Has anyone had serious side effect from Cipro?

@picartist I would guess, if you watch enough YouTube videos, that you can find some stressing the side effects of just about anything, including water and air.

Remember that every time an antibiotic or other drug is prescribed, the provider must balance the need for it against possible side effects. With Ciprofloxacin, the warning about potential tendon damage is one of those dangers, and there are a few (though often less effective) alternatives. There are people in my family with a history of tendon issues (not from the drug) who know to tell their doctors "No" to the chlorquinalone family of meds. There are also some who have stubborn, recurrent infections that respond only to cipro. So every time, it is a risk/benefit analysis, not unlike the decision whether to take the Big 3 for MAC, or tobramycin for pseudomonas.

Are you asking out of curiosity, or has Ciprofloxacin been prescribed for an infection you have? If so, and you are in a risk group, have you asked the doctor for alternatives?

I actually ended up with CDF. A doctor had prescribed two rounds of it back to back.

@sueinmn I am on my fourth day of Cipro and just starting to feel slightly better, not dramatically so, just enough to notice. You are right about Youtube, there are so many physicians on You tube warning about this stuff it does make someone cautious, however, so far I have not had any serious side affects. I have a lot of time on my hands between saline, etc. so I watch Youtube and have learned quite a lot about Bronchiectasis. Take Brinsupri, for example, something no doctor could ever take an hour to explain it to me as well as an Allergist did this morning who has bronchiectasis patents on the drug. After watching several Pulmonologists and this video I am pretty convinced I would like to try it. But again, those warnings are terrible sounding I just want to know what to watch for, especially nerve issues.