Have any of you ever seen swollen lips/sore tongue (feels like I burned it) from Bactrim or Cipro? They are not listed as SE's in my drug guide but I woke up this a.m. looking like I got collagen injections in my lips! I took the last Bactrim 800/160mg on late Thursday, took 1 Cipro 500mg last night (the Bactrim didn't work for my UTI).
Now I'm wondering if I should keep taking it or what? I really want to get rid of this UTI but this seems freaky. I rarely take any drugs (except Synthroid qd)... I probably haven't had an abx in 10 years and I haven't ever used these. It's the weekend and I got the script from a clinic so there's really no one to call.
Dh says I look good but to quit taking the $%it. Anyone have any thoughts?
I did finally get to talk to my NP again this am. Benadryl on Saturday did nothing for me and my tongue and mouth were still unchanged today (my lips went down a little), so she called in a steroid pack for me. I think my tongue is a bit better now after having taken the methlyprednisolone earlier, so hopefully this will straighten it out. I can't wait until I'm not on any more meds!!!!!
I told the NP that I just wanted to wait until I can see her on Friday and get a culture to see how the UTI looks before I do any more abx right now and she agreed (I commute to school, where the clinic is, only on Fridays).
I wish I knew which drug gave me the reaction, I guess I'll just have to avoid both Bactrim and Cipro now since I took them close together and there's no way to know for sure.
Nice lesson for me as a student nurse, huh? Thanks again for the words. :)
mitchsmom
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I did finally get to talk to my NP again this am. Benadryl on Saturday did nothing for me and my tongue and mouth were still unchanged today (my lips went down a little), so she called in a steroid pack for me. I think my tongue is a bit better now after having taken the methlyprednisolone earlier, so hopefully this will straighten it out. I can't wait until I'm not on any more meds!!!!!
I told the NP that I just wanted to wait until I can see her on Friday and get a culture to see how the UTI looks before I do any more abx right now and she agreed (I commute to school, where the clinic is, only on Fridays).
I wish I knew which drug gave me the reaction, I guess I'll just have to avoid both Bactrim and Cipro now since I took them close together and there's no way to know for sure.
Nice lesson for me as a student nurse, huh? Thanks again for the words. :)