Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole -- a widely used antibiotic sold as Septra, Bactrim, and others -- has a set of adverse reactions that range from minor to potentially fatal, according to a literature ...

People with sulfa allergies should avoid medications containing sulfonamides. Bactrim, Septra, and Silvadene are examples of drugs containing sulfa. Non-sulfa antibiotics like penicillins and ...

This is part 2 of The Overdose. Read part 1 here. On the afternoon that 16-year-old Pablo Garcia was admitted for a routine colonoscopy to the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center’s ...

A physician wrote a prescription for Septra for a patient with true anaphylactic reaction to penicillin. I called, and the doctor said that new studies show that there is no such thing as ...

The nurses and doctors summoned to the hospital room of 16-year-old Pablo Garcia early on the morning of July 27, 2013, knew something was terribly wrong. Just past midnight, Pablo had complained of ...