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I took bactrim in Jan 2007 and my muscles still hurt ocassionally. I feel like i have fibromyalgia (but never diagnosed that) IT WAS DEFINITELY FROM THE BACTRIM. i was prescribed 2x/day for 10 days by the 16th dose i was ready to die. i actually laid in bed and said God if you are going to take me please do it now. i was in horrible pain. it took about 8 months to recover to actually feel like i could do something. to this day i still feel like crap. the only remedy is stay active. i ride my bike, i drink lots of water, i take vitamins and eat lots of yogurt. BACTRIM IS DEADLY... it should be taken off of the market!! I was never allergic to anything in my life and that almost killed me literally. it actually has killed, and is banned in the uk... READ UP on http://briandeer.com/bactrim-septra.htm, i scared myself to death and figured at some point i was gonna die. well im still here 18months later but i still feel like crap sometimes!!! i will never be truly rid of the side effects!!

And p.s. I did find out the Bactrim did NOT clear up my UTI at all.

Have to also note-- the emergency room doctor said it wasn't the Bactrim but the UTI spreading throughout my blood. Frankly I think that is complete bs.

My "thought I was literally dying symptoms" came on IMMEDIATELY (within minutes) after the first dose of Bactrim and I felt worse (if that was possible) after each subsequent dose.

My UTI turned into a kidney infection days later, because the Bactrim didn't work to clear it up, but I find it impossible to believe that I take a strong medicine and within minutes get massively sick for days and that medicine has nothing to do with it? I don't think so.

I am now on my last day of bactrium and feel very down. Yesterday the muscle pain in my legs were so sever I almost ran to the ER. That said i have a case of cystitis and last week spent two days straight in the ER. I was bleeding heavily from my bladder caused by a uti. This never happened to me but i have had a long history of taking antibiotics but i never experienced something like this. I am really shocked it is in the market.