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A member asked:

And if i had of been taking my bactrim (sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim) would i not have gotten pcp or you just never know?

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No: If you had been consistent with your intake of bactrim, (sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim) it has been proven to prevent pcp close to 99.9% effective, so that illness in the right host that had been consistent with their bactrim, (sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim) the doctor start looking for other reason for the symptoms than pcp.

Answered 10/4/2016

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