Cipro & Floaters

[GS712]

My floaters appeared after I was given Cipro. This all started April 2006. I was given Cipro for a simple UTI, I was 36 years old. I was dizzy for three and half weeks, vertigo, nausea, then the ear pressure, spots in left eye, flashes in left eye, short term memory loss, horrible dreams, weak wrists and knees, massive floaters headaches, ears ringing, dry eyes, itching all over, rashes, insomnia, dark spots in left eye, eye pain, blurred vision, sensitive to sound, vitreous detachment happened in left eye and now happening with the right eye. I have filed a complaint with Med Watch, those of you that have taken Cipro and have the eye problems should file a complaint. The Doctor said I would get used to them, they would fall out of view. I’m not used to them and they have not fallen out of view. It’s been 2 years almost. It’s hard to wake up each day, my eyes are full of spots, floaters, sensitive to light, reading, night vision. My life was instantly and drastically changed.


This discussion is related to Floaters/After-Images/Photosensitivity/Black Spot: Is Cipro the cause?.

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS]

CIPRO DOES NOT CAUSE FLOATERS.  Any relationship to your taking it and the floaters is co-incidental. I just finished a course of Cipro myself.

JCH III MD

[GS712]

Cipro does cause floaters.  Just because it didn't happen to you, does not mean a thing.  Take it again or several times, and then come back here and type your story.  I have been to my eye doctors 7 times, and yes, they agree that Cipro can cause floaters and eye problems.  It is one of the side effects.

[AnnaE]

What other kinds of eye problems is it supposed to cause? I took a lot of Cipro, and have a lot of eye problems, but there is no evidence that the two are connected. How did your doctor connect them?Have you looked up the side effects on WEB MD or somewhere?

[Tourkos]

Took Cipro for 3 weeks. 4 months later have intracranial pressure, floaters (massive), visual snow, ringing ears, pressure in head, nausea, vomiting, adrenal problems (cortisol production has dropped 50% and it doesnt come back apparently), doctors say that the drug messed up my HPA axis probably since my adrenal glands look normal, developed hypothyroidism (have tests to prove that), collagen abnormalities and a dozen of other symptoms. Plus not to forget my spleen grew about 4 cm and i cant sleep on the left side at night.

I have quit my job, my basketball team and my studies and stay home now for 4 months due to cipro side effects. Have filed complains too. Its pointless, bayer wont do nothing before theres like probably 20000 deaths from this ****. But my life has been ruined at 27 yrs old.

THANKS CIPRO

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS]

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[roldan]

i have been having similiar problems with cipro. i took a 3 week course of cipro(21 Days) i stopped using cipro on 8/23/08. today is september 6 , and my symptoms are really bothering me. i have really bad head pressure, almost like a headache, but it feels like someone is squeezing my head. i have been having this for 2 weeks now.  i been to the eye doctor this week, i woke up and my vision was very blurry, it remained that way for much of the day, i went to the opthamologist and he said that aside from the spots in my eye, my vision was normal. i found that odd. the blurriness went away but i fear that it will come back worse next time. as for tendon pain, when i was taking ciro i had elbow pain, knee pain, but it looks like it went away, but i cant be sure until time passes. i hope this ends , or the medication leaves my body. i am living in fear.