“I took Cipro as a completely healthy 29-year-old male and it almost killed me. I am two days off the medicine and the mental disturbances are still here.” My doctor warned me about tendon problems but no nightmares, dizziness, major insomnia and hallucinations. It worked wonders for my very high fever and lung infection but I have been beside myself with dizziness, rapid heart beats and nausea. “I have been prescribed levofloxacin for pneumonia.
I wish I knew the serious side effects of this medicine before giving it to him.” This medicine has brought so much pain to our son and ourselves mentally and physically. He started having anxiety and nervousness and also the hallucinations continued. “The doctor gave him something for the nausea and we continued giving him the antibiotic. He complained of tingling sensations in his fingers the next day and started suffering from insomnia and hallucinations. As soon as he started taking it, he had nausea and vomiting. “My son who is 12 was prescribed ciprofloxacin for a bacterial infection. And yet we have heard from many people that quinolone antibiotics can do just that. Most people would never associate horrible nightmares and hallucinations with an antibiotic. Some patients refer to the adverse reactions as being “floxed.” Surprising Side Effects of Ciprofloxacin: Hallucinations Over the last 20 years we have heard from an extraordinary number of people that drugs like ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, moxifloxacin, norfloxacin and ofloxacin can cause chaos. In some cases the damage may be permanent. Two years ago the agency admitted that nerve damage–peripheral neuropathy (pain, burning, tingling, numbness and weakness)–can occur after taking only a few pills and can last for months or years.
It took the FDA a very long time to warn prescribers and patients about the surprising side effects of ciprofloxacin and similar antibiotics. And they certainly do not expect such side effects to be permanent. What they do not expect are hallucinations, tendon rupture, nerve damage or brain fog. When people get a prescription for an antibiotic they often anticipate digestive tract upset–nausea, vomiting, stomach cramps and diarrhea. Two of the most famous drugs in this category of medicines are ciprofloxacin ( Cipro) and levofloxacin ( Levaquin). Over 20 million people take a class of antibiotics called fluoroquinolones annually for everything from sinusitis and urinary tract infections to bronchitis and skin infections.
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