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 |
| 5 | Cellulitis right leg | Mostly just gas. A little bit of tiredness briefly after each dose. | You need to drink lots of water with antibiotics. | M | 46 | 10 days 500mg 4X day | 12/24/2021 | 2 | Hang nail infection | Brain zaps, Anxiety, Trouble breathing, Head aches. | My anxiety was almost every day of the 10 I had to take it. I usually have anxiety but only once or twice a week. The duration of the attacks stayed for hours sometimes, especially at night. Brain zaps days 4-10. when trying to go to sleep! I’ve never felt something like this in my life. I was so scared, I thought it was an aneurism or something like that. It feels like an electric current going through your head. It happened every time I started dozing off. It got so bad I decided to just stay up until the morning when I wasn’t so anxiety ridden. Trouble breathing all of the 10 days which made anxiety worse. I got head aches days 2-10. Tired all of the 10 days. My entire infection was healthy and clean/closed up on my finger after 2 days so that was the one good thing but personally I would never take this again. ASK FOR ANOTHER ANTIBIOTIC just to be safe :) | F | 24 | 10 days 500 mg 3X day | 12/13/2021 | 2 | UTI | Exhaustion, depression, fogginess. I thought I had a head cold. My dosage is extremely high due to resistance to Bactrim. | F | 45 | 7 days 500MG 4X day | 12/5/2021 | 1 | Mastitis | Severe anxiety, panicky, heart palpitations, on edge, pins and needles in arms hands, legs and back, numbness, emotional, crying spells, shaky, chills, brain fog/confusion, could not sleep, could not relax. Back pain. Would not recommend. | Reported all symptoms to doctor and was advised to stop on day 3 as symptoms were severe and my mastitis resolved. | F | 30 | 2 days 250mg 3X day | 12/3/2021 | 1 | eye infection | Felt very hot and anxious. On 7th day, could not stand or walk; felt very faint. Hypertensive crisis with very high heart rate and bp (260/160) Will never take again! Ended up in ER | M | 65 | 7 days 500 mg 3X day | 11/5/2021 | 1 | Post op | Constipation during and wicked vertigo or dizziness immediately after .... What the duck is happening to me? | Husband had it after dental surgery same dose and all but he's 179lbs and I'm 114lbs.... He was fine I feel like I'm floating sideways as I type this... I'm laying down... After a nap... Fully not impressed. Who the hell approved this shite ??? | F | 35 | 7 days 500mg 4/da 1X day | 9/27/2021 | 1 | UTI | This med has been debilitating! Migraine, major muscle and body aches, feel totally ill, feverish, hot cold spells, but worst was the major spike in anxiety, depression, suicidal thoughts, crying, emotional darkness. I stopped and will never touch again. This should not be prescribed! | Do not take this drug! The side effects are not worth it. Ask for alternatives! | F | 52 | 4 days 750 2X day | 9/22/2021 | 1 | UTI | Severe depression | Depression, anxiety, insomnia. Muscle pain all over and general feeling of being sick. Never again!!! This is a horrible antibiotic. | F | 79 | 7 days 500 mg 1X day | 9/17/2021 | 1 | UTI | Started feeling a tingling sensation on my upper left arm on day 3 of taking the med. Tingling sensation spread to other arm and outer legs too. Very weird. Now, 3 weeks after taking my last dose (I stopped after taking 13 of 21 pills), the tingling sensations continue off and on. They way more noticeable when I'm not active, e.g., sleeping, sitting, etc. Very concerned that it somehow did permanent damage :( | I see lots of mention of similar symptoms. I haven't experienced any pain or weakness in my arms and legs, but I've definitely experienced the "pins & needles" needles feeling. I also have a very slight feeling of numbness on the tips of my right thumbs and right toe. And also my lower/outer legs feel warm from time to time. Again, very weird. | M | 54 | 5 days 500 3X day | 8/27/2021 | 4 | Uti | I had tingling and numbness in my left arm. Plus my hand felt numb at times | It did take away the utility infection | F | 70 | 5 days 500 2X day | 8/2/2021 | 1 | UTI | I'm freaking out that I've finished the course but the joint pain and muscle pain is even worse. Glute, hip and back pain! Pain pills can't touch it. Depressive. Sense of doom. Urinating heaps at night. Can't sleep. | When do you start to feel better??? Yes bacterial infection gone but I feel