Bactrim: effectiveness, side effects, alternatives
Summary:
Bactrim: sulfamethoxazole; trimethoprim
We study 78,490 Bactrim users. The information eHealthMe analyzes includes:
- Effectiveness of Bactrim- 55 alternative drugs to Bactrim
- 9,161 Bactrim side effects and drug interactions
Phase IV trials are used to detect adverse drug outcomes and monitor drug effectiveness in the real world. With medical big data and AI algorithms, eHealthMe is running millions of phase IV trials and makes the results available to the public. Our original studies have been referenced on 600+ medical publications including The Lancet, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, and Nature.
Number of reports submitted per year:

How effective is Bactrim?
- Urinary tract infection - reported by 252 people
- Infection - reported by 103 people
- Acne - reported by 63 people
- Mrsa infection - reported by 48 people
- Sinusitis - reported by 47 people
- Cellulitis - reported by 28 people
- Cystitis - acute bacterial - reported by 22 people
- Carbunculosis - reported by 19 people
- Prostatitis - reported by 16 people
- Bacterial infection - reported by 15 people
- Otitis - reported by 14 people
- Prostate infection - reported by 13 people
- Insect bites and stings - reported by 11 people
- Bronchitis - reported by 10 people
- Staphylococcal infection - reported by 10 people
- Recurrent cystitis - reported by 10 people
- Kidney infection - reported by 10 people
- Urinary tract infection - chronic or recurrent - reported by 10 people
- Staphylococcal skin infection - reported by 8 people
- Hiv infection - reported by 8 people
- Urinary tract infection enterococcal - reported by 8 people
- Skin bacterial infection - reported by 7 people
- Acne cystic - reported by 6 people
- Pneumonia - reported by 6 people
- Sinusitis - chronic - reported by 4 people
- Nocardia infection - reported by 4 people
- Kidney transplant - reported by 4 people
- Upper respiratory tract infection - reported by 3 people
Alternative drugs to the conditions Bactrim treats:
- Urinary tract infection
- Infection
- Acne
- Mrsa infection
- Sinusitis
- Cellulitis
- Cystitis - acute bacterial
- Carbunculosis
- Prostatitis
- Bacterial infection
- Otitis
- Prostate infection
- Insect bites and stings
- Bronchitis
- Staphylococcal infection
- Recurrent cystitis
- Kidney infection
- Urinary tract infection - chronic or recurrent
- Staphylococcal skin infection
- Hiv infection
- Urinary tract infection enterococcal
- Skin bacterial infection
- Acne cystic
- Pneumonia
- Sinusitis - chronic
- Nocardia infection
- Kidney transplant
- Upper respiratory tract infection
Compare Bactrim with similar drugs, by side effects and effectiveness:
- Bactrim vs. Amoxicillin
- Bactrim vs. Amoxicillin and clavulanate potassium
- Bactrim vs. Amoxil
- Bactrim vs. Augmentin
- Bactrim vs. Augmentin '500'
- Bactrim vs. Augmentin '875'
- Bactrim vs. Azithromycin
- Bactrim vs. Carubinose
- Bactrim vs. Ceftin
- Bactrim vs. Cefuroxime
- Bactrim vs. Cefuroxime axetil
- Bactrim vs. Cephalexin
- Bactrim vs. Cipro
- Bactrim vs. Ciprofloxacin
- Bactrim vs. Ciprofloxacin extended release
- Bactrim vs. Ciprofloxacin hydrochloride
- Bactrim vs. Cipro hc
- Bactrim vs. Cranberry
- Bactrim vs. Cranberry extract
- Bactrim vs. Cranberry fruit
- Bactrim vs. D - mannose
- Bactrim vs. Doxycycline
- Bactrim vs. Doxycycline hyclate
- Bactrim vs. Elmiron
- Bactrim vs. Flagyl
- Bactrim vs. Flomax
- Bactrim vs. Furadantin
- Bactrim vs. Gentamicin
- Bactrim vs. Gentamicin sulfate
- Bactrim vs. Hiprex
- Bactrim vs. Invanz
- Bactrim vs. Keflex
- Bactrim vs. Levaquin
- Bactrim vs. Levofloxacin
- Bactrim vs. Macrobid
- Bactrim vs. Macrodantin
- Bactrim vs. Methenamine hippurate
- Bactrim vs. Metronidazole
- Bactrim vs. Nitrofurantoin
- Bactrim vs. Nitrofurantoin macrocrystalline
- Bactrim vs. Norfloxacin
- Bactrim vs. Noroxin
- Bactrim vs. Ofloxacin
- Bactrim vs. Phenazopyridine hcl
- Bactrim vs. Phenazopyridine hcl tab
- Bactrim vs. Phentermine hydrochloride
- Bactrim vs. Primsol
- Bactrim vs. Probiotic
- Bactrim vs. Pyridium
- Bactrim vs. Rocephin
- Bactrim vs. Sulfamethoxazole
- Bactrim vs. Trimethoprim
- Bactrim vs. Vagifem
- Bactrim vs. Vitamin c
- Bactrim vs. Zithromax
Common Bactrim side effects:
- Fever (6,043 reports)
- Fatigue (4,180 reports)
- Diarrhea (4,156 reports)
- Rashes (4,108 reports)
- Thrombocytopenia (3,844 reports)
- Pneumonia (3,494 reports)
- Weakness (3,373 reports)
Bactrim side effects by duration, gender and age:
- Bactrim side effects (75,977 reports)
Browse all side effects of Bactrim:
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y zCommon Bactrim interactions:
- Bactrim and Prednisone (11,678 reports)
- Bactrim and Aspirin (7,999 reports)
- Bactrim and Revlimid (7,401 reports)
- Bactrim and Omeprazole (6,014 reports)
- Bactrim and Pantoprazole (4,955 reports)
- Bactrim and Allopurinol (4,892 reports)
- Bactrim and Lasix (4,312 reports)
- Bactrim and Zofran (4,202 reports)
- Bactrim and Methotrexate (4,074 reports)
- Bactrim and Furosemide (4,056 reports)
Browse all interactions between Bactrim and drugs from A to Z:
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y zDo you take Bactrim?
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