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I have an infected large bump on my calf. What is the extensive list of side effects for this medication?

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I was on this medication for 4 1/2 days and started getting the normal side effects until the 5th day when I had sever vomiting and could not hold any food down for 2 days then by the 8th day I my lips were swollen and a itchy rash all over my body. I went to the ER and they gave me a shot of epinephrine, one benadryl pill, and two steroid pills. They gave me a prescription for the steroids and told me to take those and some benadryl. It has only been a day so for but it seems like the swell en in my lips went down but the rash has seem to get worse, how long will this rash be here bc I feel like werido.

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I just took one pill (about an hour ago). I am experiencing extreme light headed-ness (to the point that I see tracers when I look at things). I feel like I am high-NOT a good thing. Almost, I am experiencing pain in my muscles and am having problems taking deep breaths.

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I took only one pill of this medication for a UTI and had severe anxiety and sleeplessness that night, with the anxiety continuing through the morning of the next day. Eventually the anxiety subsided a bit and switched to feverish symptoms and a horrid headache/neck pain and stiffness. I had chills and shakiness and my skin felt hot. I had some nausea and a severe headache the next morning but no vomiting and I've since had my doctor prescribe something else. At first I thought for sure one pill wasn't enough to have been the problem but after reading these comments it seems entirely plausible.

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I am taking this medication and this is my second antibiotic to help with a bad sinus infection and this medication has me feeling BAD!! I am hot and sweating, sore throat, so tired I can't even get out of bed. I stopped taking this and made an appointment to get something else. This is way too much to deal with in relation to side effects. I wanna feel better but I don't want to have to suffer to get there!!

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I to feel as if something is biting me on my legs.I am taking the meds 800/160 2 times daily.My side effects are ..mild headaches...upset tummy...sleep is not like it used to be ...I now have blisters on my lower lip??? my appertite seems normal..I stay tired,not wanting to do anything..My wife says I am more grumpy than ever...I am not going to take this med anymore.

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Hi There, I'm taking sulfmeth/trimethoprim 800/160 since Friday. (twice a day).
I feel nusea, headache and very tired. Is this a side effect?

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I hope that everyone who finds this forum reads all the posts here, because this is the new face of antibiotics. A few years ago, antibiotics had few side effects compared to those today. The reason is because of drug resistant strains of disease causing bacteria like MRSA. Such drug resistant strains of bacteria develop because someone had a side effect, got scared, and stopped taking the drug before the infection was completely gone. The result was bacteria that had been given enough of a taste of the antibiotic to morph into a bacteria that was immune to that particular antibiotic. For every thousand bacteria that die in the host's body, a few hundred escape or become airborn and go off into the wide world to infect other people. The result is an outbreak of bacterial infections that are immune to the popular antibiotic at that time, so a new, stronger antibiotic has to be created that will kill the new bug but won't kill the patient. That translates into more side effects, some more serious than with previous drugs.

That is exactly what has happened with the staph bacteria in most hospitals. The eventual result was MRSA.

Now we have sulfameth/trimethoprim, which is one of the few antibiotics that is still effective against MRSA. From the looks of the posts on this forum, it won't be long before we will have a whole new wave of sulfa/trimeth resistant staph to deal with--most likely with even more severe side effects and allergic reactions than sulfameth/trimethoprim 800/160.

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I am coughing up blood I have bronchitis and it seems more blood is there in the sputum. Normally I get a little blood but it is more than usual. Also have a headache but I am living with Diabetes, high blood pressure and spinal stenosis, with neuropathy. I take quite a few pills for these conditions. I have a infected toe and am afraid they will amputate if I don't get rid of of the infection.

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Wow that is scary. My side effects of this stuff was unbearable, passing out, cramps, vomiting, headache,and other, I had to switch to chefton to finish getting rid of it. Sounds like we are all going to haft to be put in the hospital if we get any infection at all, or we are going to have to take a new approach to killing the infection. Some doctors are going back to using older antibiotics that the bugs have not seen before. They made a great point that some of the bugs are released be for there killed, so even with the new stuff some will mutate. They need to work on something new. If you cant take this stuff you cant take it, you cant just keep taking it and hope it will be ok. The drug companies have to put there heads together and come up with something new or at least make something for the side effects. Thank you for your in site this gives us all something to think about

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My son has been on the medicine for 5 days. He's been complaining that his left thumb joint hurts and now he can't move his thumb at all due to the pain. He says he didn't hit or injure the thumb and he doesn't use his left hand for writing or other activities. Can this be due to the medicine?

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I haven't heard of this affect before but everyone is deferent. But it sounds more like he some how stubbed his thumb. A lot of basket ball players get this. Maybe he hit it in his sleep. Try ice and heat and use tiger balm ointment or something with a high camphor content keep the thumb from moving in army medic class we were told to use a splint like you can get at a drug store but that was in Vietnam it may have changed now.

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Was on sulfameth for mrsa now I have missed my period. On birth control. Is this normal?

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I have a UTI and was prescribed this medication a day and a half ago. I feel sick to my stomach, dizzy, shaky, weak, I don't have an appetite, and my motor skills are slower than usual. Even my voice is shaky. I have a day and a half to go. I called the nurse to explain my symptoms and side effects and she said they are all NORMAL side effects. If I could suck it up for one more day, I should. She said this is the safest antibiotic on the market and it will get rid of the bacteria as soon as the prescribed amount is taken in full. Two more nights of hell.
If you can make it through, do it. You'll be happy you did.

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I have been on the antibotic for 15 days. The last three days I have developedm itching on my lower back stomach and chest, but no rash. Could this be caused by the medicine?

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I'm so happy I found this thread! I took this medicine for 3 days and lost all energy, no appetite, chills and muscle aches, vomited after taking. I quit taking after that and all symptoms have gone away.

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iv'e had pluersy for awhile, can't shake it .
Doc prescribed sulfameth/trimethprim 8oo/160 tabs.
fells like having a heavy duty angina is that common with this med.
bob in tx.

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@Barbara, comment #163:

You had an allergic reaction bordering on anaphylaxis. It's a good thing you stopped when you did.

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@Bob in TX

You're having an allergic reaction, too, Bob. Angina is NOT a normal side effect. It is a severe allergic reaction. You're probably having other side effects by now, too. I hope you've stopped taking the drug and have told your doctor about your reaction. If he earned his medical degree, then he should know that the angina is not a normal side effect.

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Al - thanks so much for the reality check. In reporting to my doctor she diagnosed as I was having a heart attack????? I told her again it was the anibiotics. Later that day she called me and said "STOP THE ANTIBIOTICS!!" BTW 2 cardiologists said no heart attack.

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Wow, I was looking up this med prescribed to me in 800/160 at 2x daily. I recently was involved in an auto wreck, and my arm is horribly burned and infected. Day 2 on this stuff and I woke up with my entire left side of face swollen, my chest and neck are red, burning and itching and hot to touch and I am feeling really bad. I cannot take any more of this crap! There HAS to be something better than this. You can't get better if the stuff prescribed does you in!

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