Cipro and flu

I took cipro 500 mg just this past thurs Sept 25/2008 only 3 pills. One thurs lunchtime, one that evening and then another fri lunchtime. By Friday morning I was starting to experience a sore throat and flu like pains.When it came to that evening my throat had red really red blisters and swollen glands. I didn't take that pill friday night. I stayed up all that night and at 4 am realized my sore throat and swelling had subsided. I called my pharmacy Sat. morning and told them what I had experienced. They said I did the right thing. I then had to contact my doctor to get another RX for my kidney infection. I have since had pain that hasn't went away. I have had a ultrasound on sept 9 and bloodwork on Oct 1 and a CT scan. All tests were ok. I was told just now on the phone to finish the new antibiotic and then 48 hrs later get another urine culture. I had to be given pain relief patches from the doctor.

I took Cipro and had a persitant leg twitch, and did not think anything at the time. many symptoms came around a month later. all over body twitching, burning skin, muscle pain, tendon pain. maily on left side of body. Also, insomnia, dark circles under eyes, horizontal depressions in fingernails...just to name a few. It has been almost 2 years and I have sense been diagnosed with fibromyalgia by PC, I need to go to a ruemy. I have never had these pains until cipro and I still have all of them most of the time.
I told my mother not to take Cipro or any in the same class. She was prescribed Levaquin and called the nurse and said she did not want anything in the same class as Cepro, and thew nurse said "Oh no it is not, I did hear Cepro was bad". So she took them unaware. She was so sick after first pill. she thought it was severe flu. She could not even move her arms because of terrible shoulder pains.

I was prescribed Cipro for a UTI and about an hour after taking the first pill (1000mg) I began to feel sick. My face went red and really hot. My tendons in my neck amd shoulders were in so much pain. I could barely swallow juice as it felt as though my arms were being ripped from my shoulders when I did. I thought it may be the flu and went to bed. The next morning, I tried to get up, but my arms and legs were so badly inflammed that I could not even stand without collapsing and I couldn't even hold a piece of paper. I was taken to the hospital and they had no idea what it was. I was in a semi vegetative state by the time I got to the hospital. The Dr. gave me morphine to help me, but that did absolutelt nothing. After hours of test and IV's, they sent me home with nothing but to stay in bed and drink lots of fluids, to flush the Cipro out of my system. They couldn't answer if this tendon pain could be permanent or why it was so bad. I would definately tell people never to take this drug. I seriously, have never been in so much pain in my whole life. And I have had a number of surgeries and broken bones. I would take them over this any day. ! and a half weeks later, I am still in some pain in my legs and forearms and head.