In 2015 I had a uti and was prescribed cipro. I usually google side effects for any new med I take. For whatever reason this time I didn’t. It would end up being the worst mistake of my life. I was prescribed 500 mg 2x a day. Day one I was fine. Day 2 at night while trying to fall asleep I kept jerking awake. That next morning when I got out of bed my feet and Achilles heel was… See full story 
My name is Marianne and on April 11, 2017 I was given 500mg of Ciprofloxin for a sinus infection. Because my ears were very plugged my doctor also decided to give me a shot of Steroids. After taking 6 pills I had an immediate severe allergic reaction. My skin on my arms, chest, and face turned bright red. It looked like I had been in the sun for days, however I never even went outside. My skin was hot to… See full story 
Hi out their I was hospitalized last year in April an may for a rupture appendix an pelvic abscess went back to work on may 28,15 a week later I started having this weird pain in my neck on both side thought they scratch my throat why in hospital so I went to my primary dr about pain in my neck all out though my ears felt like I had a ear infection so the dr really didn’t give me… See full story In May of 2016 I was in the hospital with double pneumonia , They started giving me the usual IV fluids along with IV ” LEVAQUIN ” .About halfway through the first bag I started to notice upper limb pain , primarily in my shoulders and biceps . I was hospitalized for 4 days in which they administered numerous IV doses of Levaquin During my stay I experienced (along with the upper limb pain ) hallucinations , very vivid nightmares… See full story 
This nightmare started back in 2002 when I was given Cipro for either a UTI or kidney infection, my memory is shot. Up until 2014 it was mostly just the all over pains that I was told was fibromyalgia. But my memory was getting so bad it was getting embarrassing. Then in 2014 I took it for a sinus infection because I had no idea Cipro could hurt you. About a month after I took it it was like a… See full story I posted my weird symptoms on a holistic Doctors page because I had been having autoimmune symptoms for years with no explanation. I took two doses of Cipro and went into a deadly allergic reaction. I thought my body had never fully recovered and I was experiencing PTSD from almost dying on the way to the hospital. Little did I know that the Anyphalactic Shock saved me from being disabled for life. The doctor and his colleagues told me to… See full story February 2016 began with a chronic upper respiratory infection that was not responding to amoxicillin 10 day course. Dr prescribed the Zpack and Flonase A week after completing these I was not better in fact I was worse. Symptoms now include light headed dizzy and chest pains making it extremely difficult to breath. Visit to the hospital Emergency department included a chest X-ray that diagnosed a collapsed lung and pneumonia. Began albuterol nebulizer treatments, prednisone and levoquin. Sent home to… See full story I took a total of 3 cipro for a commom uti. Swelling started in my left knee then right hand was on fire I couldn’t walk or go to bathroom on my own so I went to my local er and they immediately gave me morphene and ran tests said I was having a reaction and sent me home with pain pills. Then the next two days were hell. I couldn’t walk I was suffering like nothing I have ever… See full story 
I was prescribed 3 days of CIPRO in November 2010 for a UTI. No noticeable side effects at the time. My Waterloo was a 10 day round of generic 500 mg Levaquin…Levofloxacin, for a bronchitis infection in February 2012; this was prescribed to me by an excellent doctor at a very reputable clinic in Atlanta; my regular doctor, also at this same well known practice, was out of town at the time. During and especially on the 10th day of… See full story I was given Cipro intravenously four years ago, to battle an internal infection I did not know I had. It had turned septic and I was rushed to hospital for emergency surgery…..and loaded with antibiotics to keep me from dying from sepsis. I was an active, healthy 54 year old woman with twin daughters in high school. From the moment I woke from the surgery I knew something was wrong. My back was in so much pain and I felt… See full story 