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 |
| 2 | Staph infection | Felt sick and nauseous all starting after about 3 to 4 days. My heart rate was up higher than normal. On the 8th and last day I took Bactrim the rash appeared. While the staph did clear up the rash I am left with didn't help my situation and I don't feel well still and it's been 2 days. | F | 17 | 8 days ? 2X day | 2/28/2010 | 2 | uti | I have been taking this drug for five days. Started having panic attacks, heart palps and a general feeling of fuzziness. I'm supposed to be on it for two more days but I can't handle it if this is causing my problems. Called Pharmacist and he said these are not normal side effects. Not according to this site. | It did clear up a very bad uti but I don't really know what's worse, the problem or the side effects. I'm not going to finish the rest of the script, so hopefully the uti won't come back. | F | 59 | 5 days ? 2X day | 2/27/2010 | 1 | stubborn Tonsilitis | Headache, SEVERLY painful body aches, rash, fever of 103, chills, vomiting, loss of apetite, constipation, skin feels like a sunburn. | This drug is made me so sick! Miserable for 5 days already! | F | 30 | 5 days 1X day | 2/25/2010 | 2 | abcess infected/removed from hip | My doctor had me taking double the dosage due to my infection. Didn't start having problems until after 2 days. Then became HORRIBLY nauseous, and still am (hence why I'm on this website). My doctor lowered my dosage to 1 pill/2x day instead of 2 pills/2x day so we will see. I am a teacher and had to leave work today because I felt so sick like I would throw up the whole day, was dizzy, fatigued and light-headed and couldn't do my job. Just wanted to curl up in a ball and die. Okay, not die, but was definitely in no shape to teach. | Just like any medication, this is just my experience. Others take it successfully... this is just one I am not liking. | F | 35 | 10 days 2X day | 2/22/2010 | 1 | UTI | Why is this drug not banned? It is horrible! I have never been allergic to anything in my life and have had antibiotics for UTIs before and never experienced anything like this. My UTI was very mild, almost non-existant, but didn't totally go away with my usual cranberry treatment. After pill #1, my legs started shaking, lower back pain, insomnia, anxiety, racing heart. I didn't sleep at all that first night because I was terrified. Called to talk to nurse the next day and she said that the lower back pain was the bacteria moving to my kidney - take more! I took my 2nd dose 12 hours from the first one and than she wanted me to take another one only 5 hours after. 2nd pill had similar symptom to 1st one and than after the 3rd pill my face started swelling up! I tried to call and of course the clinic was closed for the day. Call around to other places they said I should go to the ER. After reading online, I decided to wait and see what happened. Swelling went down after 9 hours and than | Even though the Bactrim was gone from my body, the allergic reaction still takes time to go away. This is the first time I ever had anything like this happen to me and it scared me to death. I still get sad thinking about it. I guess I am mostly healed but somehow I don't feel totally like I did before the Bactrim experience. It has been 12 days since I stopped and I still have sore muscles in my back off and on and a sometimes numbish feeling in my face and dry tongue when I wake up. I just want to be back to my normal self. It gets me worried. Esp. since I have no insurance so i can't be running to the doctor all the time. Thankfully I have a doctor friend who gives me a little free advice. Please don't ever take this! It is horrible and I wish they would ban it. It is banned in other countries. There are other medicines out there that can be taken instead of this. How do we get this banned? | F | 40 | 3 days 800mg 2X day | 2/21/2010 | 1 | UTI | I thought I was coming down with the flu also! After reading these comments I now understand that it was the side effects that was causing the shaking, headache, rash, chills, anxiety, dizziness, feeling completely out it!! I have never had a worse experience with an antibiotic. They usually prescribe me Cipro, which works great, but I went to a different doctor who prescribed this terrible antibiotic. I'm allergic to penicillian and didn't realize this was a Sulfa drug which my mom is allergic to. | NEVER