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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 1  Boil in nose staph infection Severe back pain, aches like I have the flu, dizzy, generally foggy head, excessive thirst, profuse sweating, leg cramps, stomach cramps, migraine headache, enlarged lymph nodes behind ears, neck pain, radiating pain everywhere, insomnia. This is the worst medicine I have ever been on. I have never felt worse in my life. I hope and pray it leaves my system soon and I feel better. Absolutely stay away from this!! POISON F 44 5 days
800-160 mg 2X day
12/28/2015
 1  UTI Was ok first few days then started with extreme upper stomach pain right in the pit of my abdomen after 3/4th day. First started to come and go then was steady. Called Dr to stop and pain is lessening after 2 days, still there just not as bad. Almost went to ER last night pain was pretty bad. Says it stays in your system about 72 hours. Hopefully it will go away completely. F 55 7 days
12/18/2015
 1  UTI Took generic brand of Bactrim and am pretty much bedridden and I have been off of it for almost a week. I have extreme nausea, back pain, stomach pain, severe leg fatigue, severe tingling throughout my fingers and toes and sometimes face and head. This is the worst antibiotic I've ever been on. I have been to doctor and he's doing bloodwork on me. If all checks out okay, he wants me to see neurologist. I will NEVER TAKE THIS AGAIN!!! F 48 3 days
12/18/2015
 3  Uti/ kidney infection First dose was last night with no side effects. Uti appeared better. This morning I woke up, ate breakfast, and took my second dose. My stomach is uncomfortable, cramping, and I feel out of it. I do plan on continuing the medicine as prescribed because bactrim DOES work (in my case) but the side effects are unpleasant. Drink fluids, eat light, rest when you can. F 18 2 days
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12/15/2015
 1  staph and hard cyst under skin Shaking, nausea, starting to feel intense pain in upper leg. F 41 2 days
2400mg dai
12/15/2015
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 1  allergies, sinus infection Feel like everything Is way open! Anxious, little nervous….Don't like it F 68 2 days
800
12/13/2015
 1  Sinus infection Nausea, diarrhea and itching. Feel like going to vomit. Day 1 and 2 on drug I was fine after day 3 dose about 9 hours later feel awful. On the weekend so will call doctor if it gets worse .. I don't plan to take this drug again. Sulfa has made me feel nauseated before. Should have know. Better. I was so ill at the doctor when I initially went I confused Bactrum with Biaxin when it was prescribed. . I will not take this again. F 44 3 days
12/5/2015
 2  UTI Abdominal cramping, intermittent bouts of stabbing pain in abdomen area and low back, shaky, face flushed I have taken Bactrim in the past (approx. 3 years ago) with no side effects but this last regimen was very painful. I'm not sure why my body didn't tolerate it. F 39 3 days
160mg
12/3/2015
 1  Possible UTI After first pill began to fill sick, achy, light headed just wanted to lay down. Second day, no appetite, constipated, abdominal, nausea and back pain, just out of it. Third day, could not function normally, abdominal pain was worse, laying down and sitting made pain worse. Fourth day, extreme severe abdominal pain that radiated to back, bloated, could not eat or drink, comtiplated going to ER, but thought I would get better, boy I was wrong. Fifth day, stopped taking pills, but severely ill with abdominal pain, could not function, could not sleep, or eat. Sipped on broth and drank ginger teas, lemon water, day 6 thru 9 still very ill. On day 7 went to doc, did blood work, still waiting on results. Day 10 finally woke up feeling a little better, still waiting on results. Poison to the body. Beware!! F 34 4 days
160 MG 2X day
11/28/2015
 1  Cyst Diaherra ,acute ,blood in stool,weakness ,going to toilet every half hr or less.foul odor palpitations etc. etc. worse drug ever. Should be banned. Iam still sick. Taking probiotics hoping I get better 84 10 days
2 x 800 2X day
11/28/2015
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 1  To prevent infection around sutures Took a generic form of BACTRIM as a prophylaxes to prevent infection around some sutures. After 5 pills (2 1/2 days) I developed uncomfortable nausea with some burping up of stomach contents, but short of actual vomiting. After the 8th pill I had enough! I just got off the phone the doctor (fortunately he gave me an emergency number to call on weekends) and he had me stop the medication as he felt I was past the time when infection would develop around my sutures. Had the doctor not stopped it I would have asked for an alternative as this medication DOES NOT agree with me. Just waiting for this medication to get out of my system now so I can feel better. I wish I had found this site earlier and I would have never taken this stuff. M 65 10 days
