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 | As soon as I began taking it, I developed terrible nausea. It got worse and worse until I could only lay still. I was all dressed and ready to go out and had to stay home. I took it once more in the evening, thinking that maybe I had just eaten something bad, and when I woke up I had a splitting headache unlike any I ever have. | I called my doctor a few hours after taking the first pill and he told me that he would switch me to a different medication immediately (it was my decision to try it again that evening). However he told me that Bactrim rarely caused any side effects and that he was surprised I was having a reaction. I gave this a "1" but that is really just based on my own personal reaction to it. | M | 49 | 1 days | 4/11/2008 | 3 | UTI | Bad headaches, Fever, and skin rash | F | 25 | 10 days | 4/10/2008 | 4 | bacteria infection prostate | Been on 2 pills a day for 5 days so far..DR just went up to three pills a day for 40 more days..lots of water and prilosec twice a day....we will see ... took same medication years ago and had bad stomach cramps..... | M | 68 | 40 times | 4/9/2008 | 3 | UTI and Tonsilitis | Crushing migraine headache, extreme soreness in neck and shoulders, night sweats. | I would not take this drug again. I hate all anitbiotics personally. I seem to have bad luck with them. | F | 29 | 6 days | 4/6/2008 | 1 | Lingering Flu/ Cold, Diarhea | Severe Headache within 30 minutes, extreme, debilitating nausea. | I only made it through 3 doses before seeing all the comments on this site. The side effects were so much worse than the original malady, I stopped immediately. Never had a such a strong reaction to medication before, and will avoid at all costs. | M | 33 | 2 days | 4/5/2008 | 4 | MRSA | Fatigue | Was on two weeks of Bactrim pills after getting off IV Vancamycin for an MRSA wound back in November. Now, another MRSA infection has appeared on my side and I am back on Bactim. Hopefully it helps heal the infection before I have to ever consider going to the hospital again. It makes me feel fatigued and a bit "out of it", but most anti-biotics do. No stomach pain or anything. The only anti-biotic I have experienced horrid side effects from is Clendimycin (sp?). | M | 27 | 3 weeks | 4/4/2008 | 1 | laryngitis | very sore neck; joint pain in elbows, wrists, knees, back, with muscle pain in arms; headaches; fatigue; feel short of breath; It hurts to move after taking 3.5 days; joint pain in places I've never had pain before in my life | I have taken a sulfur drug years ago once or twice and developed a moderate skin rash from it; I thought it would be ok to try it again, and this time I had a major reaction; you can get more allergic the more you are exposed to this; DON'T TAKE IT! | F | 41 | 4 days | 4/4/2008 | 1 | Sinus infection | Mild nausea, loss of appetite, panic attacks, swollen lymph node, on day 8 woke up with a rash over my entire body. | Immediately stopped taking Bactrim. Doctor told me I was having an allergic reaction and instructed me to take 50mg of Benadryl every 6 hours. No changes yet. Had NO IDEA it could cause SJS until I started researching allergic reactions online. | F | 26 | 8 days | 4/4/2008 | 1 | MRSA (staph) | Nausea, vomiting, stomach cramps, dizziness, low-grade fever | This has got to be the worst drug I've ever been on. I started vomiting on day five (after nausea every day before that). My doctor prescribed a medicine for the vomiting that just makes me tired. I've missed a lot of work because of this drug. I'm supposed to continue it for another three days but there is NO WAY IN HELL I'm going to do that. I spent today at work running to the bathroom to throw up until I was well enough to drive myself home. What a nightmare. Reading the other reviews here makes me feel a lot less like I'm the one with the problem. If Bactrim is the cure, I'd rather be sick. | F | 45 | 10 days | 4/2/2008 | 2 | Acne | My face got bright red and was hot to touch. | Too strong for me. My face looked like a really bad sunburn, so I stopped. | F | 26 | 10 days | 3/31/2008 | 2 | UTI after Kidney Stone | Exteme Anxiety, Itching all over. | I only took this for 2 doses- was perscribed twice a day for 7 days. The itchiness started immediately after the 1st. My anxiety was completely out of control after the 2nd. I was crying, couldn't sit