SMZ-TMP DS and Itching: 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."

• 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."

• Vin...
• July 31, 2016

For Urinary Tract Infection "I've just finished my treatment for a urinary tract infection. I no longer have any symptoms from the infection. The first 8 days of a 15-day treatment were fine with no side effects. Beginning the 9th day, I began experiencing a mild rash and itching, which seemed to begin on my chest and neck and migrated to my back. A bit of a nuisance but tolerable. Around the 11th day, I began to experience mild joint and muscle aches and a tender scalp around the base of the skull. Acetaminophen and ibuprofen have helped to overcome this, but by the 14th and 15th day, I felt like I had the flu, with no nausea but a loss of appetite. I took the last pill this morning, and by 1 PM, had to lay down with chills, aches and pains, headache, and a slight fever."

• Anonymous
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• August 26, 2021

For Urinary Tract Infection "I haven’t seen this yet in the reviews, but this medicine messes with my vagina. I have recurring UTIs, and I have taken Macrobid a lot, and it makes it better for a week or two, then they come back. So this time the doctor gave me SMZ-TMP and also Diflucan for a yeast infection, and I took both. On the first day, all of the muscles in my upper body were sore, and my throat felt extremely dry. The next day, my vagina was itching really bad, and it won’t stop! I’m not taking this medication again. I never had any side effects from Macrobid, but there has to be something else out there!!"