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Finished 14 day course of bactrim (sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim) ds yesterday(thursday) and now started period tooday(friday), but blood has strong metallic odor. any relation to antibiotics? what could be wrong?

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Black cumin seed: the herb black cumin seed works as a good alternative to Bactrim (sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim) DS, but without the side effects. Check with your PCP before using

Answered 9/20/2014

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A member asked:

Finished 14 day course of bactrim (sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim) ds yesterday(thursday) and now started period tooday(friday), but blood has strong metallic odor. any relation to antibiotics? what could be wrong?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. David Satloff answered

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