still, had extremely fearful thoughts, etc. Was put on Cipro- which I've taken before and like. Won't take this drug again. | F | 27 | 2 days | 3/28/2008 | 1 | Chronic sinusitis | Painful, burning, itching tongue. Like I had burned the whole thing while eating something hot....but I hadn't. Swollen tongue. Eating was very painful. Unusually intense fatigue. | As a general rule, I'd try everything else before trying Bactrim, and leave it as a last resort. I had only taken Bactrim for 12 hours before feeling these side effects. It may not affect you, but it's no fun when it does. | F | 29 | 1 days | 3/28/2008 | 2 | UTI | Abdominal pain and cramping, rash over the entire body | I developed the rash about two days after my last dose of Bactrim. It started out as small red bumps and progressed to larger red blotches over my whole body, but the rash seemed to be the worst on my legs. I've never been allergic to any other drugs in my life until now. It did cure my UTI within a couple of days though. | F | 30 | 7 days | 3/27/2008 | 1 | UTI | Death from Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis | My 69 year old mother was in great health before taking this drug (suffering only from arthritis). After taking it for one week, she developed Stevens Johnson Syndrome and then TEN and suffered a horrible death. I've heard of this happening to other older women suffering from UTI so be warned! You can die from this! | F | 69 | 7 days | 3/27/2008 | 2 | Infected wound | Fine for five days then increasing fever then chills, nausea, loss of appetite, headache and feeling generally ill. The rash is starting on day 10 of 10. Started taking Benadryl after reading posts. | Infection is clearing up, but the symptoms came on so slowly that it was hard to recognize the relationship. I would have stopped at day 6 once the headache and fever persisted had I read this site sooner. | M | 41 | 10 days | 3/26/2008 | 1 | uti | experienced nighmares and auditory hallucinations. | I thought I was going crazy. I will NEVER take bactrim again. | F | 30 | 2 days | 3/21/2008 | 4 | Staph | None | I've taken this medication for 10 days with no side effects that I am aware of. | F | 35 | 10 days | 3/18/2008 | 3 | UTI | After about he 3 pill the pain does go away, but you have to take the pill on a full stomach. It made me feel very sick to the stomach. | Just eat something heavy before taking it and you may be fine. | F | 23 | 1 years | 3/17/2008 | 1 | Sinus Infection | Uncontrollable itching over entire body after taking first dose (about 10 hours later). | Benadryl, claritin, showers, lotion...nothing helped the itch. The doctor took me off bactrim immediately. | F | 30 | 1 days | 3/16/2008 | 1 | Urinary Tract Infection | Last year, I was diagnosed with a UTI. The only other UTI I had was six years before, and I took Bactrim with no problems so the doctor prescribed it to me agian. Took one pill, seemed okay; took another one before bed and woke up feeling achy all over and wasn't sure if it was the Bactrim so took another when I woke up and another around 1 p.m.; by 3 p.m. I was in a meeting and started to feel lightheaded and really f***ed up and told my boss I needed to go home. Within one hour, I was on my couch burning up with a 103 fever, worst headache of my life, and my the time my boyfriend arrived to take me to the hospital, I was soaked with sweat and I was throwing up which was more than painful with the headache. I don't believe I have ever had a fever before and I knew immediately that it must have been really high; I literally felt like I was on fire inside my body. I didn't know what the hell was wrong and I have never gone to the hospital for anything but I actually thought I might | The day after the episode, while I was home from work, I started looking up the side effects of Bactrim online and found out that what happened to me wasn't all that uncommon and that Bactrim can cause a "drug fever." I called the ER doc and told her was I found out and she was surprised and said she would make a note of it. I called my PCP and made sure that an allergy to Bactrim would be in all my medical records. I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT NO ONE TAKE THIS DRUG FOR A UTI; THERE ARE OTHERS OUT THERE FOR THAT THAT WON'T HURT YOU. I STILL THINK ABOUT THAT EXPERIENCE AS ONE OF THE WORST OF MY ENTIRE LIFE. | F | 34 | 2 days | 3/16/2008 |