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I had been taking bactrim for a week when one morning i woke up f...

Posted at 4:59 PM on Apr 30, 2008 by gab123, #30067
I had been taking bactrim for a week when one morning i woke up feeling achy, tired, and light-headed. I noticed a slight rash forming on my arms but didn't think much of it bc i had been on the Bactrim for a week already. Then the symptoms got wayyyyy worse. I started to form lesion like sores on my vagina, and I immediately saw a doctor to get tested for STD's. The gyno examined the area, and she said it did not look like herpes but that she would test for it just in case. She put me on augmentin bc she said I definitely had some sort of infection down there. After taking 4 doses of augmentin almost all the lesions went away. The STD tests (blood, culture, and urine) all came up negative, as I expected they would. Has anyone else had genital reactions to bactrim???? Because as of right now the doctors are unsure what caused this outbreak/infection.
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Reply 5 months ago on May 09, 2008 by debbieboling, #8139

My son was hospitalized for an allergic reaction to bactrim. He had a terrible sinus infection and had to take it for a month. His allergist confirmed that he had an allergic reaction, he was covered, head to toe within two weeks, his neck swelled on one side, but he stopped taking it and within 3 days, it was all gone.

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Reply 2 months ago on Aug 06, 2008 by kbeall19, #10830

oh my god i can totally relate. i took bactrim to help prevent infection in my foot that i had stiches in . With in 30 minutes my bottom became excoriated with burning and itching and later developed withsores all over my vagina. i always got tested for std's but everything came back negative! i threw away the drug and took 50 mg of Benadryl. It only help a little. It was more worse at night. So bad i had to sleep with a icepack between my legs. The following morning my lips had swollen and so had my tongue. my dr. gave me medrol dose pack to help. with in 2 hours i could feel it letting up....thank god. the inside of lips, mouth and tongue also feels excoriated and everything i eat or drink burns the hell out of. so i can relate to what everyone is saying

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