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I am curious if anyone else has had any of these side effects from taking bactrim. My mouth is so swollen with blisters all inside my mouth.....now it has started to affect my private area as well with same symptoms. I cant eat and it burns all day long. I only took 4 pills when this started. Please help if you can.

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I’m 23 weeks pregnant and the doctor prescribed me SMZ/TMP DS 800-160. The pharmacists said it's not safe to take but the doctor said yes. What would be my best chose? Should I take it or not?

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Re: Mimi (# 143)

I am in very bad pain from this drug it's really the devil like I have been crying for days like my vagina is. Blistered up and hurts very bad

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Omggg I will never take Bactrim in my entire life ever again this antibiotic has takin me to the hospital twice it's very dangerous I have swollen lesions in my vsgina area that hurts like hell I have to sit in warm water everyday to urinate I cried everyday this drug is the devil and I will never take it AGAIN

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I was prescribed Bactrim on Saturday for a UTI and took my first dose a few hrs ago. Now I have extremely itchy hands, feet and the rest of my body. Nothing I do is helping to alleviate the itching. No rash has formed as far as I can tell.

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I haven't had the blasts but Bactrim messed up my body so bad I ended up in ER twice, as well as the cardiologist office, and a host of the symptoms. Never been so sick in my life. It affected the electrical part of my heart. OMG too much to explain but I will NEVER take it again or any other kind of sulfur drug. Period.

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I accidentally took a double dose of Bactrim DS. What should I do now? Is it very harmful to me?

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Yes the same thing is happening to me minus the private area. My mouth, tongue and throat are coved in ulcers(sores). I went to my PCP today and they prescribed my lidocaine which is supposed to numb the pain for 6 hours. It lasts for about 15 minutes. I can't eat or sleep. The pain is unbearable. I only took 4, maybe 6 pills at most. There is a horrible medical condition called SJS that is correlated with this drug too.

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I have ITP and was given Bactrim once a day to prevent infection. My platelets kept giving me trouble and couldn't figure out why. Two years later, I went to a doctor that told me it was Bactrim doing it. I was admitted into hospital clinically dead. 1 Platelet! I was bled to death under skin from IPT. It never gave me blisters.

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Re: Dominique (# 9)

I had I have lymphedema legs and I went to the hospital because breaking all out they said I have a yeast infection on my legs and sent me home with a prescription 4 powder come they gave me to put on it but I also took the bactrim. After taking the bactrim I just started breaking out all over big blisters on my butt & in between my legs. I'm waiting for the doctor to come in the morning. I think that bactrim is so strong it's making my lips swollen and cracked. I pray I get better.

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I just stopped taking bactrim ds (stopped it week ago because of side effects actually). Got a spider bite on shoulderblade that turned into a huge infection blah blah... Had IV antibiotics at ER and was prescribed Keflex and Bactrim DS... So wasnt sure WHICH medication was causing me to be so ITCHYYYYYY at 1st !...unbearably itchy.
(palms, top of hands/fingers, bottom of feet and all over arms). Very tiny blisters formed all over my arms, hands, fingers and a few on chest. The itching was so bad that i basically itched he tops off all the teeny blisters. So now my arms and hands are covered in little perfectly round scabs that wont go away (because they continue to be itched in my sleep i think. And a few i got by mistake just living life). It looks like someone took a miniature hole puncher and punched tiny holes all over my arms/hands ?? I am a massage therapist and so far noone has said anything but i LOOK like i have something wrong w me that could be contagious...it really sucks and i have no idea how to heal these scabs now.

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I was just on this medicine. I got the whole 9 yards in reactions. From vaginal bleeding( not period) nose blisters cold chills instantly sweat cant eat loss appetite constantly puking body aches want to sleep and a cough (so hard it releases urine wont be taking this med anymore got switched to cepalexin for UTI

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Yes, it is common if you read this thread. I'm pretty sure Bactrim tried its best to kill me. My doctor advised that I never take it again. Even after d/c the Bactrim, it took my mouth 3 weeks to finally clear up. My thinking is that if Bactrim causes eruptions and lesions in your mouth and downstairs, our insides probably are in the same shape as what is visual. Bactrim is your worst nightmare if you are allergic to it. If your doctor tells you these aren't side effects, it's b/c the drug companies do not detail doctors on ALL the side effects of medications. I think when I call my doc to report the problems, I don't think he believed it was as bad as I described. He called in meds. A week later when I was NO better, I walked into his office to let him put an eye on my mouth. He is quiet and demure, but looked inside my mouth and said, "OH, MY GOD, HOW have you lived with this?" I said, "I tried my BEST to tell you how bad this was. I lost 10 pounds in just one week, and I didn't have it to lose. Please report your reaction to the company!!!

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Re: Karen (# 81)

I been taking bactrim for a few weeks and not once did I get any kind of reaction.

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Why does sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim DS cause a sore throat? Is this side effect a warning sign or just annoying?

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My PCP gave me Diflucan for a week along with Prednisone and Marys Mafic mouthwash for a week. Honestly, I don't think it helped with the healing of the blisters. Looking back, I think the Bactrim could have taken me out. The burns in my mouth finally healed, but it took 3 long weeks, a 10.2 lb wt loss, and getting so weak, I just laid all day every day. The Mary's Magic mouthwash was the only thing that kept me out of the ER. The pain was worse than childbirth. I will NEVER take Bactrim or any sulfa drug again. I'm so sorry anyone else is having to live through this. It was AWFUL.

