CEPHALEXIN Reviews (CEPHALEXIN)Average Rating: 1.7 (383 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare CEPHALEXIN with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR CEPHALEXIN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | Sinus infection and chest infection | I have taken this antibiotic many times with no side effects . Until this recent course I've had dizzyness ,chills ,my whole body feels shakey ,trouble breathing on and off ,heart palpitations,extreme tiredness almost like im on some strong pain killer given from a hospital . I'm not even sure if its working this time around. Just wish I'd feel back to my normal self. | I dont know whats diffrent this time but i dont think my body is agreeing with it as it usually causes me no side effects | F | 33 | 14 days 500mg | 7/18/2017 | 1 | post surgery | flu like symptoms- headache, chills, sore joints/muscles, extreme fatigue. diarrhea. PANIC ATTACK- racing heart, shortness of breath, tingling fingers. so glad to have found this page, i legit thought i was dying! | will go so far as to add this medication onto my "allergy" list! | F | 35 | 5 days 500mg | 7/17/2017 | 1 | cholcystitis (gallbladder) | Diarrhea after a day followed on day 3 by feeling of fever, hot flushes and fatigue, and general unwell feeling.returned to Doctor for an alternative. | F | 41 | 3 days 500mg | 7/11/2017 | 1 | I had a cyst on back | I took one pill and within 3 hrs i had severe abdominal pain that was so bad I could barely move. Lasted about 2 hrs and Diarrhea as well. Lower extremities went numb. I'm not taking anymore. Well call Dr in the am. | F | 47 | 0 days 500mg 4xd | 7/5/2017 | 1 | Sinus infection | Anxiety, felt like i was going crazy, euphoric, heart palpitations, extreme fatigue. | F | 51 | 0 weeks | 6/9/2017 | 4 | prostatitits | General fatigue, dizziness, occasional confusion, diarrhea, a general sense of existential dread, depression, minor heart palpitations, transient aches and pains in unexpected places. | I feel so incredibly relieved after finding this page. I knew of the generic physical side effects that antibiotics can have, but I wasn't aware of the mental and emotional effects they can cause. I had myself convinced that something was dreadfully wrong with me that weren't showing up in any of my tests. The Keflex cleared up the bacterial problems pretty quickly, so the drug definitely worked for me at least. I have another couple days of treatment to go as of writing this, but just knowing now that my long nights of hopeless emotional distress were from artificial causes almost makes me laugh looking back on it now, even as I still feel these symptoms. | M | 27 | 4 weeks 500 4X day | 6/1/2017 | 1 | Extreme fatigue and awful depression and anxiety. | I felt like I was going crazy. It started out as fatigue then progressed to a change in my personality. I felt moody and very anxious. I stopped taking it and have already started to feel not so anxious and tired. | 3 days 250 | 5/22/2017 | 1 | Knee surgery | I took two pills 4 hours apart. A few hours later I was getting major cramping (somewhat to labor pains) it took a few hours to pass stool. All night I continued with cramping and diarrhea. The morning brought more cramping and blood in stool. I did not take any more of the antibiotic. The cramps and diarrhea left me exhausted the next day. Continued with cramping well into late morning. | The side affects of this antibiotic for me is more painful than the surgery. Having to get up and down to use the toilet every half hour is not helping my knee to recover. | F | 52 | 1 days 500 | 5/17/2017 | 3 | Inflamed cyst on my back | Days 1-4 seemed ok, although felt extremely fatigued and mild stomach discomfort. Day 5- started experiencing agitation and felt confused. DC'd this drug immediately. | Was supposed to take for 7 days. Not a chance in hell. | M | 50 | 5 days 500 mg | 5/16/2017 | 3 | Bladder infection/kidney pain | Day three I woke up in the middle of the night dizzy, disoriented, my face and left arm were tingling I was having a serve panic attack bc of this medicine! Had to be rushed to the ER bc I thought I was having a stoke! So scary. Day 4 when I would lay in down before bed I started to have restless leg in my right leg, tingling, numb, itchy, I couldn't sleep and when I did fall asleep I would wake up sweaty, and gasping for air.. day five I decided to only take one pill with lunch (I want my infection gone so idk what else to do) they have me on 500mg 4 times a day for 7 days.. anyways even after just one pill at lunch I still have the restless leg at night and breathing/gasping issue. I have decided to stop taking it I only have 4 pills left... but I'm scared I'm doing nerve damage to my leg.. I hope once it is out of my system in 3 days that my leg will go back to normal.. idk what I will do if it doesn't.. I'm very worried.. on Monday I am going to have a urine test to see if it got rid of the infection.. it did help with my infection pains I was in severe pain. | If you have to take this to stop your infection from spreading to your organs so you don't die... take it... but if you have a sore throat or something that won't kill you... DONT