Sulfamethoxazole Trimethoprim Ds Tablet (Page 4)

White oval shaped tablet imprinted with ip 272 on the front

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I was proscribed this for a UTI. Within 2 hours of taking it I had the worst migraine of my life. I wanted to kill myself. I took a second dose and began vomiting so I went to the hospital. I also had a neck ache. They refused to believe it was related to this drug and wanted to do a spinal tap even though I had no fever! I refused and they gave me some other medications for both the UTI [which is now gone] and the nausea and migraine. I was diagnosed with intractable migraine. Nobody will believe it was this drug. Going on day 4 now and am still suffering. I only took 2 doses the first day!

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Just wanted to add that I was drinking a ton of water to help flush out the UTI and also ate with both pills. Drs at hospital said headache and nausea are rare side effects of this drug. After reading this I'm not convinced and I glad I held my ground and didn't let them do a spinal tap. Do NOT take this drug if you can help it! Spent 2 days in hospital and have now missed 7 days of work!

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I am having terrible heartburn and stomach pain from this drug. Prescribed for a bladder infection. Why do doctors prescribe this if it has so many side effects?

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I started taking sulfamethoxazole-TMP DS 4 days ago. Take with food and drinking an excessive about of water. Have mild headache, tired, weird dreams, extreme hot spells with EXTREME sweating. Head sweats so bad it drips off me and looks like I've just washed my hair even when I haven't. Also having chills when not having hot spells.

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Just have more sex. It will go away.

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I was prescribed the same medicine as the rest of you. I'm still taking the med bc i had a abscess on my left thigh and it had to be cut open. I thought something was wrong with me but since taking it. I've had a loss of appetite, trouble sleeping, crazy nightmares, i feel tired all the time, diarrhea, stomach and lower back pain and headaches etc. I've experienced almost all the side effects thank god i only have one pill left. All of you made me feel better by seeing that you all had the same symptoms.

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I had a staph infection on my leg. On the 6th day in the evening is when i began experiencing side effects. Thought i was getting a stomach bug until i realized the next day when i googld and found this site. Felt nauscious but no urge to puke. Hard to focus, hurts my eyes. Headache. Decreased energy. Dizzy at times. World feels like it is moving sometimes lol. Cant believe docs can prescribe this stuff, it should be banned. Im never taking this stuff ever again. I had a staph infection about 3 years ago, at that time they prescribed me two 10-day scripts, forget what that antibiotic was but it worked back then. I swear theres an avenda to poison us for real

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Taking this now. Have a really bad infection but this targets specifically the type of inflammation I have. I lost appetite almost completely, but is is a small price to pay vs the other med I had that had me nauseous all the time and was not working.
Interesting side effect is that food with any smell or if not bland turns me off to such a degree that I gag. Bland is perfect though.
Very grateful for this med, I am getting better

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I got prescribed this pill about 6 days ago n I have thrown up twice felt sick every time I smoke a cigg I got prescribed bcz I had a access boil on my chin n they told me take did 2x a day but it makes me feel so sick idk it reminds me of being prego sorta scary lol

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I was given a 10 day dose of the sulfamethoxazole - TMP for an infection and on the 4th day I can't stop peeing. No other side affects accept that I am urinating constantly.

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It is the sulfamethoxazole-tmp! I'm 50 and have been prescribed this various times and each time I get a migraine headache within 20 minutes of taking it. Most doctors just don't care enough to ask if you have had side effects in the past and many don't tell you what they are prescribing - - it is up to us to keep a ledger of what drugs work and don't work and/or have side effects. Remember that doctors are like plumbers.....some are good and some are NOT!

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prescribed sulfamethoxazole-tmp last night for UTI (which I've only had 1 other time in my life). I took my first dose last night and went to bed, woke up this morning feeling alot better (no burning sensation or urge to go) and so I took my second dose. Within 30 minutes of taking it, I am feeling a migraine coming on (i get these alot) and that is what brought me to this website to see if they pill caused it. I'm pretty lamed out about it... i still have 2 more days of taking this pill. It seems to be working for the UTI, i'm just not looking forward to more migraines!!

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I'm done taking this for five days, two pills a day. I had no side effects at all. I'm female, 33 years. So glad about that, after reading a few posts on this web side.

