SEPTRA Reviews (SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM)

Average Rating: 1.7 (90 Ratings)

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 1  uti Sharp pains shooting in legs, nausea, vomiting, absolutely awful feeling. Did not react to this antibiotic well AT ALL. Do not recommend this to anyone. Always always read up on the symptoms and do research on the drug before you take it. I've been miserable and finally feeling better after 24 hours of not taking it. F 19 2 days
8/15/2014
 1  travel infection Its been 2 weeks of hell. No sleep, lots of gas, mucas in stools, anxcious, cough, sore throat, deeper voice, achey body, sore joints, dizziness, no appetite and more. Doctors prescribed sleeping tablets, 2 weeks is a long time to go without any sleep. Today is my last day I just hope that it has worked and that the side effects wear of quickly. M 32 2 weeks
4xday
8/1/2014
 1  Acne My 16 year old daughter had Flu like symptoms, eye infection and then hard to breathe due to blisters in throat, went to ER and blisters appeared all over her body, within 48 hours rushed to ICU with low blood pressure and diagnosed with Stevens Johnson Syndrome due to an adverse reaction to this medication. We very nearly lost our daughter. 6 days in ICU and a week in the burns unit after. Still recovering from scar tissue in eyes 6 weeks later. Do not take it!! F 16 20 days
2X day
7/31/2014
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 1  UTI Nausea, diarrhea, Worry/Anxiety/Panic Attacks/Hallucinations Gave this med to my 10-year-old daughter. NEVER EVER will I give this med to any of my kids. She had extreme panic attacks, hallucinations of hell and the devil and mentioned suicide twice. So out of character for my daughter. I now have her in counseling. Had her stop the med after calling her doctor to let them know of her unusual fears and worry. She started feeling better 4 days after stopping the Septra. This should not be given to children AT ALL!!!!! F 10 7 days
20mg 2X day
5/25/2014
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 1  inflammed follicle/cyst Vomiting, constipation, diarrhea, extreme nausea, headache, hallucinations, confusion, short term memory loss. I have not been able to even smell food without getting sick. I stopped taking it this afternoon 8/19 after reading the posts on this site. All this afternoon and evening I have still been nauseous and have a headache. I've been only drinking ginger tea. I found a different option; burdock root which I plan to start in 48 hours when hopefully the Septra (death pill) will be out of my system. I feel like my Dr. tried to kill me. He and I are having a long talk at my appointment next week. I have never thrown up so much in my life. I'm really sorry to hear about everyone else's side effects, especially the guy who woke up in the hospital. I don't know who approves these drugs but THEY really should do more in depth testing. My fault for trusting my Doctor or is it my Doctor's fault for trusting whoever the heck approved this pill from Hell. From now on I will do my own damn research on any and every pill prescribed to me before I take it. Even Motrin. Good luck and I hope anyone reading this stops the pill and finds another solution. I'm going to go throw up again. Fingers crossed that this will be the last time. F 30 4 days
160/800 2X day
8/19/2013
 1  Upper Respiratory infection Heart palpitations, extreme fatigue like I have never experienced, splitting headache, loss of appetite, weak legs, shortness of breath, diarrhea Vile medication. I thought I was dying and almost drove myself to the ER. M 24 1 days
800/160 2X day
5/25/2013
 1  UTI Horrible experience - could not tolerate this drug more than 2 days. I really tried to go the full course with this drug; it was curing the UTI but the Septra made me so sick I had to stop at the end of 2 days. Nausea (very close to vomiting) and fever, chills, aches, couldn't eat - felt like complete crap and it kept getting worse. F 63 5 days
1X day
5/23/2013
 1  UTI I do not recommend this drug at all. My legs started aching to the point I could not sleep on day 5. By day 7 it became unbearable. I discontinued the drug today. I am praying my legs return to normal soon! F 49 10 days
2X day
4/11/2013
 1  Ear Infection My daughter was prescribed septra and within and hour of taking the drug her nose started to bleed profusely and took over a hour to clot.The amount of blood coming out was so much that she also began throwing up blood from it going down her throat. This happened two more times that day. Found out after researching it that in rare cases it can cause problems with decreasing blood platelets leading to clotting problems. First sign is severe nose bleeds and bleeding.gums. After 24 hrs of not being on this the symptoms disappeared. Beware on this drug and if something is happening out of the ordinary once you're on it the cause is probably the medicine F 6 1 days