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ask your doctor. I took Bactrim for what was diagnosed as a urinary tract infection. Turned out I didnt have an infection after all but I had a terrible reaction to Bactrim which landed me in the ER. Terrible headache, throwing up, rash, etc. As a result of the ER misdiagnsing me with a UTI, it complicated things...and kept getting worse and worse. Bactrim is a sulfa drug. I sure hope you call your dr soon.

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I have been put on Bactrim for 2 weeks. I'm on my 8th day now, but I start having a headache, dizziness and stomach pain a little bit. Also, when with some foods I eat, my stomach will start burning. I was given this for a bladder infection. Should I still take them for two weeks? I take it twice a day. What must I do?

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Omg i am having an exactly similar experience! So relieved to research and find out I was not alone in this. I was prescribed Bactrim Ds for a UTI, and by the time I was near my final dose I thought I was getting a yeast infection with a swollen vag area and severe pain, fever, trouble swallowing etc.. My Dr. called me in a prescription for Diflucan for a yeast infection, I skipped my final dose of Bactrim, and I noticed next day what I thought was yeast was not - I had very painful patches of reddened raised areas down there, no odor-just complete shock! And worse yet, it burned like fire when i peed! My Dr. was awesome and knew right away I was having an allergy and told me to take Benedryl & drink lots of water. I already was starting prednisone for lupus which was a plus for the allergic reaction. In the meantime, my long time boyfriend and I were both looking at each other like "this better not be an sti!" We both knew we were free and clear so until all the proper diagnoses, and info from the doc, that was really a whole other stresser! Bactrim should have a warning label, be taken off the market or a legal suit needs to happen. This is horrible!

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I had the same thing happen to me. In 2012 I had an allergic reaction to septra and the doctor swore up and down that i had herpes because the amount of blisters on my mouth and vagina and I knew for a fact I didn't have herpes because I've been with the same man for 5 years and I was the first person he's ever been with but they pounded it in my head so much that I believed them. Now it's 2017 and 3 days ago I got Bactrim gave to me for a sinus infection and I took 2 pills and my lips and vaginal area started to swell and itch and I had the same rash appear as before so come to find out I was having another allergic reaction and after test and all that, come to find out I'm allergic to sulpha drugs and never had herpes just like I tried to tell the doctor. So if they are trying to tell you that DO NOT BELIEVE THEM. I've had very bad depressing self-esteem issues about my self since 2012 when they tried to say it was herpes and I've spend all these years trying to get over the fact that I was going to have to live with the thought that I was always gonna have something for my whole life and I never even had it to begin with. I DO NOT RECOMMEND BACTRIM OR ANY SULPHA DRUG TO ANYBODY!!! The side affects and allergic reactions are way worse then the problem you had to begin with to get them prescribed to you. I wish I would have just dealt with my sinus infection because now I can barley walk, I get so scared to use the restroom because of how painful it is when the urine hits a open blister. When I swallow food it hurts very bad from the blisters in my throats (I've had to eat nothing but soft foods), my lips are all swollen, cracked and raw feeling on the inside and I have big red very sensitive rashes on my sides, hands, in between my fingers, inner thighs and on my bottom in between my buttocks checks. I would rather deal with a simple aggravating sinus infection any day then take this medication and have to deal with not being able to walk or even play and hold my 2 year old daughter. I have to put numbing ointment on my vaginal area every time before I use the restored and let it sit for a couple minutes to numb just so using the restroom won't be as painful when I urinate. They also told me I had Steven johnsons syndrom. But mine isn't just a few blisters it's horrible. If it doesn't get better in the next 2 days I have to go back and get admitted for a day or so to get fluids and things.

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I had the same thing happen to me. In 2012 I had an allergic reaction to septra and the doctor swore up and down that i had herpes because the amount of blisters on my mouth and vagina and I knew for a fact I didn't have herpes because I've been with the same man for 5 years and I was the first person he's ever been with but they pounded it in my head so much that I believed them. Now it's 2017 and 3 days ago I got Bactrim gave to me for a sinus infection and I took 2 pills and my lips and vaginal area started to swell and itch and I had the same rash appear as before so come to find out I was having another allergic reaction and after test and all that, come to find out I'm allergic to sulpha drugs and never had herpes just like I tried to tell the doctor. So if they are trying to tell you that DO NOT BELIEVE THEM. I've had very bad depressing self-esteem issues about my self since 2012 when they tried to say it was herpes and I've spend all these years trying to get over the fact that I was going to have to live with the thought that I was always gonna have something for my whole life and I never even had it to begin with. I DO NOT RECOMMEND BACTRIM OR ANY SULPHA DRUG TO ANYBODY!!! The side affects and allergic reactions are way worse then the problem you had to begin with to get them prescribed to you. I wish I would have just dealt with my sinus infection because now I can barley walk, I get so scared to use the restroom because of how painful it is when the urine hits a open blister. When I swallow food it hurts very bad from the blisters in my throats (I've had to eat nothing but soft foods), my lips are all swollen, cracked and raw feeling on the inside and I have big red very sensitive rashes on my sides, hands, in between my fingers, inner thighs and on my bottom in between my buttocks checks. I would rather deal with a simple aggravating sinus infection any day then take this medication and have to deal with not being able to walk or even play and hold my 2 year old daughter. I have to put numbing ointment on my vaginal area every time before I use the restored and let it sit for a couple minutes to numb just so using the restroom won't be as painful when I urinate.

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