Sulfamethoxazole | |
• General side effects | |
Nausea, vomiting, anorexia, diarrhoea, hypoglycaemia, hypothyroidism, neurological reactions including aseptic meningitis, ataxia, benign intracranial hypertension, convulsions, dizziness. drowsiness, fatigue, headache, insomnia, mental depression, peripheral or optic neuropathies, psychoses, tinnitus, vertigo, and pancreatitis. | |
• Hypersensitivity reactions: | |
Skin: Exanthema, pruritus, photosensitivity reactions, exfoliative dermatitis, SJS/TEN, erythema nodosum. | |
Systemic: DiHS (with involvement of various organs), Henoch Schönlein purpura, interstitial nephritis (DD crystallisation); anaphylaxis/urticaria. | |
Blood: eosinophilia, agranulocytosis, aplastic anaemia, thrombocytopenia, leucopenia, hypothrombinemia, acute haemolytic anemia (glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency) | |
Trimethoprim | |
• General side effects | |
Nausea, vomiting, anorexia, diarrhea, thrombocytopenia, megaloblastic anemia, hyperkalemia, rise in serum creatinine. | |
• Hypersensitivity reactions: | |
Drug-induced liver injury (cholestatic and hepatocellular hepatitis) | |
IgE-mediated anaphylaxis |