like I got arthritis and major fibro | F | 39 | 1 weeks 3X day | 7/4/2021 | 1 | Preventative measure after back surgery | Had my rls under control until I took this medication, It feels like something is crawling in your muscles. Can sleep because you need to move your arms and legs for relief. I experienced anxiety/ depression, stomache pain. Extreme tiredness. Sore muscles all over and dry sore eyes.Frequent urination from being so thirsty | I'm going to ask my doc for a different medication never felt this my problems from an antibiotic | F | 43 | 2 days 500 mg 4X day | 7/1/2021 | 3 | Kidney infection/uti | I did experience an increase in anxiety, I felt fearful with a sense of doom, kept crying for almost no reason, felt very depressed. A little double vision, just the feeling of being kind of crazy. Nausea and no appetite. None of the psychiatric symptoms are listed as possible but these started when I started the drug and are out of character for me. I feel like they should be listed as a possible side effect. | On a 10 day cycle and going to try to stick it out due to severe kidney infection developed from resistance to cipro | F | 27 | 3 days 500 4X day | 6/7/2021 | 1 | UTI | Psychosis. Severe anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation, unable to stop crying, severe insomnia, have not slept in 72 hours, skin crawling | F | 37 | 3 days 3X day | 6/7/2021 | 5 | Skin infection/ infected spider bit | Mood swings, frustration, achey, stomach discomfort, the shits, almost peeing myself, frequently urinating, penis grew 9 inches | M | 43 | 5 days 500mg 4X day | 5/24/2021 | 1 | Throat infection | Extreme anxiety, impending doom, brain zaps when falling asleep, literally can not fall asleep. Shakes, chills, nausea, vomiting, confusion, brain fog, lethargy, upset stomach, GERD, sweats. | Have taken before multiple times, it has always put me on my ass, but this time It has been the worst thing ever. Never again! | 39 | 7 days 250 1X day | 5/12/2021 | 1 | Uti | I've taken it before but I can't sleep at all. I'm fine off one pill but when I take the second one I get chills and sweats. I can't handle this and I feel worse. Doc wants me on new meds but I don't want to keep taking other pills and get another reaction off this | F | 19 | 9 days 500 3X day | 5/10/2021 | 1 | Eczema | Almost every single one listed!! Plus, as an added bonus, I felt completely Doomed and emotions were all over the place from Mad, Sad, Crying, Rage & everything in between! | Never, Ever, Ever AGAIN!!!!!!! | F | 6 days 500 2X day | 4/25/2021 | 1 | D&I infection prevention | Sense of impending doom, panic attacks, nausea and vomiting, fear, feeling alone even with others, extreme anxiety and depression, insomnia despite increasing fatigue, crying spells, inability to complete daily tasks due to mental fog and feeling unlike myself, feeling like I cannot breathe and panicking over it even though I know it is the medicine (especially at night), irrational anger at times, feeling weird and generally unwell | I have PTSD, BPD, and BP2 and have experienced suicidal depression with impending doom from it when I was younger. I had not felt it in almost a decade until now. This medication made me feel that way again and it feels like a hell I cannot escape as long as I take the medicine. I finally called the doc today (I am 6 days in of a 10 day prescription) and they said it should be enough to stop. Threw it away immediately. I was crying uncontrollably trying to explain to my fiance that I felt like I might have to go to a psychiatric hospital randomly and suddenly a few days ago, and I felt a lot of distress about not knowing why until I came to this website. It is still hell, but at least I know why and hopefully now that I am off it stops. IF YOU HAVE ANY HISTORY OF PSYCHIATRIC PROBLEMS PLEASE PLEASE AVOID THIS MEDICATION AT ALL COSTS, and even if you do not I would still avoid it. Genuinely believe it should come with a black box warning. | F | 25 | 6 days 500 4X day | 4/18/2021 | 2 | Prevent infection after surgery | Extreme fatigue that has lasted days after finishing course. Headache on day 6-10. Extreme bloat and stomach cramps on day 9-10, and hasn't subsided several days after finishing full course. Debilitating stomach pain won't stop, even after finishing. | I never have side effects from antibiotics. These ruined my gut! | F | 45 | 10 days 2X day | 4/4/2021 |