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Hi, 8 years ago cipro (4 tablets) gave me sudden onset permanent extremely debilitating tinnitus, hearing loss and hypercussus. The drug is severely restricted for use in the uk now due to known permanent disabling side effects. I put my story on here a few years back if you search for it. The...

Hi there, I hope you are managing your tinnitus well. There has been an update in the UK regarding fluoroquinolone antibiotics, such as Cipro. Medical professionals now face even stricter restrictions when prescribing these medications. This change is due to the risk of “disabling and...

The good news is that the European medical board and now wider medical profession have set these new restrictions on FQs and new guidelines and fact sheets with warnings for both medical practitioners and patients based on medically proven concerns and evidence (adding to black box warnings...

The testimonies from the public and medical professionals in the European hearing transcript (all available via link) and the devastated lives make for sad reading. The facts are real and at least action has been taken but in my view the drugs should be banned.

Rare is classified as 1 in 100, very rare 1 in a thousand (and underreporting is also assumed) but when there are several million prescriptions a year for this group of drugs you can see why so many people have been affected

Hi, thanks so much for your message. I never knew the risks and took cipro in good faith. Too late for me but there was a European public hearing in November 2018 regarding concerns with the rare but life changing reactions to fluoroquinolones and the UK government has just restricted their...

Hello, here is my story, it’s actually a positive story I want to share with those who are struggling with tinnitus. I live in the UK and experienced sudden onset bilateral loud tinnitus midway through a course of Ciprofloxacin to treat a UTI in January 2017. I’m in my early forties...