RECOMMEND for anyone. | F | 22 | 4 days 2X day | 2/20/2010 | 1 | Sinus Infection | I had a mild sinus infection and told the doc that zithromax had not worked well last time. He prescribed this horrid Rx. From the first day I took it I felt a bit off. I had a fever all of a sudden but attributed it to the sinus infection. On day 2 I barely did any work (WHICH IS RARE BECAUSE i AM IN COMMISION ONLY SALES). The 2nd day I woke up and was very irritable. I would describe it as uncontrolled anger. It was very odd and disturbing and my friends recognized it immediatly.I also started shaking very bad and felt disoriented and dizzy. That afternoon I was laying down to take a nap and my heart started to race and I felt as though i was having a panic attack. It is hard to describe how awkward and uncomfotable I felt. I started wondering what was different in my routine. It dawned on me it could be the Bactrim. I looked online and found this website. THANK GOD! | I have stopped taking the Bactrim. My sinus infection is still there but I can deal with it. I have not taken Bactrim for a full day and I still feel very unmotivated and panic like. I am going to confront the doc and pharmacist who dispensed it. | M | 28 | 2 days 800 (gen) 2X day | 2/20/2010 | 1 | sinus infection | 2 days in the pain from the infection was gone but I felt nauseous and not quite right. Began to have horrible joint pain in one knee and hip that persist now (9 days out) Continued to take it and on the 6th night had horrible swollen glands and body aches and a fever over night and all the next two days roughly 101 with chills. a small rash on my neck appeared the following morning. Called the doc and they said the symptoms where not typical?? I stopped taking the bactrim and woke the following morning to find my whole body covered in small red dots - by the end of today the rash/hives are head to toe and 20times worse...really itchy and nasty. Went to the doctor and they confirmed I am havign an allergic reaction to Bactrim... I have known I had a penicillin allergy since I was 8 years old but had never had a sulfa based drug - will never have one again. This made me feel crazy and ill. | F | 43 | 7 days 30mg 2X day | 2/17/2010 | 5 | Staff infection | No side effects. | F | 47 | 7 days 800 2X day | 2/15/2010 | 1 | mrsa | Horrible Anxiety that took months to get under control, diarrhea, flushing, tremors | This stuff is poison | F | 32 | 10 days 3X day | 2/11/2010 | 3 | acne | As soon as I started on Bactrim, my acne cleared up very well. Although, my entire body began shaking, I became anxious and very angry. The shaking was a rare and unreported symptom that was a result of a genetic allergy to Sulpha drugs. But the acne cleared up...until I stopped taking it... | Ask your parents if Sulpha allergies are common in your family. | F | 18 | 1 weeks 2X day | 2/10/2010 | 1 | Unknown Infection | After taking the last pill on day 10. I went to bed that night I got absolutely no sleep. My face, scalp, arms, neck felt like they were on fire and a red rash appeared on all of those parts of my body that was super hot to the touch. The symptoms lasted all of the following day and I still have a little redness and burning today, two days after. | F | 24 | 10 days 800MG 2X day | 2/9/2010 | 3 | uti | so i took this drug for seven days, in the morning and at night. in about 2 days my uti went away. i finished my dosage and felt fine. the next morning i wake up itchy and covered in red bumps on my arms, legs, belly, and red patches on my face. i was able to get an appointment with my doctor who said it was an allergy to sulfa (in bactrim) and to take claritin/benedryl. rash is slowly clearing up, and has stopped itching thanks to claritin. | terrible whole body rash, though it did clear uti | F | 17 | 7 days 2X day | 2/8/2010 | 5 | acne | mild gastrointestinal disturbance, sun sensitivity | M | 22 | 2.5 years 800/160mg 2X day | 2/7/2010 | 2 | chronic sinus infection | fever over 102, chills, all over body rash, red burning rash, hot to the touch, felt like I was being pricked with tons of tiny little needles, restless, loss of appetite, sweaty | I didn't have any side effcted until day 8 I rapidly got worse as the day progressed, was sent home from work couldn't hardly stand or move was very weak couldn't even hold my own daugther or put her to bed, I was a mess, my mom said I looked like a bag of bones, it was terrible, I