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 | To prevent infection after surgery | Sleepiness,high anxiety, constipation, racing heart, nausea, racing thoughts, muscle spasm, irritability, vivid dreams, no apetite, fever and sudden and severe crying spells / depression. | At first I was just tired, even relaxed with no appetite and I thought - good, this is nice. But then the anxiety hit me and racing heart...suddenly in crying spells and feeling a loss of control over what I know as real. Absolutely no ability to focus or control emotion. I took only 1 500mg Bactrim a day for 10 days... I'm a small person. Now, 12 hours off the med and I'm feeling better already. OMG I thought I was losing my mind permenantly. Never again. | F | 44 | 10 days | 7/2/2009 | 1 | sore throat, ear infections, uti | constantly feeling sick, hot flashes one minute freezing the next, headaches, sore neck and sleep deprived! | Please don't take this medicine and as with all please look up and know the side effects! | F | 30 | 6 days | 7/2/2009 | 1 | UTI | Every joint in my body killed. | I was on this for 3 days. On day 2 I couldn't turn my neck in any direction. My feet (ankles) killed to stand or walk. Then within day 2 my shoulders, elbows, hands especially my thubs were in so much pain. I couldn't even open a soda can. On day 3, I went to turn a wall switch on and couldn't due to shoulder and elbow pain. I had the worst anxiety and it killed to take a bowel movement. I have told everyone I knew not to ever take this. I called my doctor and she swore I had Lyme disease and said she never heard of any of these effects. So much for her knowledge on what meds. she prescribes. STAY AWAY FROM THE STUFF. | F | 48 | 3 days | 7/1/2009 | 1 | skin infection on upper arm | Nausea, loss of appetite, stomach pain, rash, hives (external and internal), fever, lethargy, neck pain, loose stool | My reaction did not begin until ten days into the course. | M | 30 | 14 days | 7/1/2009 | 3 | Infection lg open wound lt foot | Mild rash over entire body | Swelling in foot has reduced considerably over the ten days I took the medication. Infection may or may not have cleared entirely but large open wound still remains on left foot, ankle, and calf. | M | 67 | 10 days | 6/29/2009 | 1 | Sinus Infection | Someone should be sued over this drug. I broke out in a rash by day 8, and immeidately quit taking it. Since then My hands, feet, arms, legs, and face are constantly tingling and twitching. I quit taking it over a month ago and the effects are still there. | Do not take this medicine. I will never be the same. | F | 29 | 8 days | 6/29/2009 | 4 | staph infection from a blister | Night-time anxiety, restlessness, and insomnia. Woken up by unpleasant dreams that add to the anxiety. This started after taking 5 doses of smz/tmp ds 800mg/160 mg. I take 2 per day. | The acute symptoms of the staph infection were relieved, but after 5 days on the medicine , redness and swelling still exists. | F | 55 | 5 days | 6/27/2009 | 1 | UTI Treatment | weakness, tremors, pain in arms, especially the joints | I took Bactrim, to treat and prevent UTI's. Over time I developed severe and debilitating pain in my arms, especially the joints and tendons, as a side effect of this drug. Over a year later I still have painful symptoms that significantly impact my daily activities. I did find a cure for my UTI's however. Cranberry juice/pills NEVER worked for me, it actually made my bladder symptoms worse. What did work, and has worked for over a year now, in preventing my bladder infections, is d-mannose. It's a 100% natural and safe sugar. It COMPLETELY cured my UTI's. PLEASE, if you or someone you care about is suffering with UTI's, visit squidoo.com/d-mannose and read about my personal battle with chronic bladder infections and how I finally found a cure. I'm not selling d-mannose, I just want to help prevent the kind of suffering I went through with antibiotic "treatment". | F | 28 | | 6/27/2009 | 1 | Dog Bite-Infected | shortness of breath, itching ears and throat, stuffy head, runny nose, mental fog, | I was prescribed 2 a day for 10 days, only took 2 doses (one in the evening after the doctor and one the next morning) | F | 34 | 1 days | 6/25/2009 | 4 | UTI / Prostatitis / Urethritis | A bit of bloating in the 11th day of the 14 day regimine. Felt a bit run down by the 12th day. Small spasms in my quad muscle and my forearm. Nothing major though. | Pretty satisfied. Sorry to all you folks who've hgad a hard time with this med. Worked well for me. No real serious issues at all. | M | 30 | 14 days | 6/23/2009 | 2 | Suspected Staph Infection | After taking bactrim for about 7 days I began to feel tired, some muscle soreness, and got a bad headache. Took some ibuprofen and it help to aleviate. Around 9 days in I began to get a skin rash that looked like little red dots on my shoulders, back, and stomach. When I woke up the next morning it was worse and had spread to my arms and legs. I am also experiencing a sunburned feeling on my face and ears. I took some benadryl, so we'll see if it will help get rid of the allergic reaction. | Got rid of the staph infection quickly but caused some very