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Old Wed Aug 11, 2010, 04:02 PM
Lisa Z Lisa Z is offline
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re: Bactrim

Back in the late 80's I used Bactrim all the time for recurrent urinary tract infections. It was pretty standard back then. Now, my docs are more inclined to prescribe Cipro.
After my Campath trial at NIH for MDS, they use Pentamidine for PCP (pneumocystis pneumonia) prophylaxis. They say you can use Bactim instead if you want. I typically don't, because it can lower white counts. So, I get my Pentam monthly at Univ. of PA hospital. It is necessary to protect against PCP until CD4 counts are above 200. So it really is a necessity if you want to protect against PCP. (at least on my trial.....)
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Dx. 6/08 with AA, then changed shortly thereafter to MDS. Campath trial at NIH March '09 and have been transfussion independent since June '09
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