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Reviewer: Joan, 55-64 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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Extreme pain and shaking through entire body, very weak and tired, then came the lung/chest pain and non stop cough.
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Reviewer: dfastone15, 55-64 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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Horrible drug. Mood swings and stomach ache. Metallic taste started day 2 and I still have it 3 weeks later.
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Reviewer: 65-74 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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This is only my second day, but the pressure and frequency feeling have subsided. My urine is darker, am drinking water and doing ok..not much of an appetite, just hope after ??5 days it will be gone.
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Reviewer: BahamaBreeze, 45-54 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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DO NOT take this if you are allergic to sulfa drugs. I only took for two days and I had a severe allergic reaction to this medicine. My eyes started turning black/purple....looked like I had not slept in weeks. Chills so bad my teeth chattered and my entire body was shaking. Excruciating body aches all over my body, as if my muscles were being ripped out of my body and I started having a horrible
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