Trimethoprim and Headaches: What Users Say (Page 3)

• Tor...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• August 29, 2022

For Urinary Tract Infection "I'm allergic to amoxicillin, so my GP prescribed this medication. I had nausea and a mild reaction for 3 days. I took the 4th tablet tonight. My face has swollen, rash on my hand, tummy tightness, severe nausea, and a terrible headache. I am flying overseas tomorrow, I need rest tonight."

• Son...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• April 14, 2021

For Bladder Infection "I actually was given this for prostatitis. The first course I was prescribed had no side effects, but the next time one 200 mg tablet gave me a very painful headache that I could not get rid of using paracetamol, ibuprofen, or cocodamol. The headache lasted for four days. Strange that the first course was fine but not the next."

• Sic...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• May 5, 2021

For Bladder Infection "Started taking this antibiotic for 5 days, twice a day, and the bladder infection is still here. Antibiotic resistant. Yes, there were side effects, but nothing too bad. Headache, some nausea, but manageable. On a different antibiotic now, penicillin, so fingers crossed it works."

• chr...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• February 22, 2025

For Urinary Tract Infection "I've been on Trimethoprim since May 2024, twice a day, as well as Lymecycline. Only recently I've noticed hot flushes alternating with shivers. I'm not sure whether it's the Lymecycline, Trimethoprim, or chronic embedded UTI I've had since 2022. I got a UTI in 2013, became embedded, and was on long-term antibiotics till 2021. I then got better, and it came back in 2022. I really struggle to find a way out of this after I asked my private urologist if it'll ever fully go away, and the answer was 'we do not know.' I don't know if the symptoms I've got are from the Trimethoprim, but I've noticed when I'm on it, losing weight, chronic fatigue, headaches, dry mouth, body aches, and feeling like you have the flu constantly. I've got a lot of antibiotic resistance due, but I'd rather deal with this for the rest of my life rather than get sepsis again after having severe sepsis in 2016. It is either making the infection lay dormant or treating the infection. Time will tell."

• gum...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• November 18, 2022

For Urinary Tract Infection "My doctor prescribed me trimethoprim 200 mg for 7 days. I take one tablet in the morning, 3 hours later my stomach feels like it's turned upside down and I feel sick. Then at 4 pm, I take another, then 2 hours later a major headache and feeling sick, fever as well. But a couple of paracetamols sort it out. So now into day 4, and I've noticed pale shiny skin on my face. I will finish the 7 day course, but if I get a UTI again, then I will tell the doctor to put me on a different medication because these tablets have vile side effects. 9 out of 10 people will witness side effects and you have my sympathy."

• Anonymous
• August 21, 2020

For Urinary Tract Infection "I have been on this drug trimethoprim several times for UTIs, the doctors always recommend it. Always get dreadful nausea, headache, and loss of appetite."

• Hap...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• September 16, 2020

For Urinary Tract Infection "I got trimethoprim for a UTI. For 2 days, second day I had severe runs, headache, sweats, feeling weak. First time I have tried this medication, never again."

• Anonymous
• Taken for less than 1 month
• April 23, 2022

For Bladder Infection "After 1 dose. Itching all over legs, feeling nauseous, sleepy all day, extreme fatigue and headache, pain in abdomen. Didn’t take the 2nd dose. Tell me another easy way to get rid of the infection."

• Kir...
• September 23, 2016

For Urinary Tract Infection "It cleared up my UTI, but made me feel extremely nauseated and gave me really bad headaches. I got prescribed it last year, though, without any side effects, so I'm not really sure what that's about."

• wah...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• January 21, 2021

For Urinary Tract Infection "I have been prescribed a 7-day course of trimethoprim for a UTI and have had a non-stop headache, dizzy spells, weakness in my knees, and extreme thirst after only 2 doses."

• Gol...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• July 16, 2021

For Bladder Infection "Making me feel sick all the time and can't shift the painful headache. That's after 1 day of taking them."

• Jud...
• January 1, 2022

For Urinary Tract Infection "Now, three days into treatment and still in pain, feel sick, have headaches, and severe bowel cramps."