| Key to ratings for septra: 5-Very Satisfied: this medicine cured me or helped me a great deal. 4-Satisfied: this medicine helped. 3-Somewhat Satisfied: this medicine helped somewhat. 2-Not Satisfied: this medicine did not work to my satisfaction. 1-Dissatisfied: I would not recommend taking this medicine. |
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| 4 | UTI | Mild side effects... nausea, upset stomach and for a while I didn't feel like eating... | I tried at least 9 different antibiotics and none worked. I've been taking Septra for 4 1/2 months now and it is working so far. I still have few UTI's symptoms but they go away in a few days... I take Septra every other day and I was prescribe a 6 months treatment for recurrent/resistent UTI. | F | 41 | 4 months | 1/24/2010 | 1 | MRSA | Very fast racing heart, dizziness, felt like I was going to die and quite sure I would if I hadn't stopped after 3 days. I ended up in the emergency room after calling the paramedics. Check out all the F's...this drug is an F-ing epic fail. | M | 42 | 3 days | 10/14/2009 | 4 | UTI | Loss of appetite. Slight shortness of breath. Minor allergic reaction after a week. | Septra was not able to cure my UTI, so I was miserable for a week. Likely due to the UTI, not the drug itself. Additionally, the shortness of breath was likely due to the allergy. I gave it a 4 because I believe overall it is a good drug, with not many side effects, it just did not work for my individual case. | F | 20 | 7 days | 5/20/2009 | 1 | Urinary tract infection | I felt like I was dying; just wanted to sleep and stay in bed. | This was a horrible experience for me. It made me feel SO ill. | F | 70 | 3 days | 5/8/2009 | 2 | MRSA Staph Infection | Crazy itching...slight feeling of flush/fever. May have been an allergic reaction, but read the possible side effects from the manufacturer. | Took it for two courses before and it left me very dehydrated, but not itchy. Not sure what happened. I am going to stop taking the medicine. | M | 33 | 1 days | 3/30/2009 | 1 | urinary tract infection | I feel horrible. Severe nausea,weakness,aching muscles,slight dizziness... I have never taken this before and I have never had a medication make me feel so bad. | I am not taking this again. I will be call my doctor in the am to see he can change it something else | F | 36 | 3 days | 2/4/2009 | 3 | Kidney Infection | Nervousness, heart discomfort (racing? jittery? not sure how to describe), general malaise, weakness, mild sore throat | Years ago, I took Septra a few times, and all was just fine. In April 2008, I took Septra at full dosage for a kidney infection, even though I have kidney disease (impaired kidney function). The first four days were fine, and the drug beat the infection quickly, but on the fifth day I had very serious chest pain and felt like I was breathing through a straw. I never wanted to take it again in my life! My doctors(s) told me that next time I would just need the dosage reduced due to my kidney dysfunction, so that my kidneys could process the drug and it didn't build up in my system again. So, now it's next time, another kidney infection, I'm taking 1/2 dosage for one or two days and then 1/3 dosage for 3x the number of days. The first day or two were fine, but I'm starting to get the jitters and the chest discomfort again (very mildly right now). To be honest, I'm now scared of this drug. I rated it a 3, because it does really knock out an infection and works for those who don't | F | 44 | 11/25/2008 | 1 | UTI | weakness, nausea, sore muscles, swollen lymph nodes, chills, intense headache | I've never had side effects from any other medication. It was horrible. | F | 31 | 4 days | 11/25/2008 | 4 | acne/rosacea | headache for a few days | M | 6 months | 11/23/2008 | 2 | Prostatitis | Around day 7 I noticed little red dots on my palms after showering. It happened about twice, then went away. Doctor told me to tell him if any other rashes appear. Around day 13 I noticed the glands under my jaw were a little sore and swollen. On day 17, I noticed red dots all over the tops of my thighs, then a few hours later itchy bumps appeared on my neck. That's when I stopped taking it. | I was prescribed Septra for 6 weeks for a prostate issue. I only made it to day 17 due to side effects so there's no way to say whether it would have have been effective or not. Doctor then prescribed Cipro for 10 day but I decided not to take it. I'll deal with my prostate symptoms for the time being. | M | 38 | 17 days | 8/25/2008 | 3 | diverticulitis flare-up | Extreme nausea, headaches, abdominal pain | I had taken flagyl before taking Septra & it didn't clear up the diverticulitis, so my Dr. prescribed Septra to be taken for 10 days, twice a day. She also told me not to fill it unless I absolutely had to because there were serious side effects to too many antibiotics. Now go figure!! | F | 64 | 5 days | 8/10/2008 | 2 | sinus infection | Seemed to work well at first then after five days I woke up with a terrible headache and generally just felt awful. The headache got worse as the morning progressed and by around 11:00 I had horrible diarreah, stomach cramps, faintness, clamminess, tremors so bad my whole body shook, racing heart and just frankly felt as though I was headed for the hospital. The worst passed after about an hour but it left me completely drained of all energy with a somewhat upset stomach for the rest of the day. | I spoke with the Dr. who prescribed this and was told to crush it up and take it in liquid for the three more days prescribed. I could not believe he would want to keep me on this after what I told him it was