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 |
| 1 | UTI | On day four of taking Bactrim for UTI I started having a terrible headache. This could have been from Pyridium I also started at the same time as the Bactrim. Started vomiting several hours after 7th dose. My skin started feeling warm on my arms, face and chest. The warmth would move around and come and go. Dr. said it was an allergic reaction to Bactrim and I took another test to make sure the bladder infection was clear. It was. Dr. advised me to not take any more and she put it in my chart that I was allergic to Sulfa drugs. Now I'm having insomnia, night sweats and heart palpitations. Oddly enough, I was taking a sulfa drug last year for acne. When I got off the drug, I started experiencing night sweats, heart palps and insomnia. The doctor put me on a holter monitor to check heart and said that I did have some abnormal rhythm. It took months for all the symptoms to go away. Very odd that I'm having the same issues after stopping another sulfa drug. If I had read abou | F | 45 | 4 days 200 2X day | 4/10/2010 | 1 | MRSA | Starting having bad headache, fevers after day 4, daily until day 7 then had skin reaction like a really bad sunburn, my skin was on fire all over, no hives, just total redness in addition to fever. I stopped taking the Bactim that day, took some Benadryl for 2 days and mostly slept it off. Skinburn stopped being painful after 2 days but didnt completely fade until about a week after I stopped taking the batrim. I was so sick & feverish,I'll never take it again. | First and last time for Batrim or any sulfa antibiotic.Took for a skin spot that my dr said might be MRSA, prescribed 10 day dose but I stopped after day 7. | F | 36 | 7 days 2X day | 4/8/2010 | 1 | staph on nose | crazy shaking of hands. came on suddenly approximately 4 hours after taking medicine. vommitted. feel disoriented. basically everything everyone else has posted. this stuff is crazy! i am glad i only took it one day. unfortunately the staph immediately looked better after one dose. loved that the pharmacy i called said this was not a common side affect...should point her to this site!! | F | 32 | 1 days 800 mg 2X day | 4/7/2010 | 3 | bronchiectasis | I finally realized the reason I feel so bad is from taking Bactrim. I feel very fatigued, out of it, anxiety, panic attacks and Some dizziness too. I didn't know Bactrim can cause depressiom, but the side effect profile mentions it. | F | 63 | 10 days bactrim DS 2X day | 4/5/2010 | 1 | cyst on neck | this drug felt like I had been poisoned. Took with food thinking that might make it easier on the stomach. Third day is when the uncontrollable shaking of hands and legs started, thought i was going crazy, didn't realize it was the medication. made me feel nauseous, feverish and I just didn't look right, pale skin and my eyes looked sickly. It also took my appetite away and just made me tired and irritable. Slight itchy feeling on torso as well. On the fifth day I decided to stop taking it, it wasn't making the cyst go away at that time anyway. Took about 48 hours till I felt back to normal. | Not sure if these were allergic reactions or just side effects? After reading some of the other experiences posted on this site I decided to stop before the rash and fever and any other issues came about. | F | 42 | 5 days 2 tablets 2X day | 4/5/2010 | 3 | abcess on lower back | feel dizzy,and disoriented at times to where i couldnt finish sentences correctly. usually after about 4-6 hrs it hits a peak and i have to lie down because of those issues and because of a nauseated feeling(and i do eat when i take the med) I dont like to feel this way although put up with the side effects because BACTRIM WORKS!!! the physician in the er told me that if i could tolerate it that it was in my best interest not to change medications as bactrim works best to heal abcesses on the body as penicillin works best for tooth abcesses. | annoying side effects but wipes out infection and works very well because it is a strong antibiotic | F | 37 | 10 days 2X day | 4/1/2010 | 1 | Severe Sinusitis | For the last 3 years I have been getting a bad case of sinusitis around this time each year. I ended up going to my doctor's office last week on Monday, but she was out of the office, so I saw her colleague instead. She prescribed Bactrim to me for 10 days after verifying that I had no known allergies. For seven days, I took this med twice a day like it said, and on the