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 |
| 5 | gastrointestinal infection | fatigue, which actually helped me to sleep better at night and encouraged me to rest while recovering; moderately severe headache beginning day 2, taken care easily with one advil twice daily. | F | 30 | 4 days | 11/13/2007 | 2 | Persistant Sinus Infection, POST OP | Well, I had surgery in June of last year. The surgery was to unblock my sinuses and to stop chronic sinitus. Surgery was OK. Post Op was horrible. I was admited for sever sinus infection due to the packins in my nose. Was put on IV Batrim for the 3 days I was admited. The sent home after the packings were removed. Months later. I still have the sinus infection. Nausa, SEVER abdominal pain, total feeling of unwellness, depression, "piss off mood" all the time. Symptons stared 2 day of the 3rd time being on the meds. Prednisone was also prescribed to help keep the infection away. Infection is worsening, side effects are worsening, considering to go to the ER and scream at a doctor. | Eh! It sucks! | M | 16 | 23.5 days | 11/13/2007 | 4 | salmonella | tiredness | I was scared to use this drug after reading these posts about potential side affects and all the horror stories. I am allergic to the quinone based drugs so when I got salmonella, they prescribed bacrim DS to me. I took it for 5 days and the main side effect was tiredness. I hope there are no long term effects or anything, it seems like a hit or miss with the real bad side effects. | M | 20 | 5 days | 11/12/2007 | 2 | kidney infection | SEVERE diarrhea and stomach cramps, nausea, and itching | I know I needed something strong to treat the infection, but the side effects were almost too much to take, and they lasted the whole seven days I was on the med. | 55 | 7 days | 11/12/2007 | 1 | sinus infection | vomiting, severe heart palpitations, fatigue | Will not take this drug or any other sulpha drug, ever again. Wasn't screened for any possible reactions. I quit taking it after the third day. Was supposed to be taking it for 10 days. Took my wife's cipro instead with good results. This med is poison. | M | 39 | 3 days | 11/12/2007 | 4 | UTI | a headache (but I always have them so it could have been unrelated). on the third or fourth day, I felt a little bit dizzy and like I had low blood-sugar but again, that occasionally happens to me. other than that, a yeast infection at the end of treatment. | I'm pretty allergic to almost everything so I was nervous about taking this (have allergies to other antibiotics as well as solu-medrol and solu-cortef) but it didn't seem to bother me. | F | 25 | 5 days | 11/11/2007 | 3 | UTI | I have taken Bactrim before with no side effects. This time I feel I'm taking poison. I have nausea, headaches and a general feeling that I am sick. The UTI is gone. | F | 48 | 3 days | 11/9/2007 | 3 | yes , sinusitus | It makes me very tired and sometimes jittery. I took for 12 days so I think my body had enough of it. | F | 39 | 12 days | 11/9/2007 | 3 | Staph (MRSA) skin infection | Low blood calcium, blurred vision, reduced need for narcotic pain medications. | After a month, the skin infection, boil and blistered area (4x4 inch area) is purple scar but not leaking pus | M | 56 | 24 days | 11/5/2007 | 4 | MRSA | Insomnia, nausea, itchy fingers, feeloing of something caught in my throat, fever in AM, sweaty. | I have one day left so may tough it out. | F | 30 | 10 days | 11/1/2007 | 1 | U.T.I | Horrible headache,fever, chills,stiff neck and shoulder area. | I have taken this before in 2005 for the same thing, that time I had felt like I was going to vomit and had a fever and chills. All of this went away thought after the first dose. Now in 2007 after only a couple of hours after taking this I felt like I had been hit in the back of my head with a brick. My headaches are soooo bad I can't sleep at night and I can't turn my head to either side. I have a fever and chills again this time but I can live with that!! The headaches have only gotten worse and no matter what I do they won't get better. I am only on day 3 and I have 