Ciprofloxacin and Fatigue - from FDA reports
Fatigue is found among people who take Ciprofloxacin, especially for people who are female, 60+ old , have been taking the drug for < 1 month, also take medication Prednisone, and have Pain. This review analyzes which people have Fatigue with Ciprofloxacin. It is created by eHealthMe based on reports of 4,221 people who have side effects when taking Ciprofloxacin from FDA , and is updated regularly.
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4,221 people reported to have side effects when taking Ciprofloxacin.
Among them, 249 people (5.9%) have Fatigue
Number of reports submitted per year:

Time on Ciprofloxacin when people have Fatigue *:
- < 1 month: 81.52 %
- 1 - 6 months: 17.39 %
- 6 - 12 months: 0.0 %
- 1 - 2 years: 0.0 %
- 2 - 5 years: 1.09 %
- 5 - 10 years: 0.0 %
- 10+ years: 0.0 %
Gender of people who have Fatigue when taking Ciprofloxacin *:
- female: 51.45 %
- male: 48.55 %
Age of people who have Fatigue when taking Ciprofloxacin *:
- 0-1: 0.0 %
- 2-9: 0.5 %
- 10-19: 2.49 %
- 20-29: 10.45 %
- 30-39: 12.94 %
- 40-49: 19.9 %
- 50-59: 23.38 %
- 60+: 30.35 %
Top conditions involved for these people *:
- Pain: 26 people, 10.44%
- Prostatitis (inflammation of the prostate gland): 17 people, 6.83%
- Multiple Myeloma (cancer of the plasma cells): 16 people, 6.43%
- Preventive Health Care: 11 people, 4.42%
- Multiple Sclerosis (a nervous system disease that affects your brain and spinal cord. it damages the myelin sheath): 11 people, 4.42%
Top co-used drugs for these people *:
- Zometa: 28 people, 11.24%
- Prednisone: 28 people, 11.24%
- Ibuprofen: 25 people, 10.04%
- Trimethoprim: 21 people, 8.43%
- Oxycontin: 19 people, 7.63%
Top other side effects for these people *:
- Pain: 88 people, 35.34%
- Weakness: 78 people, 31.33%
- Nausea (feeling of having an urge to vomit): 76 people, 30.52%
- Joint Pain: 75 people, 30.12%
- Headache (pain in head): 74 people, 29.72%
* Approximation only. Some reports may have incomplete information.
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