night before the 8th day, I woke up at 5am in the morning burning up. I took my temp and it was 101.5! I took some Tylenol and rechecked my temp 3 hours later and it was still 99.5. I got up and noticed tiny bumps on my thighs. I called my PCP and she told me to come in. When I got there I felt like CRAP. My heart rate was 132 and my temp was back up to 101.2. Plus the tiny bump rash had spread all over my body- from the soles of my feet to my scalp! This was yesterday, now today I am scratching like crazy! My doctor put me on a Prednisone taper which is seemeing to help, plus I have some Benadryl cream that a coworker | F | 27 | 10 days DS 800/160 2X day | 4/1/2010 | 1 | UTI | ICHY, ICHY, ICHY!!!!SEVERE HIVES, SWOLLEN GLANDS, SWOLLEN NECK,SWOLLEN TOUNG AND THROT EARS AND LIPS INFLAMES TO 3TIMES REGULAR SIZE, WELTS AND LEASIONS ALL OVER ENTIRE BODY!!! | I have NEVER had an allergic reaction to anything prior to taking Bactrim. when I was perscribed bactrim I began taking it and had no side effects other than feeling a little out of it. Than on my 7th day of the 10 days perscribed I woke to get ready for school and noticed that I was abnormally ichy. I payed no mind and went to school throughout the day I noticed some very small red bumps. Knowing that the only new thing I was consuming was the bactrim I did not take my second dose of the day and began drinking lots of water.That same night I became VERY VERY ichy and VERY sleepy. I fell asleep and woke at about midnight feeling Very strange MY BODY WAS COVERED FROM HEAD TO TOE IN WELTED (ALMOST BLISTER LIKE)HUGE PATCHES.I LOOKED IN THE MIRROR AND MY NECK AND EARS WERE VERY SWOLLEN ONE EAR 3TIMES REGULAR SIZE. I WENT DIRECTLY TO ER AND THEY EXPLAINED MY ALLERGIC REACTION AND GAVE ME ALLERGY MEDICINE AND SOME STEROIDS.I retured home and fell asleep.The next morning I woke got ready for school despite feeling light headed and sleepy I was feeling some felif THINKING I was on my way to being better...I THOUGHT!!!!! Later ont that day my LIPS BEGAN SWELLING MY THROUT,TOUNG AND EARS SWELLED MY RASH RETURNED THIS TIME TO MY SUPRISE WORSE, AND I BECAME VERY DISORENTED! Not having insurence I retured home and went to bed.Today is day 3 my rash comes and goes sparticly and I and still very out of it.. Who knows when this will end! | F | 23 | 10 days 800mg 2X day | 3/26/2010 | 1 | sinus infection | anxiety, irritibility, restlessness, heart racing, confusion, trouble thinking. It was just awful. | This is the worst medication I have ever taken. I don't think I've ever had side effects from a drug, let alone like this. I had taken a z pack in the past but it diddn't get all of the infection, so doctor prescribed this. Wondering how long until this goes away completely? I still am feeling some effects but not as much; I haven't taken it for two days. Does anyone know how long? I mean it does completely leave your system and then you go back to feeling normal, like you did before, right? Please tell me this is so. If someone can write who has gone through this and is now completely fine, I would appreciate it. | F | 49 | 2 days 80-160mg. 2X day | 3/25/2010 | 1 | uti | After 1 day, I started feeling shaky and tired. The second day, add nausea and dizzyness so intense that I had to leave work, go home and lie down. Did not link it to the Bactrim until today when I found out it was a sulfa drug and came across negative feedback from others. I'm at work again but feel no better and still have 4 more days to go on the meds. | F | 59 | 3 days 160mg 2X day | 3/24/2010 | 2 | stomach infection | Dizziness, nausea, stomach cramps, joint pain, sleeplessness, mood swings and constipation. | I am so happy that I came across this website. Until now, I thought I had been going crazy. As soon as I took the first pill, I experienced dizziness and nasuea. I have not been able to sleep, due to severe stomach cramps (I cant tell if Im getting better or not, because of this side effect). I've also experienced constipation and loss of appetite. And I now have this cramp in my leg since, starting this drug. I only have once day left of this torture, so I am going to continue to take this, in hopes of clearing up my infection. | F | 24 | 3 days 2X day | 3/21/2010 | 5 | Bronchitis | This is an excellent drug for those of us that get Colds that turn in to a Bronchial Infections. I have used this drug 2-3 times over several years now, and it always works in a few days to clear the infection. U think why so many people get