EVEN THINK ABOUT IT. I am hoping this drug hasn't permanently hurt me.. | F | 28 | 7 days 500mg 4x | 5/13/2017 | 1 | skin graft | Joint aches, pains in both sides bad enough to take my breath away and cause problems sleeping, bouts of dizziness. | If I have long term problems with this drug, I am going to sue the Dr who against my wishes prescribed it for me and the manufacturer. It is insane to have a drug cause huge problems when the original surgery was minor, as in one inch long. | F | 69 | 10 days 500 2X day | 5/9/2017 | 1 | Root canal | Mild headache,achey joints,nausea,severe fatigue | I've never had negative reactions to medication but I will never take this again! | F | 40 | 2 days 500mg | 4/12/2017 | 5 | Bladder Infection | I guess I've been very lucky. The only side effect is always just a mild yeast infection, trust me other antibiotics have caused some pretty bad yeast infections. In fact I request this antibiotic everytime I need one. I really feel for these other women and patients who has had such bad experiences. I can empathize because my Mother was given Penicillin, and slipped into a coma for 3 days, nobody knew if she was ever going to wake up. Again, I am very fortunate that Cephalexin works for me the best. | F | 41 | 7 days 500mg | 4/7/2017 | 1 | Sinus infection | I suffered heart palpitations, insomnia, severe anxiety, stomach pain, acid reflux, itchy skin, leg cramps and general malaise. This all occurred on day 2 after only 7 pills, I stopped taking them on day 3 and already feel better. I will never take this drug again. The leg cramps kept me from getting comfortable in bed, I was sleepy but the heart palpitations caused me to worry and made the drug induced anxiety worse, I had a feeling of my muscles all being fluttery and vibrating. I think if I had taken this drug for the full 10 days I would have lost my mind or been hospitalized. | Too many serious side effects with this drug, I'd rather try a different drug or live with the sinus infection. In this case the cure is worse than the disease! | F | 47 | 10 days 500 3X day | 4/3/2017 | 1 | I had a urinary tract infection | I had very nauseous vomiting headache as if someone was squeezing my head and irregular heartbeat scared the life out of me but God | I was extremely lethargic thought all the day long I thought something was wrong with me come to find out as I did research about this drug it was one of your major side effects | F | 3 days 500mg 2xda | 3/30/2017 | 1 | UTI | Extreme headache, whole head, extreme pain behind my eyes and exhaustion. Could not sleep due to pain. Symptoms started on day 5. Now 3 days later I am still in pain. Head throbs upon standing and walking. | Will never take this med again! | F | 46 | 7 days 500 2X a d | 3/25/2017 | 1 | Replacement of breast implants | After the 1st day, i developed a headache, felt like a vice grip. I also had itching on my chest, arms, head and face. After the 3rd day of taking the medicine, my doctor said I could stop taking it. The itching cleared up pretty quickly, but that night I developed diarrhea and have had bad stomach cramping, continued diarrhea, bloating, off and on nausea and loss of appetite for four days now. Hoping it will be out of my system soon. The worst part of my surgery hasn't been the pain, it's been the side effects of the medication Wish I never took it. . | F | 49 | 3 days 500 MG 3X day | 3/5/2017 | 1 | Deep laceration on foot | Nausea, diarrhea, slightly dizzy, overall feeling of being un-well. Skin rash | On day 3 of cephalexin and have bad nausia that comes out of no where then subsides. Have had diarrhea all day, developing what seems to be a rash on face. Really don't want to keep taking this medicine. Hopefully it doesn't get any worse. If so going to call doc and try to get off this drug. | M | 32 | 10 days 500 mg | 2/24/2017 | 1 | I developed bronchitis | I was prescribed cephalexin for my developing bronchitis as my doctor said ammoxicillin wouldn't be strong enough. Boy was she wrong to give me this antobiotic. I am usually very sensitive to antibiotics and can only take the liquid form of them. I noticed this antibiotic did not upset my stomach much at all which was nice but after a few days I started breaking out on my cheeks, i thought it was stress acne or maybe a reaction to something new ive used. But it wasnt. A day later I had red, round rashes on my upper body and nothing I took or put on them made them go away. As well as 7 days later after taking this antibiotic 30ml a day now my face has broken out so badly I can barely look at myself in the mirror. I have never had acne, the most I get is a few stress pimples and an occasional zit. But this.. I'd bad. I have zits and small red bumps all over my forehead, nose, cheeks, chin. I dont think i can finish the other 3 days of this medication. I am scared of what that will do. To me this is not worth it at all. I will never take this medication again. | F | 26 | 7 days 30mL a day | 2/21/2017 | 1 | wisdom tooth infection | Extreme nausea..couldnt do anything about it. I'm constantly on the verge of throwing up. This drug is not worth it. Take another antibiotic. | F | 21 | 10 days 500 4X day | 2/19/2017 |