Polymyxin b/trimethoprim ophthalmic and Swelling: What Users Say

• Bra...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• April 19, 2020

For Conjunctivitis, Bacterial "I had an eye abrasion and was prescribed this polymyxin b/trimethoprim drop to prevent infection by urgent care until I could get in to see an optham. After a couple 1-drop treatments over 6 hours, it turned my eye bloodshot red, swollen, sore, irritated, and generally feeling like I should have preferred to put dirt in my eye instead. Horrible and very scary experience. You trust your doctor not to experiment on you, but they seem to without hesitation."

• Ano...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• August 10, 2019

For Conjunctivitis, Bacterial "My doctor was pretty sure I had viral conjunctivitis but prescribed me this just to make sure. When I started it, my eyes had already seemed to be getting better, just slightly red still. Every time I used this medication, my eyes would burn, it was like it was irritating my tear ducts. Well, last night after using it, my eyes got so itchy and my inner eye so swollen and sore that I almost couldn’t stand it. Woke up with very red and crusted eyes this morning. Definitely not taking this again."

• Ano...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• November 3, 2019

For Conjunctivitis, Bacterial "I had a misdiagnosis on Tuesday for viral pinkeye and was prescribed a steroid drop to get rid of the swelling and redness, basically. My eye continued to get worse and worse, so I went to a different doctor on Friday and was prescribed polymyxin B with trimethoprim drops. By the time I got these drops, my eye was so painful and basically swollen shut. I’ve been using it for about 28 hours now, and I’ve definitely seen some improvement. My eye is much less swollen and a little less red. No miracles, but it’s only been a day, and I’ll take any relief I can get."

• Lil...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• February 5, 2020

For Blepharoconjunctivitis "Worst medicine ever! I was given this by my internist when I went for upper respiratory and pink eye. If it was just pink eye, I would have gone to my eye doctor. The upper respiratory cleared up, however, my eyes got so bad. They became swollen, red, and drippy. I went to the eye doctor, and he said he never prescribes this as many people have adverse reactions to it! It went right into the garbage."

• KCa...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• October 13, 2022

For Conjunctivitis, Bacterial "Drops were prescribed for me after a scratched cornea. After the 2nd dose, my eye got red, and it felt like my eye had sand or coffee grounds in it, and swelled up dramatically. I stopped the drops after the 2nd dose and washed my eye out with saline drops. After looking up the possible reactions, I realized that I had all of them. Be careful with this med!"

• SMC...
• March 28, 2015

Polymyxin b/trimethoprim ophthalmic for Conjunctivitis, Bacterial "These eye drops helped with itching, swelling, and discharge within 12 hours. The redness of the eye persisted longer."