Yes that stuff is scary. Basically hobbles people for life because it causes their Achilles’ tendon to rupture. I took it years ago for a sinus infection and after a day noticed a pain in the back of my ankle, I immediately stopped taking it and when I told the doc he told me to never take it again.
Interesting, didn't know. I've taken a few times, for intestinal issues. When I worked in areas where we didn't have medical and/or hostile environment, we carried it for that reason. Zpack above the stomach, Cipro below. I have so many joint/lig issues, who knows. And postal workers were likely looking for a payday as well.
I saw this story a long time ago. I think the postal workers had a legitimate beef. This happened as a result of ricin being sent through the mail. They made all of the postal workers take cipro and a lot of them had side effects from it to the point that they sued over it. I don't doubt their claims at all.
My father was prescribed cipro for an infection and he was never the same afterwards. Within 24 hours of taking cipro, he started hallucinating. He thought the room was filling up with water and that he was going to drown. He was mentally never the same after that. I had doctors laugh at me when I told them what had happed to him and I insisted he never be given this drug again. They tried to blame it on his age. However, I found a users group online and many people who had taken cipro described having hallucinations as well as other side effects, such as snapping tendons, from this drug. I, personally, would never take this drug.
I agree. Unfortunately, when you've eaten the local cuisine or drank the water and you are shitting through the eye of a needle, you'll roll the dice if Cipro is the only thing in your IFAK.
I wouldn't take cipro for any amount of money in the world. It's nasty stuff.
https://www.yourlawyer.com/defective-drugs/cipro/postal-workers-sue-bayer-cipro/
Yes that stuff is scary. Basically hobbles people for life because it causes their Achilles’ tendon to rupture. I took it years ago for a sinus infection and after a day noticed a pain in the back of my ankle, I immediately stopped taking it and when I told the doc he told me to never take it again.
Same problem with tendon rupture can occur with Levaquin.
Interesting, didn't know. I've taken a few times, for intestinal issues. When I worked in areas where we didn't have medical and/or hostile environment, we carried it for that reason. Zpack above the stomach, Cipro below. I have so many joint/lig issues, who knows. And postal workers were likely looking for a payday as well.
I saw this story a long time ago. I think the postal workers had a legitimate beef. This happened as a result of ricin being sent through the mail. They made all of the postal workers take cipro and a lot of them had side effects from it to the point that they sued over it. I don't doubt their claims at all.
My father was prescribed cipro for an infection and he was never the same afterwards. Within 24 hours of taking cipro, he started hallucinating. He thought the room was filling up with water and that he was going to drown. He was mentally never the same after that. I had doctors laugh at me when I told them what had happed to him and I insisted he never be given this drug again. They tried to blame it on his age. However, I found a users group online and many people who had taken cipro described having hallucinations as well as other side effects, such as snapping tendons, from this drug. I, personally, would never take this drug.
I agree. Unfortunately, when you've eaten the local cuisine or drank the water and you are shitting through the eye of a needle, you'll roll the dice if Cipro is the only thing in your IFAK.
"Roll the dice" is exactly what it would be, too.
Wow. That is awful! I’m so sad to read this. I know it changed your life forever. The things we would never have done had we known.
Thanks, fren. My father passed away about 8 months later. I really feel that this was a major contributor to it.