Omg. The same thing happened to me. I was about 7 days into a 10 day treatment of bactrim when I too woke up with the gland uder my left ear swollen. On the 9th day of treatment I woke up with and itchy rash on parts of my body. It was the worst around my ankles and would come and go during the day.
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