BACTRIM Reviews (SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM)Average Rating: 1.9 (1902 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare BACTRIM with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR BACTRIM | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | After surgery infection | Intense thirst,stomach pain | Love this drug's effectiveness. Would use again. Just have water always near!! | F | 53 | 10 days 2X daily | 8/14/2015 | 1 | UTI | I had agonising leg pain. It was like a constant Charlie horse that lasted over 24 hours after just one pill. I had to go to ER for the pain. This should be banned!! | Take Bactrim off the market!! | F | 32 | 1 days | 8/13/2015 | 3 | Sinus and ear infection | Vaginal itching, hard time falling asleep and staying alseep | By Day 4 started getting vaginal itching, assuming it was due to antibiotics even though I also took probiotics.It's Day 9 and it was unbearable without Vagisil or some kind of Anti-fungal cream. Have 2 doses left and decided not worth it!! I could've stayed up all night, it makes you so wired! Gave me energy. But no thank you for the side effects! | F | 31 | 9 days | 8/7/2015 | 1 | uti | fever,thirst, fast pulse, headache. weak, shaky,disoriented,lightheaded, dizzy, no appetite. now day 11 still have symptoms,palpitations | went to E.R. had fluids & tests. said TSH was low.Iguess this messed up my thyroid. Still feeling bad PCP said to eat salty foods.Still waking @ 3AM thirsty. Pulse 100, starting loose stools now. will not take this again. | F | 83 | 6 days 800-160 2X day | 8/6/2015 | 4 | Bacterial skin infection | Nausea, bad taste in my mouth, heartburn | I've experienced mild side effects after being on this medicine for 4 days. Compared to the symptoms I was experiencing from a bacterial skin infection that was on my face above my eye. I'm glad I am able to tolerate this medicine and feel better within a few days. | F | 39 | 10 days 2X day | 8/4/2015 | 1 | Uti | Took before bed. After 2 hours my heart was pounding.. extremely agitated. Diarrhea. Should've gone to ER. When I finally did fall asleep had the most horrible nightmare. Went back to dr in the morning. Stopped this nasty drug. Dealt with anxiety all day long. Thank goodness it subsided.. 24 hours later. Never again and I'll never let anyone prescribe this to any of my family members! | Be careful. I'm so terrified to try anything again as I'm always reacting to drugs. | F | 43 | 1 days | 7/31/2015 | 2 | Skin Problem | First day - I was extremely nauseous on a short car ride to dinner and I never get nauseous during car rides. I also couldn't balance a few times and almost fell. I couldn't fall asleep until 2:30 AM. Second day (current day) - I didn't have much of an appetite, but forced myself to eat something. Afterwards, I ran to the bathroom and got diarrhea. About an hour after taking my first pill of the day, I noticed that my hands were extremely shaky (and still are - it's 11 PM now). I figured it must have been me being hungry, but it went on even after I ate. All day I felt fatigue and tiredness. Right now I can't fall asleep even though I was tired an hour ago and still kind of am tired. I also feel nauseous. Also, all day I've been mentally out of it. Now my throat feels really weird, kind of sore. | I don't know if this is the bactrim that's causing all of this, but from what I've read on here, it sounds like bactrim is causing these side affects. I have never felt this miserable except for when I was on Adderall for ADHD. I'm still taking this drug because my doctor prescribed it to me and my mom literally does not care about the side effects. She told me to not read the side effects. I did anyways and I'm glad I did. My mom also told me to not overlook how I feel because it's probably not side effects. I don't know how to tell her about how this medication is making me feel, but it's annoying that she doesn't believe me when I say how I'm feeling is probably caused by bactrim. For example, when I told her my hands were shaking (while we were at dinner when I was eating), she told me, "Eat during the day and maybe your hands won't be shaky." I did eat during the day. This obviously has to be the bactrim that's causing all of this to happen. It's too much of a coincidence that I ran into this site while researching the medicine's side affects. | F | 18 | 2 days 800/160 mg 2X day | 7/29/2015 | 1 | Finger infection. | After 2nd day fatigue, trembling, my legs weak, but worst was the feeling of losing control, a type of anxiety. Spaced out. If you have a sensitive constitution say away. When will md's learn everyone is different? | M | 2 days 800-160 2X day | 7/18/2015 | 3 | Infected toe | Headache on day two and got worse. Not sleeping and stomach cramps...however my toe isn't infected anymore but damn that hurt. | Serious stuff. | M | 37 | 5 days not sure 2X day | 7/14/2015 | 4 | UTI | Headaches. | Okay antibiotic for UTI. Not for everybody, however. | F | 26 | 3 days 1X day | 7/13/2015 | 1 | Skin infection | Started with low grade fever, nausea, joint ache, stomach ache. Fever moved to high grade, then came rash and kidney ache, brusing, thyroid affects. A-fib | Took med for 4 days with no issues, then started to experience chills and fever like symptoms days 5-7. On day 8 fever spiked to 103 and severe rash began. Had to be checked into hospital for 4 days. I developed a-fib with my heart and hyperactive thyroid. Was never in a hospital prior to this. Didn't know I was allergic because issues started like the flu. Wasn't until day 8 that non-flu symptoms started and convinced me to look into