BACTRIM Reviews (SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM)Average Rating: 1.9 (1905 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare BACTRIM with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR BACTRIM | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Sinus infection | I vomitted once, had bright red hives, swelling, and lost my taste buds. However, the sinus infection is gone. I think I rather have the sinus infection than lose my taste buds. This is miserable. | Would never take this medicine again. I am still waiting to get my taste buds back. It has been 5 days since I stopped taking the medicine. I am a bit worried. Nothing taste good and I am losing weight. | F | 42 | 7 days | 12/27/2007 | 1 | possible MRSA | fever, chill, hot flashes, severe headache, hot red rash all over torso, chest arms and neck. | Do not take this drug...apparently 50% of people are allergic to it. I got a flu shot at the same time it was perscribed so I thought my aches and fever were related but after my last dose I broke out in a rash all over my upper body. I feel like I have to worst sun burn possible, I can't sleep, I have no appetite and nothing helps. I just hope it subsides soon. I will not be finishing my perscription. | F | 25 | 10 days | 12/26/2007 | 1 | pneumonia | Extreme dry mouth, metalic taste. Bad neck stiffness, accompanied by SEVERE headache that would not respond to standard headache medicine; craving for sugar to bring up energy level; day 3 ( 2X daily) severe stomach irritation and sickness, couldn't eat; intestinal irritation; blood pressure and pulse rate elivated significantly; Throbbing headache like having a very painful swollen brain brought me to the ER. Taken off this horrible poison, given a shot that helped the headache (not migraine) and relaxed the muscles, given ezithromycin and bronchial inhailer. Feel much better after the shot of something beginning with T ending in ol or al. Onward to a happier and less painful recovery. Don't know how some made it even to day 5 of treatment. I had taken this before (4 yrs ago), but can't remember having this bad a reaction. Just to mention, this was the GENERIC Bactrim that I took this time. | F | 52 | 3 days | 12/20/2007 | 3 | Staph infection | insomnia, very swollen lymph nodes, rash, hives | The Bactrim worked well to clear up my infection. However, by day 5 my facial lymph nodes were frighteningly swollen and tender. By day 7, I broke out with a rash and hives. Thankfully I work at a hospital and a quick trip to the ER for some steriods should help! | F | 30 | 7 days | 12/18/2007 | 1 | Bladder Infection (minor) | After the three-day course of Bactrim, I broke out in severe, itchy hives all over my body, concentrating in my elbow creases, inner thighs, ribcage, ankles, underarms and knee creases. The rash grew more severe over the course of three weeks, and I eventually had to begin steroid therapies and high-dose antihistamines. A month later the hives still have not fully subsided. The bladder infection DID NOT go away. | This is usually the first antibiotic prescribed for UTIs, since it remains more intact in the lower digestive system. However, I have learned that anywhere from 30 to 47 percent of patients are allergic to the sulfa in this drug. It is also among the cheapest antibiotics. But I would never take it again. | F | 26 | 3 days | 12/13/2007 | 1 | prevent UTI | My son was put on Bactrim October of 2006 at almost 3 months old to prevent urinary tract infections because he has some kidney problems. He NEVER slept. He was a baby, but after a month I asked his doctors, nephrologist, pediatrician and urologist if it could be the medicine keeping him up. Each said sleeplessness isn't a side effect. He would wake crying or screaming every night after 2 hours of sleep. I was told I spoil him, he is breastfeeding, he's just being needy, let him cry it out for hours. He cried, I cried, he never slept, I never slept. I tried probiotics, acid reflux meds, night time sleep medicine, finally after reading this page, after 1 YEAR of being on this medication, I stopped it and for the first time in his life, he is sleeping. He slept 10 hours in a row a week after being off this medicine. NONE of his doctors listened to me and my son couldn't say that he couldn't sleep. He is a new person, now maybe his kidneys will heal, now that he can sleep. | I feel like I was poisoning my son, giving this to him for a year. NEVER, EVER give this to a child. The worst thing that I ever did, I feel I failed my son. | M | 1 | 13 months | 12/8/2007 | 5 | Chronic recurring prostate / UI | Absolutely none. | Having tried short courses of antibiotics over 10 years, including Bactrim, only to have the problem return, I went to a university medical library, and found the recommendation for my chronic problem to be 50 (FIFTY)days. I took this medication for the full course, and it completely ended the problem. That was in 1980. I was probably able to get this prescription because we had not entered the current anti-antibiotic hysteria. By all means, stop taking an antibiotic IMMEDIATELY, as soon as you get side effects. Once I was prescribed Cipro for sinusitus. It has the possible side effect ripping apart the Achilles tendon, so that the tendon breaks. The first night, I woke up with a tightening of the A. tendon, so I stopped taking it immediately. Learn the possible side effects of the drug BEFORE you take it, and find reliable information in the drug index at your library. (Detailed copies of every monograph are available at libraries in Canada.) Doctors mistakenly believe that yo | M | 59 | 50 days | 12/6/2007 | 1 | uti | After only 2 days of this med. I developed blisters, swelling of my eyes and acute pacreatitis. I was hospitalized for 13 days. I am still sick and weak. And i am not quite sure how long it will take me to get well again. | I think people should be aware of the harmful effects of this drug! | F | 44 | 2 days | 12/2/2007 | 1 | Possible staph infection | Flu-like aches, chills, fever, itchy rash all over body | Was prescribed a 10-day course of Bactrim after having a boil lanced. Several days into the treatment I began feeling achy and tired, like I was coming down with the flu. After 8 days I woke up in the middle of the night with shaking chills, unable to get warm. The next morning I took my dose of Bactrim and then broke out in a rash all over my chest, back, feet, arms and legs. Chills returned with a fever of 101. Left work and went to immediate care clinic. Doctor took me off Bactrim, recommended trying Benadryl for the rash first; fever mostly subsided after a day off the Bactrim but the rash didn't respond to Benadryl, instead spreading and turning very splotchy and hellishly itchy, so doc started me on Prednisone. After a day on the Prednisone the rash appears to be starting to subside a little bit, I'm still quite tired, and I have to take extra precautions to keep the original infected area clean because Prednisone is an immune system suppressant. This treatment has been i | F | 39 | 9 days | 12/2/2007 | 4 | UTI | sore throat, runny nose, fatigue/weakness, chills--kinda like you're getting the flu | I was so relieved that it cleared up my (painful) UTI symptoms in less than a day that I gratefully accepted the side effects. Who wouldn't take a runny nose over burning when you pee? | F | 33 | 3 days | 12/1/2007 | 3 | MRSA | swollen lymph nodes, fatigue, hives. | Was given prescription for 10 days, and it worked really well, and seemed to clear the problem up in only a couple of days. 6 days into the medication, I started to feel like I was coming down with something. It was at this point that I ached, had swollen nodes, and fatigue. On the 8th morning, I woke up covered in hives from head to toe and went to the emergency room, where they gave me IV benedryl and a prescription for a steroid. | F | 25 | 8 days | 11/28/2007 | 1 | Bladder Reflux | My 5 yr old daughter had a headache beginning the morning after a dose of Bactrim (used for preventative UTI) the previous evening. We didn't connect the headache to the meds, so we gave her another dose that morning and the headache became more severe and she became lethargic as well. We considered going to the emergency room as the pharmacy told us the headaches were not related to the Bactrim. After reading some of the comments in this website, we stopped the meds and she began feeling a little better that evening and almost back to normal the next day. We called our Urologist on Monday and he said he has never heard of these side effects with this Med. | F | 5 | 1 days | 11/26/2007 | 3 | Possible Mrsa infection | Seemed O.K. until about day 6..taking 2 pills morning, two evening. Thought I had come down with the flu..high fever, chills, headache when eyes or head moved. 8th day, rash on torso and upper legs..realized it must be reaction to the bactrim. | Extremely flu-like symptoms after 6th day..aching, fever, headache, etc. Then the rash. Miserable time, but seems to have taken care of the infection in my arm. Had to skip the final dose though, on 10th day, as rash and fever getting too bad to deal with. | M | 58 | 10 days | 11/25/2007 | 1 | Possible Staph Infection | Started off with mild body aches, some insomnia. Thought it was work related so i blew it off. Then out of nowhere i got hit hard with cold chills, and 101 fever, felt like i was burning alive. Headaches intensified, loss of appetite. Nausea and vomiting. Severes muscle aches, almost left feeling drained and dibilitated. Dry and nasty taste in mouth. Shortness of breath. Very thirsty. | I initially thought i had the flu. But my symptoms seemed to clear up once in