BACTRIM Reviews (SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM)Average Rating: 1.9 (1902 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare BACTRIM with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR BACTRIM | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | MRSA and Hot Tub Foliculitis | Based on reading testimonials, my side effects are normal. Feeling loss of appetite, Flu/cold symptoms (green phlem, sore throat, feeling hot, etc), general un-well feeling, spiratic feeling of extreme tiredness which comes and goes during the day, and occasional tingling in finger tips on right hand (hand affected with MRSA). Ultimately I was on Vancomicin (3g/day) for 3 days and switched to Bactrim for another 10 days (960mg-3X/day). Hospital stay was 3 days. Been out for 3 days and currently experiencing symptoms above. No reportable side effects from Vancomicin. I thought that antibiotic was great and actually thought it put me in a better overall mood. Just my $.02, hope this helps to relieve someones anxiety about these antibiotics. Reading some posts has made me feel more comfortable. | Ultimately side effects worth it. What would we do without drugs like these? I think the altenative is bleek... | M | 40 | 10 days 960mg 3X day | 12/9/2010 | 1 | Staph infection on Inner thigh. | Horrid red itchy/burning rash on tops of hands, neck, and chest. Anxiety like the world was ending - with no associated thoughts that would cause such feelings. Strange pains in my joints and muscles that would come and go - especially on the sides of my neck, knee and big toe on right foot. Trouble sleeping - some dreaming. | Went to Dr. yesterday - said he thought I was having an allergic reaction. Took me off the Drug and gave me something else. Bactrim seemed to 80% clear up the staph on my leg - but I thought there was something else wrong with me until I read experiences on this site. It has been 24 hours since I took a pill - still have some of these side effects mildly - but they seem to be subsiding. Drinking a lot of water in hopes of flushing this out. I think this drug is trash! | M | 32 | 6 days 800/160 2X day | 12/9/2010 | 5 | UTI | A little dry mouth. | For everyone who is refusing to take this medication because of the side effects you are reading about on here. DON'T DO IT. Just because some people have a bad reaction doesn't mean you will. | F | 25 | 7 days 800 2X day | 12/4/2010 | 1 | I thought I had ear infection. | Within 20 minutes after taking Bactrim,I began itching and stinging all over body,vomited 10 times during night so became dehydrated, severe abdominal pains,severe back and legs pains, severe body shaking, started losing vision, swollen and red rash on face,swollen red eye lids .Was hospitalized for 5 days,due to the severe dehydration. I had taken Bactrim previously with only a face rash, previous to gall bladder surgery. I will never take this drug or any Sulfa drugs again. | My doctor insisted that I had a Gastro Intestinal Virus, I firmly believe the Bactrim caused all my problems instead, as I was fine until I took the Bactrim, 20 minutes later, I became VERY ILL. | F | 75 | 1 times unknown 1X day | 12/4/2010 | 4 | CLL, prophylactic | Low redblood cell count anemia but not sure if this is due to bactim or the extended results of Chemo but it has been 6 months since chemo and RBC has continued going down. | M | 44 | 1 years 800/160 6X W | 12/3/2010 | 1 | staph | headache, EXTREME pain in hands. Can not move hands/fingers. pain so bad I have been crying. swollen painful all the way to shoulder. | stopped taking after 2 days and am hoping this pain will hurry and go away. cannot function this way | F | 43 | 2 days 30mg 2X day | 12/3/2010 | 3 | MRSA infection | Experienced severe nausea, indigestion/burping, gastric reflux,uncomfortable abdominal distention/bloating, constipation and no appetite. Nausea relieved after 1st week, but also started having insomnia for no obvious reason. | I received an IV antibiotic for 4 weeks and now have to take Bactrim for a total of 28 days as followup treatment. The physician offered to switch me to a different antibiotic but I agreed to tough it out. I have 10 more days to go and I'm counting the days! | F | 54 | 19 days 800/160mg 2X day | 12/1/2010 | 4 | acne | My 14 year old daughter has had absolutely no side effects. | It cleared up her acne on her face quickly, but not on her back. We still struggle with that. | F | 14 | 9 months 1X day | 11/27/2010 | 1 | Bronchitis | I was given Bactrim for Bronchitis. I was asked to take it twice a day for 10 days. I felt some joint discomfort the entire time but thought it was infection. On the 9th day I fell asleep and when I woke up noticed a rash on my face. I began to freak out and noticed the rash on my entire body worse on my face, neck, torso, back and arms. I called the MD's office and MD told me it was either from my infection or possibly allergic reaction. MD told me to go to bed and call in the AM and she could give me prednisone. 