Bactrim allergy issue. Lost over a week of my life and suffered severely taking a medication that is supposed to help people. This drug has such bad side effects it should be removed from shelves permanently. Do not take!!!!!!! | M | 50 | 8 days 40 mg | 7/13/2015 | 1 | Skin issue | Took 1 dose! Headache, chills, fever, stiff neck, body aches, nausea. Called Dr. Stopped taking it. 2 days later went to ER. Two bags of IV fluids and sent home, never felt so terrible in my life! Should not be allowed to be prescribed to anyone!!!! | M | 62 | 1 days 800 | 7/12/2015 | 1 | possible UTI | I started having slight nausea after 2 doses. After the 3rd dose I had a severe migraine headache, a stiff neck, sore achy joints, and no appetite. Stopped taking Bactrim and called the PA. After describing the symptoms I was told to stop taking it. Did not sleep at all the 2nd night due to body soreness, flu-like all over skin tenderness. Had a fever of 101+ for 2 days. Advil relieved the body aches, but not the neck stiffness and headache. Took 4 days to reduce the fever, but still have occasional bursts of feeling feverish, followed by cold sweats 5 days later. My appetite is back, though not at 100%, neck is still sore but not rigid stiff, and I'm very tired. Awaiting results of blood tests for Lyme and other possible similar symptomatic causes. | I was once prescribed this antibiotic to take with me abroad in case of traveler's diarrhea, but I never took it so my records showed it as OK to prescribe. I have asked that my records be updated to notify that I have had a severe allergic reaction to sulfa-based meds so this won't happen again. | F | 62 | 1.5 days 80 MG 2X day | 7/6/2015 | 4 | UTI | Extremely tired throughout day, light sleeping with frequent arousals and urination during night. Napping during day 2 to 5 hours every day. Dizziness and upset stomach with loss of appetitie. | after reading everyone's comments I feel lucky as my symptoms are mild and yet consistent with the postings. My dr. prescribed it for 21 days and I have only 5 left (counting hard). It seems to be working on both my UTI and my BPH so I guess I will lump it with the side efffects and take it all as prescribed. This medicine is very hard to handle I agree. | M | 62 | 21 days DS800-160 2X day | 7/5/2015 | 1 | Prevent infection after surgery | I took only one dose of this medication. Within two hours I was trembling, extreme nervousness, pins and needles feeling all over my body, and sweating profusely. I also felt very spacey, had extreme nausea, and no appetite. I also could taste the pill all day in my mouth. Even though I only took one dose, I could not ear for days, had diarrhea for days afterwards, and felt awful. | Worst medication experience ever | F | 28 | 1 days | 6/30/2015 | 2 | cellulitus in foot | I took 2 every 12 hours. 3 rd day could not getout of bed. Could not eat. inflow lawns I tried one day on day 3 didn't finish. That was the day it all started. Rash all over my body not jyst where it was exposed to sun. I stopped on day 8 I almost lost my foot and they said this was the only way to clear infection up. Soon as my foot started to scanI stoppedd meds. I was physically ill. Never been so tired in my life. | Its been three days I have stopped meds and still can't stand for more then a minute in my behind my knees the muscles it something hurt to stand. I can walk ask day just can't stand in one position. | F | 34 | 10 days bactrim ds | 6/28/2015 | 1 | Possible UTI | Chills; Painful swollen occipital lymph nodes; Ache in upper arm and numbness of hand; Weakness and "pins and needles" sensation in legs; all my side effects were a single event or temporary. | Just because a few people had success with the drug, does not mean that all the complaints about it are from people who are not "physically fit". Having shortness of breath is a legitimate symptom of allergy. A lot of people I know are allergic to Bactrim, which has evidently become like saying you're allergic to cyanide or gun shots. When that many people are having these kinds of issues with a drug, you can be sure that they're not just making it up or "physically unfit". | F | 40 | 7 days | 6/27/2015 | 2 | Colonized for MRSA | Took it for 3 days (a total of 7 pills) experienced, anxiety, weakness, EXTREME muscle fatigue and shaking, shooting pains in my head, burning eyes, insomnia, head ache, a few hives, flushed/burning feeling all over my body but worse on my chest and lips, diarrhea, indigestion and dizzyness. ALL but the head ache and diarrhea presented AFTER the last pill and have taken a over a week now to slowly subside. I took thi once before at a higher dose and it took close to 6 months for the nerve pain and a few other symptoms to disappear. Hoping this time, since it was a lower dose it won't take as long. A TINY part of me is glad I took it again because back 2 years ago when I took it my doctor told me I had a virus on top of my infection and THAT was causing the myalgia and other symptoms. She was soooo wrong. It was this med. I have reported my side effects and INSISTED that my doctor update my records so that I NEVER recieve bactrim again. So glad my reaction wasn't worse. My heart hurts for all of the people who iy nearly killed or have life long heath ailments from it. | F | 33 | 3 days 400 | 6/24/2015 | 2 | ea infections | 1 days | 6/19/2015 | 1 | for a UTI | stopped after 5days..rashes, nausea, coughing, dizziness, anxiety, palpitations headaches .. | 3 weeks later I am still experiencing the extreme side effects am trying to find out how long they last | F | 73 | 5 days 50mg 2X day | 6/15/2015 |