BACTRIM Reviews (SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM)Average Rating: 1.9 (1902 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare BACTRIM with similar:
Type: Rx Drug
|
Results are sorted by Date added. Key to Ratings: 1=LOW (I would not recommend taking this medicine.) Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 |
More on BACTRIM: Reviews Summary | Drug Safety Information
| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR BACTRIM | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | Kidney Infection & sinus infection | Bad stomach cramping at first, but went away within a few days | I've been taking Bactrim for nearly 4 weeks. I have another 2 weeks on it, still. Although I experienced some stomach cramping in the first couple of days, I have felt much better since then. The only downside for me is that a 10-day course wasn't long enough and I had to have it extended to a 30-day course on top of it, totalling 40 days. | F | 27 | 24 days | 8/30/2007 | 1 | Staff Infection | My daughter was on this med for three days. she began to develop a rash all over her body. Her platelet count dropped to 12,000 normanlly it is between 150,000 and 400,000 she was hospitalized for three days she will continue to have testing done for the next six months.she did not have a reaction the first time she took it 1 year ago. so i would not recommend this med to anyone. | F | 2 | 3 days | 8/27/2007 | 3 | Bladder Infection | Fatigue, dizziness, joint pain, muscle pain, kidney pain. | This cleared up my bladder infection quickly, however, the entire time I was taking it I was exhausted. On the third day I started having a sharp pain in my right kidney. It scared me so I skipped a dose and the pain was gone by the next morning. I called 2 Drs and the pharmacist and they all urged me to continue taking the Bactrim so I continued taking it for 2 more days. The day after my last dose was when i started feeling dizziness and an upset stomach.My lymph nodes were also sore. This lasted for two days. Then for the next two days I had strange pains in my abdomen and back. I thought I might still have the infection so I went back to the Drs and got tested and the test was negative. Then for the following two days after that I had joint and muscle pains all over. Even my teeth and my ovaries were hurting. I also started spotting which is unusual for me and I had a low grade fever. I felt like I had the flu. Its been 8 days since my last dose and Im finally starting to f | F | 38 | 5 days | 8/25/2007 | 1 | Bladder Infection | day 1 morning after - woke up extremely stiff and sore. day 2 nausea, headache stiff and sore. day 3 chills and fever 102. day 4 - 5 fever continues between 100.5 and 102.8, nauseau, loss of appetite and extreme soreness and stiffness and back pain. | After reading these postings, I am stopping this medication because I am not looking forward to a day 6, day 7 rash or any other side effect. | F | 46 | 5 days | 8/20/2007 | 1 | Acne | After 9 days of taking SMZ-TMP twice per day I started feeling tired and weak. On the 10th day I awoke to a whole body rash. The rash is red hot and very severe in places - especially my neck and chest. I was advised to stop taking the medication and start taking 50mg of Benadryl every 6 hours. So far I have not seen any improvement and just feel exhausted. Very low appetite as well. | F | 35 | 9 days | 8/18/2007 | 3 | Staph Infection | edgy, mild confusion, occasional shortness of breath, neck stiffness, constipation, frequent urination and dry mouth | i havent had a horrible experience with bactrim. the shortness of breath may be part of the mild anxiety i am experiencing occasionally. the neck stiffness made for two extremely uncomfortable plane rides. the effects on my ability to focus are the most surprising and very frustrating. mild herbal laxative helped with constipation. would not recommend taking it while at work or traveling. the infection healed up very quickly, and ive decided that instead of taking two a day, to just finish the prescription by taking one at night. | M | 24 | 7 days | 8/11/2007 | 1 | uti | weakness,dizzeness, vomiting, loss of apeitite, nevorouseness. | would never take again, i will stay with drug free products !! | F | 23 | 3 days | 8/8/2007 | 5 | UTI | EXPERIANCED ALL OF THE SIDE EFFECTS! I have been miserable on this medication, but do not have insurance, and it is popular on the $4 generic plans. | I have never ever had a reaction to any medication until taking Bactrim DS. I have been queesy, tired, restless, weak, experiencing sharp headaches, and insomnia. Never taking again! This medication wiped out my UTI, but also took a week of my life away. Will definitely not take again, there are other non-sulfa based drugs out there that will do the same job. | F | 27 | 10 days | 8/7/2007 | 2 | uti | headaches every day, then a few days later a full body rash that was itchy | i had no idea these were common side effects | M | 40 | 10 days | 8/7/2007 | 1 | Staph infection | Medium grade fever (101.5), abdominal pain, general malaise, 5 lost days of work, 2 ER visits, full body itching, limited rash. | Bactrim DS was prescribed to me PO twice daily as a "backup plan" for Doxycycline to treat an uncultured staph infection on my face. After taking the drug for 2 days I began to develop a completely uncontrollable (by NSAIDs) mid-grade fever that knocked me out of work and ultimately landed me in the ER twice. My liver enzymes were quickly becoming "bad", my malaise continued to worsen rapdily. It never occurred to anyone it might be the drug and they kept testing me just to continue to find nothing wrong. After doing some (astonishing and terrifying) research of my own I requested my GP to take me off of Bactrim. He reluctantly agreed, and I started noticing positive differences in my body with the first missed dose. Unfortunately for me, it's been 5 full days Bactrim free and my symptoms have not completely cleared yet, but they are still improving. My GP cannot believe the level of toxicity I reached in just 6 days of taking this horrible drug and tells me I | M | 34 | 6 