KEFLEX Reviews (CEPHALEXIN)Average Rating: 2.1 (369 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare KEFLEX with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR KEFLEX | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | finger nail cuticle infection | Very lethargic, in bed by 8:30 PM, tired. Leg aches and pains, terrible. | Very bad leg tingling and pains down the entire leg and shins. Could hardly walk. Horrible feeling. Also made me very tired. I hate this medication. | F | 65 | 5 days 50 mgs 4X day | 9/11/2014 | 3 | Uti | Hot flashes, anxiety, upset stomach, loss of appetite, headaches, dizziness, foggy headed, bad dreams. | F | 43 | 10 days 500mg | 9/5/2014 | 1 | 1 days | 8/16/2014 | 1 | Cellulitis | Horrible dreams! In waking believed daughter passed away. Had dreams of running through the Congo with wild beasts chasing me and my children. Thought my daughter died and was left behind in the jungle. 3 pills on the first day took 2 weeks to wear off. I was SOBBING - very sad, depressed - FELT CRAZY! HORRIBLE DRUG! | F | 93 | 1 days ? | 8/12/2014 | 2 | Prevent infection on foot | Diarrhea,hightned anxiety,vision changes,cramps,waking up in night sweats "soaked shirt",stomach pain,loss of appetite,and trouble sleeping | M | 18 | 9 days 500 | 8/2/2014 | 1 | piloniadal cyst | Migraines, nausea, horrible anxiety, and weird thoughts. I felt like I was going crazy but made my cyst go away so I just put up with it. | F | 29 | 10 days 500mg | 7/10/2014 | 2 | Infection in right lung | Severe tiredness anxiety,acid reflux ,mean and moody and achy in upper body | F | 54 | 7 days 5ml | 5/4/2014 | 1 | Abdominal surgery | Long vivid dreams, waking often and early at 430 am like clockwork, dull frontal headache, fogginess, bloating. Thought I was nuts until I read all the comments here. | F | 55 | 10 days 500mg 4/da | 4/24/2014 | 1 | Skin infection | nausea, diarrhea, body aches, anxiety, and dizzy. I stopped taking after 8 days! | I have never felt such fatigue and body aches! When will I return back to normal? It has been 5 days since my last pill! | F | 42 | 10 days 500 4X day | 4/24/2014 | 1 | infection | Extremely disurbing dreams, worst was that somone put their hand through my back and was trying to pull my heart out..extreme fatigue sleeping 22 hours a day..dificulty distinguishing waking reality from dreaming...severe anxiety, feelings of unreality, suicidal depression, dark thoughts about self pounding heart confusion, irritability..obesive rumination,Everything feels pointless, severe apathy anedhonia, memory problems,Mental health crisis..have history of mental health problems but was well before i started taking this drug havent been this bad in 10 years, 8 dsys later and not much improvement seeing doc tomorow prob need psych evaluation...this drug has re-ruined my life and undone all the previous progress i had made with my mental health..i hope i can get back to normal as i cant go thru this again. | F | 35 | 7 days 250 | 4/23/2014 | 1 | Cyst | Facial tremors worsened, diarrhea and constant headaches. | F | 4 days 500mg 2X day | 4/7/2014 | 1 | Abcess of a tooth | At first, I appeared to have no side effects...but after a few days, I had very Bad stomach issues, and a yeast infection...to make it worse, my abcess was not even gone after taking 7 days/3x day dosage! So, I'm on it again and side effects are getting even worse. I would not recommend. | F | 39 | 10 days | 4/4/2014 | 1 | infection from ear piercing | Couldn't sleep. At all! Had creepy, weird and absolutely horrifying dreams. It made my infection go away. But I don't recommended it! I had to pee every minute too... and I was really depressed. I didn't want to socialize. I hated my life. just not a good experience. | F | 15 | 1 months 35 mg | 3/29/2014 | 1 | Skin infection | This stuff has been awful--probably the worst antibiotic I've ever taken. I have a very painful fingernail infection called a Paronychia. Not only did this...thing...growing underneath my fingernail rear back its head and laugh at the Keflex for the entire 7 day med course, but it also caused me to enter one of the darkest depressions I have ever experienced. I would have been better off if the doctor had prescribed a bag of leeches than this crappy excuse for a med. | M | 99 | 7 days 500 mg | 3/25/2014 | 1 | UTI, tonsillitis, URI | I have been taking this antibiotic on off for a number of years to treat different infections. I take the liquid version. This medication doesn't really affect me at all. It's the only antibiotic, I prefer to have the doctor prescribe for me. As, all other antibiotics would make me feel sicker than I was before I started taking it. | If other antibiotics are too strong for you, I highly recommend going with this one. | F | 38 | 5 years 10 ml 2X day | 3/18/2014 | 1 | Breast augmentation | Heart palpitations Horrific Night terrors Hives Bad thoughts Crying Ringing in ears Depression Crying Can't sleep Hallucinations Insomnia Dry mouth Hot/cold flashes Naseau Gas Constipation Suppressed appetite Loss of breath Anxiety Thought I was going crazy Felt poisoned I don't know if everyone will get side effects, but I would not risk it. I will never have this poison in my body again. Worst medication ever produced. | F | 20 | 8 days 500 | 3/12/2014 | 1 | surgical spinal cord stim procedure | after 3 days ears started ringing, then started to get waves of breaking out in a sweat, extreme nauseous bout, then dizziness, then had to go sleep for 2 hours after each episode, then started to stay dizzy | called Dr. told me to quit taking, within 2 days back to normal, no ringing in ears or anything else, they say it doesn't cause ringing in ears but it did to me | M | 39 | 7 days 500mg 3X day | 3/10/2014 | 4 | infected insect bite | Heavy fatigue. Spacey and foggy. Headache. However, the drug helped very quickly. Overall it was very effective. | M | 41 | 5 days 4x500mgDay | 3/5/2014 | 5 | UTI | Weird dreams and gas! | M | 57 | 7 days 500mg | 2/17/2014 | 2 | Eye Infection | I haven't even finished taking keflex yet (day 7 of 10) so far I've had a severe social anxiety attack, vaginal discharge discoloration and genital itching. It cleared up my eye infection pretty well. I am wondering if my reaction is due to being allergic to Ceclor which is also a cephalosporin antibiotic? | F | 25 | 10 days 500 | 2/16/2014 |