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 | Uti | Nausea, depression,anxiety horrible feeling | F | 28 | 10 days 500 mg 4X day | 7/5/2020 | 2 | UTI | I already have depression and anxiety but since starting the medication I have felt worse. Pain on my lower side of my back. Fatigue , Nausea, Sense of doom, my depression is horrible. I'm irritable, no appetite , and just feel really off. Was thinking of even checking myself into a hospital. | F | 45 | 3 days 500 | 6/26/2020 | 3 | Post surgery to prevent infection | ringing in ears/head, weakness in my arms and legs, sadness, loss of energy, and increased hunger. | I was prescribed this after a surgery I had, I did not get an infection, so it did its job. Side effects are scary. I thought I was having a serious medical episode due to the weakness but my family thinks it was an anxiety attack (never had one before). It passed but still monitoring it...Finished my last pill of the 7 day treatment last night. | F | 27 | 7 days 500 3X day | 6/23/2020 | 1 | UTI | I was prescribed this for a UTI. After a week of not knowing what was wrong I was starting to feel better but started the cefalexin anyway on the recomendation of my Dr. As a IBS sufferer it has flared my symptoms up so much. It is 6.02am and I have yet to sleep as I have spent the whole night burping with palpitations and extreme, extreme anxiety! | Awful | F | 29 | 2 days 500mg | 6/23/2020 | 1 | UTI | I am so thankful I found this website. I thought I was going crazy. This drug is a nightmare. I have constant sense of doom, panic attacks, anxiety, depression, intrusive thoughts, pain/numbness in my pinky and ring finger, back pain, cramping and bladder/urethra pain ( I thought it didn't get rid of my uti the pain is so bad but I went to urgent care and they said my infection was gone), I can't concentrate or function correctly. I almost thought about admitting myself into the hospital. I am so scared I will never feel normal again. | DO NOT TAKE! | F | 28 | 7 days 500mg 3x d | 6/7/2020 | 1 | UTI | Awful awful awful. It hits you out of nowhere with this punch to your chest, headaches, heart palpitations, dizziness, nausea and extreme fatigue. It made me feel beyond depressed and i already have generalized anxiety disorder. I have taken many antibiotics before but i have NEVER experienced one that plays a part in altering my mentality as much as this one does. It made me feel irrational and impulsive in addition to being so nauseas i couldnt move without feeling like I'd blow chunks everywhere and being so hungry at the same time is absolutely miserable. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. Get an alternative. | Sucks. Dont do it. | F | 28 | 7 days 250 | 6/6/2020 | 3 | Urinary issues | Took it for pain in urine just in case of a disease but everything came back clean Keflex did help but I'm about a week or two done with the meds and I have the worst back pain ever and it made me pee uncontrollably while on it and a couple days after | It works but I wouldn’t advise using it | M | 33 | 4 days 500 | 5/29/2020 | 3 | UTI | Frequent urination. Fatigue after 2nd day. Feelings of anxiety, depression, doom especially in evenings. No energy. Extreme fear. | Never experienced anxiety and/or depression while taking other antibiotics for UTI. Constant fatigue, no energy and high anxiety especially in evenings. Feelings of fear and confusion before going to bed. | 91 | 5 days 500 | 5/25/2020 | 1 | Mastitis | Tingling in throat, tightness in head or tension headacheť I guess, Overwhelming Anxiety, woozy feeling, generally feeling awful and not yourself.. | This is my first and last time taking this medication.. I never experienced this kind of side effects.. It was so bad I had to go to the hospital because I thought I was about to faint and the tightness in my head that just would not let up! After taking blood, EKG, urine and a CT scan they found nothing.. It's been two days since I finished the medication and I'm still experiencing these side effects! I have 4 children to look after and this has really affected my daily routine, I'm Highly upset about that.. Never again! | F | 32 | 10 days 500mg | 5/18/2020 | 1 | Cellulitis infection