 500mg taken 2 times daily for the period of 10 days |
| Other conditions: | | None |
| Other drugs taken: | | None | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | By the 5th day, I was feeling much better. |
| Side effects: | | I am female. Taking this drug caused me to get a yeast infection. |
| Comments: | | 2 times a day for 10 days. |
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| | Cipro review by 40 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Considerably Effective |
| Side effects: | | Extremely Severe Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | UTI |
| Dosage & duration: | | published dose (dosage frequency: as presccribed, twice daily) for the period of 1 week |
| Other conditions: | | none |
| Other drugs taken: | | none | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | the bacterial infection was treated effectively. |
| Side effects: | | extremely low blood sugar, fainting, black outs, nausea, severe headache, GI pain |
| Comments: | | i was treated for a UTI with ciprofloxacin first; i took the medicine as prescribed exactly. within two days i started having symptoms described above. the doctor told me to switch to tequin, an analogue. the same effects occurred, only more severely this time. i had to stop the medication after a few days, or it felt like i would have to go to the emergency room. i felt like i was dying. the week that i was on these drugs was enough to cure the UTI however. i recovered from the symptoms after about 5 days after stopping the meds. |
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| | Cipro review by 21 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Highly Effective |
| Side effects: | | No Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | Urinary Tract Infection |
| Dosage & duration: | | 1 tablet taken twice daily for the period of 3 weeks |
| Other conditions: | | None |
| Other drugs taken: | | None | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | The treatment benefits included rapid pain-relief from the UTI. Pain and symptoms of the UTI disappeared after the first week. The drug was taken to completion to prevent reoccurance. |
| Side effects: | | Side effects for the drug were minimal and mainly consisted of dry mouth. |
| Comments: | | The treatment included the tablet twice daily as well as plenty of fluids. Use of the drug was supplemented by cranberry juice intake -- about 2 glasses per day. |
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| | Cipro review by 49 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Highly Effective |
| Side effects: | | Mild Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | kidney infection |
| Dosage & duration: | | 21 tablets over 10 days taken 2 tablets, then 1 tablet twice per day for the period of 10 days |
| Other conditions: | | none |
| Other drugs taken: | | none | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | I had a kidney infection with a very high fever. Cipro reduced the fever from 104.2 to 97.6 within 5 or 6 day/cured the kidney infection.. |
| Side effects: | | I threw up the first dose, which was two tablets,approximately one hour after taking it. I also experienced headaches for one to two hours after taking the cipro for first few days. Other than that, I just kept getting better, day by day. |
| Comments: | | I took 2 tablets, then I took 1 tablet twice a day after eating. I also drank lots and lots of water and cranberry juice. After approx. 5 days, I no longer had side effects and the fever was gone. I actually felt perfectly fine after about 6 days or so. |
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| | Cipro review by 57 year old female patient | | | Rating |
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| Effectiveness: | | Ineffective |
| Side effects: | | Extremely Severe Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | possible UTI |
| Dosage & duration: | | 500mg twice daily taken evry 12 hours for the period of a day and a half |
| Other conditions: | | none |
| Other drugs taken: | | none | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | none...I am reguired to write fifty words bon the treatment benefits but since I had to discontinue the drug or die there were no benefits and I would be telling a bald faced lie if I said there were and but I will keep on typing so that I comply with the request for the fifty word minimun |
| Side effects: | | severe heart palpitations
severe panic attack involving racing morbid thoughts with fear of dying
that stuff is poison...google side effects
I also suffered head aches and leg and foot cramps and this was from only three 500 mg doses which is very scarey in my opinion |
| Comments: | | Cipro was started while waiting for the results of a urine culture after it was found that I had blood in my urine and I had a high white blood cell count in the urine specimen. The thought was I had a severe infection so she opted to hit it hard with the most potent medicine available |
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| | Cipro review by 45 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Highly Effective |
| Side effects: | | No Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | urinary tract infection |
| Dosage & duration: | | 500mg taken daily for the period of 10 days |
| Other conditions: | | none |
| Other drugs taken: | | none | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | resolved UTI. Symptoms improved rapidly and with 3-4 days, the urge to frequently urinate had completely subsided. |
| Side effects: | | There were no noted side effects of this drug. Note that you have to space your vitamin intake in a several hour timeframe on either side of taking this drug, and the drug must be taken with a full glass of water. |
| Comments: | | Unknown |
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| | Cipro review by 26 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Highly Effective |
| Side effects: | | No Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | Serious food poisoning, UTI |
| Dosage & duration: | | Do not remember (dosage frequency: once as an iv drip; or a pill twice/day) for the period of drip - 2 days ; pill for 5 |
| Other conditions: | | none |
| Other drugs taken: | | none | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | I landed in a West African hospital with my insides coming out and suffering from the worst stomach pain as a result of (probably) eating bad food. I vomited for 12 hours until I got the drip and then I was okay for the next couple days in the hospital (although the stomach pains remained).