stopped the drug over 24 hours ago and the rash has not subsided at all i cannot get relief from this rash, the fever has gone down to just a 99 - 100 temp, it's horrible - my mom and sister are also allergic to this drug | F | 30 | 30 days 1 pill 2X day | 2/6/2010 | 1 | abcess on back | after a few days of taking bactrim ds it made me feel out of it. a little drowsy and dizzy. Little did I know that you shouldn't take caffeine with this medication. one evening about 3 days into taking the medication i took one "Jillian Michaels fat burner" pill and when I laid down that night my heart started racing and I felt as if I was gonna faint. I was shaky, when I walked around I felt light and very very anxious.. My vision was blurred and was seeing dots. I was having a panic attack and was taken to the hospital. They just watched me there to see if anything would happen, advising me to drink lots of water to flush it out of my system. After I drank lots of water and walked around I calmed down. Ever since then Ive had really bad anxiety to have another panic attack and have had experienced several panic attacks due to the bactrim after the first occurence. Its almost been a month since and day to day I live with bad anxiety and live in fear of having more panic atta | Dont take bactrim! | F | 17 | 7 days bactrim ds 2X AN | 2/6/2010 | 1 | UTI | Rash oall over body, seems like hives and it is itchy, although it burns like a sunburn at times. I took this medicine for 5 days, but rash came a day or so after I had stopped taking this medicine.I was actually supposed to take another 5 days worth but I discontinued it due to the rash. My face is bright red. My back and stomach also have a rash. I wish I knew more about this medicine before I took it. Thats my own fault I guess. I was in a hurry to cure the UTI. | F | 25 | 5 days 2X day | 2/5/2010 | 3 | Sinus infection | rash on face and upper body | I was almost finished with my course of treatment I had 2 days left and I started to feel feverish and my face become flush. The next day I broke out in a rash on my neck, chest and face. I went to the dermatolgist and he said it was a folliculitis. This was unusual b/c bactrim is used to treat folliculitis but in my case it triggered it... why they don't know. It only helped my sinus infection slightly but I do not want to take it again so I am out of options in the future. The pain of the rash and facial/neck swelling was far worse than the pain of my sinus infection. | F | 30 | 10 days 800/160 mg 2X day | 2/4/2010 | 2 | Superficial skin infection | After the open sore on my belly button became green and pus-filled, I saw my PCP last Tuesday to ensure the infection was not serious. I was also taking Biaxin for a sinus infection and was assured Bactrim and Biaxin could be taken at the same time and Biaxin would not have kicked my skin infection alone. By Wednesday morning, I was feeling feverish and weak. Chalking it up to the infected belly button, I rested. By evening, I was so dizzy and nauseous, I was convinced I had the flu. My belly hurt, my head pounded, and my joints ached. I had a medical school interview the next day and in an attempt to rid myself of the terrible symptoms, I discontinued the Biaxin and Bactrim. After contacting our pharmacist, he was shocked my PCP prescribed both to be taken at the same time because both can cause such violent side effects. I pushed myself through the interview even though I was still feeling shaky and weak. | Thouroughly question your PCP about antibiotic interactions and the effectiveness of an antibiotic on a certain infection. | F | 18 | 1 days | 2/1/2010 | 1 | MRSA | Shortness of breath, MAJOR SKIN RASH, trouble finish sentences, anxiety, extreme fatigue | I had a bad case of MRSA right on my abdomen which left a hole the size of a quarter. If I was not scared to death I would not have taken the Bactrim. Although I had a very compassionate doctor and was always available on the phone when I asked about the side effects he simply said there shouldn't be much. I am glad the MRSA wound is slowly healing but the side effects are Medieval so I have been on holistic remedies -- vitamin C, wheat grass juice, Chinese herbs and a simply fish and vegetable diet to help detoxify. What has this world come to that so many people can have MRSA and the remedy so horrifying. How can this drug still be on the market! | M | 52 | 21 days | 2/1/2010 |