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 | sinus infection | 1 hr after taking first pill, I felt a tingle in vaginal area followed by swelling and itching. Took Benadryl immediately. Did not take any more Bactrim after firt pill. Next day vaginal itch and swelling increased. Third day bright red itchy rash appeared on my ankles and up my legs. Fourth day rash still present and fatigue. | I have allergies to aspirin and wonder if the two are linked in any way. | F | 56 | 1 days | 5/30/2008 | 2 | wisdom tooth | allergic reaction - severe skin eruptions. Had to interrupt the course. | F | 38 | 1 days | 5/27/2008 | 1 | sinus infection | On the 11th day of taking Bactrim I experienced extreme neck pain, which moved to my wrists, knee, ankle, shoulder. The pain was so severe I thought I was starting on a debilitating disease. | I'd taken Bactrim 6 months before w/o side effects. | F | 51 | 11 days | 5/27/2008 | 1 | Sinus infection | I feel like I have a sunburn on my back, but my skin is not red (no rash either) and is only slightly hot to the touch. Last night I had chills and a low-grade fever (99.1) which subsided. My upper back still feels hot, is only slightly warm to teh touch, but I have not developed a rash... yet. | I took 5 pills (2.5 days) before the skin on my upper back, shoulders and neck started to feel oddly warm with a burning feeling. I immediately stopped taking Bactrim, but it has been 32 hours since the last pill and I do not feel much better. I called my doctor, but I could not get an appointment until Thursday. | M | 24 | 2.5 days | 5/26/2008 | 5 | Stomach virus | Blurry vision;night sweats;anxiety;stiffness in neck an joints;dry mouth;thirsty;none were severe... | This drug works. I have 2 days left on a 5 day course and my symptoms ,severe diaherea , vomiting,stomach cramps etc.have vanished. | M | 63 | 3 days | 5/25/2008 | 1 | Bladder Infection | uncomfortable water retention/bloating | My doctor perscribed me Bactrim DS to help with the bloating and water retention I was experiencing but it made it worst I stopped taking this after 5 days. Two days after stopping I still am unable to urinate and now have diarreah. | F | 24 | 5 days | 5/23/2008 | 4 | UTI | NONE | It seemed to work, but after being off of it a few days symptoms returned. I was given Cipro and no relief. By all means get cultured to see what will kill your bacteria. I am waiting on results. | M | 53 | 7 days | 5/22/2008 | 2 | Sinus Infection | Rash and itching on torso, arms and legs | This started only 4 hours after my first dose. I stopped taking it and got on a different antibiotic | F | 37 | 1 days | 5/12/2008 | 4 | MRSA | I am having tingling and cold spots in my hands, feet and back. Along with a burning sensation all over my skin. With bouts of lightheadedness and weakness. | I am on a 10 day treatment. Even though the side effects are horrid, I will continue taking it until the infection is gone, it does seems to be helping. | F | 28 | 2 days | 5/10/2008 | 2 | UTI | the first side effect i notice right away is that my vagina started itching, and yesterday i looked at it with the help of the mirror and i saw some bumps...i feel shaky and tired, and my throat and tongue are kinna dry, and i was itching a bit and certain zones in my body [i dont know if it's the bactrim or i have bedbugs, i'm still on it though, i started taking this on tuesday and today is thursday]. this is a very good site but my only problem is that I AM a hyperchondriac, so once i was reading the symptoms/side effect i got crazy and got a panicka ttack! | I felt like my UTI was gone after the first pill, but i have to add i took bacrtim before in the form of liquid and i didnt have any of those side effects at all, it just tasted horrid! Since I'm still on it, if i feel any side effects i'll update or add another comment. | F | 24 | 3 days | 5/8/2008 | 1 | undiagnosed facial infection | April:1st round extreme iching of head and body, bad dreams, rash, and gastro issues. The doc told me to continue taking meds, so I reluctantly finished my sixty pills. May:With swollen eyes I went back to see doc and was told to finish the second round of the Bactrim. Saturday, after the first dose I ended up in bed with chills, unable to walk without extreme pain in all of my joints and muscles and crying. I called the doc Sunday am and was told to stop immediately and see the doc first thing in the am for free. I was given a personal cell number and told to call is I had any other symptoms. I was already nervous, but this made me more nervous! I pray the muscle and joint soreness goes away. I can not lift, it hurts to type and walking to the bathroom and back to the bed is a painful/horrible task. I ONLY pray the symptoms go away!!! | Why is it allowed if it is SO dangerous and only few benefit from it? Who approves these things??? Why do we trust them? My husband wants to file a suit against BACTRIM or someone!!!!! | F | 43 | 1 days | 5/4/2008 | 1 | sinus Infection | itching and a rash | I have taken it for 2 days now and I just now started breaking out with a rash. i am stopping it and not taking anymore of it. | F | 35 | 2 days | 5/4/2008 | 1 | infected pyogenic granuloma | After completion of 10 day regimen of 1600 mg a day, I experienced a rash from the tops of my feet up my legs into the groin