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 | Ear infection | I had severe diarrhea and was tired and dizzy. But while shopping for groceries became very dizzy and felt faint and thought I was going to faint. I thought it was because my blood sugar was too low. So I told my husband that I had to sit down and we headed to the snack area of of the store By this time I was shaking all over .. Could not control it at all.. I was scared.. My husband happened to see an EMT at the deli counter and he asked him if he would take my blood pressure..He did and it was 160/102. And my heart was racing and pounding.. I was sure I was having a heart attack. The EMT called an ambulance to check me. They checked my sugar.. It was normal . My lungs were fine but my heart was going crazy and bp was up and down .. Dont take this stuff .. It can kill you! I am better so far.. Quit taking this and I will do whatever it takes to see that no one does. It needs to be taken off the market. | F | 63 | 3 days 30 | 7/4/2014 | 1 | Throat infection | Felt so sick for hours then spewed up heaps so harsh on the body | F | 19 | 1 days | 6/29/2014 | 2 | Sinus infection | Allergic reaction, had to go to hospital due to rash covering my entire body, muscle cramps, couldn't sleep | F | 21 | 8 days | 6/24/2014 | 1 | Uti | This drug is horrible!!! Terrible rash all over with burning pain. This started 2 days after finishing a 7 day dosage. | F | 39 | 7 days 800 | 6/23/2014 | 1 | Staph infection | Bactrim DS prescribed 2pills twice a day!! Gave me a severe burning sensation which was unbearable. Pain in all my muscles like someone sticking me with a knife. Very cold chills and high blood pressure which is always normal.This all occured after taking for 8 days. Went to hospital to counter act the reaction and still just miserable cannot sleep from pain in my back and muscles and all the burning. They gave me benadryl , zantac, muscle relaxers, steroids, demerol, saline still no relief!!!! Sent me home with all the above. They said all test CBC, urine test etc. came back normal just stop medication. HELP! | M | 31 | 8 days bactrim DS 2X day | 6/19/2014 | 3 | infected pilonodial cyst | Profuse sweating, dizziness, nausea, insomnia, sore jaw; cleared up the infection in 4 days, my dose might have been overstrengthed causing my side effects to be more pronounced and horrible. But it did work for the infection. | M | 27 | 6 days 800 | 6/12/2014 | 4 | post lipectomy infection after 10 d | On the 9th day I got internal itching.; | M | 59 | 9 days 800/160 2X day | 6/9/2014 | 1 | Acne | First 3 weeks were fine. No side effects that I noticed. Literally on the start of the 3rd week, I exercised and went out in the sun. The next day I developed a very itchy/prickly rash. I spoke to my doctor, and I assumed it was just heat rash, because it wasn't sunburn. I became very weak, achy, and sick for 3 days. I stopped taking the Bactrim, and after 2 days it cleared up. For one night, I LITERALLY got no sleep. None. The itching made me unable to sleep. | Derm. told me to take a break, then start on the bactrim again, since the rash was probably just a reaction to the sun. ...I restarted the Bactrim 3 hours ago. 2 hours ago I started to break out in a rash again. Prickling sensation from the top of my head, slowly working allll the way down my body. It's unbearable!! So here I sit, trying Bendadryl, praying the reaction calms down so I can sleep tonight. NO idea why it took 3 weeks for the medicine to effect me like this. | F | 29 | 3 weeks 2X day | 6/5/2014 | 1 | Cellulitis | Horrible drug EVER! I was fine until about 15 days in and started experiencing blurred vision and extreme dizziness. I've been off of it now for almost two weeks and still experience severe dizziness unsteadiness and blurred vision. My neurologist thinks it triggered Ocular Myasthenia, my eyes are so heavy and hurt from straining from all the dizziness and blurred vision I can't stand it and has made me extremely depressed,all I do is cry everyday can't work can't do anything!I wish someone had told me about this drug I would have never taken it! No doctors will say all this is from the Bactrim. Ive been to the ER 4x now and they do nothing but take blood work which comes back normal and send me home. I'm in