days | 8/7/2007 | 1 | sinus infection | first day was great. got a good night's rest. woke up with a little trouble breathing. thought it was the medicine kicking in. slow decline... muscle aches... thought i was having a stroke my arm was so numb. developed sleep apnea b/c i couldn't breathe. had chest pains (most likely due to my lungs)went to the emergency 3x. made me feel like i was looney and sent me home every time. i plan on printing these claims and giving them to the emergency care unit of st. francis hospital in wilmington de and denying them any payment from either me or my insurance company. some f-in emergency care unit ..i'll see them in hell (sorry, my dr. gave me prednisone...which has worked well in the past for allergic reactions. | F bactrim... i also want to thank michael moore for making "sicko" ...i have roid rage | F | 23 | 5 days | 8/3/2007 | 1 | UTI on going | fatigue, rash, headache, yeast infection | I had 3 UTI infections and my doctor changed what I was taking to Bactrim. I was taking Bactrim until this morning when I developed a rash. I called my doctor. I had taken two does Monastat for a yeast infection and thought that was the cause(rash; also a side effect). My doctor told me to stop taking both immediately and call him back Monday. I had forgotten the side effects(a terminal skin peeling disease and others) of Bactrim until after reading some of the other entries here. My rash, I first noticed on my feet a day or two ago, goes all the way up to my neck but is more faint and fewer spots. Also I noticed that my rash developed the same time others on the site did. I had been taking it 10 days. I don't think I will take it ever again. Unfortunetly I took it this morning before I noticed the rash so I will have to wait to see how long it will stick around. | F | 28 | 10.5 days | 8/2/2007 | 1 | sinus infection | severe nausea, fatigue, joint and body aches | Felt very ill, like I was being poisoned. It was awful. I took it for 3 days and called my doctor and said I am not taking this for the remaining 11 days or ever again. | F | 35 | 3 days | 7/31/2007 | 1 | UTI | 103 DEGREE FEVER, POUNDING SEVERE HEADACHE, NAUSEA & VOMITING, SWEATING,WEAKNESS, DIZZINESS | I took Bactrim 7 years ago for a UTI with no complications, so when I got another UTI, my doctor prescribed it again. I took 1 pill before bed. I woke up feeling stiff, but I thought it was the way I slept. I took 1 pill early in the morning and felt a little funny, but I took another around 2 p.m. By 3:00, I was feeling so sick, I had to leave work. By 5:00 p.m., I had a fever of 103, my head hurt so bad, and I was so nauseous and weak. I was scared enough to go to the ER. At the ER, the doctor was very perplexed as to what was happening to me. She was especially concerned about the high fever. I was put on an IV. After about 7 hours in the ER on the IV, I felt well enough to go home even though the doc wanted me to stay. I mentioned the bactrim, and she told me that I should continue it. But I felt uncomfortable taking it because I now associated it with feeling like crap; so she switched me to cipro. (Of note, the bactrim did cure my UTI within the two days I took it). I | F | 34 | 1 days | 7/30/2007 | 1 | Cellulitis | Extreme discomfort, anxiety, headache, diarrhea of death, projectile vomiting,102 fever, disorientation, fatigue, weakness, and complete demoralization | This drug, like many antibiotics, is hepatotoxic, but the physician didn't see a problem giving it to me with chronic Hep. C, elevated liver levels, extremely low white count, and thrombocytopenia (chronic low platelets). This was like a time bomb mixing this, keflex, and bactrim. I have been on MUCH more powerful antibiotics with nowhere NEAR the side effects. I should have smartened up on the second day, but as patients, we're conditioned that we should put up with discomfort in order to get better. | M | 41 | 5 days | 7/29/2007 | 5 | Chlamydia | General Light Headed / Dizzy Feeling, not very intense at all. Lethargy/Laziness which is uncommon for me. | It is day 3 and the discharge and pain during urination is gone, my doc says I caught it the moment of transmition, or as close as possible to. I hope I dont break out in a rash, because im very allergic to penecillin and the rash I had while taking that was gaudy. I had to discontinue use, and treat the rash as it was terrible. | M | 21 | 3 days | 7/28/2007 | 1 | UTI | Sever ongoing headache, blood shot watery eyes, tingling from knees to feet, extreme muscle fatique. | F | 30 | 3 days | 7/27/2007 | 1 | subcutaneous infection | I began coughing on about the 3rd day, but didn't realize that was a side effect. The muscles that move my eyes have been hurting for days, joints became sore on 2nd or 3rd day, and the all-pervasive rash appeared the morning of day 9 on my foot and was on most of my body by the afternoon and is accompanied by itching and occasional chills. | I believe this may be the first sulfer-based drug I have taken, and believe me it is the last. . .this is serious stuff. Ironically, I'm usually the first one to read all the warning/reaction/interaction info provided w/medications and this time I did not--ALWAYS READ THOSE THINGS, PLEASE! | F | 52 | 9 days | 7/25/2007 | 1 | staph & strep infection | Terrible insomnia. Nights of being wide awake. Jerky muscles. Feeling I was losing my mind. Muscle fatigue. Heavy chest. Shortness of breath. | I was prescribed 4 bactrim daily for 3 weeks. Halfway I began to suspect the tabs were the cause of the insomnia. Doc then cut the dose to half but there was no relief from the effects. Now, after yet another sleepless night and wanting to scream, and finding my fears confirmed on this site, I will never take another one of those things. Just hope the effects wear off soon! | F | 69 | 17 days | 7/23/2007 | 5 | Sinus | if taken with caffeine drinks, the effects of caffeine seem intensified. | I've taken this drug for UTI and sinus infections over the last 20 years. It's always worked well for me, and no real side effects. Don't take with caffeine, and drink plenty of water. | F | 57 | 20 years | 7/16/2007 |