The punchline? Scientists and physicians are trying to warn the public as fast as they can that neither Cipro nor its brothers are a free ride. There are a series of side effects that range from annoying to deadly. The deadly ones, while rare, are very nasty. No one should take this stuff if they don't need it and definately not if they aren't being followed by a doc.

Next? Cipro horror stories from people who took it unnecessarily.

Reading this forum, this is what I see. Some of these phramacies need to get busted. There is some real heavy medications and strong medications that are being sold w/o dr's script. I've been doing a lot of research on these (personal research only) internet drug sites and found this.

1. If you want a class 3 narcotic pain meds like vicodin, lorcet etc and don't want to pay for a dr's consult, you are going to (in some cases), pay outrageous prices sometimes 200-300% over what you would pay for the cash price. The cash prices meaning if you have no insurance.

2. The same if you do go through a site that requires a dr's consult, either an actual physical or a over-the-phone consult, the prices are lower.

3. Shipping costs. They are making a mint on these shipping costs and they know it.

So be careful in whom you are dealing with. It is probably better to do a COD instead of handling over the plastic, at least you know you will get what you requested.