gastric problems is that they do not take the drug with food. This is a must or you will get an upset stomach. | M | 58 | 7 days 800MG 2X day | 3/17/2010 | 3 | Suspected prostate infection | At first I stopped taking it because I was experiencing night sweats, very weird dreams, having to urinate every hour on the hour, and not getting enough sleep. It is finally helping somewhat. I went back on it of my own accord since I don't have insurance and can't afford to see a urologist just yet, and it seems to be helping so far. | I would advise anyone on this medication, first of all make sure you're not allergic to sulfa drugs and second, DO NOT TAKE IT RIGHT BEFORE BED, and try to space it out as best you can so you're only taking it every 11-12 hours. In this way, you should have little to no side-effects. I find when I take it before bed, I'm having to pee all night, I get sweaty, my skin gets hot, etc. but for some reason if I take it while I'm awake, I don't get any side-effects. | M | 23 | 3 weeks 2X day | 3/17/2010 | 5 | bladder infection | Some fatigue but we just moved here and I've been unpacking for weeks. Possible ringing in the ears starting at 5pm; possible slightly sore neck but, again, I've been working hard. | I had taken 2 per day; it didn't work. So now I've been taking 4 per day and will continue for ten days. I think 2 per day is only for Bactrim DS (double strength). | F | 66 | 6 days 2 2X day | 3/15/2010 | 1 | SINUS INFECTION | I TOOK THIS STUFF FOR 8 DAYS AND THEN STARTED TO FEEL LIKE I WAS GETTING THE FLU. WHEN I WENT TO BED THAT NIGHT I NOTICED HIVES ALL OVER.. ENDED UP IN THE ER AND PUT ON PREDNISONE, ZAN TAC AND BENYDRYL, HERE ARE THE SIDE EFFECTS I HAVE EXPERIENCED HIVES ALL OVER, FEVER, BACK ACHE, RED FACE, TIRED, WEAK DIZZYNESS, | I FOUND OUT LATER THAT MY MOM AND SISTER ARE ALSO ALLERGIC TO SULFER DRUGS LIKE BACTRIM | M | 38 | 9 days 800 2X day | 3/14/2010 | 1 | Sinus Infection | Hives on legs, bum, sides of stomach, arms, elbows, face; entire scalp, lips swollen, rash around hair line, and neck. Chills. The reaction didn't begin till about a day and a half after i stopped taking the pills. I never took a full dose (i was short two pills). | I'm allergic to penicillin and celor, and now it seems that im allergic to bactrim. | F | 19 | 6 days 2X day | 3/13/2010 | 5 | low T-cells, low immune system | At first I experienced nausea, joint pain, change in vision. Constantly fatigued. | I was diagnosed with acute disseminated histoplasmosis and extremely low T-cells resulting in severe immune defiency. I was told by my infectious disease doctor and the immunologist that I would probably be on this medication the rest of my life. I guess my body has adjusted to the medications (I must also take Sporanox, liquid). It is my understanding that this medication can prolong my life and make this situation manageable. Thank goodness for this drug. | F | 51 | 8 months 1X day | 3/11/2010 | 1 | UTI | Severe vomiting, loss of appetite, vertigo, extreme fatigue, headache and body aches, chills, fever and depression. | I would not recommend this medication to anyone... it is truly horrible | F | 32 | 2 days 2X day | 3/10/2010 | 1 | surgery | Within an hour I started feeling mild tingling on my face. By the fifth hour after taking my first and only pill I started feeling a headache and sleepiness come on. Within another hour a neck and shoulder aches. Felt the need to lie down shortly after felt my cheeks burning and was very flushed, fever, chills. Then joint pain, fingers, back, knees and ankles. Very painful! Had pain medication from surgery luckily which helped joint pain. Woke up next morning with rash on face a broke out with white heads allover nose and small bumps like acne on other areas of face. Itchy allover body, dry skin. All this after just taking one pill! Note: I have taken this medicine before and only experienced joint pain in my fingers which at the time thought very strange but just wrote it off. It now has been 48 hours and woke up with swollen face, ankle pain and joint pain in my fingers. Getting better. Drank lots and lots of fluids and have basically remained in bed. This was horrible. Will NEVER ta | F | 41 | 1 days DS 800-160 2X day | 3/6/2010 | 1 | Bronchitis | It was awful. I had horrible stomach pains and when I went to the bathroom there was blood in my urine! This should not be a legal drug with all of the horrible side effects people have experienced. | M | 19 | 4 days 50mg 2X day | 3/6/2010 |