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 |
| 1 | for a fungus infection on my foot | I am allergic to penicillin but pharmacist and dr assured me only 1% of people react to this drug, even though is from same family of penicillin. Medicine works to remove the fungus, but will likely kill you. | Look up heart attack symptoms, I had all of them. I took the medication for a few days already, 20 pills out of the 28 given and had flu like symptoms at first, but by the 20th pill, I was about to pay it with my life. NEVER AGAIN Anaphylaxis is a rare, life-threatening allergic reaction that causes the widespread dysfunction of body systems. Signs and symptoms of anaphylaxis include: • trouble breathing •Nausea or abdominal cramps •Vomiting or diarrhea •Dizziness or lightheadedness •Weak, rapid pulse •Drop in blood pressure •Seizures like jerking •Loss of consciousness (but not lose consciousness, but had light headed, put ice all though the day at head, neck, back, chest) HEART ATTACK SYMPTOMS | F | 36 | 500mg 4X day | 11/29/2015 | 1 | UTI | Severe case of panic attack and anxiety from the day I stopped the medication | Suprisingly didn't seem to impact me while I was on it | F | 30 | 7 days 500 MG 4X day | 11/23/2015 | 1 | Suspected impetigo | I didn't realize it was part of the reaction the first couple days but blurred vision and lack of energy. Then night 3 I just couldn't warm up, I thought I was just really cold. After the 4th pill is when it all really kicked in. Muscles sore and achy, blurred vision, severe stomach cramping. Followed by uncontrollable and intensely scary chills and almost nerve like damage feeling shaking. Vomited violently 3-4 times, couldn't even keep water down for more than 20-30 minutes and severe diarrhea, as someone else noted like a faucet. I would NEVER recommend or take this drug! | F | 40 | 4 days 1X day | 11/23/2015 | 1 | Bacteria skin infection | Acid reflux, headache, body aches,extreme fatigue,white coated tongue, maybe oral thrush, diarrhea. | F | 43 | 3 days | 11/6/2015 | 2 | Boil/cyst | I thought the headaches were due to just being tired, but after reading reviews, it's not just me. I have had horrible headaches, and my skin has been itchy (thought that was because of dry weather. It also did nothing for my infection. Just started taking doxycycline, we'll see how this works. So sad and frustrated :( | F | 30 | 7 days 500 | 10/28/2015 | 2 | Bladder/Kidney infection | Headache and naseua | To be fair, it did relieve the symptoms of the infection but my god the headache that comes with it is unbearable - like my whole skull is on fire. There's no relief from it other than to stop taking the antibiotics. Had the same problem with Trimethoprim as well, so will steer clear of these two in the future. | F | 25 | 5 days 500 4X day | 10/28/2015 | 1 | cellulitis | diarrhea, nausea, dizziness, weakness, fatigue, anxiety, hot flushes | Never again! | F | 85 | 7 days 500 mg 3X day | 10/9/2015 | 1 | Boil on my right breast | Serious anxiety, dizziness, bad heart palpitations, trouble breathing, insomnia, and trouble concentrating. | This medication is a nightmare! I was prescribed to take this once every 8hrs. My symptoms just kept getting worse, on the pamphlet that describes the side effects of this medication, actually did not state any side effects. After taking my morning dose on my 8th day (yesterday) and by yesterday afternoon, I was in the shower with such a terrible anxiety attack (not to mention, I have severe anxiety disorder already, that I take medication for), I decided to look up what the side effects were for this medications. I read some of the comments from other people on here, and thought, exactly! I decided I was not going to take it for a couple days, just to see if it is what is causing all the things I have been feeling. This is what is causing all this, how the heck can this medication even be on the market?? I am on day 1 of not taking it, as of yet, I am still feeling the same way, but I will wait another day or 2 to see how I feel, If possible, I will update my status on here. If that is not possible, I will make a new post. | F | 51 | 8 days 500mg 1X O | 10/6/2015 | 4 | Perianal