BACTRIM Reviews (SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM)

Average Rating: 1.9 (1902 Ratings)

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BACTRIM  (SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM):  This medication is a combination of two antibiotics: sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim. It is used to treat a wide variety of bacterial infections (such as middle ear, urine, respiratory, and intestinal infections). It is also used to prevent and treat a certain type of pneumonia (pneumocystis-type). This medication should not be used in children less than 2 months of age due to the risk of serious side effects. This medication treats only certain types of infections. It will not work for viral infections (such as flu). Unnecessary use or misuse of any antibiotic can lead to its decreased effectiveness.    (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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 3  Sinus infection I have taken this several times but this is the first time I've experienced anxiety from it. I also feel like I'm living through a fog but that may be the infection. I'm just glad I have some clonidine to help with the anxiety. Oh and the constant gnawing in my gut. Hopefully I won't wake up with a rash. I feel for you that have had to suffer with that. I'm allergic to all penicillin meds and can't tolerate erythromycin so bactrim and Zithromax are my go to's. F 47 2 days
10/4/2016
 1  Sinus/ear infection Really severe heartburn- to the point of being scary F 59 7 days
160 mg
9/14/2016
 1  UTI Daytime: Severe nausea, lethargy, fatigue, sleepiness, migraine-like headache, dizziness, muscle aches, overall malaise, loss of appetite, major bouts of random depression. Nighttime: continued severe nausea, zero appetite, headache joint/muscle aches, nausea, anxiety & insomnia, depression. Feel like I got hit by a truck - head hurts, sleepy during the day and lethargic, and can't sleep at night because of racing heart and anxiety. Have taken this before but this time had worst physical and mental side effects ever. My muscles feels like they are coming off my bones...everything aches from my hands to my feet, and especially my neck and head is pounding. Prescribed 10 days but ended it yesterday at 6 days. DON'T take with AZO!!! Apparently they interact - strange, but true. I did take together, so maybe that's why I feel so bad. Will NEVER take Bactrim again!! Have experienced major body temp regulating difficulty and researched this - apparently has to do w/ gut flora being destroyed. Mega loading probiotics. F 45 6 days
800 2X day
9/14/2016
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 1  Kidney Infection Liver enzyme numbers highly elevated. Vomiting, nausea, muscle cramps, lethargy, fever and rash. Scar from rash still exists. I suggest you ask Doctor for a non sulfa antibiotic. F 48 4 days
9/7/2016
 1  Skin infection Intense nausea. Really bad headache. Muscle cramps everywhere, even feet and hands. Don't take it. M 40 1 days
20 mg
9/2/2016
 1  Infection after precancerous skin r My husband was taking this drug and suffered from nausea, loss of appetite and food tasted terrible. He has been off the drug for 3 weeks and his taste has not come back. He lost about 15 lbs because he wasn't eating because food tasted so bad. He no longer enjoys food, just eats because he needs to. M 79 10 days
2X day
8/30/2016
 1  Pilonidal cyst The worst headache of my life while taking this. Every time I move I feel like my head is going to explode. My eyes feel like someone is stabbing that back of them with hot neddles. M 40 2 days
8/28/2016
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 1  Abscess infection Very fatigued! A terrible headache the first day i took it follwed by 24 hours of vomiting. Once headache and vomiting stopped, nausea and tiredness continued. I feel overly tired and weak on this drug. This cant be worth the outcome. F 27 2 weeks
Two pills
8/22/2016
 1  UTI Horrible stomach pains and irregular stools. Can't sleep because of it and can't go anywhere. I have been off of the medication for 5 days. F 58 5 days
800
8/19/2016
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 5  Acne No side effects at all. Started having really bad cystic acne last year , never had it before not even in my teen years .My dermatologist prescribed me Bactrim for 8 months and 10 treatments of glycolic peels , just finished with Bactrim 3 weeks ago and it worked wonders for me .No side effects with Bactrim at all, my advice is to take probiotics during this time . F 30 8 days
2× 800mg
8/7/2016
 1  uti 24 Days Out. Random anxiety attacks continue. Migraines are better, but auras still occur on occasion. Sleeping better. However, the only place I feel somewhat normal is sitting on my couch at home. Still can't drive. Vertigo. Pain in neck. Heaviness in head today. Tried to go back to work. Became I'll and had to be transported home. Aura, lethargy, dizziness. I am seeing a homeopathic doctor to help me through this. My life is not the same. No one should risk taking this drug. F 45 3 days
30
8/6/2016
