SMZ-TMP DS and Confusion: What Users Say

• Ano...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• September 26, 2018

For Urinary Tract Infection "I was prescribed this for a UTI. Worst experience ever! Got up to day 4 of taking it and started to feel weak, confused, had really bad back and neck pain, pain when I walked. I also had watery, itchy, burning eyes, a massive headache, sleepy and fatigue, and like a tight chest. At night, I couldn't sleep, had the chills and a cold sweat. I have lost my appetite and have lost 6 pounds in just 4 days! I have stopped taking them but now I am developing a rash on my body that really itches. Please, people beware of this. My advice is to ask for something else, or at the first sign of a symptom, stop taking."

• Sid...
• October 23, 2015

For Urinary Tract Infection "After the 5th pill, side effects were horrendous. Slight right-side facial weakness, shaking, confused, and nearly paralyzed from the right shoulder through my neck. I asked the pharmacist if there was anything I should know before taking this drug, he told me no."

• 96y...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• October 4, 2019

For Urinary Tract Infection "Experienced confusion, overall body weakness, could not sleep, extreme lower body weakness (resulting in repetitive falls), dizziness. These symptoms occurred when my 96-year-old father was prescribed this medication for a UTI, symptoms began after the first day of taking it. By the second day, he fell once, the third day, he fell 2 separate times, and I finally realized the medicine was probably the cause and discontinued using it. Note: Dad is old, but it is worth mentioning that he slept A LOT prior to starting this medicine and was able to get himself to the bathroom without falling. (He slept the large majority of daytime and nighttime). At least by the second day of taking this med, he didn't sleep more than an hour at a time and was awake and confused and restless for the majority of the time. I stopped administering medicine after the third day. It is only the first day of stopping the med, so I don't know yet how long these side effects will last!"

• Sad...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• May 9, 2022

For Bacterial Skin Infection "About to be on my way to the hospital because this medication has given me shortness of breath with congestion, so no matter how I try to breathe, I can't get my air. My infection has gotten worse, and I am having muscle pain with a weird taste in my mouth and frequent urination, my urine is also an uncommon color than my average. I am getting confused at work and messing up and have only slept 4 hrs a night during this past prescription. I also have acne, and it's only getting worse. Don't use this."