doing. In addition to never using Septra again, I also will never see that Dr. again! | F | 54 | 5 days | 8/6/2008 | 1 | Sinus infection | After two days of taking Septra I developed a fever of 102 - didn't know it was related so I kept on taking Septra and the fever continued for three days. I also developed a rash on my back and stomache. Once I finally figured out to stop taking the Septra, my fever went away the next day. On the second day after stopping Septra, however, I developed very bad heartburn and diarrhea. This is continuing now, four days post-Septra. | I have taken Septra before without complications. I will never, however, take it again. I feel like it has totally messed up my GI tract and just hope that these current problems will go away. And the fever that I developed while on Septra was much worse than the sinus infection I was treating. I could not function at all and pretty much lost three days. Look for an alternative medication! This stuff is scary! | F | 51 | 6 days | 6/30/2008 | 3 | UTI | slight nauseau and nervousness but worth the trouble to get rid of the UTI. | First 2 pills had no side effects, felt great actually. Third pill before bed caused restless night with little sleep, got up with nauseau and general ill feeling. Prefer to take Macrobid. | F | 34 | 2 days | 6/13/2008 | 2 | acne | intense itching all over my body and then hives broke out on the third day, insane vaginal itching | I have never been allergic to anything before, so I kept taking it. Finally, when I could't take the itching anymore I called the doctor and they told me to stop immediately | F | 23 | 4 days | 5/9/2008 | 3 | Chronic Prostatitus | Stomach Problems, GERD etc. | I don't know if this drug is working or not. Have tried other anntibiotics as well but after 3 months, I'm finally getting some relief. Neither the Dr. or I can tell if it's the sulfa drug or the problem has just run it's course. By the way, I am on the generic version, Trimeth Sulfa. One of the things I've had to do is crush the pill in a mortar and pestal so I could tolerate it better. Mix it with a little juice and it seems to help with the stomach problems. | M | 55 | 4 weeks | 4/14/2008 | 2 | sinus infection | persistent nausea, headaches, nervousness, insomnia | I have never felt so bad while taking an antibiotic. | F | 35 | 7 days | 3/24/2008 | 1 | UTI | Major Nausea, loss of appetite, fatigue and overall feeling like crap. | I will tell my physician to never prescribe this medication again. THere are other antibiotics out there that have way less side effects! | F | 33 | 5 days | 3/14/2008 | 1 | UTI | Severe itching and hives, stomach cramps, and body aches | I have never had an allergic reaction to anything until taking this medication. After only taking my 2nd pill the itching and hives set in. I took 1 more thinking I would get past it and it only got worse. Had to stop taking it all together. | F | 25 | 2 days | 2/23/2008 | 1 | yes | Stomach cramps, pounding headache and terrible depression | This was the worst antibiotic reaction I have ever had. My doctor told me to stop taking it as soon as I told her my syptoms. I had symptoms within hours after the first dose. | F | 41 | 1 days | 1/14/2008 | 4 | major tooth infection and decay | none | works well so far... hopefully even stronger than cipro. we'll see. | F | 24 | 1 days | 9/22/2007 | 2 | Sinus Infection | Severe nausea, gastro-intestinal pain, general tiredness and weakness | Definitely would not take this again! My doctor took me off it immediately. | F | 31 | 3 days | 8/29/2007 | 5 | severe acne and cysts | Some mild nausea on occasion after taking the morning dose. Otherwise no other side effects. | Worked very well for me. I was almost completely clear of inflammatory acne after 4 weeks, although this was after switching from Solodyn which I took for 2 weeks before that before getting really sick. Now just dealing with scars and mild breakouts. Good drug for me. Sulfa drugs are not for everyone though. | F | 26 | 2 months | 8/6/2007 | 2 | stomach virus | 4 days after stopping the medication, I broke out with huge painful blisters all over my lips. Pain in my throat, nose, and eyes and mild headache. Went back to doctor, got cortisone shot, and was given an anit-inflammatory. | 1st time I've ever taken a sulfa drug. I won't be taking these again. | F | 38 | 5 days | 6/27/2007 | 4 | uti | little red dots on upper body, they didn't itch though | F | 37 | 10 days | 4/2/2007 | 4 | UTI | Extreme tiredness, general feeling of malaise, upper abdominal pain, nausea, felt like vomiting, but did not. Stomach upset, indigestion. | I would not take this drug again if I can avoid it at all. There must be other drugs for urinary tract infections than this "monster" drug. An awful experience. | F | 67 | 7 days | 3/18/2007 | 2 | UTI | severe headache, loss of appetite | M | 58 | 1 days | 9/18/2006 | 1 | UTI | I got hives all over my body, kept taking it becuase I had no clue what was causing it and I had taken it before with no problems. My throat ended up closing and I was rushed to emergency to get a shot of benadryl. | There are other non-sulfa medications to take for UTI's so it has not been a problem since. it was just weird to develop an allergy for something I had already taken. | F | 29 | 3 times | 9/18/2006 |
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ratings: 5-Very Satisfied: this medicine cured me or helped me a great deal. 4-Satisfied: this medicine helped. 3-Somewhat Satisfied: this medicine helped somewhat. 2-Not Satisfied: this medicine did not work to my satisfaction. 1-Dissatisfied: I would not recommend taking this medicine. |