Cephalexin for Skin or Soft Tissue Infection User Reviews (Page 5)
Brand names: Keflex
Cephalexin has an average rating of 6.3 out of 10 from a total of 135 reviews for the treatment of Skin or Soft Tissue Infection. 52% of reviewers reported a positive experience, while 32% reported a negative experience.
Reviews for Cephalexin
- Tommy...
- Taken for less than 1 month
- December 13, 2016
"I was prescribed Cephalexin for a soft tissue infection in a finger. The drug did in fact, reduce some of the swelling. However, generally speaking, my reaction was not what I would label as positive. After the fifth day of a seven day cycle, I woke to find a major outbreak on one half of my face. On a sidenote, I was prescribed Tetracycline as a teenager for acne. And what I woke to was a flashback of early teen acne Regardless, I brought it the attention of my healthcare provider. The general response was......nothing. The nurse, the doctor, the PA. None of them even reacted, much less responded to my concern. In the end, I have had a serious acne outbreak at 53. Appears I am allergic to Cephalexin."
- Not...
- Taken for less than 1 month
- May 16, 2022
"Prescribed 500 mg 4 times a day for an infected tick bite. From day one, nausea, stomach pain, diarrhea, major headaches and altered moods. I am on day 5 now, side effects are not any better and I am feeling depressed. The tick bite site looks like it is healing. I would not take this given another option."
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- Ughhhh
- Taken for less than 1 month
- November 3, 2020
"Look, as far as my skin goes, the keflex is great- no new rashes or lumps, healed swiftly, I feel human again. But three days in I start having the worst most dark dreams! And these dreams don't stop! So 10/10 if you want vivid dreams, just make sure you can handle yourself because they are not Good Dreams ok?"
- Phene...
- Taken for less than 1 month
- July 10, 2021
"Real frozen shoulder, which comes out of nowhere and lasts six months, was followed by frozen leg muscles and then frozen hips. When my chest throat and lung muscles became hugely painful I realised the infection was back. I ordered supplies for a long period of being housebound again. I was prescribed cefalexin/keto, actually for a UTI, so I had some. 500 three times a day.The pain stopped in two days. My system feels light, as though the whole latent infection had been cleaned out. A side effect was that the corn on the sole of my foot has disappeared after decades! I might have had a slight headache, that was all. In my case this medicine has been a miracle! I am 79 and in the UK. I was prescribed it on the NHS."
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- thras...
- January 28, 2018
"I was prescribed this for an ingrown toenail that became infected. Gave so many stars because it is definitely working. Never did I think something so tiny could hurt so bad! After 2 days the infection looked and felt much better. But, I’m going to ask for something else. I’m on day 4 of these now and 3 of those days I’ve been getting a crazy headache. I’m pre disposed to migraines, but I don’t get them every day back to back so it definitely is from the medication. I’m also not sure if it’s another side affect but I woke up around 5 am because of HORRIBLE jaw pain. I do have TMD for the last 9 years of my life, but I never had this happen. I took some ibuprofen, but wish I had took a Vicodin I had leftover from a recent surgery instead because of how bad it was. Icing for a good while took the edge off enough for me to go back to sleep, but it was rough. Still pretty sore when I woke up but not as bad as before."
- David...
- Taken for less than 1 month
- March 1, 2022
"Little basal cell cancer removed. I always have some back, foot, hip pain but now everything is so painful at same time, horrible diarrhea, feel fatigued, almost like flu. I'm 68 with joint issues. It's bad to stop but I can't do it. Worried about c-diff. I took it before no problem but I can't function this time. Probably age and other conditions"
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- mastiff
- March 14, 2009
"The vet gave this antibiotic to my mastiff when she suddenly had welts raise up all over. He thought she have been stung or had some other type of introduced infection. So far so good, but it seem to give her a bit of urinary incontinence. She has had that before whenever she takes any antibiotic. She is taking other medicine too, so it is hard to say which one is helping or causing the side effect."
- Treat...
- Taken for less than 1 month
- August 15, 2021
"I take this at a dose of 500mg every 6 hours for 7 days for an abscess on my scalp which had been very painful. I noticed it start working within 12 hours of first dose because the Pain began subsiding. I seem to handle this antibiotic very well. I’m so thankful for it. The abscess was so painful it was making it even hard to sleep"
- Violet
- November 4, 2021
"I was prescribed Keflex (500mg) every 6 hours (4x) a day, for (7) days. I have only taken antibiotics once in my life when I was in high school. I am 28 now just to give you some perspective. I had a cosmetic procedure and my surgeon prescribed Keflex. The first day I was still coming off anesthesia so I didn’t feel much. But, the next day I felt horrible. I was so delirious, dizzy, confused. That was just the start! As the days went on I experienced blurred vision, sadness, extreme fatigue and then insomnia. One night I slept for only one hour. I have suffered some acute memory issues and brain fog. I have to say that this experience has left me very afraid of antibiotics and I only kept taking it because I had to in order to avoid possible infection. I will never willing take Keflex or any other antibiotic. But, I did not get an infection so I guess it did its job."
