Ciprofloxacin HCl?

[CrazyCatLady]

I haven't taken an antibiotic in years and years. I have a bad kidney infection again and I was prescribed cipro for it. Since I feel so sick and I don't time to treat this only naturally, I'd like to take the antibiotic this time.

It took me a day to work up the nerve, and I finally took the first pill. But now I'm scared to death. There are horror stories all over the net about Cipro.

Since starting it my throat feels itchy/weird...but otherwise I think I'm ok so far.

Has anyone taken this antibiotic and survived?

I'm scared to continue it at this point...


(Sorry to be posting so much in this forum lately).

[ASusan]

I'm not going to say much reassuring. I took cipro for a *possible* infected poison ivy outbreak (Don't ask; I don't want to go there. It was 15 yrs ago. Yes, the PI looked nasty, but it was not infected). That was in December )of...94?). All through the spring of 95, I was sick. Walking pneumonia, 2 UTIs (one with bleeding upon urination that sent me to the ER because the student health service wasn't open on the weekend). I had never had a UTI. They blamed it on me not peeing after sex. I had yeast infection after yeast infection for at least 5+ years. (This was before I knew much about probiotics, although I was guzzling plain yogurt all through those times. It was also well before I knew about using garlic for yeast. I was buying those OTC things ALL the freaking time.)

I survived, but I would have been better off if I knew then what I know now. (especially about recolonizing the gut with good bacteria - and taking the probiotics WHILE you are taking the cipro, but not at the same time.)

Can they colonize it - or whatever it is called when they grow a sample - and give you a targeted antibiotic?

[CrazyCatLady]

Well I'm already having all the tendon pain that they warn people about with Cipro. I'm sure it's real pain and not in my head, it's even a bit hard to move around cause of it. Plus it made my throat too itchy for my comfort. So I'm not going to take anymore and tomorrow I go in for an antibiotic shot (and then I think I'm done with the antibiotics?)

Thank goodness I learned about the importance of probiotics years ago on MDC. I know I'm good with that at least. I've always had good luck with garlic and vinegar for yeast issues, so hopefully that won't be a problem.

Thanks for the honest response. I think my gut and my research are both telling me NO to this drug and I'm going to listen.