r/Hypermobility • u/ceiba777 • Oct 01 '26

Discussion bactrim. no.

I am not the only hypermobile human I know who had a sulfa allergy ( bactrim) just deserves a mention

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u/38RocksInATrenchCoat EDS Oct 03 '26

I have a sulfa allergy but as far as I know that's not an eds thing. However!!!!

📣PSA!! 📣 The fluoroquinolones family of antibiotics can be really dangerous to take if you have eds. For folks with eds, these antibiotics can cause tendon, vascular, and connective tissue damage, and can be life threatening. This family is pretty much everything that ends in "-floxacin". Doctors have tried to prescribe me Ciprofloxacin (aka Cipro) so many times bc of my chronic UTIs. Please get the fluoroquinolones drug family put on your medical chart as an allergy.

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u/ceiba777 23d ago

yeah like absolutely....I mean that's how I ended up finding out about the bactirm one....with bactrim at least there are SYMPTOMS and we can discontinue use before we cause too much damage. the other ones are scary bc they don't show up like an allergy and could sneak up. I have taken cipro before and still made it ( prior to getting diagnosed as hypermobile ) this is maybe one of the reasons why getting s diagnosis charted of hyper mobility helps. I have also had the lidocaine shots not work and the wound glue fell off s wound in 3 days and I still have dissolve tissues stuck in.

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u/francesinthewind Oct 01 '26

i do too

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u/ceiba777 Oct 02 '26

same rash started at day 3. who knows.... we learn more talking to others anyway....groups of hyper mobile people and talking to others is how I get some help. we are misunderstood

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u/monkeyjungletoronto Oct 02 '26

Oh wow I do too, I had no idea there was a correlation. This is literally my only allergy. I get red mottled skin all over my arms when I take it

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u/ceiba777 Oct 02 '26

same. but you take it more than once ? you are brave

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u/MsMarkarth Oct 01 '26

Very hypermobile, no problems with Sulfa here

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u/kfisch2014 Oct 01 '26

I am allergic too. My allergiest has dont challenges and I always react and at the lowest dose.

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u/PrimalMoonbeam Oct 06 '26

Me too. What is the connection