- kjkjkj
- Taken for less than 1 month
- January 27, 2021
"I read these reviews before I started taking Cephalexin and was scared of all the side effects. After 7 days of taking it, I have experienced no side effects but I have made an effort to take the pills with food. On the downside, the antibiotic has had no effect on my folliculitis so far."
- Marley...
- Taken for less than 1 month
- August 14, 2021
"No side effects except a little sleepiness, and a yeast infection a week after (this can be helped if you take acidophilus during treatment, but I forgot). Cephalexin cured my infection. God bless antibiotics!"
- Allison
- Taken for less than 1 month
- October 1, 2021
"So I took Cephalexin to get rid of an infected cyst. It did the job for the most part, but it may have been less effective since I had already taken it before. I’m didn't have the side effects other people had: I didn’t have ANY nausea, stomach pain, drowsiness, anything with this medicine and I usually took it without food too. It didn’t really help the second time (after I got my cyst removed and stitches in) but that’s my fault, I was prescribed doxycycline and I took cephalexin AGAIN instead. Overall a good experience!"
- Annie
- Taken for less than 1 month
- March 17, 2021
"I had a Cosmetic procedure- fat removal which caused an infection, so was prescribed this. Had to stop this antibiotic in the middle of the week because it wasn’t tolerable. ***days later developed floaters in eye that are not going away***after emergency eye dr appointment, he has referred me to a retinal specialist."
- Lomly
- Taken for less than 1 month
- March 2, 2024
"I've been taking cephalexin for a few days now and while my boil has reduced and no longer hurts, the side effects I'm experiencing are not worth it. If I had been informed of the side effects before it was prescribed, I would have refused it and asked for something different."
- john
- Taken for less than 1 month
- June 19, 2023
"The doctor prescribed Keflex for me, 500mg, four times a day for ten days. It seriously worked wonders. Now I am back on this medication again for the same thing 8 months later, my doctor has no idea what causes it and apparently neither does Google. Anyways, I feel I can rest easy knowing I am on this product again and that it will be cleared up within the 10 days"
- Braki
- June 20, 2011
Keflex (cephalexin) "Quickly cleared up cellulitis that was painful and itchy on the crease of my leg. 7 days twice daily 500 mg."
- audax
- September 30, 2008
"Condition: cellulitis on lower leg. Results: Excellent. Side-effect: mild headache The antibiotic kicks in after two days. 4 capsules a day for 10 days."
- troy...
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- July 2, 2012
Keflex (cephalexin) "Infected Sebaceous Cyst: Needed to take three regimens of Keflex. Used Floragen 3 as a probiotic. "
- ThisS...
- October 7, 2014
"This is my 3rd time on this in the past 5 months "3 pills a day for a week" for a skin infection/eczema ( pompholyx ) that keeps reoccurring and this always clears it up! It gets the job done."
- jake
- May 13, 2013
"I had a spider bite, 2 red circular spots on my leg (very itchy). Went away in about 4 days after medicine."
- Anonymous
- April 21, 2009
Keflex (cephalexin) "Along with the use of Itchamol ointment this clears boils up very quickly."
- Renta...
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- March 31, 2015
"It really works well on acne, drank plenty of water with it for best results"
- Anonymous
- October 29, 2013
Keflex (cephalexin) "Took 200mg four x/day for 7 days. Cellulitis was still very pink and ozing. Now trying doxycyline for 10 days."
- Upstate...
- September 18, 2009
"It help me a lot- skin infection cleared in one week. I had no problems with headache or dizziness."
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Keflex (cephalexin) "I was taking Bactrim for 2 days with no improvement before being prescribed Keflex QID for 7 days to take with Bactrim for an infected cut on my wrist from punching glass. As soon as I began Keflex, I started noticing improvement. It's hard to say whether the improvement or my side effects were from Keflex or Bactrim, so take this with a grain of salt. I had tachycardia, chills, nausea, indigestion, gas pain that felt like chest pain, itching on arms/legs, petechiae on my upper arms, frequent urination, and eventual yeast infection for which I had to take diflucan. I had some symptoms together, and some separate. Most of my side effects came at night though, so it could've been some kind of reaction between the two? The side effects definitely hit me harder in the beginning, but by my 5th day of Keflex, almost all side effects had subsided. I suggest taking with probiotics that can survive stomach acid and easily digestible food and drink a lot of water."