No one should EVER take cipro for any reason at all, EVER. There's no magic that happens at 60 or before 18 that makes it okay to take a chance on cipro's famous tendon-rupturing side effect. Plus many other dozens of side effects too numerous to mention. It took my husband well over 5 years to recover from the four cipro tablets he took in late 2019, and even still there are problems.
It is the ONLY antibiotic that got the bug after my BIL nearly died. He's had a whipple... When his doc up north had him stop it, he was back in the hospital in 5 days...
I do indeed agree, it is only for rare situations! And only with precautions!
My primary care Dr. prescribed Levaquin for a sinus infection in Dec. 2009. She never did before, it was always Azithromycin. Levaquin tore my right shoulder tendon within 5 days, requiring surgery in June 2010. 2 years of misery. When I questioned doc why she prescribed it, she replied “O the sinus Infection was ‘deep.” 🙄 She was lucky I didn’t know the evils & corruption of big pharma back then. I’m sure she was highly compensated to push their poisons.
Yes, total kick back situation. Quinolones are specifically designed to last line of defense for MAJOR infections. They were the only thing that beat back the MRSA infection my sister picked up in Afghanistan, which saved her life, but she still has issues from using the drug to this day.
Ugh, so very sorry about your sister😣. Maybe getting her gut flora strengthened with pro biotics? Takes awhile, but has helped me over the years. Mercy & blessings.
Did not know, now do. Thank you, KJ.
Cipro is one of the antibiotics that is not recommended for people over 65.
This link states that the age range is from 18 to 60 years.
https://www.drugs.com/tips/ciprofloxacin-patient-tips
No one should EVER take cipro for any reason at all, EVER. There's no magic that happens at 60 or before 18 that makes it okay to take a chance on cipro's famous tendon-rupturing side effect. Plus many other dozens of side effects too numerous to mention. It took my husband well over 5 years to recover from the four cipro tablets he took in late 2019, and even still there are problems.
It has a double black box warning
It’s mitochondrial toxic.
I know people who have been debilitated on this medication
It is the ONLY antibiotic that got the bug after my BIL nearly died. He's had a whipple... When his doc up north had him stop it, he was back in the hospital in 5 days...
I do indeed agree, it is only for rare situations! And only with precautions!
I have known people who take it after a tick bite.
Doxycycline is the norm for what to take after a tick bite.
And doxy is being linked to suicides in kids who are put on it for acne- spread the word
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3888527/
There’s a little bit of poison in every medication.
The regimen with which I'm familiar for prevention of Lyme after a tick bite is a single 200 mg dose.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11450675/
Thank you Kathleen!
Here is a link to a list of 10 antibiotics and their most serious side effects.
https://medssafety.com/list-of-10-common-antibiotics-with-dangerous-side-effects/
Bookmarked. Thank you for sharing!
What a good friend you are, Kathleen!
I did not knw that! Thank you!
The antibiotic cipro is known to cause tendons to tear.
My primary care Dr. prescribed Levaquin for a sinus infection in Dec. 2009. She never did before, it was always Azithromycin. Levaquin tore my right shoulder tendon within 5 days, requiring surgery in June 2010. 2 years of misery. When I questioned doc why she prescribed it, she replied “O the sinus Infection was ‘deep.” 🙄 She was lucky I didn’t know the evils & corruption of big pharma back then. I’m sure she was highly compensated to push their poisons.
Yes, total kick back situation. Quinolones are specifically designed to last line of defense for MAJOR infections. They were the only thing that beat back the MRSA infection my sister picked up in Afghanistan, which saved her life, but she still has issues from using the drug to this day.
Ugh, so very sorry about your sister😣. Maybe getting her gut flora strengthened with pro biotics? Takes awhile, but has helped me over the years. Mercy & blessings.
Geez...that sounds brutal.
I avoid all fluoroquinolones. It’s the category of antibiotics that includes cipro.ciprofloxacin,levaquin,lovofloxacin, avelox, moxifloxacin, etc.
TY again, Kathleen.