Ciprofloxacin Compared to Alternatives

For Urinary Tract Infection: I was placed on this antibiotic because Bactrim gives me nasty side effects and I told my doctor that so she gave me this. Never been on this for a UTI before and I’ve had a UTI every 4 months almost ON THE DOT for the past 2 years. Literally have been to urgent care 4/3, was just back there on 9/3. so about every 4-5 months I’m back there. Anyway, she put me on this one and so far the only major side effect is that I’ve had trouble sleeping and my feet get really dry. ALSO THE WORST ONE is that urgency to pee is just hanging around, like I still have a UTI or something, and I’m on day 4 out of 5 of treatment. Just hoping this awfulness ends soon. I bought AZO urgency pain relief pills and those always help.

For Urinary Tract Infection: No huge side effects yet. Just took third dose. I already have anxiety so that side effect I can deal with. Hoping my UTI will start clearing up soon. This is my first time taking this drug. I will comment back with results and updates in a few days. 30 year old male.

For Urinary Tract Infection: I had a mild UTI with both mild pain on urination and frequent urination. I was prescribed a 7 day course of the prolonged release capsules of MacroBID Nitrofurantoin. I did not have any sickness nor the fatigue others have described and it seemed to clear up the infection 2-3 days after starting the course as the pain on urination stopped. However, I found that after day 3 the frequency of urination increased again and I had more prolonged general discomfort only being relieved on urination (no pain on urination however). This turned out to be the Nitrofurantoin causing localised irritation and the discomfort faded and disappeared within days of the course finishing. Having said that I do have sensitive skin in that region and have to avoid scented soaps etc. I am mentioning this in case there are others reacting the same and don’t realise it may now be the treatment and not the UTI causing the symptoms. I am now 3 weeks on from completing the course with no relapse.

For Urinary Tract Infection: I have just finished a weeks course of this. The first day of taking this I felt AWFUL.... Extreme nausea, headache , high temp , heart racing , really bad chest pains but I knew I HAD to get rid of this infection ( caught septis from having a urine infection three months ago after my c section so has terrified me) anyway I continued taking it and on day four I felt a lot better. It makes a huge difference eating something before taking it and I took a glass of milk with it rather than water to fill my stomach more. It has left me with extreme anxiety but I suffer from that anyway so am hoping it calms down when am 24 hours clear of it. Now just hoping it’s actually worked!! It’s better feeling like garbage for a few days rather than the infection spreading any further I would continue taking it if you feel like stopping it gets better!

For Urinary Tract Infection: Not a fan. Went to urgent care for a particularly painful UTI and was prescribed cipro and immediately took the first dose. The plus side is it started working almost immediately. 24 hours later and I'm about 90% better already. However after taking the second pill I developed some slight nausea and then several hours later noticed some muscle pain in my calves and behind my knees and it has now spread to my shoulders and wrists. After reading that cipro can cause serious and permanent damage I quit using it immediately and asked to be switched to a different antibiotic. Not worth it!

For Urinary Tract Infection: Symptoms I had before being put on Cipro were the usual - blood in urine, pressure on bladder, need to pee every 10 seconds even after going, stinging. After being on 500 mg twice almost all the symptoms were gone but the side effects were horrible. I had nausea, headache, diarrhea, drowsiness and some chest pain. The size of the pills are relatively huge too. Not supposed to split them but I did anyway cos it got stuck in my throat and made me throw up my dinner once. I put the split pill into a 00 veggie capsule which makes it easy to swallow and I can't taste the bitterness.