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I got an injury like 3 months ago and just recently I got sick thinking it was just a flu I didn't notice my leg swelling up now I am in tremendous pain and have a hard time dealing with it it's on my right shin and let me tell u it feels like I have a broken leg however the reason most of you are feeling side effects it's not because of the pill only don't forget ur body is fighting a serious bacteria so feeling nausea and headaches could be from the bacteria but most likely because u guys are dehydrated drink more water that will cure migraines more then pills this pain is so bad I can't even walk I have missed work for over a week cause of this and I hope the pain will go down I have been taking ibuprofen 800 Mgs and its helped a little I hate this feeling so so bad however I hav not seen any side effects from the antibiotics

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I was given Sulfamethoxazole-tmp (2x a day) for a UTI. I was also prescribed phenazopyridine (3x a day) for pain relief. I took my first dose of each the night I got the medicine and woke up the next day feeling super nauseated with an intense headache. I was unable to go to work. That passed after about 3 hours. It was then time to take the next dose of the phenazopyridine, and I notice when I took it, I again felt sick and had a severe headache. Since that medicine was making me feel worse I stopped taking it (it was only for pain relief). I took my second antibiotic of the day and only felt a little nauseated that night. I woke up with a headache and felt sick. I took some regular headache medicine, and it got better. I haven't had an appetite all day but forced myself to eat. I read somewhere that milk can help antibiotics not make you sick so I have been drinking milk and water when I take my antibiotic. After taking my second dose for the day tonight, I am feeling okay. However, I have been having hot and cold flashes, and now I have neck pain (which could be from sleeping weirdly). I've also been somewhat constipated. I will admit I have not drank enough water and increased my water intake today. I've been taking it for 2.5 days. After reading these posts this stuff seems scary. I don't know if my body is still flushing out the phenazopyridine that gave me such bad side effects or if it's also the antibiotic (or both). If I feel bad tomorrow I'm calling the doctor. No need to suffer! Also my skin is really dry on my face (that could be from some sun I got over the weekend though). Good luck to all! Call your doctor if something doesn't feel right, and I'll take my own advice!

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This is the second time I take this medication for a UTI, the first time around my legs became so swollen and I had migraines and really bad body pain. I suspected the medication or my tough workouts that week. Here I am a month later with another UTI and again I'm taking the same medication and this time I end up with a fever of 103.2 F, swollen legs, and neck and body pain so intense that it's difficult to sleep or walk. It's only been three days but I'm gonna stop and call the Dr. Horrible side effects!

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The first day I was unconfortable with a bladder infection and I only had Excedrin Migraine for pain and it really took away the discomfort.I was taking sulfamethoxazoletmp ds but stopped taking it after 4 days because of nausea.

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Im taking Sulfamethoxazole now for over 4 days and its still stinging like it did when I walked in the clinic. Its not going away. My bladder infection. Having to pee all the time. Not understanding why, I've had this before and it always went away after 2 days. The stinging its really bad.

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Don't Take this Drug! I was prescribed Sulfamethoxazole in 2004 for a bladder infection and had taken the full prescription. The reactions started with a terrible head ache that burned at the top of my head and radiated down the back of my neck. And then I had gotten a rash in big blotches all over my body that were hot to the touch.
Later after I stopped taking it I had gotten arthritis in hands and feet. My body ached all over. Could hardly move my body. Then I developed bell palsy on my face. first on the right side then went away then it went to the left. It was horrible. I had gotten so sick I thought I was going to die in my sleep. I had weak muscles and heart. Before I decided to go to another Dr. I was getting cramps in my muscles in my elbows and twitching in my face and different parts of my body. I went to another Dr. and they said they thought I had Lymes Disease from the symptoms. But it was not Lymes it was the Drug reaction. It took my two years to get this out of my body by detoxing, taking good whole food vitamins, and bathing in the Miracle 2 Soap and using the neutralizer gel. It caused hormonal imbalances and anxiety. So if you get prescribed this medication DO NOT Take it. Ask your Dr. to give you something else. Hope I can help some people out by writing my experience.~ Love and Health to You. ~

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Oh I forgot to mention, this drug also made me very nauseated, and felt like throwing up. I lost a lot of weight and couldn't eat. Before it happened I weighed 135lbs and at the end weighed 115lbs.

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