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 | UTI | Took it for 2 days, started feeling my face burn. Stopped. UTI came back with a vengence.Burn went away. Started taking again and almost finished the bottle. Then, Terrible sunburn like rash. This rash was all over my body, face, and chest. I lost a day an half work because of the extreme itching and burning. Miserable. UTI was gone. One pill left. 5/2/06 started. 05/9/06 stopped | 5/28/06 An I have woke up with a rash on my legs, and the tops of my feet.The rash is prickley feeling. Swollen knees and wrists. These joints are stiff and sore. I have now had a headache for 4 days straight.This last week I had palapitaions so bad I got an EKG. No abnormalties. I dont know how long it stays in your body, but Im sure this is some kind of secondary reaction. 5/30/06 | F | 47 | 7 days | 5/30/2006 | 1 | Infection of the toe | Nausea, vomiting, fever of 100.2, chills, shivering, dry mouth, dizziness. | This is the second time I have had a reaction. I thought it was the flu the first time. In both instances after two doses I ended up in bed for three days, barely able to stand. Vomited three times over the first day. Symptoms followed the second dose of the medication. Symptoms of nausea dissipated after being off the medication for 3 days. Slow recovery with extreme lethargy. | M | 65 | 1.5 days | 5/16/2006 | 1 | UTI | Absolutely horrible joint and muscle pain all over my body by day 3. 103 fever which landed me in the emergency room on day 5. It took 24 hours for my fever to break, and another 2 days before I could go back to work. | It did clear up my UTI, but the pain was unbelievable. I was on my last dose of Bactrim when I went to the emergency room. | F | 31 | 5 days | 5/16/2006 | 4 | UTI | nausea, stomach rumbling, constipation, fatigue, extrene anxiety and shortness of breath, difficulty sleeping | Got UTI first day of a 1300 mile car trip. As antibiotics go, bactrim is very inexpensive. I would have glady paid more if I'd known about the side effects. With just two more pills to go, don't know if I can make it. I gave it a 4 because it has cured the UTI but I wouldn't take it again. | F | 60 | 7 days | 5/12/2006 | 5 | UTI | No side effects. It took about 2 days though before the intense pain of my UTI subsided and I started to feel any relief. After 5 days on it, my urine stream improved so much that it felt like I was 10 years old again. | M | 41 | 5 days | 5/8/2006 | 4 | Acne | SHORTNESS OF BREATH. I have difficulty breathing normally at times throughout the day. I also have trouble falling asleep. Since I have been on bactrim, I have broken out in hives twice; could have been a reaction to something else. | After trying 4 other antibiotics for my acne, Bactrim has been the only medication to help clear it up. My skin is noticably better, and the side effects arent as bad with Bactrim as with others. | F | 19 | 1.5 years | 4/19/2006 | 2 | UTI | Small red itchy bumps all over my back, legs, and arms. | I have never had any kind of a reaction to any drug...ever! It did get rid of my UTI quickly though. | F | 21 | 3 days | 4/14/2006 | 3 | UTI | Nausea, Motion Sickness, Fatigue, Restless Sleeps, Dizzyness, Headache, Dry Mouth, couldn't function too well during the day | Cured the UTI | F | 25 | 7 days | 4/10/2006 | 2 | Sinus infection | Shortness of breath - Heavy chest - fatigue - overall ill feeling - Rash/pimples on chest and shoulders - Itchy | Facial pain absent during course of Bactrim but returned 2 days later. Dr warned that reaction is indication of onset of sulfa allergy. There should be an allergy test before taking any medication for the first time. Did not work for sinus and made me ill. | F | 35 | 7 days | 4/10/2006 | 3 | prostatitis/kidney infection | joint aches, headaches, fatigue, muscle cramping, "shin splints", eye pain, neck pain and stiffness. On the the 11th day of a total dose of 14 days woke up to severe purple rash/hives and mouth sores. Called doctor and stopped taking it immediately. | I'm hoping it's cleared up the prostatitis and accompanying UTI but am still feeling general malaise and lots of aches and pains. Unfortunately, I've