4/7/2013
 1  Bladder infection Bad stomach pains Dizziness Bad taste in mouth Tired F 21 2 days
800
4/3/2013
 1  Uti Difficulty breathing, chills, severe headache, stomach pain, chest pain F 22 3 days
3/8/2013
 5  uti none F 37 3 days
1/19/2013
 1  hidrenitis HORRIBLE! Headache,rapid heartbeat,loss of apetite,extreme fatigue,diarrhea. Take it and flush this mess down the toilet! UGH! F 38 3 days
1/6/2013
 1  UTI swelling over my entire body, especially hands, lips, eyes, throat & tongue...prickly sensation over entire body...racing heart beat, anxious/scared, arms, back & legs extremely weak and sore....This medicine is horrible!! I literally thought I was going to die. Do not take a chance of an allergic reaction to this medicine!! I am not allergic to anything, but this one sure got me. F 30 1 days
1X day
10/27/2012
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 1  ear infection Started having flu like symptoms after a day or so which I failed to recognize as side effects of this drug because neither the doctor or pharmacist mentioned any possble effects other than rashes,nausea or yeast infection.Symptoms kept worsening daily (just like the flu):persistant headache,body ache,back ache,stiff neck,muscle weakness,nausea,loss of appetite,low grade fever that was rising,heart palpitations,shortness of breath,skin sensitive to the touch,swollen lymph nodes,sore throat. I felt as if I had been poisoned-I am not exagerrating.I was debating on going to the ER when it dawned on me to research this drug (there was no printout included from the pharmacy so I had to look it up on the internet).I was shocked at what I read.MANY people had experienced similar effects and some were even worse. I stopped the drug immediately and within a day my health began slowly improving.And to top it off it didn't even clear up my infection!This is a dangerous drug and after researching even more about it I am convinced that it should NOT be prescribed by any doctor -even as a last resort- because the risks DO NOT outweigh the very few benefits, if any, there might be and besides,there are many alternative antibiotics that could be prescribed instead.This drug is a dangerous and destructive drug. Spread the word. F 54 8 days
2x a day
8/28/2012
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 1  Paronychia (nail infection) OMG! I only took the first dose and knew something was wrong: skin felt prickly like a niacin rush, then nausea set in a few hours later, low grade fever with chills and a splitting headache. In fact, I ached all over. Lasted over 12 hours. Want to note that this was generic for Septra DS and I could not find the namebrand drug anywhere. My prescription label says SMZ/TMP DS 800-160. F 60 10 days
800 mg
5/12/2012
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 1  UTI Weak, restless legs, no sleep, could not get up for work, low sugar. I would not recommend this drug to my worst enemy. I tried it twice and both times was taken out of the work force. It is sneaky, you may not realize what has happened to you until it's too late. Be careful! M 73 8 days
2X day
4/25/2012
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 3  UTI Nausea after taking med and vomiting after eating AM and PM meals. Heartburn at night. UTI seems to be better but sure hate the side affects. F 49 10 days
800 2X day
3/23/2012
 1  Sinus infection Tired flush sweating jittery nervous worried freezing and skin that was pink as pepto bismal. Feet and hands felt very warm only wanted water no appetite went to er whom said it was allergic reaction am gave me benedryl. Today is day after feel better but appetite still low still feel a little tired don't want anymore antibiotics F 33 4 days
80
2/19/2012
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 1  UTI HORRIFIC---less than 30 minutes of taking 1 pill-- vomiting, chills, shaking/tremors, fever, severe weakness, incapacitated . ER then hospitalized, hallucinations, sleep, trouble swallowing, stroke-like, cant control muscles, confusion...81 yr old mother Have to now go to physical rehab center because now became an invalid. It's been 2 1/2 days of hospitalization, severe muscle weakness, incapacitated, TERRIBLE...almost killed her. F 81 1 times
1X day
11/2/2011
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