Ciprofloxacin 750 mg Tablets - Tendonitis in Achilles Heel.

[Joseph260268]

Ciprofloxacin 750 mg Tablets - Tendonitis in Achilles Heel.

Good morning to everyone. I was recently discharged from Hospital and given a 7 day course of Ciprofloxacin 750 mg Tablets to continue taking at home after being taken of IV antibiotics for a exacerbation of bronchiectasis.

I was advised that by the Doctor this tablet can sometimes cause tendonitis. On my last day of taking the tablets I noticed going down stairs that the tendons in my achilles heels felt very tight in the mornings.

Has anyone else experienced this?

Will this tightness eventually subside?

Kind regards as always

Joseph x

[BreatheasyBe]

Hi Joseph I am suffering from this but not currently on those antibiotics although I have had many doses over the years. I feel the damage for me has been escalated with wearing my poorly supporting slippers during the first lockdown (I lived in my slippers as I was shielding). Needless to say they are now in the bin. I’ve received some physio exercises to do and have been doing them around ten weeks now and still find my ankles are weak and painful although improving ever so slightly. I wear trainers now and find I can go further without the ankles giving me to much bother so believe I’m on the right track. Good luck on your recovery.

[Joseph260268 in reply to BreatheasyBe]

Thank you

[Hidden]

Yes I have been taking cipro since 1986 and have frequently had this when taking a course. It is a known side effect and how you handle it is up to you. Some people never take cipro again. I continue to take it and am very careful of how much and how i walk so that I do not permanently damage my tendons. Thus is because the cipro is the only truly effective oral drug against pseudomonas. With bronchiectasis that I have the usual course is 750mg twice a day for 14 days.The tendons have always reverted to normal within a wk or so of finishing the course. It has not happened every time that I take it. Your decision.

[Joseph260268 in reply to Hidden]

Thank you for your honest advice 🙏

[Hidden]

If you developed tendinitis after only 7 days, I’d be very wary. I took cipro 2wks on/2wks off for about 18 months before my Achilles became so inflamed I could hardly walk. I had to have 3months of intensive physio & wasn’t optimistic I’d ever get full mobility back, but eventually I did. Since then, doctors have refused to prescribe cipro or any other quinolone, so if I get a pseudo exacerbation I have to have IVs every time. But that’s better than ruptured Achilles, cos without movement we can’t clear our lungs, and they take 6months to heal!

[Joseph260268 in reply to Hidden]

Thank you for your guidence.

[HollyBoyd]

Hi. Like Hanne I developed Achilles tendonitis after only 4 days on ciprofloxacin, so now it's IV antibiotics. I couldn't take the risk of a ruptured tendon. I think you would have stopped the ciprofloxacin had you felt it earlier on. Hopefully it will settle down and you won't have long term damage. Take care. Carol x

[Joseph260268 in reply to HollyBoyd]

Thank you x

[Dimitrius]

Be really careful. The package insert for Ciprofloxin says damage to the Achilles’ tendon can occur up to a year after stopping. I was on it for 5 weeks and could barely walk for a long time after. Plus I got AFib from it temporarily.

[Joseph260268 in reply to Dimitrius]

Thank you.