had similar side effects when on Cipro so, I don't seem to tolerate any of these more powerful antibiotics well. I'm an otherwise very healthy individual between this infection and this drug I'm wiped. | M | 51 | 11 days | 3/23/2006 | 1 | possible UTI | Anxiety, upset stomach, restlessness, twitching, racing thoughts, insomnia, depression | WOW. After reading that other users of Bactrim experienced anxiety, I am relieved. I thought I was going insane. I kept thinking that medications are out to get me and that I'll never be myself again. I couldn't keep still in bed. There were times where I had racing thoughts. I was twitching, tossing and turning. I couldn't sleep and when I did I woke up about 4-5 times. | F | 17 | 2 times | 3/14/2006 | 3 | Adult cystic Acne | Muscle and joint pain all over, mostlt back and neck. Muscle spasum. Liver or internal organ pain. Stomach Cramps. | At first I thought I found my Americal drug. It started to dry up my cystic acne. But around the 2nd week mark, I woke up with serious muscle and joint pain in my neck and shoulder. Then 2 days later cramps form on the side of my kidney. It felt like I been punch the day before. It left one side and went to the other, and then settled down in my stomach. At the begining I didn't know what was wrong, but I had a pretty good idea it was the Bactrim. So I stop for 5 days and I got better. I started 1 pill a day and muscle and joint pain came back the next day. I am done with Bactrim. It is too painful, but it was working. | M | 30 | 2 weeks | 3/1/2006 | 4 | UTI | severe fatigue, mild headache, moderate pain in lower abdomen, depression, joint pain. not sure if pain in abdomen was from uti or meds as i had them before taking sulfatrim. | F | 47 | 3 days | 2/27/2006 | 1 | prostate infection | After the 2nd pill tingling in hands & feet and a very TENSE feeling. Increase in heart rate. After 3rd pill an Angina like attack forced me to the ER. BP & heart rate were elevated for me but within clinical limits. Stopped Sulfatrim DS but anxiety persists 8 days later in varying degrees. Hope it will leave my system!! | Worth paying the extra money for a more tolerant antibiotic. | M | 49 | 1.5 days | 2/12/2006 | 2 | Prostitis | Extreme anxiety (i thought i was going out of my mind. This is probably the worst of all these side effects because it only makes the others seem far worse then they are),restlessness,insomnia, muscle spasms and twitching before falling asleep, nausea, headache,dizziness and lightheadedness, cold shakes, slight rash | Only took this medicine for 9 days before having to come off it. Probably should have been sooner. If you dont react well to antibiotics i seriously recommend not taking this one. | M | 25 | 1.5 weeks | 2/10/2006 | 2 | UTI | Itchy, red rash over entire body | The rash was so horrific, I didn't want to leave the house. Itching was unbearable. What an awful experience. | F | 35 | 7 days | 2/3/2006 | 3 | urinary tract infection/maintenance | vaginal yeast infection | I didn't find that this med worked well on a full blown infection, but when taken for maintenance, it seemed to help. I wasn't aware of the strong risks of developing kidney stones with this drug, so I made sure to drink plenty of fluids and haven't had a problem...yet | F | 29 | | 1/30/2006 | 5 | Sever UTI, Bladder Infection | Constipation, Dry mouth | Other than the constipation and dry mouth...I thought this medication worked quickly and efficiently. I can deal with the constipation and dry mouth over the pain and discomfort of the UTI and bladder infection any week of the year! | F | 28 | 10 days | 1/22/2006 | 4 | MRSA | INSOMNIA, leg pain | Clearing up MRSA infection after seven other treatments failed even though the insomnia and leg pains are quite severe. | F | 46 | 3 months | 1/12/2006 | 1 | UTI | Blistered tongue with white "thrush" on tongue and inner cheeks, vaginal lesions. Extreme Fatigue, did not get out of bed the first day. Called Doctor on Day 3- Dr. had me stop taking it. Still have UTI symptoms. | I had no idea how debilitating the fatigue would be. I hope that I never have to take this med again. | F | 35 | 3 days | 1/12/2006 |