hell and just want this to end...THIS DRUG IS POISON! I pray I don't have permanent damage from this!!! | F | 40 | 3 weeks 800mg 2x | 6/5/2014 | 3 | uti | Awful salty taste in mouth. Insomnia, itching everywhere with no rash. Fatigue. Neck pain back pain. It did clear up my infection | F | 28 | 10 days 100 mg bid | 6/2/2014 | 5 | acne | Less appetite , nausea | All the side effects worth it because my skin is cured from acne...was so bad before doctor thought my acne was a serious skin infection. No more products needed just 2 pills and wash face | M | 40 | 90 days Ds 800-160 2X day | 5/30/2014 | 1 | UTI/ KIDNEY INFECTION | i have a bad uti that has spread through out my body and they put me on bactrim 800 160 mg twice daily and im having horrible side effects. my throat seems swollen, dizzy, vaginal bleeding, blood in urine, hot flashes, sore ribs, sore back, sore belly, legs feel heavy, headaches, restless, slow heartbeat, dry mouth, lack of appetite, racing heart, feeling cold non stop, chest feels cold, cant think straight, i forget stuff within 3 seconds. i have a hard time paying attention to anything and when ppl talk i dont hear them at times. i zone out badly on this crap and ive had some crazy hallucinations.its like im not me anymore. i absolutely hate this medication and ive told them how it makes me feel yet say its normal and to keep taking it but i feel great when it wears off but once i take it and it kicks in, i feel like complete shit and im miserable and always to tired and weak to do anything. did u have any of these symptoms? | i absolutely hate this antibiotic. DO NOT TAKE THIS..... IT WILL CAUSE MORE DAMAGE THAN ANYTHING. | F | 22 | 10 days 800 160mg 2X day | 5/29/2014 | 4 | BLADDER INFECTION | NONE WHATSOEVER. WORKED GREAT *BUT* UTI CAME BACK after taking this for ten days last month. Next I'm going to the doctor. I am off sugar and that's no fun. | It always worked before when I was much younger. I could go for years without a UTI. No longer true. | F | 70 | 3 days 2X day | 5/20/2014 | 2 | MRSA Infection | About 12 hours after taking a Bactrim pill I started experiencing insane itching. The first night on it I was up every 30 min scratching like a crazy person! Knees, feet, elbows and even the bottoms of my feet. Circulation being cut off when standing for a period of time. | F | 22 | 3 days 800-160 | 5/20/2014 | 1 | Staph | Broken blood vessels in eyes on day 1 followed by insomnia, hot flashes, weakness, dizzy, chest rash, swollen lymph nodes in throat, and even after days of being off the medication the aches in my joints continues. | The side effects are worse than the original ailment | M | 39 | 7 days 800mg 2X day | 5/20/2014 | 1 | Possible UTI | I would not take this unless my only other option were death. If I had a serious infection like MRSA and could be under the care of hospital staff, I'd take it. It made me extremely tired and then super anxious and foggy. It just scared me really badly. Eating and drinking water helped but I'm going to have to take something else because this was a terrible experience. | F | 24 | 1 days ? | 5/14/2014 | 1 | boil | I am writing this because of my mother, she became weak,she could not sleep at all, she could not eat, she was constipated, foggy eyes, headaches and so on ..add all this up, no sleep, no food, no bowel movement for 3 days!! she became very confused, eyes became foggy and had no more strengh in her very active life, thanks to this sight I saved my mothers life! Thank you. Helen Hawkins | F | 77 | 1 days 4 times a day | 5/12/2014 | 1 | Kidney infection | Very painful spasms in stomach - almost felt like a heart attack. Headache, loss of appetite, bad taste in mouth. | F | 56 | 2 days 800 2X day | 5/6/2014 | 1 | Staph Infection | Extreme confusion, shaking (to the point of falling down), decrease in blood oxygen level, wanted to sleep all the time. | This drug put my husband in the hospital and the Drs couldn't figure out what was wrong with him. We only figured it out when his PC Dr. put him on a second course of the med and the side effects started all over again. | M | 73 | 10 days 30 3X day | 4/30/2014 | 4 | MRSA | anxiety, extreme fatigue, terrible headaches, lower back pain, overall felt like the flu. | F | 26 | 10 days 800/160 2X day | 4/28/2014 |