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 | Sinus Infection | Itching and red bumps on body. Leg and arm aches. Pins and needles feeling on chest. Felt like I was getting a heart attack. Insomnia due to anxiety from medication. | Tried Amoxillin and broke out in hives. This was fine for the first 3 days but now have a variety of symptoms that are making my life difficult. Do not recommend. | M | 35 | 7 days 500 mg | 3/28/2015 | 1 | precautionary infection pre birth | X4 a day, feel weird after each dose particularly night knee. Causing nausea, diarrhoea, heart racing, feels like stomach shakes, weird thoughts, insominia. seeing gp today. Also taking Metronidazole X3 day | F | 42 | 7 days 400 | 3/26/2015 | 1 | deep cut in hand needed 5 stitches | Severe headache, diarrhea, loss of bowl control, severe abdominal pains, heart pounding, blurred vision loss of appetite and more.. | I am not and haven't been on any type of drugs. My Dr. stitching my hand said I should take an to protect against infection. I strongly recommend not taking cephalexin. I never will ever again. We are used at test rats. How could the FDA approve such a drug. | M | 73 | 2 days 500 | 3/24/2015 | 4 | UTI Pregnancy | Abdominal discomfort, constant urgent need to go to the toilet, severe diarreaha, sluggishness and stomach gurgling. | This is the worst thing to give someone with hypermesis.. I was prescribed it because I had only a slight increase of nitrate in urine. I was ill for the whole time I took it and as well as my constant sickness I had terrible diarreaha. Nightmare anti biotic Nast side effects! Did the trick though, surprisingly as I felt worse off for sure! | F | 22 | 7 days 500 | 3/20/2015 | 2 | Bronchitis | SEVERE diarrhea, dizziness, headache ... | I was prescribed a 10 day regime ... Only took for one day and threw the rest out. This is one drug my body will not tolerate. Sometimes the "cure" is worse than the illness. | F | 62 | 1 days 500 3X day | 3/20/2015 | 2 | UTI while pregnant | Nausea, Vomiting, Diarrhea. Restlesness, Couldn't even keep water down. | F | 31 | 7 days 500 MG 4X day | 3/20/2015 | 2 | infection in toe, tooth,ear, & uti | Severe fatigue, nausea, chills, makes my tachycardia and chest pain worse | Only take it if u really need to | F | 20 | 5 days 500mg | 3/18/2015 | 1 | UTI | Vision pain-floaters, severe sinus like headache, pain/muscle ache in back, legs, all over. Nausea, stomach pain & teeth/gums ached. Several days later chest pain, along with the continued body aches. | Dr said, "not related". But I wasnt doing that bad until I took the medicine. I feel like my body is under attack & could have handled the uti alone. I also experienced some mild vaginal & rectum bleeding, lasted a couple of days. I would not recommend. My blood work came back normal. | F | 49 | 7 days 500MG 3X day | 3/11/2015 | 1 | Pneumonia | Violent vomiting, diarrhea and stomach pain leading to dehydration | Never again | F | 40 | 4 days 500 | 3/11/2015 | 1 | Post surgery preventative treatmen | Within half hour of taking each dose, I felt weird. Had vision problems with spots before my eyes. Heart rate and blood pressure went up. Felt anxious and panicky, like I was having a heart attack. Stopped taking and symptoms stopped. | This was an adverse reaction. Won't take it again. | F | 61 | 4 days 500 2X day | 2/24/2015 | 1 | post surgery preventative treatment | Feeling weird, rushed to ER with tachycardia (fast heart rate). Made me feel like I was having panic attacks. Elevated BP, elevated resting heart rate. Go to primary today already discontinued meds. Will see what he says | F | 42 | 6 days | 2/17/2015 | 5 | Folliculitis/staph infection scalp | Brief loss of appetite and minor fatigue during first few days of treatment. | I always took mine with food. | M | 53 | 6 weeks 500mg.- 2d | 2/8/2015 | 1 | uti during pregnancy | Constant diarrhea and loose stools for past week after taking it. Mucus in stool. Running to bathroom every 20mins. | feel horrible. Havent been able to leave thr house in fear of having diarrhea outside or at work. Was taken to Er for abdominal pain and diarrhea | F | 21 | 7 days 4xDay | 2/4/2015 | 1 | Surgery to remove tumor on toe | Gas, Indigestion, Stomach pain, uncomfortable bowel movements, Headaches, Lethargy, Overall bad time. | M | 29 | 4 days 500 4X day | 12/16/2014 | 3 | Strep Throat | Irregularities in bowel movements began about 3-4 days into treatment. Metabolism slowed noticeably. Strep cured. Within two days of completion of antibiotic course, severe acid indigestion made itself present on a regular basis. Fatigue, soreness and stomach pain. Still trying to recover. | Would discourage antibiotic treatments unless there are no other alternatives and it is absolutely necessary. Intestinal damage done by cephalexin, (Keflex), and other antibiotics can be permanent, even if taken with probiotics. | M | 18 | 10 days 1000 2X day | 12/3/2014 | 1 | Infected ear piercing | Vertigo vomiting - first 3 doses no problem after 4th extreme reaction following excercise I have never had vertigo before and was completely unable to get out of bed | F | 48 | 3 days 500 2X day | 11/30/2014 | 1 | inection from cut on hand | Feel as though im going to have a heart attack. Major anxiety and head not feeling all there. Feel like i need to call 911 for heart as my arms are numbing and neck is sore. Just a lot of uneasy feeling | F | 39 | 3 days 500 | 11/28/2014 | 2 | the dr thought a breast infection | I just feel weird like my head is in a world of its own nausea low appetite heart races shaky nervous veru drowsy when i start to fall asleep i shake awake and like i said very shaky and very cold they have me taking 500mg 4 times a day is that is too much. So exhausted | F | 36 | 10 days 500 | 10/30/2014 | 1 | tooth infection | I experienced racing heart. Heart palpitations. And Really bad anxiety. Felt a feeling of doom for a little while to. Really bad antibiotic. Never going to take again!! Awful!! | F | 32 | 10 days 500 | 10/15/2014 | 2 | fingernail infection | Nausea, fatigue, dizziness, shakiness, racing heart, acid reflux, memory problems, severe diarrhea | Was prescribed this for a nail infection. Slow to work and made me feel terrible. Actually thought I needed to go to urgent care as heart was pounding for hours at a time. | M | 47 | 10 days 500 4X day | 9/30/2014 |