area. Fever, night sweats, chills and swollen lymph nodes on both sides of my neck. Fitfull sleep and migraine-like headache. | I has just come off of a ten day prescription of Keflex which did not even touch my painfully swollen thumb. My internist referred me to a hand surgeon and after surgically lancing and draining my infected thumb he prescribed the Bactrim for ten days, 800mg.twice a day. My rash appeared two days after finishing the Bactrim. The fever, night sweats, swollen lymph nodes and horrible headache began almost immediately after the first day of taking the Bactrim. Upon returning for post-op check, the granuloma was bleeding profusely and still quite painful. Finally the surgeon used silver nitrate solution to cauterize the granuloma. He informed me the granuloma may return and I am to come in for treatment as needed. Fine, but NO MORE BACTRIM!! | F | 59 | 10 days | 5/1/2008 | 3 | Staph infection | I was prescribed Bactrim to fight staph sores on my foot. Within 24 hrs of taking the first dose, I experienced slight tremors, and most distinctly Deafness! in both ears accompanied by a ringing or loud static noise in the head with a feeling as if the eardrums were swollen. Upon tapping the side of the head a feeling a numbness in the ears. I also experienced Headache, slight rare nausea, alot of neck pain, vivid far out dreams, increased night sweats and insomnia but these could be from menopause so i disregard them. The infection however is responding and healing and feels better. At this point I have been on the medication for 4 days of the prescribed 10 day period. The effects seem to increase over time and get worse as you take more of the script. | I intend to contact the physician today about the increasing side effects. I can tolerate it if it will get rid of the infection, as long as i get my hearing back! | F | 51 | 4 days | 4/30/2008 | 1 | Cellulitis on back of Neck | The most EXTREME fatigue i have ever had in my life. Hives broke out all over my body. General "spacey" feeling, just not myself | I hope that I never have to take this again. I would rather shoot myself with bebe gun. Found out that I was allergic to it on the second to last day of the 10 day cycle. Broke out into severe hives and then 4 days later still EXTREME fatigue! | M | 22 | 9.5 days | 4/30/2008 | 4 | UTI | Bactrim does work! But it caused unbearable headaches, neckaches, eye pain, insomnia, drug fevers, chills, depression, nervousness, and poor appitite. | It is unlikely I will ever take this drug again. This is the first time I've ever experienced such side effects with any med. I was Rxed this drug bc I had a very resistant and recurrent strain of bacteria that was unresponsive to other antibiotics in the past. My UTI was asymptomatic. My only sign was odd smelling urine. I had to take two Ibuprophen to stay ahead of the side effects of Bactrim, otherwise I would not be able to function. I continued to use Bactrim only because other antibiotics have been unsuccessful at getting rid of this particular strain of bacteria. Bactrim does work, but.... if I had to do it all over again, I honestly would have prefered dealing with my asymptomatic UTI than take this medication again. I would only consider taking this again if it were a life or death situation. Oh, I do believe Bactrim has effectively cleared up my UTI, but it's definitely cost me big time!! | F | 33 | 8 days | 4/29/2008 | 1 | chronic cough | my coughing increased to the point of vomiting. day 8 a red rash appeared on my upper arms & neck. this morning the rash is all over my body including in my eyes. when you touch my skin it is so red that where you touch it - turns white. calling my dr. in a few minutes. have never had such a bad reaction to medicine like this. | F | 55 | 8 days | 4/17/2008 | 2 | Sinus infection | Rash/hive all over body after 12 hrs of taking the medication. | This is the first medecine that I found to be allergic to. | F | 34 | 1 days | 4/13/2008 | 3 | eyelid infection | nausea, stomach and gut pains, bloated stomach, swollen and painful lymph nodes, body ache, tiredness, anorexia, slight insomnia | seemingly worked well enough, but the side effects really suck... will ask for something else if i need a antibiotic again. | M | 26 | 10 days | 4/11/2008 | 1 | Possibilty of MRSA | Fever and chills followed immediately by bouts of hot flashs and hideous seating. Sever muscle fatigue. Muscle and joint pain. Seasick type headache. Lower back pain. Sensitivity to light. Felt extremely tired yet suffered insomnia and had nightmares. | I realize that all people process medicine differently, and the side effects that I suffered could just be the result of how my body processed the Bactrim. However, there's not a medicine that I have not been able to tolerate in the past, and about 2 hours after I took the first dose, the side effects starting coming on. I stopped after 5 days because I simply couldn't tolerate it anymore. I was taking this with Augmentin 875 and thought maybe the two drugs together were causing the problems. But, I've had Augmentin many times before and never suffered anything like this. My own personal reccommendation would be to stay as far away from Bactrim as possible. There's a least 2 or 3 failsafe antibiotics behind Bactrim that will do the trick. | M | 43 | 5 days | 4/11/2008 |