For those of you that have taken Cipro for kidney infections
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Be very careful taking Cipro. It is very unsafe n u r taking a risk of becoming disabled! I was perfectly healthy, got a kidney infection n was given Cipro, 3 days later I literally could not walk! I was bedridden over 2 years. Tested positive for EBV, Rheumatoid arthritis, i have permanent peripheral neuropathy, back problems, neck problems, lost memory, legs n feet would swell 5 times reg size couldn't wear shoes for 5 months! couldn't concentrate, lost my career of 32 years, can't hardly do anything I used to do. On disability. Been to at least 30 diff docs n specialists n nobody knows what is causing me to fall apart. I took the entire bottle. It's been since Jan 12 2014 n I'm still on disability. Hands are unusable most days. Legs numb, fall down. There are black box warnings on Cipro. Please be very careful or tell doc u want something else! If u have never recovered from getting a kidney infection chances are you were poisoned by Cipro. Google floraquinolone toxicity syndrome.
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marilee43089 lori83191
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I have had 3 different doctors try to prescribe Cipro for me and each time I refused. What is wrong with these doctors???? The evidence out there is so strong that this antibotic is very harmful and should not be given for UTI's and other things where a different drug would work. This is a very scary thing because so many people just trust their doctors and don't check things out. Each time I told the doctor about my concern and the black box warning(s), and they just roll their eyes at me. They don't care...that's what it amounts to. I caution everyone to research throughly all the drugs you are prescribed. Even Nitrofurantoin (macrobid, macrodin) has some serious debilating side effects that may be irreversible. The really scary thing about Cipro is that the damage may not occur until long afte the drug is taken, so just because you finished a course without a problem doesn't mean you won't eventually get one.
sam6990 lori83191
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YOU Are SO RIGHT!!! I have been floxed too. I am now disabled. I really wish they wouldn't give this drug out.
Best wishes
Sam
miriam65408 lori83191
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Hi Lori, thanks for posting this warning. I guess you're from the US where at least you do have black box warnings. Here in the UK we're struggling to get our Medicines Agency (MHRA) to recognise that this group of antibiotics are very dangerous. When the FDA announced last July that they were restricting what Cipro etc should be used for we hoped that Europe and the UK would get the message but no - they have to do their own investigations! As Marilee says - what is wrong with these doctors?!
I think what's wrong is the amount of money BIg Pharma pump into promoting their drugs. They spend a fortune on persuading docs that Fluoroquinolones and other 'questionable' drugs are actually fine and the docs jst take the money and keep prescribing them, ignoring the patients whose lives they've just ruined.
Please, everyone, be aware that this Flluoroquinolone group isn't just Cipro, it includes Levo, Avelox, and other names (which are different in the UK!). Always check with your doctor/pharmacist if an antibiotic is actually a Fluoroquinolone.
If you guys haven't joined a support group, we find Floxie Hope to be a good group with a lot of information.
Take care and please continue to warn people!