800 MG 2X day
11/28/2015
 2  MRSA On 5th day began having flu like symptoms, chills, loss of appetite,tiredness. Day 9 developed red rash over entire body, fever, fatigue worsened. Stopped all pills. MRSA sore seemed to heal within first 5 days, swelling reduced, coloring better, pain gone. F 52 9 days
2X day
11/27/2015
 1  UTI Frequent urination, back pain, all sorts of muscle pain, soreness and burning pain. Kidney pain. The depression and anxiety were horrible. Night sweats, nervousness, very soft stools after the whole course of taking Bactrim and still feeling the side effects. Strange dreams, can't stay sleeping, headaches that jumpstart out of nowhere, lost weight. Doctors, if they had decency, should not prescribe this drug. But most of them don't have decency. They are like lawyers. F 46 10 days
2X day
11/27/2015
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 1  UTI On day 3 now and I will not take the last two pills. All my joints hurt. My heart rate is fast. I am very dizzy. I feel like I have the flu. F 33 3 days
160mg
11/4/2015
 4  Spider Bite/Skin Infection Severe upset stomach, loss of appetite, headaches, chills, severe fatigue, diarrhea, bleeding from anus, thrombose hemmorriods, smelly stools, severe and smelly gas, anal leakage It helped clear up the infection from the spider bite and surrounding area but I had to discontinue taking at day 7, was prescribed a 10 day supply at 1 tablet, 2 X a day every 12 hours. Became so sick I could barely function. Could be worsened by taking Bupap a migraine medicine and ingredients interacting with each other. I would definitely recommend taking a good probiotic after you take this medicine to help replace good gut bacteria killed from the antibiotic. F 36 10 days
1 Tablet
10/31/2015
 1  Sinus infection Bright red rash all over face & chest within 20 mins of taking. Lasted hours. Felt like I was burning from the inside. Urinating all the time, with difficulty. All symptoms worse after 2nd days last dose. Fever 100. (Didn't have a fever before) Chills all over. Ached like I had the flu. Today should be day 3 but I will never take that again. I feel really good now...still have sinus infection. I can deal with sinus infection easier than dealing with the side effects off this horrible medicine. F 35 2 days
800/160mg 2X day
10/31/2015
 1  Cellulitis Pin prick speckled red rash that turned completely red like sunburn everywhere on my body, extreme itchy and stinging pain all over, swollen lymph nodes, yeast infection, heart rate doubled from 55 to 110, rigors, high fever of 102.7, chills, extreme insomnia. Stinging pain everywhere from rash and insomnia kept me from sleep more that 2 hours a night, 1/2 an hour at a time full of terrible nightmares. This drug is my worst living nightmare. These side effects should be read out to the patient before prescribed, if I had known what could happen, I would not have taken it. I took it for 9 days straight as well as cephlex. I think bactrim should be discontinued. F 16 9 days
1000
10/28/2015
 1  Urinary Tract Infection Bactrim (SMZ/TMP DS 800-160 mg.) - I had tiredness, muscle weakness, headache, frequent urination, very slight dizziness, nausea, indigestion. I took five (5) pills over 2 1/2 days and these side effects never went away, so the doctor told me to stop taking it. I was being given it for a Urinary Tract Infection. [Note: Bactrim is a sulfa drug]. Made by Mutual Pharmaceutical Company. I was able to take Cranberry tablets instead and didn't have serious side effects. M 53 2 days
3X day
10/28/2015
 3  Infection in cuticle of great toe On day five of the course of antibiotics my son developed watery diarrhea followed by a fever of 100.8 and extreme lethargy. He refused to eat supper and went to bed three hours early. He awoke with blistering hives around his mouth and vomiting. The adverse effects appeared to have mostly subsided around twelve hours after his last dose. My son is allergic to azithromycin and keflex. Bactrim is a sulfa drug and can cause severe reactions in people with sulfa allergies. It appears my son has a sulfa allergy so his reaction to Bactrim may not be an accurate reflection of how you will react to Bactrim. M 2 7 days
2 tsp
10/22/2015
 1  abscess Lower back pain chills Fever The worse medicine ever F 38 3 days
800/160
10/21/2015

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