 3  infection from burn headache, sweating, nasty taste in mouth/ cottonmouth. a little muscle weakness. not too bad side effects were okay. i always made sure i had food in my system when i took them. F 48 5 days
2X day
8/2/2016
 1  UTI I was 17 when I took Bactrim for a UTI, I was a month away from turning 18 and was given this because another antibiotic would have more side effects I was told. I took it for 5 days and became horribly sick from a nasty cold and was told to stop Bactrim and to take Z Pac instead for 5 days. As soon as I stopped taking the Bactrim the next morning I broke out in hives. I thought it was a heat rash but it was all over my body and a cold bath did not get rid of it. Called my doctor and said it's likely a sulfa allergy. Couldn't take Benadryl to get rid of it because I had a fever and didn't want to become dehydrated. Had to stay home from work and school for an entire week until the rash went away. Absolutely horrible experience. Thankfully my UTI was gone by the time I stopped taking it. Common allergy F 19 5 days
8/2/2016
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 1  uti I AM 80 YEAR OLD FEMALE, THE VERY NEXT DAY AFTER TAKING BACTRIM I WOKE UP WITH SEVERE PAIN IN MY HIPS AND LEGS, FEET, TOES, ETC I CALLED DR WHO SAID THESE WERE NOT SIDE EFFECTS AND CONTINUE TAKING IT, WHICH I DID, EVERY DAY THE PAIN SPREAD AND WAS WORSE, I SOAKED IN EPSOM SALTS, RUBBED WITH EMU OIL, WRAPPED IN TOWELS SAT WITH FEET SOAKING IN EPSOM SALTS. AFTER THE LAST DAY OF THE DRUG WAS DONE, THESE SYMPTOMS LESSENED,; HOWEVER, FURTHER CT SHOWED SPINAL STENOSIS, DR. ASSUMED THIS WAS THE CAUSE, AND NOT THE DRUG. I DO REMEMBER AN ADVERSE REACTION TO SULPHUA DRUGS OVER 50 YEARS AGO, BUT HAD FORGOTTEN FOR WHAT. I NOW HAVE HAD A LUMBAR LAMINECTOMY. AM VERY ALLERGIC TO DRUGS, SEIZURE LIKE SYMPTOMS, ETC. BEWARE OF THIS DRUG, BACTRIM, FIND SOMETHING ELSE FOR UTI OR LIVE WITH IT. F 80 10 days
800/160 2X day
7/31/2016
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 1  Ear ache Stiff neck 2nd day in medicine and been month still got worst stiff neck, difficulty breathing, cloudy pee with uti, weak, nasuiated , feverish, chills. Lethargic, messed up heart rhythm , feel like I'm dying, swollen, increased appetite , headache, nervousness . I wished I had read side effects of taking SMZ generic for Bactrim . This medicine is deadly. And if you are on blood pressure medicine like me I'm on hydrocholoriazide which reduces fluid; not safe to mix other meds with because I got bad leg cramps . This is deadly medicine I read where this medicine can cause death and where 49 yr old man took aspirin and had kidney failure & had to have blood transfusion. Also this medicine can cause Steven Johnson syndrome (sjs) which causes your skin to peel off your body exposing flesh which causes other infections. Also other people had have to take another antibiotic to clear up symptoms like uti , etc it's not good to take a lot antibiotics . I'm now trying recover and taking Cystex to clear up the uti this horrible medicine gave me along with other life threatening side effects . F 49 5 days
7/30/2016
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 2  I had an infected cut in my leg It works very well but the side effects can be bad, I noticed a bad migraine the first day I took it and then persistent headache for the rest of the treatment 10 days
7/27/2016
 1  uti 14 days out. This is an update. Insomnia and muscle weakness have subsided. Breathing is better. Dizziness is better. However, I am extremely lethargic and I am still not able to drive. I have vertigo/ can't focus when driving. Even have it when in moving vehicle. I feel horrible. I have about two hours a day of feeling normal. Throat and nose itchiness are also better No one should take this drug. I am very concerned that I will not be able to return to work. F 45 3 days
7/27/2016
 1  Ruptured varicose vein infection F 44
800/160 mg 1X day
7/26/2016
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Patient History
 1  Ear ache Stiff neck, feverish, cloudy urine , uti, no energy, sad & very weak. Felt like I was dying and both loss of appetite and increased appetite. Felt very strange, increase broken veins. I must be allergic but would not recommend this generic SMZ antibiotic that is generic for Bactrim. I took other antibiotics in past and never felt like this. I felt better before taking this. The stiff neck and other symptoms I having is scary and I still have bad symptoms after week of finished prescription. I read where guy 48 took aspirin with this and had kidney failure. I don't like stiff neck or other side effects I had is so scary I still not recovered and lingering side effects feel worst. F 49 10 days
7/23/2016
 1  Infected cyst Severe yeast infection, mouth sores, sore/tight throat, difficulty swallowing/eating, constipation, blisters around vaginal opening (after yeast infection). I took this pill for 3 days (two pills a day) and experienced all of these side effects. this stuff is poison. I have never been allergic to anything in my life and I swear this drug is killing me. It should really be taken off of the market. 25 3 days
7/22/2016

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