Hello,
Tendon ruptures & tendinitis seem to be the only adverse reactions making the news lately. There are so many more than that. The warning on these medicines say that rare occurrence of tendinitis & tendon ruptures can occur while or "after" taking these medicines. I don't think very many people know how long "after" means. My husband took Cipro 500mg in 1998. Around 11 months "after" he had his first rupture in 1999 in his left calf. It tore completely loose from where it was attached at the bottom of his ankle leaving his calf looking deformed. That left him with not only pain but a limp also. It's still torn away. In 2000, the quadriceps ligament tore at his right knee. It was operated on. In 2001, a quadriceps muscle tore apart in the center of his right thigh. It's still torn. Notice the quadriceps in the warnings isn't mentioned as tendons affected in ruptures nor are muscles. These ruptures came with no warning that anything was wrong. Around a month after he took Cipro, he had started having terrible rheumatoid arthritis type pain all over his body. Some of the things that started happening to him after taking Cipro in 1998 are involuntary movement of his arms & legs especially while trying to rest, insomnia, vivid nightmares, rectal bleeding, severe depression, suicidal thoughts & acts, a rash that looked like ant bites around his ankles, horrible swelled bottom left corner of his lip that only lasted a few days & other things. All these became far worse after taking CiproXR 1,000 in 2004. This was the second time he had ever taken Cipro. Around 11 months "after" taking CiproXR, the ruptures began again in 2005. This time in both his arms. He had 3 ruptures in 2005. There were also severe back spasms, frequent headaches & migraines, a rash that appeared in patches on his body that had bigger sores with dark centers, more cases of tendonitis, numbness worse in his legs & now affecting his hands, needles & pins sensation with burning feeling in his arms, vertical ridges in all his fingernails, lip swelled again like before and all the other things. The only thing that appeared to have ceased or showed some improvement after taking Cipro in 1998 was the rupturing had stopped, the severe depression seemed a little better & the suicidal thoughts & acts stopped, but that all came back too after taking CiproXR in 2004. My husband took a loaded .38, put it in his mouth & pulled the trigger, tried to electrocute himself, tried to burn himself & others I don't want to mention. He should be dead but ONLY God's Grace spared him. He was a former Marine who kept himself in shape through the years. He was in his early 40's when he first took Cipro. He was so strong & such a hard working man before all this. He's disabled now. The doctors never knew what caused the ruptures. ALL the things he has been through are listed on the adverse reactions on these medicines. There are worse things than tendinitis & tendon ruptures "after" taking these medicines.