uncomfortable side effects. | M | 21 | 10 days | 6/18/2009 | 1 | chronic staph related abscesses | Fine until day 7 when I broke out in intensely itchy bright sunburn red rash welts covering all over my legs (especially ankle and calf area) and my entire arms and chest. Didn't stop taking Bactrim, unfortunately, until today when I figured it had to be the Bactrim. Especially since Bactrim and sunlight don't like each other and I was out in the sun on Day 7, without sunscreen, although I was covered up pretty well, or so I thought. Now I am taking oatmeal baths (really is soothing) and Benadryl but geez this rash is scary looking and I hope it goes away quickly. | F | 52 | 7 days | 6/15/2009 | 4 | UTI | shakiness/insomina, peripheral neuritis | def. do not take with caffiene. They didn't tell me this and the second time I took it I was working a 12 hour and had an energy drink to stay awake... I didn't get any sleep that night because my leg and arm muscles kept twitching and I just could not fall alseep. The next morning not only was I exhausted but my knees, ankles, wrists, and forearms all ached from the twitching all night. Take it from me... DO NOT TAKE CAFFEINE WITH THIS MEDICATION!! | F | 20 | 5 days | 6/13/2009 | 1 | UTI | night sweats, chills, blurred vision, dizziness, nausea, fatigue, metallic taste | I believe I have taken this medication before, but this time, I had the symptoms I listed. I went to sleep on Sunday after experiencing them that evening. I woke up feeling better, but then I took the 5th pill and felt all the symptoms coming back. I will be adding this to the list of drugs I am allergic to. | F | 37 | 2.5 days | 6/9/2009 | 1 | UTI | Had taken Bactrim before with no side effects however this time about 45 minutes after taking the first dose my lips started swelling, broke out in hives, itching all over and throat felt tight. I took a benadry which eventually helped the itching but lips still felt funny a day later. Won't be taking this again, next time might be worse. | F | 43 | 1 times | 6/4/2009 | 5 | Staph Infection/Abscess on Face | Night sweats, chills, flu-like symptoms | Not too bad. At least it cured my infection on my face which was a terrible experience. | F | 45 | 7 days | 6/1/2009 | 4 | UTI | "Bleached" skin feeling, vision impairment. | This medication is the only one the USED to solve my Chronic UTI problems. Now I fear that because I have used it for SO MANY UTI's that I have become resistant to it because this last round did not do much to help. It does have some strange side effects, but everyone reacts differently to most medications. I never developed a fever on this, but I did develop as strange feeling that my sking was burnt like I had been in a pool of bleach. Dry, cracking, and just, well "bleached" is the best way to describe it. My vision also suffered. | F | 29 | 10 years | 6/1/2009 | 3 | Sinus Infection | Anxiety,chills,stiff neck,shaking hands,insomnia,tingling in feet and hands. | This was my second round of antibiotics for a sinus infection. It seems to have cleared the infection but the side effects are horrible. Thank goodness I had Xanax already, the anxiety was almost intolerable. | F | 43 | 7 days | 6/1/2009 | 2 | UTI | About 2 hours after taking the first dose, I felt like my skin was burning. Then developed a fever of 101.5, chills, severe headache, nausea, and back pain (which I thought might be a sign of the UTI developing into a kidney infection). After taking another dose of Bactrim, the fever came down and the headache decreased. But the next day I developed pain in my legs upon standing and bloodshot eyes, with pain behind my eyes. On day 3 the doc tested urine sample and found infection to have cleared up - the silver lining. I was supposed to take the Bactrim for 7 days. Doc said allergies are common with Bactrim and switched me to another antibiotic. | F | 34 | 3 days | 6/1/2009 | 1 | Skin infection on small toe | My son (age 18) experienced a couple of headaches that we didn't think much about, but on the afternoon of the 7th day developed a rash on his stomach area; still didn't think too much about it. Then on the 8th day the rash had increased to torso, arms and upper legs and he feels eye pain in the right eye when he looks to one side. I called the doctor and we stopped the medication. We are on vacation away from home in a far off state. Needless to say, he's not enjoying himself. I went to the drugstore and bought benadryl and hydrocortizone for his skin per the doctor. He took an oatmeal bath to soothe the itch. I'm praying that he awakes this morning minus the rash and minus the eye pain and is back to being his healthy self. | My son had never taken bactrim and we had no idea he was allergic. I think doctors should describe the possible side effects before prescribing such a strong drug (for what appeared to be way more than my son needed for his condition). If we had been informed, we might have recognized the headaches and inability to sleep as a reaction before the rash and eye pain started. I will not go into something so trusting EVER again. And no one in my family will EVER take this particular drug EVER again. | M | 18 | 7 days | 5/27/2009 |