15 minutes after I hung up I got terrible chills and felt very worried. I went to ER. The ER gave me a breathing treatment, they said my lungs sounded weak, tylenol and Benadryl. After I got home from the ER at 5:00AM I could not sleep, I had a terrible feeling of dread and doom. I keep thinking I was going to die and thought I might have a terrible disease. I was freezing and sweating at the same time. I was up for the rest of the morning, NO SL | I have stopped the Bactrim for 2 days now. (9 out of 10 days). I still have the rash and now it itches. The bottoms of my feet itch. I have blurry vision. The anxiety has subsided and no more dread, BUT this evening I noticed a purple ring around my penis which is tingling. Not sure what to do but wait it out. PLEASE DO NOT TAKE BACTRIM! | M | 33 | 9 days 2X day | 11/26/2010 | 1 | UTI | My daughter was prescribed this and 2 hours after the first dose she had severe back pain and vomited. The next day she had a tiny rash on her legs & stomach, a dry cough and red, painful eyes, as well as a temp of 103 that lasted 2 days. She had no problem eating, but didn't eat as much due to the fever. I took her back to the doctor on 4th day and was told to give her Benadryl or Claritin to keep the allergy "at bay." Last Saturday, which was the 4th day of taking it, I noticed her cheeks were red. I gave her Benadryl Sat. night, but she woke up Sunday morning with an extremely swollen face. Called the on-call doc and he said she was allergic. She is now on amoxicillin. The next night, Monday she had red and itchy hands & feet. Called back and he thought maybe it was a residual reaction to the bactrim. She had a little itchiness the next night and then 2 nights ago had 2 hives on her face. I have given her Benadryl every night because I am now SO paranoid | F | 7 | 5 days 10 ml 2X day | 11/26/2010 | 3 | UTI | ANXIETY!!! Nervousness, extremely jittery, severe neck and shoulder stiffness and soreness. Extreme weakness(all over), fatigue, headaches, sleeplessness. Oh yeah, I feel menstrual-like cramping and its way to soon for that. | Day one, took 1 pill in the morning, and 1 in the evening. No problem...Day two, took 1 pill that morning, few hours later the shakiness and anxiety started, by that evening pill, headache, stiffness, weakness, extreme fatigue. Then today, took only the morning pill.... I absolutely feel like crap. I feel like I have been hit by a mack truck!!!! All these symptoms have intensified, needless to say, I will not be taking anymore of that demon drug. | F | 39 | 7 days 2X day | 11/24/2010 | 1 | Urinary Tract Infection | I had a horrible experience with Bactrim. The evening of day 2, I felt some general anxiety, but didn't relate it to the drug. About 3 hours later, had FULL BLOWN panic attacks, shaking chills, hot flashes, mental fog, joint pain, and SEVERE acid reflux. The whole next day had company over - was very apathetic. Didn't clean the house for company (NOT like me at all) and couldn't eat or drink anything - absolutely zero appetite and very dry mouth. Finally went to the emergency room that afternoon. | I am sure many folks tolerate Bactrim just fine, but it was a nightmare for me. | F | 29 | 3 days 2X day | 11/21/2010 | 1 | Staph infection on face | SEVERE nausea, diarrhea and then constipation, chills, sweating, headache. I felt like I had the worse case of the flu and a stomach virus at the same time. It has been awful but nothing else has helped this infection. Since it is on my face I have continued taking it. I have 3 more doses but am really so miserable I don't want to continue it! | M | 40 | 7 days 800/160 mg 2X day | 11/19/2010 | 3 | Infection - MRSA suspected | Daily side effects: Insomnia, diarrhea, loss of appetite, nausea, confusion. On Day 8 (yesterday) I started feeling itchy, but thought it was just dry skin from the weather so took my last dose at 10pm. Then this morning I woke up at 4am with what I think was the beginning of anaphylaxis. I was choking & it felt like I couldn't clear the saliva or congestion seeping into my airway, my voice was hoarse, throat glands were swollen. I thought about taking Mucinex, but got online to see it was symptoms of anaphylaxis. Then when I looked in the mirror, my tongue wasn't swollen, but I had hives on my upper chest. I took a benadryl and it cleared up the breathing/swallowing difficulties, mucus, and swollen glands started going down in 15-20min, hives disappears after 2 hours... so it WAS some type of allergic rxn. Not 100% sure if anaphylaxis is due to them medication since it didn't happen on the first day, but yesterday was the first night I didn't take the benadryl with it befo | Infection at operation site has greatly improved but not 100% clear yet, as of day 8. Nausea, diarrhea, & loss of appetite was expected with antibiotics. Taking with a substantial meals, lessens the