Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim DS and sulfur

I was prescribed sulfamethoxazole-TMP as a second round of antibiotics to kill off a persistent sinus infection. For the first couple of days I felt fine, but then by the 3rd day out of 10 I had a persistent headache in the evenings. This lasted two days and then went away. Then on the 8th day I woke up with a rash all over my body of small red bumps, which looked like tiny mosquito bites. They don't itch, but I can definitely feel them rubbing up against my clothing. I had some red wine last night, so the extra sulfur in my body might have pushed me over the edge... Also, I feel light-headed and tired. I called the advice nurse and she said just to drink a lot of fluids to flush it out of my body and to take another round of the antibiotic to see if it gets worse! No way, lady! I think I'll stay away from it, thank you very much. My sinus infection is gone enough. I have never had a reaction to any medications before, so this really surprised me.

I was prescribed the medicine sulfameth/trimethoprim for a UTI and 1 hour after taking it, I began to itch and noticed red bruises appearing on my arm and back. I also had palpatations. My lips and face began to swell really bad with blisters on my lips and around them. My lips were burning and itching very badly.I also had sores in mouth. I had really bad abdominal pain and difficult breathing.. The next day, I had even more swelling on lips and face and more bruises,vaganal irratations,rashes, severe headache,itching all over body,tongue swelling, throat irratations, bruising continuing all over. I couldn't sleep and was very tired. It has been a week and I am still having some itching, my lips are peeling and still feel very tight as well as bumps on lips and around.The itching and burning on my lips lasted about 5 days as well as most other symptoms. with some lasting longer and all this with taking just 1 pill. After taking this I read so much on this drug and had I read it first, I would have never taken it. I had a reaction to SMZ once and told my doctor that I was allergic to sulfur type drugs and the doctor and pharmacy overlooked it and I was given this anyway. This reaction was much worse than the first. I read so many comments that really helped me and thought maybe I could help someone else. This site is very good.