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Reviewer: Aprild, 35-44 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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3rd day and my upper back hurts a little. Sometimes I get dizzy . Dont know yet if I should stop taking it.
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Reviewer: 65-74 Female (Patient)
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Hallucinations...nightmares...headaches...wrist and knee pain...foggy memory...can't sleep...do not take this med.
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Reviewer: Clare, 35-44 on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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I had some pain when I urinated and in my kidneys. After submitting a sample of my urine. He said I have a kidney infection, so he prescribed me Cipro. I did see the warning from my pharmacy, but I was too stupid to do a thorough research before I took it. Once I took it beside one time diarrhea, but 10 days after I finished the 7-day course, I started having pain and weakness in my arms. My knees
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Reviewer: 55-64 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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after taking 6 doses of cipro, i got terrible cramps in my foot, tingling like my leg was falling asleep, my hip hurts and i cant walk more than 2 blocks without pain in my hip, BAD DRUG
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Reviewer: Apple, 35-44 on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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I was prescribed this medication for a UTI twice a day for a week. When I picked the medication up the pharmacist informed me to drink plenty of water and reframe from physical activity of any kind for a month, because you could damage your tendons due to the medication. WTF really? Immediately to me that was a warning. I started taking the medication, after two days the pain was unbearable, it
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