If anyone has a UTI I would advise against using Cipro to treat the UTI. It works, but the side effect trade off is definitely not worth it. There are other antibiotics available.
My personal experience with Cipro was that I also had developed a UTI with some blood showing in my urine prior to a scheduled prostrate biopsy. The doctors had prescribed 2-500mg Cipro tabs a day for the week prior to my biopsy.
I took the Cipro for the UTI infection for 3-4 days and canceled my scheduled biopsy. After 3-4 days on Cipro I went for a walk and after a 1/2 mile I had so much pain in my right foot arch planter fascia tendon I could hardly walk.
I limped back home trying to figure out why was I having all the pain in my foot? As I didn't twist or turn it or anything like that? The pain was to the point I felt I needed, but didn't have any crutches to use to walk. I had to borrow a neighbors cane.
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I stopped taking the Cipro and the tendon pain in my foot lessened each day. Cipro removed the infection, but it left me with permanent plantar fascia tendon damage in my right foot. To this day I still experience extreme pain in the same area of my right foot when I walk over a 1/4 mile or so.
The 1st side effect listed on the Cipro insert is that it causes tendon damage-ruptures. So this is a heads up to anyone contemplating using Cipro for any reason. I wouldn't recommend Cipro to anyone.
Google Ciproflaxin and tendon ruptures and you'll come up with a plethora of numerous nightmares people have suffered through using Cipro only to have it ruin their lives and or mobility. But the FDA seems to think it is worthy to still be on the market despite the negative side effects?
My personal experience with Cipro was that I also had developed a UTI with some blood showing in my urine prior to a scheduled prostrate biopsy. The doctors had prescribed 2-500mg Cipro tabs a day for the week prior to my biopsy.
I took the Cipro for the UTI infection for 3-4 days and canceled my scheduled biopsy. After 3-4 days on Cipro I went for a walk and after a 1/2 mile I had so much pain in my right foot arch planter fascia tendon I could hardly walk.
I limped back home trying to figure out why was I having all the pain in my foot? As I didn't twist or turn it or anything like that? The pain was to the point I felt I needed, but didn't have any crutches to use to walk. I had to borrow a neighbors cane.
?I stopped taking the Cipro and the tendon pain in my foot lessened each day. Cipro removed the infection, but it left me with permanent plantar fascia tendon damage in my right foot. To this day I still experience extreme pain in the same area of my right foot when I walk over a 1/4 mile or so.
The 1st side effect listed on the Cipro insert is that it causes tendon damage-ruptures. So this is a heads up to anyone contemplating using Cipro for any reason. I wouldn't recommend Cipro to anyone.
Google Ciproflaxin and tendon ruptures and you'll come up with a plethora of numerous nightmares people have suffered through using Cipro only to have it ruin their lives and or mobility. But the FDA seems to think it is worthy to still be on the market despite the negative side effects?