4 more days to go...THIS BETTER CLEAR UP MY U.T.I!! | F | 25 | 3 days | 11/1/2007 | 1 | Possible Staph infection | 102 to 104 fever.Rash. Did not want to eat or drink anything. Tired. Belly pains. Low platlets. | My son started taking the drug and then got very sick. His white blood cell count went down to 1.5 and developed a rash all over his body. He was hospitalized for 7 days. Very Very scary. | M | 8 | 3 days | 10/30/2007 | 1 | UTI | After the 4th day I started to experience real bad dizziness, almost felt out of tune with myself, constipation, bad gas, weird color bowels orange like, felt real off, weird dizzy feelings, also weak muscle/joints | I wouldnt take this for UTI again although cheap medication but wow it made me feel too dizzy. | F | 27 | 4 days | 10/29/2007 | 1 | UTI | Headache, Swollen nodes, cough, !!!!HIVES!!!!, fatigue, muscle aches. | Prescribed medication for 10 days. Felt "cured" within 2 days. I didn't realize my headaches, cough, swollen nodes, fatigue and muscle aches were side effects, so I assumed I was getting a cold or something. On the 8th morning on this medicine, I woke up to find out I was covered in hives. I stopped taking the medicine and am taking benadryl. We'll see how that works. | F | 23 | 10 days | 10/26/2007 | 4 | bacterial infection of the eye | Mild, but not fun. Headache. Nausea. A real loss of energy, which was the most difficult to deal with. Well, that and last night which I spent in large part on the bathroom floor with fever chills, feeling I might hurl at any moment. | They prescribed this incredibly strong antibody to me because I had preseptal cellulitis IN MY EYE, which is (naturally) quite close to the brain and therefore not to be toyed with. I will say, this shit works. The infection subsided in 2 days (the doctor thought it would take 4). | M | 26 | 10 days | 10/25/2007 | 1 | Ear Infection | Severe headaches, nausea, weakness, muscle and joint aches, and a persistant cough. I felt horrible like my body was poisoned. | Bactrim worked clearing up my ear infection. But I'll never take it again. Bactrim is toxic. I never felt so terrible for so long in my entire life. I was about to go to the emergency room I felt so bad. When my wife told me that Bactrim had side effects I looked online and sure enough all of my symptoms I had were reported by other people (especially on this site). After stopping this medication I started feeling better again. | M | 46 | 20 days | 10/19/2007 | 2 | Sinus Infection | Dizzyness, loss of appetite, nausea - bloated stomach. Dose was 1x500mgx2per day. After the dose was complete after 10 days on the 11th day I developed an itchy rash from on my neck, arms, front and back torso. Went to a different Doctor and he stated that you can get a reaction after a course of this has been completed as the medicine accumulates. Not sure if the cure was worse than the disease in this case. | It was ironic how I was treated for allergies, then given bactrim for a sinus infection, which appears to be known after speaking with a second Doctor to have allergic side effects. How long after should this be gone out of my body? | M | 40 | 10 days | 10/18/2007 | 1 | Kidney infection | Breathing difficulty, (felt like I wasn't getting enough oxygen). Mild Anxiety attacks. Felt very hot at times. Tired and at times mildly confused. Felt like I might die in my sleep. | I was put on Bactrim after having a bad reaction to Levaquin. I will never take these two again! | F | 59 | 9 days | 10/18/2007 | 2 | staph infection | Fever 102, joint aches, headache, severe forearm and leg cramps, nausea, pale skin, redness and hot skin and tight chest. | I have taken sulfate drugs before with no problem but this time things were different just after 4 days and the fifth day it got really bad | M | 35 | 5 days | 10/15/2007 | 1 | UTI | mild itching of skin, mild joint pain | It didn't work!!! I improved rapidly for 3 days, then became worse again, despite continuing to take it. I'm on the last day of treatment now, and going back to the Dr. to get a different antibiotic. | M | 35 | 7 days | 10/14/2007 |