Cipro is also the god of beating Urinary tract infections: I've taken both a 3 and 5 day course, and its been effective instantly. |
| Side effects: | | I had no side effects. |
| Comments: | | For UTI, take one every 12 hours for prescribed number of days. (And finish the whole course!) |
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| | Cipro review by 28 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Highly Effective |
| Side effects: | | No Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | Urinary tract infection |
| Dosage & duration: | | 200mg taken twice daily for the period of 5 days |
| Other conditions: | | none |
| Other drugs taken: | | birth control | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | After starting treatment with Cipro, I almost immediate improvement of my condition, and the pain was severely lessened. |
| Side effects: | | I felt some dizziness and fatigue, but there were no clear side effects that were directly attributable to the drug. |
| Comments: | | After beginning treatment, I saw improvement within 2 days, and the urinary tract infection cleared up within 3-4 days. I continued for another couple days to make sure it was gone for good. |
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| | Cipro review by 47 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Highly Effective |
| Side effects: | | Extremely Severe Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | puncture wound |
| Dosage & duration: | | 1000 milligrams daily (dosage frequency: once) for the period of 10 days |
| Other conditions: | | none |
| Other drugs taken: | | paxil, lotrel | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | Cleared up the infection but any number of other drugs would have done just as well, without the awful side effects. |
| Side effects: | | Cipro can have a devastating effect on connective tissue. In my case, loss of elasticity, leading to wrinkled, drying, aging skin on face, neck, hands; suddenly visible veins; heightened sun sensitivity; easy bruising; weakened, painful knee and ankle joints, insomnia. I subsequently discovered that these are all too common "rare" side effects, among many others, and none of them emerged until a few days after finishing the dose. Unless you have no other options, this is a medication to be avoided. |
| Comments: | | I subsequently discovered that I was prescribed this drug for a condition that any number of other drugs would have cleared up just as as easily and was given way too much of it as well. The whole experience has been a nightmare. Nearly a year later, still suffering after-effects. Do not take this drug without checking it out. Cipro was black-boxed by the FDA less than a week after I finished my prescription, and MDs still hand it out like candy. |
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| | Cipro review by 50 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Highly Effective |
| Side effects: | | No Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | cellulitis |
| Dosage & duration: | | 500mg taken 3/day for the period of 7days |
| Other conditions: | | none |
| Other drugs taken: | | none | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | It cleared the skin infection,effectively and quite fast, was convenient to take, and easy to remember. |
| Side effects: | | Mild tiredness, sensitivity to bright sunlight, and mild joint aches. Some slight difficulty sleeping and tenderness particularly in finger joints. |
| Comments: | | Pill to be taken orally without tea. Side effects may be because of lack of tea, which i am used to drinking throughout the day, rather than drug effects |
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| | Cipro review by 58 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Considerably Effective |
| Side effects: | | Extremely Severe Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | urinary tract infection |
| Dosage & duration: | | 500 mg taken twic daily for the period of 4 days |
| Other conditions: | | none |
| Other drugs taken: | | none | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | urinary tract infection subsided |
| Side effects: | | horrible...began feeling nauseous after 3rd day...disoriented, general "sick" and weak feeling...terrible digestive pains and upset...lasted more than a year afterward...felt like digestive tract was ulcerated or raw, very explosive bowel movements, tendons in heels would "catch" and stiffen...an odd side effect but found out online later that it is one of the known odd side effects of Cipro...fluroquinone poisioning i guess as that is what Cipro is. Will NEVER take it again! |
| Comments: | | took prescription as directed but by day three could not continue |
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