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 |
| 2 | Kidney infection | Bad headaches, intense abdominal pain, cramping in legs, arms, hands, fatigue, nausea. Heavy feeling in neck and ears. I already have AF and am worried about effect on my heart. | Side effects are severe. I'm worried about how long it may take to recover from this drug. Cannot continue for full seven days. | F | 71 | 5 days 500mg 2X day | 11/16/2020 | 1 | Ear infection because of piercing | Bloating, indigestion, insomnia, anxiety, panic attacks | I truly regret taking this medicine, later I realized I learned that taking these makes a person gain weight when I have been trying hard to lose weight. The worst part is that my pelvic bone grew even wider! now I'm panicking and depressed I'm truly sad, I hope someone could help me. | F | 20 | 7 days 500mg 3X day | 11/16/2020 | 3 | UTI | Was given stronger antibiotics, Cefalexin. It has cleared the infection somewhat but the severe stomach cramps isn't worth it, imo. So bad its debilitating. Also my vaginal area feels numb. This is such a wierd feeling. | Stopped after one pack. Still feeling effects | F | 55 | 3 days 500 3X day | 11/14/2020 | 1 | UTI | Anxiety, heart palpations dizzy tired | F | 45 | 0 days 500 1X day | 11/14/2020 | 3 | UTI | Dizziness and a vertigo feeling when lying down overnight and opening my eyes at times after resting. Slight headache one day after completing medicine. Occasional lightheadness. | UTI symptoms were gone in about 3 days which was great, but really did not like how this med made me feel at times and would not take again. Hoping side effects will go away in a few days and it's out of my system. | F | 46 | 5 days 500 mg 2X day | 11/13/2020 | 1 | Foot cut infection prevention | Stomach upset first night. Headache first morning after. Balance issues first day (Almost fell a couple of times.). | I need to remember to tell doctors about my intolerance to Cephalexin. I remember taking it when it first became available and stopped after the first day. I don't remember what it did. When i took it many years later it upset my stomach to the point of killing my appetite. Doctor said she was going to prescribe antibiotic but didn't tell me what type. Like an idiot, I tried it again. I had even printed "XXX" on the side of the last bottle I had. My fault. Two 500mg doses is enough for me. No mas. | M | 63 | 1 days 500 mg 3X day | 11/13/2020 | 1 | Post Operative | WORST ANTIBIOTIC EVER! I was put on this as a post operative preventative of infection and OMG, i have never felt worse. Anxiety, feel like I have an elephant sitting on my chest, heavy breathing, I have had couple of panic attack symptoms but managed to calm myself down due to breathing..worst of all which has impacted my life the last 8 days has been the blurred vision followed by dizziness, constipation, bloating, just horrible. I feel like I can't get out of bed due to being so lethargic. Surgeon has suggested I stop taking them immediately!!! Unless you are dying DONT TAKE THESE! | Worst antibiotic by far! | F | 0 days 500 4xday 4X day | 11/11/2020 | 3 | mastitis | Dizziness, bad headache, back pain, low grade fever, night sweating | This drug cleared the mastitis in the first 24 hours which was nice, but day two and three I started getting dizzy especially when standing up from a seated position. Day four and five I started getting a headache that included ear pain, feeling like parts of my scalp were bruised, random tooth pain, and back of eye pain. On the fifth night I started getting that low grade fever with waves of heat and sweating in addition to all the previous symptoms, and then late in day six my back also started getting pretty sore causing me to walk very stiff like I am 30-40 years older then I am. This is horrible on me. I am breastfeeding, and my baby seems normal though. I will say a four times a day dose requiring me to wake up at night while my baby is actually sleeping sucks. I would prefer a three a day dosage. | F | 37 | 10 days 500 MG 4X day | 11/5/2020 | 1 | Finger infection | Joint pain, chills, fever, headache, constant diarrhea, nausea, bloating, abdominal pain | I do not recommend this drug.. horrible experience | F | 24 | 5 days 500mg 4X day | 11/5/2020 | 1 | UTI | Dizziness/lightheaded, nausea, light stomach pain, headache, severe anxiety where I don't want to leave home. Felt like it was messing with my head. | Would not recommend stopped taking it after day 4 | F | 24 | 4 days 3X day | 11/4/2020 | 3 | acne(face) | Difficulty breathing, anxiety, joint pain, back pain, kidney pains | This actually isn't the first time I took Cephalexin; I remember taking this medication when I was in Middle school, but the only side effect I had back then was diarrhea. I legit never had these side effects back then and that's kinda weird. It's been 4 days since I have refused to go back on it; I don't know if cephalexin has any withdrawals, but my kidney's hurt and so does my back. I usually feel guilty about not taking this medication since my doctor gave me more than 4 refills & I'm not sure where to dispose of this medication. | F | 20 | 27 days 500MG 2X day | 11/2/2020 | 1 | Uti | Extreme tiredness,blurry vision,anxiety,severe nausea,headache, breastfeeding baby also had bad side effects mainly belly related. | Was prescribed this for 7 days,500mg 4 times a day. Took ome dose of the 500mg and was so sick. Next day tried taking 250mg twice a day, felt slightly better til side effects started up. | F | 26 | 7 days 500mg 4X day | 10/23/2020 | 1 | UTU | Nausea, headaches, body aches, shakes, fatigue, sore throat | Feeling worse than I did before taking this medicine. Absolutely horrible | F | 25 | 7 days 2X day | 10/4/2020 | 1 | Infection | Throat started feeling like it was closing. I thought I was having an allergic reaction to it. | My urine, farts, breath and even bowel movements all smelled like the way this medicine tastes. And its been over a month and still does. Horrible medicine. | F | 33 | 5 days 2 3X day | 9/26/2020 | 4 | Diverticulitis | Pains in ribs, legs, and general body aches. | Finished course 3 weeks ago, healed infection but left with body pain even in feet. | F | 63 | 7 days 3X day | 9/3/2020 | 1 | Fear of infection from a bee sting | extreme tiredness, fighting to keep my eyes open.. very groggy during the day and as soon as I sit down on the couch I fall asleep & can sleep all night. | After 2 1/2 days of taking it, I'm stopping. My ear (where I was stung) is healing up and I can't take the exhaustion anymore. | M | 53 | 7 days 2X day | 9/3/2020 | 2 | Uti | Serious bloating and back pain. | M | 28 | 2 weeks 500 4X day | 8/31/2020 | 3 | Cyst | Very tight chest at the back mainly. I'm on night 2 slept and woke up with sore back and chest; also extreme dreams with night talking. Night 1 woke up with the sorest knee pain I've ever experienced and I've never had any problems with my knees but this was 8-10 in my knee cap I thought I was bruised but the pain is now gone there and in my back. It is a bit scary to take this! My cyst is getting a lot better my swollen gland next to it seems to be bigger! Nearly at the 48 mark today when it's suppose to of worked and then hopefully my gland will be down soon! I don't like how I've been feeling. You'd need 4 days off from everything and have continual baths to relax muscles | F | 34 | 4 days 250mg 4X day | 8/20/2020 | 1 | kidney infection/UTI | itchy all over, whole body hurts, hurts to take a deep breath, tired, weak, I feel weird, Chest hurts. I don't think I would recommend it to anybody. | F | 33 | 2 days 500mg 4X day | 8/20/2020 | 1 | Mastitis | Anxiety panic attacks insomnia difficulty breathing paranoia and irritability emotional felt like I was going to cry for no reason low back pain and like a zombie Seemed to help infection but all the side effects aren't worth it | Not good, begged the dr to let me stop early so I did after day 3 was supposed to take 7 days | F | 27 | 3 days 4X day | 8/18/2020 |