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I am a 38 yo female. Took bactrim for UTI. Two and half days in...

Posted at 1:43 PM on Oct 05, 2007 by amydriscoll, #24138
I am a 38 yo female. Took bactrim for UTI. Two and half days into treatment, I could not sleep. Strange dreams, agitation. Next day, absolute feeling of panic, anxiety, restlessness, loss of appetite, weakness in hands, confusion, sweating, heavy heartbeat. Went to ER, they were unfamiliar with this reaction. Seems to take quite awhile to get the medication out of your system. I will never take bactrim again.
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Reply over 2 years ago on Oct 06, 2007 by cmoonmaura, #2255

Hey, there. I, too, am 38 years old and took Bactrim earlier this week for Hemorrhaging Cystitis (mother of all UTI's). I am back to college and one of my professors asked me to drop her class because I fell behind-- the side effects of Bactrim caused me to be nauseous (even when taken with food and lots of water) and I was loopy. My doctor's note did not cover me for it. What PLUS I don't think it's gone away. The bleeding stopped after one day but the pain is still there. What else can we take?
MC

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Reply over 2 years ago on Oct 07, 2007 by sharing, #2263

I would like to know if you still have any of the symptoms and if not how long did it take to get over them

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Reply about 1 year ago on Jan 03, 2008 by amylove, #3782

I had the same effects and have found this happens with any sulfa drug for me, including all diuretics. I did not eat or sleep the 5 days I was on it.

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