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This personal story was originally posted to the Quinolone Adverse Reaction Forum. If you are a victim of a quinolone antibiotic and need support or advice then please visit the Quinolone Adverse Reaction Forum (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/quinolones/).

Cipro
Posted on 5 February 2002
I am new to this forum. I found it after being up all night in pain. I am on Cipro and my legs are killing me, my toes are tingling, my stomach and intestines are on fire, I have a horendous headache... But, that is not why I'm so %$#%&* angry!!!!! I have been having problems off and on for the past 13 years, getting worse in the past 3. I have all the symptoms of Lupus, but have been tested several times and they are all negative. I've had an MRI to rule out MS. I have taken Floxin and Cipro in the past and had a terrible time, but got through the prescription. My flare-ups come and go as often as every month or as little as once a year. They last anywhere from a week to three months. I am a 32 year old working mother of three. These are my symptoms during flare-ups: extreme fatigue (bedridden fatigue), pain for weeks after minimal excersize, extreme leg muscle pain, joint pain, bones ache, bottom of feet feel like walking on exposed bone, arthritis type pain in hands and forearms, numbness and tingling in hands and feet, bladder problems, bowel problems, vision problems, mental confusion, poor concentration, bad memory, depression, skin crawling, nightmares, and probably many others i've forgotten just now. I had a flare in October that lasted three months. I couldn't walk at all during two weeks of that period. I have become hypoglycemic. I had to have a hysterectomy at 29 due to a severe case of adenomyosis. (wasting away of the uterine wall...which is a muscle) I have endometriosis and have had several surgeries for that. It's all falling apart, but no doctor on this earth can tell me why. I am going to do some research and find out the dates that I took Floxin and Cipro in the past. I know for a fact that I had Cipro in 1988 soon after the birth of my first child. It's a little fishy that when I see all these specialists and they ask me if I remember when all this started, I always replied, "Right after the birth of my son." My mother is so against medications and has always said that the doctors have poisoned me with all the junk they've given me. I never believed her till now. I'm so sorry this is so long...but I needed to vent.

Originally posted on the Quinolone Adverse Reaction Forum at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/quinolones/message/6492