Ciprofloxacin long term side effects or short term?
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Stop taking it immediately! There are other antibiotics that can help with your UTI. Cipro, and other antibiotics in the same family (known as fluoroquinolones) are supposed to be "last ditch, he's going to die if we don't get this infection under control", but unfortunately doctors prescribe them like they're candy.
I also took Cipro for a UTI. I was having anxiety attacks, trouble breathing, massive depression. Then I started doing research and learned for myself the short - and long - term side effects.
Don't be surprised after a couple months after taking these pills you start developing joint pain, muscle aches and a host of other problems. A month after my last pill all my muscles and joints ached quite badly. They still do, and from what I read, I've got another few years of this to look forward to (though it does get better over time).
Check out the sites I referenced. There's a lot of information available.
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Don't take it. I was taking an antibiotic (Avelox) in the same family. I had those symptoms PLUS after a few days it gave me massive panic attacks. It was horrible.
Call your doctor and request a gentler antibiotic...even if you have no panic attack side effects you sound like you're getting seriously dehydrated.
I took Cipro for UTI for 4 days, I was supposed to take it for a week, but I started getting extremely tired and could hardly walk. After I dropped it I got back to normal in about 8-10 days.
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