a while, and i would feel fine, then i would start feeling terrible again. I knew something not right was going on. I WILL STOP TAKING THIS ANTIBIOTIC, and will never touch it again in my life. It has ruined my thanksgiving. | F | 23 | 2 weeks | 11/22/2007 | 2 | Sinus Infection | Sore throat and cough, felt positive help from bactrim almost immediately, by day 4 felt better, day 7 started to get a stiff neck, shoulder and my eyes hurt when I turned them, when I bent down to tie my shoes my forehead throbbed with such pressure pain. Day 8 Fever, and stiffness, really getting worried about Menengitis, my neck would feel more stiff and sore when I laid down flat and looked up, fever and chills. Was told by Pharmacist it was a virus, keep taking Bactrim for 15 days as that was how long I was to take it. Day 9 I started telling my family my joints hurt, and stiff muscles, fever etc. but that I felt it was the medicine. Last nigt I took 2nd dose at 9:00pm by 11:00pm I was shivering so bad from feeling MEGA cold I could not move at all or wicked chills teeth chattering, I got my son to get 2 coats, 1 ski cap and I put them on, barely had the strength to walk up to bed my legs and kneww felt that weak just to Hours after taking it. I had 2 winter coats on, and 3 Blanke | I found all your posts, and I see a similarity to alot of people 4 or 5 days into it getting chills and stiff neck and shoulders, and FEVER. Just hope I get better it has now been 14 hours since I last took a Bactrim. but my throat feels a little scratchy, sinus drainage is clear now. What a Headache and stiffness, thank goodness that has subsided for the most part. Now I want fever to go away, that never showed up till like day 6 or 7. Be careful with this Med everyone. | M | 37 | 9 days | 11/21/2007 | 3 | staph infection of the sinuses | uneasy stomach, fever up to 101.6, body aches, rash, pain on eye movement | I brushed off the stomach discomfort for the first 6 days but on the 7th day awoke with fever, body aches and pain on eye movement with general frontal headaches. On the 8th day, when I went to the ER for the fever, they discovered a rash all over my body which had just started. My white blood cell count went down to a dangerous 2.1 and my neutrophils to 900 and my platelets to 109. Apparently, I am allergic to Bactrim. My mother is but I had never taken it. I thought if I did okay the first couple of days, that meant it was fine, but I was wrong. Fortunately, all of this should resolve with a week or so of monitoring by a hematologist and infectious disease specialist and I will know in the future to alert docs that I am allergic to Bactrim. Glad I found out without doing any permanent damage. | F | 42 | 8 days | 11/20/2007 | 1 | UTI | Racing thoughts/nightmares, insomnia, compromised mental state | After two days of Bactrim DS, I went to bed but experienced insomnia. As I tried to sleep, and started to drift off, my mind was "racing", and I was unable to grasp a thought for more than a few seconds before the next one rushed in. It's hard to explain, but it was a scary experience. Somehow, I knew it was related to the Bactrim, which is the only that that kept me from outright panic. I stopped using the drug, preferring the UTI to the "insanity" and reported the events to my doctor who said such a reaction was "unusual" Not according to what I am reading here. This is a dangerous drug for some people. | M | 44 | 2 days | 11/20/2007 | 1 | Staff Infection | Sever rash on penis that destroyed the skin on the top part of the head of my penis. Didn’t realize it was the Bactrim until the 5tth day when I saw my dermatologist. By then, what had started as a swollen rash had become a very dark irritated area that was crusting over. Stopped taking the Bactrim and after a day I am starting to heal, but the skin is completely dead and raw, painful and unsightly. Doctor says I should be completely healed after two weeks. The irony is my dermatologist told me to put Bacatrim (spelling??) cream on the infected area, but stop taking the pills. | Will never ever take this again | M | 28 | 5 days | 11/20/2007 | 5 | adult acne | none at all | I've read the comments posted by others. I have been taking this drug for at least four years. Other than minocin, it's the only one that has cleared me up. I think that because some people's bodies have issues with sulfa, it doesn't mean that everyone should avoid it any more than everyone should avoid peanuts just because they can kill some people. It's a terrible thing to have a scarred and ravaged face and it's a wonderful thing to find a cure. Bactrim can be that cure for many people whose bodies are just fine with it. | F | 43 | 4 days | 11/17/2007 | 3 | MRSA | nausea, heartburn, insomnia, headache, shortness of breath | seems to be clearing up the infection | M | 16 | 5 days | 11/14/2007 |