On my 23rd birthday I started ciproI only took 3 doses of cipro in total before realizing what was happening… I went from being a very healthy 23 year old male who was athletic for over 10 years doing Karate, Yoga, Football, Judo and other sports, I eat an extremely healthy diet, no bad foods at all, and generally take care of myself in everyway possible, I have never drank alcohol and never smoked… I have all the blood tests and other tests to prove how healthy I was.

Ciprofloxacin belongs to the Quinolone class of drugs, all of which can be quite ototoxic. Ciprofloxacin can cause severe hearing loss, loud tinnitus, ataxia, dizziness, nystagmus, vertigo and ear pain. Thus, it is a drug to be taken with caution. Since I’ve had a number of people tell me of their woes after taking Ciprofloxacin, the ototoxic side effects must be relatively common.

Ciprofloxacin and other quinolones have been shown to cause arthropathy in immature animals of most species tested. Damage of weight bearing joints was observed in juvenile dogs and rats. In young beagles, 100 mg/kg ciprofloxacin, given daily for 4 weeks, caused degenerative articular changes of the knee joint.

Cipro is the quintessential kind of drug that people take like candy because they think all drugs are safe. With so many horrible things going on in this world, some people want to believe that if they take this pill, it will protect them. But that's not how it works, and what people don't understand is that these drugs can cause illness... A lot of people get these drugs for the most minor infections, but there are a lot of people who should think twice before taking a quinolone for anything.