stomach | EXTREME anxiety and dooming feelings, anxiety attacks, upper thighs muscle weakness, bloating, loss of appetite, pins and needles throughout abdomen and legs, abdominal muscle spasms, upper/mid back pain/weakness | Don't take it! Not worth the risks. Keep in mind it's in the class of a Florouquinone antibiotic which could mean other antibiotics in this class could affect you. | F | 35 | 5 days 500 | 5/16/2020 | 1 | Urinary tract infection | Pains in my arms and forearms, anxiety, sweating, sharp spasms in my back, general feeling of not feeling well, aches and pains I've never had before, still having burning in my urine after 7 days of misery. | F | 55 | 7 days 500 mg | 5/16/2020 | 1 | Uti | Sore throat, Indigestion, Shortness of breath. Reflux, Inflammation in arms and legs. Anxiety, Pain in abdomen. Constantly urinating. The MD'S know of the side effects but still continue to prescribe | Stay away | F | 48 | 4 days 500 mg | 5/14/2020 | 1 | Infection of nose piercing | Took my first dose of Keflex at 6:45 PM, by 8 PM it felt as if I had the worst flu of my life. I had the worst body aches, even my toes and finger tips were aching. The glands in my neck were uncomfortably swollen and It was painful to swallow. I had a horrible night of sleep because the body aches were so severe. I have 5 children and was unable to care for them as I had no energy and was in constant discomfort. I also felt as if my brain was cloudy, could not think straight. Just wanted to lie in bed all day. | I would not recommend this drug to anyone. The side effects are horrible. | F | 34 | 10 days 500 MG | 5/14/2020 | 3 | UTI | I am treating UTI and kidney pain. I am 4 days in and the last 2 nights and this afternoon I experienced a weird type of shaking in my upper body (Not visible but I can feel it inside) and an increased heart rate. I also got a panic attack last night and couldn't sleep anymore from the moment it started. That happened after 6 hours of taking it and lasts at least 2-3 hours. Helped with the UTI so far but the side effects are no fun. | Anxiety should be listed as common side effect. | F | 33 | 7 days 2x per day | 5/4/2020 | 1 | E. coli | Within 2 hrs felt headaches bladder pain worse also more pain in my muscles and joints also thought I was going insane never take this again , still think I’m dying after 4 days being of it | F | 72 | 0 days 500 mags | 4/11/2020 | 1 | Infected blister | although this antibiotic seems to be working the side effects are awful. i wish i knew about them before my doctor prescribed this to me. i am experiencing extreme muscle pain all around my body, headaches, anxiety, and fatigue. it is hard to do my everyday routines on this medication i do not recommend this to anyone | F | 17 | 5 days 500 | 3/30/2020 | 2 | UTI | Seeing lights, hallucinations, worse anxiety depression of my life months after. Fuck this medication. Buzzing in my head | F | 20 | 0 days | 3/27/2020 | 1 | Urinary tract infection | Extreme pain in left deltoid, could not move shoulder or whole arm. Sharp pains in right side of abdomen. Some nausea. Dry mouth and extremely thirsty. | side effects for me, not worth it. However I did feel as though the medicine was working to clear up sinus infection and urinate tract infection. There has got to be something else that has less severe, and very painful, life changing side effects that I experienced!! | F | 50 | 4 days 500 mg | 3/12/2020 | 1 | UTI | Horrible chills and waking up drenched with sweat every night, bad dreams, anxiety, panic, depression, hopelessness, dizziness, random, shooting pains all over abdomen, muscle weakness, sore throat, upset stomach . | I took 4 a day for a week, thinking I had to force myself to keep taking it in order to get well. I was so shocked to see other people experienced same bad side effects. No one warned me this could happen. | F | 55 | 7 days 500x4 day | 3/10/2020 | 4 | Scalp infection | Headaches, extreme anxiety, sweating (feels like what I imagine hot flash would feel like), random pain in arms, tooth, shoulder, hunger, tiredness, general feeling of being off. | Medicine seems to have helped infection but side effects are rough | F | 45 | 7 days 500 3X day | 3/2/2020 |