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My husband was taking coumadin and developed an infection in his ...

Posted at 9:53 PM on Jul 06, 2009 by sal6, #42835
My husband was taking coumadin and developed an infection in his leg. He was ordered Bactrim DS bid. By the third day of the Bactrim, his INR was 4.7 and he was having mental status changes and vomiting. A head CT Scan showed he was bleeding in his brain from the interaction of the coumadin and Bactrim. He had to have 2 bilateral crainiotomies to flush out the blood from his brain. He nearly died. He has severe headaches and short term memory loss.
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Reply 3 months ago on Aug 05, 2009 by ellaclark, #22063

I am on Warfarin and Lovenox. I had a bad infection and they gave me Bactrim. It only took one pill for me to experience side effects. I refused to take another one.

I guess I was lucky.

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