infection | I had a nasty infection and had one day IV antibiotics and 3 days tablets to complete the treatment. I took both cephalexin and metronidazole 500mg every 8 hours. I had dihareah from first day and The last day I developed a server stomach ache, had to eat yogurts, and now I have an east infection. My side effects were minor. | F | 39 | 3 days 500 | 10/4/2015 | 1 | Ear infection | Headache beyond bearable can't sleep through the night because of the headache. There is also pressure and dizziness and nausea threw up a few times I cannot take the pain it's worse than the ear infection. Going to ER today have to find relief | F | 20 | 10 days 3xd -500mg | 9/26/2015 | 1 | Sinus infection | Sweats, heart palpitations headache | Will never use drug again! I've had the sweats and a violent headache two straight days where my head feels like it's going to pop. | M | 39 | 1 days 3xa day 5g | 9/19/2015 | 1 | Surgery | Chest pain, strong palpitations, anxiety, stiff neck, chills, hot flashes, sweating, anxious, restlessness, severe diarrhea,swollen and tender stomach. | I will never take again. Quit taking after 5 days. | F | 37 | 10 days 1000 mg | 8/29/2015 | 4 | infected tattoo | Bad stomach ache | M | 18 | 10 weeks 500 | 8/24/2015 | 2 | Skin rash | Dizzy!, nauseated, headache, insomnia | Took this 3 times a day for a skin rash. Side effects are very intense. I'm suppose to take this for 2 weeks bu can't handle it anymore. | F | 24 | 7 days 500 | 8/19/2015 | 1 | Post op preventative | I am on day five of taking cephalexin and I'm going to stop it immediately. I was prescribed to take seven days as a postoperative preventative. This is the worst antibiotic I have ever taken and I will never take it again. I am so dizzy that I feel like I am about to pass out. I have been feeling like this for the past couple of days (since day 4) and now the end of day 5 I can't even take another dose. My heart is racing.I felt like I was going to die earlier today. I feel like my brain has a mushroom cloud exploding in it and my sinuses have gotten kind of weird from it. The visual disturbances are so bad that the walls look like they are moving and it is VERY SCARY. I'm having the feeling of "Will this ever stop?" I do not recommend this at all and I'm surprised they even use this drug. | F | 39 | 5 days 500mg/4xda | 8/16/2015 | 1 | UTI | I was told it didn't matter if I ate or not with this drug. Either way it makes me throw up. They put me on this specific one because I'm 7 weeks pregnant. I refuse to take this medication again . | F | 18 | 7 days 500 mg | 8/14/2015 | 1 | Post-op eyelid surgery | At first tired, sluggish, now on day 4 heart races from time to time, eurythmias, floaters, neck and shoulders ache and are stiff, feel hot but no fever, persistent headache between and above eyes and below ears, and dizzy, disoriented feeling like I'm walking on styrofoam. Unpleasant. | The pharm companies need to look at these sites for their research | F | 56 | 4 days 250 | 8/9/2015 | 1 | Dental infection | Liquid diarrhea, abdominal and stomach pain, nausea, vomiting, chills. Was getting dehydrated because I could barely keep any water down. Could barely eat and was feeling exhausted, dizzy, anxious, and awful. I need a root canal but can't get it treated for a couple of weeks, so was given Cephalexin to help in the meanwhile. I was scared of the infection getting worse, so I kept taking it, but stopped after 8 days because I honestly felt like I was going to die. Stopped taking it 48 hours ago, and though I still have diarrhea, I feel normal again otherwise. What a horrid experience. Taking Advil occasionally for pain too, but no problems with that. | F | 47 | 8 days 250 mg 3X day | 7/29/2015 | 1 | Bug bites | Severe, extreme, explosive diarrhea!!! And peeing a lot. DO NOT TAKE !!! | M | 42 | 1 days | 7/11/2015 | 1 | Post-surgery | SO DIZZY! My surgeon said that's common with Keflex and she told me to stop it early, but now it's three days since I stopped it and the ground is still moving when I walk in a really unpleasant way. | I'm a physician and I've never had side effects to other antibiotics. Not taking this one again! | F | 49 | 3 days 2X day | 7/4/2015 |