nausea. The Physician's Assistant told me to keep taking it even thought I had an allergic reaction b/c he thinks it was something else other than the antibiotic. Was taking benadryl for the insomnia side effect, so maybe it was masking the allergic reaction. If I continue to take it, i will take it with benadryl from now on, just incase. | F | 29 | 10 days 800/400mg 2X day | 11/15/2010 | 2 | cellulitis | EXTREME anxiety, heart palpitations, dry mouth, neck and shoulder soreness, big purple bruise under eye. Went to ER and got IV benedryl - still feel a little jittery today. Bactrim DS is a VERY effective drug for many people - I'm apparently not one of them! | F | 51 | 1.5 days 2 tabs DS 2X day | 11/15/2010 | 2 | UTI | Put on Bactrim for UTI. After 2nd pill I had terrible itching on my arms and very dry skin feeling. I took the 3rd pill and I started getting a sore tongue. I had taken Bactrim before so I did not relate the symptoms as an allergic reaction. Tok the fourth pill and wished I had not. Felt my tongue much more sore within 2 hours, my tongue became very swollen making talking and swallowing much more difficult. Icalled the pharmacist to ask if there was any relationship. she said no. Called my DR and left a voice message for the nurse. no one has called me back. I have stopped taking the medication regardless of what anyone says. I am sure this medicine has caused my problems | F | 58 | 2 days 2X day | 11/12/2010 | 4 | urinary tract infection | Initially only side effect was extra gas. And it has worked VERY well on clearing up my UTI! However, as the days went on, I became constipated. I began Bactrim (a.k.a. Septra) on Nov. 5. Today is Nov. 11. I've only had ONE bowel movement in all that time! And it was 3-4 days ago, so I'm getting really bloated & uncomfortable & cranky. :( I'm normally VERY regular, so this is VERY abnormal for me! Note: the 800/160 refers to 800 MG sulfamethoxazole & 160 MG trimethoprim. I've been on it for 7 days but am not done; it's a 10-day prescription. | Even more disturbing is all the home/natural remedies I've been using that SHOULD help, but AREN'T (at least not yet)!! These include: probiotic supplements (to replenish the "beneficial bacteria" in my gut that the antibiotics are killing); drinking tons of extra fluids - mainly water, vitamin water & milk; drinking HOT water with a bit of lemon; increasing my fiber intake (especially prunes, salad greens & raw carrots); increasing how much I exercise; and wearing ThermaCare heat patches on my lower abdominal area. I finally broke down & called an advice nurse who recommended Senokot gentle laxative/stool softener pills or Milk of Magnesia. Will try Senokot first. Even tho Bactrim worked great for my UTI, I *never* want to take it again due to the severe constipation!! | F | 38 | 7 days 800/160 MG 2X day | 11/11/2010 | 3 | folliculitis | Nausea, loss of appetite, shaking, chills, awful headache, dry mouth, neck pain, Insomnia, extreme dizziness, fever | While the side effects made me feel like death it cleared up my folliculitis. Seen noticeable (good) changes in my skin within four hours. After the first few days I called my pharmacy about the side effects and they said taking them with milk would help. I tried it with soy and rice milk since I'm a vegan but it didn't help so I gave in and took it with milk (sorry cow), after about 20 minutes I could sit up without wanting to vomit, well as long as I didn't think about just drinking milk. If I had to take it again I would but only if it was life or death, I'm sure that there are other meds just as affective as bactrim with out all those awful side effects. Good luck to the people who need to take it, I hope you have better luck then I did. | F | 21 | 10 days unknown 2X day | 11/11/2010 | 1 | UTI | Shakiness, panic attack symptoms, palpitations, etc Extreme nausea, extreme dry mouth | I took only 1 pill. Within 1 hour my mouth began to feel excessively dry, I couldn't get enoug to drink. Within a few hours I felt like I was having a panick attack, I couldn't stop my hands from shaking. At the same time I was extermely nauseated and fighting the urge to vomit every few minutes. I am pregnant so it was extremely scary. I am letting everyone I love know if you are offered a sulfar drug (such as Bactrim) please ask for an alternative medication. This antibiotic is a nightmare. | F | 27 | 1 days 2X day | 11/11/2010 | 1 | MRSA Infection | I experienced EXTREME nausea, loss of appetite, constant headache, shaking of hands, night "terrors", unable to sleep through the night, and bloating. | I have taken several antibiotics throughout my life, never have I experienced such horrible side effects. In addition, I have anemia and hypoglycemia, which not to mention probably made the situation worse. The drug actually made me feel worse than I did to begin with. I would highly recommend avoiding this drug!! | F | 24 | 20 days 2X day | 11/4/2010 |