What are the side effects of cotrimoxazole?
What are the side effects of cotrimoxazole?
If you experience any of the following symptoms, call your doctor immediately:
- rash.
- itching.
- sore throat.
- fever or chills.
- severe diarrhea (watery or bloody stools) that may occur with or without fever and stomach cramps (may occur up to 2 months or more after your treatment)
- shortness of breath.
- cough.
Can antibiotics make you feel nauseous?
Common side effects of antibiotics can include rash, dizziness, nausea, diarrhea and yeast infections. More serious side effects of antibiotics include susceptibility to clostridium difficile (C. diff) bacteria, which causes severe diarrhea that can lead to significant colon damage and even death.
Who needs Co-trimoxazole?
Co-trimoxazole prophylaxis is recommended for adults (including pregnant women) with severe or advanced HIV clinical disease (WHO stage 3 or 4) and/or with a CD4 count of ≤350 cells/mm3.
Does Co-trimoxazole cause liver damage?
Hepatotoxicity with elevated liver enzymes is a well-known side effect of co-trimoxazole. Other reports have associated the drug with cholestatic liver disease9, 10 and pancreatitis,11, 12, 13 and rarely a vanishing bile duct syndrome following the administration of co-trimoxazole9, 14 has been described.
How can I reduce the side effects of antibiotics?
How to Reduce the Side Effects of Antibiotics
- Take Antibiotics as Directed. Some antibiotics should be taken only with water.
- Take All of the Antibiotic Prescription. You should finish the entire prescribed course of antibiotics, even if your symptoms clear up.
- Abstain from Alcohol.
- Take a Probiotic.
- Talk to Your Doctor.
Why do I feel bad after taking antibiotics?
STOMACH WOES and secondary infections happen because antibiotics act like defoliants — wiping out the good bacteria with the bad. These so-called “normal flora” help keep unwanted microbes in check, says Henry Chambers, professor of medicine at the University of California at San Francisco.
