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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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Re: Shirley (# 164)

I have taken Bactrim previously without any problems. Started on Bactrim DS yesterday for a skin infection, and after just one dose started with vaginal itching within an hour which progressed to generalized redness and itching. As an RN with three kids with Sulfa allergies, I recognized this as an allergic reaction and did not take any additional doses. From what I have read, it may take three days or more for symptoms to resolve. So uncomfortable even with allergy medication being taken! Sure wish our bodies didn’t react this way!

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I wouldn't

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I noticed extremely dry chapped lips and shortly thereafter my tongue started getting some white sore spots on my tongue after taking 3 pills Bactrim DS. It kept getting worse, so I called my doctor and immediately he prescribed something different. The sores on my tongue have not gotten worse, but also are not healing very quickly. I have rinsed with hydrogen peroxide, but it is still painful to eat. Will never take this drug again!

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my girlfriend has the same symptoms exactly what you described and also a hard time breathing

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I started Bactrim on Sunday and it is now Thursday. I stopped taking the medicine Wednesday. The whole roof of my mouth is covered in painful blisters. The whole right side of my head is throbbing, but mainly in my facial joints. I also suffered a really bad yeast infection that seems to be going away. After reading other post, I know what to expect. Who needs to pay a physician for the wrong information when we have Google. I wonder if Benadryl will help since it's an allergic reaction. I'm about to go back to the ER for pain medicine!

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My DR had told me to take Benedryl when I called to report the problems I was experiencing with the Bactrim.

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Eeeek! I would absolutely tell your doctor to prescribe you something else! Having a bad reaction to antibiotics is a serious thing, and your doctor should know that. I'd be pretty pissed if my doc told me to just take some Benadryl.

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Yes, I am same way- I am miserable!!!! HELP!!!

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Ok so i was prescribed bactrim for a uti and I felt I had an allergic reaction to it I appeared to come up with little painful sores on my genital area. I freaked. I went to the gyno today and he thinks I never had a uti I just had symptoms of herpes and a herpes out break. I really do not think I have herpes. Wr did a blood test Today so I'll have results soon although h said if I was recently infected it would come back negative! I'm worried now bc I thought this was from bactrim and now I'm worried about herpes! I'm praying for this to be just a reaction!

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Wow Kim your story gives me hope. Im glad youre ok With all that happened to you. I immediately stopped the bactrim when I noticed the sores and maybe that's why it stopped there. Sorry you had to go through that but thank god you're ok :)) i really do Not Think i have herpes i guess Its Just scary when you have a doctor tell you he's 99% sure it's herpes and doubts it was a bactrim reaction. :/

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Take a lot of liquid Benedrill and drink water.Doctor can prescribe cream with steroids to help heal fast.

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I thought it was going away and now I see a bunch of tiny blisters on the vag lip... :/ Seems it's getting worse instead. It's red and kind of itchy.i also have a painful gland in my groin is that normal? But I'm going to try that Benadryl asap. And hopefully visit a different doctor . I already went to a gyno . Idk what doctor I should go to now. And waiting for results sucks

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Hey guys. Well I just got the call. I somehow came back positive for HSV 1. I'm sooo upset. :(

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Omg I'm so sorry to hear that. Was this your first outbreak? I'm a nurse and it normally takes at least 90 days after exposure to come back positive. And hsv1 normally affects the mouth. What kind of test did they do on you

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I got hsv1 down there too. So it's possible. Rare but possible. Just FYI. However I got the reaction to bactrim and thought it was an outbreak but it became a lot different story after a day from it . Luckily I stop bactrim and in a few days I was fine. Compare to an outbreak it takes at least a week

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Well they did a culture on me and they said it was positive for HSV1 . Now it's all healed up down there At first I was freaking out but then I calmed down a bit and thought maybe it could have been wrong? And it was relieving to read that genital hsv1 doesn't come often at all. but now I'm having all the symptoms of an oral outbreak. I don't have anything there yet and praying it doesn't come but I'm so afraid . I have the tingling feeling and itching around my mouth and nose. I'm trying to read everything I can to prevent it from actually coming. I just wish there could be a cure for this to end .

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It's an allergic reaction which can develop at any time. I had taken Bactrim several times in the past myself and last time I had a horrible reaction, and the other night a doctor prescribed it to me and I had such a bad reaction it landed me in the hospital. Don't take it ever again because those blisters could wind up in your throat and make it difficult for you to breathe or even worse anaphylaxis, which is life threatening.

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Was not getting better with Bactrim DS, symptoms were getting worse, vaginal irritation. About an hour after taking Bactrim DS on day 4 - was taking 1 pill twice a day. I suddenly developed intense vaginal burning all in my pelvic area. Went to the Dr and she prescribed diflucan, told me to finish one more day of bactrim and to take the diflucan. Test came up with no yeast infection. Was it the Bactrim that caused the burning and irritation? The burning went away after stopping the meds or maybe the diflucan helped? Still have some irritation, stopped medicine Tues. Doctor thought i had a UTI but turns out i had a ruptured cyst.

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Day 4 and I had severe vaginal burning, it's takien a week to finally feel almost normal. I thought something was wrong with me because I had no vaginal infections (confirmed by cultures) until I read this thread. I relieved to know it was a reaction to the medication. Why don't doctors know about this? My daughter is allergic to sulfa meds, guessing I am too.

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I had the same thing happen. I ended up in the ER. They gave me Benadryl and pain medicine. You have an allergic reaction. A lot of people are allergic to this antibiotic.

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