Sulfameth Trimethoprim 800/160
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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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Re: jeanne (# 217)

how long does the generic Bactrim 800-160 stay in your body I only took 4 pills and felt so sick

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Re: Estelle Knox (# 106)

how long does the generic 800-160 Bactrim stay in your body

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This medication gives me frequent and sever headaches. Some days I go without and the headache pops up out of no where then I'm down for the count. Can't stand sunlight or brightness peaking through the curtains. I take 1 pill every 12 hrs. Sulfameth/trimethoprim 800/160mg

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Hi, I too had a UTI and was prescribed this antibiotic. Had all the symptoms everyone is posting and even thought my throat was closing up and had trouble breathing. You need to take an antihistamine to level out the antibiotic that's working to treat the infection. A chemist told me this after I exhausted all avenues including going to the ER twice.. It has worked wonders for me and will keep taking it till I feel "normal" again. Hope this helps

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I took trimethoprim and I feel worse than I did before and tbh I don't even think my infection was that bad. I just needed to wee all the time. But I'm off them now. my 5 days course finished yesterday but I woke up shaking and really sick. my appetite has gone. I normally eat s*** loads but now I can't when I look at food I feel sick. I haven't vomited and touch wood I won't because I hate that feeling. my anxiety is bad but I suffered from anxiety before these pills but I'm scared to go out by myself and I never use to be like that. I refuse to take antidepressants cos of the side effects. I'm just wondering when this stuff will be out of my damn system?

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YES IMTAKEING SULFAMETH/TRIMETHOPRIM 800/160MG TB 2S A DAY SINCE THENSEAVER HEADACHES ,I WAS TOLD 2 TAKE 6 EXTA SREATH TYLENAL GELCAPES FAST REF.AND STILL SINCE YEST MY HEAD FEELS LIKE A WALKING BOOM PLEASE HELP.

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Trimethaprim given to me for UTI: after taking two pills 12 hours apart, woke up following morning with blisters on knees and elbows, an horrendous headache, and the weirdest side effect of all - when standing still ( but not when walking), my calf muscles felt as if the were slowly and painfully turning to concrete, creating instant need to move or sit down. I called Doc who told me to stop taking and take some citirizine. I also took some ibuprofen for the headache. Felt much better within a few hours, but the leg pain/cramp on standing took nearly a week to go away. Never again!

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I've just finished taking Trimethoprim. I also got hot flushes. Also dizziness and the shakes. But the hot flushes where terrible. I had to have a fan in my bedroom to keep me cool, and its winter time!!!

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I started taking this stuff about 4 days ago for my skin. I must mention that I've taken it before and didn't notice a reaction, but this time it's different. I've been shaky for the past few days, and yesterday while out shopping I noticed I was feeling dizzy and my skin was prickly and hot. Today I'm at work and my skin is like a furnace! Weirdest feeling. It's like it's extra sensitive to EVERYTHING. very uncomfortable. Also, I'm spacey, EXTREMELY tired, distant, and grumpy. I don't have any known allergies, don't usually take medications, and am VERY rarely sick. This stuff is scary. I made an apt with a doctor, but will likely cancel it after understanding what this feeling is in relation too. It's a long drive in traffic.

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Okay so this is true for more than just me. I had a uti last year for the first time ever and was prescribed this medicine. A day later I start having the shakes, chills, and my body was very very sore all over. My doctor then sends me to the ER where I was admitted and ended up staying in the hospital for four days and they diagnosed me with fibromyalgia. Then again I'm prescribed this medicine and the same thing happens to me, like right now as I'm typing. Come to find out it's the damn medicine. The joint pain is unbelieveable and I'm pissed that doctoirs would just decide I had fibromyalgia without first taking into consideration the side effects of the medicine THEY gave me.

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This is terrible this drug is dangerous and is causing misery to everyone who takes it. I had to go to ER yesterday they gave me Benadryl and told me to never take this drug again . Still in pain spent all day in bed with the pains in my legs :(

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Awful medicine I am wrecked with pounding headaches , high temperature , hives, pains in my legs had to go to ER . They gave me Benadryl

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Stopped taking this med after five days of really nasty flu like reaction I called the Dr.and was told to stop taking it which I already had done.It's been four days since taking the last dose and am just starting to feel human again.I told the Dr I would find some rats to feed the rest to BETTER THAN D-CON!

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I took this medication for a UTI and ended up with a swollen face and lips from a severe allergic reaction. Now I have raw skin inside of my mouth that is very painful, like I drank scalding fluid. This medication is awful.

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Did the same to me. I am going to cut back to 1 a day see if that helps plus I will call my doctor

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He must be tuff if he survived this med. with the operation. The med. alone almost done me in. He must have just started taking it as it sounds like he was in the first stage of the side effects of this med.the next stage he would have been laying on the floor unable to stand up. Glad he got off it in time, but it will take a few day's before he get over the side affects. This is some bad stuff.

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My husband was prescribed this med after an infection set up from the cochlear implant. Doctor prescribed this medication. He began having fevers, chills and hard sweats. We ended up in the ER and after 24 hours of tests etc they found the medication had destroyed the good bacteria in his body and he ended up with c-diff. Now he is on restriction for a time till he is cleared from that.

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What medicine are you talking about? It doesn't say.

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went on this stuff for bad sinus infection. I got worse started passing out, couldn't sleep, dizzy, couldn't eat, panic attacks, swelled head, eyes hurt, bad cramps, leg pain. And after that it never done anything to get rid of the infection. had to use chiften to get rid of it. So this stuff is not as strong as they would lead us to believe.

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I have been on this medication and have vomited evening and morning. The muscles in both legs are hurting like leg cramps and they only get better when I am off of them and sitting. I was prescribed this for a bad sinus infection after taking two other antibiotics.

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