Talk:Cefalexin

message: What does this drug do??? What is it used for???
Anyone know what it does???
Cefalexin is an antibiotic prescibed to patients for treating a variety of infections icluding chest(respitratory tract),urinary tract, skin ands soft tissues, ear, and other infections due to sensitive organisms.
A patient who was allergic to penicillin had symptoms that included  a bad cough and regularly coughing up sputum, a general feeling of weakness. His sputum was sent for anlaysis and the diagnosis was that he streptococcus pneumomniae. A course of Cefalexin 21 x 500 mg capsules to be taken three times a day was prescribed. Results of the treatment will be posted.12:43, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
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message: Will Cephalexin affect my sex drive?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 115.131.49.221 (talk) 10:19, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Wikipedia does not give medical advice. —Tamfang (talk) 22:28, 19 March 2014 (UTC)
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message: This article lists "Oxy Contin" as another trade name for this antibiotic.
Oxycontin is a powerful analgesic... An NOT an antibiotic!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.161.61.89 (talk) 04:55, 10 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  ERROR !!! 

message: I have taken this medication twice now for various respiratory problems, and each time it has generated a foul taste in the back of my throat.  I've attempted to do some basic web research to see if this is a common side effect, but most Google searches result in advertisements and distributors.  Does anyone know if this is a documented side effect?  If so, should it be added to the list of side effects here?  FrankCarroll (talk) 17:44, 16 November 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: This doesn't seem to be a documented side effect; at least, I can't find it in the documentation. What was the taste like? I suspect that cefalexin has a bitter taste, and unless you were taking a coated tablet, it might have been just the taste. Some antibiotics (like clarithromycin) can result in a metallic taste, but I've never heard that of cefalexin. --ἀνυπόδητος (talk) 18:47, 16 November 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: It was more like rotten eggs.  I guess if its just the taste of the medication then there's not much to be done.  FrankCarroll (talk) 19:06, 16 November 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: The only information about taste/smell I found is "characteristic smell", whatever that means. The taste of bad eggs is quite common for sulfur-containing organic compounds. Anyway, a bad taste is nothing dangerous. --ἀνυπόδητος (talk) 09:25, 17 November 2010 (UTC)

text: I'm currently taking this drug and I can confirm this. The sulfur in this compound (and many antibiotics I've noticed, i.e. amoxicillin) is very apparent. If I belch a few minutes after taking cefalexin, a smell resembling rotten eggs indeed comes up from my esophagus. Just open the bottle and smell, it smells like a big fart. lol --184.43.9.243 (talk) 20:46, 23 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Side Effects? 

message: Would it be beneficial for the average reader to have information on how to take the medication (duration, missed dose, storage, disposal) such as that on drugs.com in the 4th paragraph instead of the history, society, culture? This would allow us to emphasize the importance of taking for the duration prescribed - no longer, no shorter. We could then move the history, society and culture further down. pharmerJAL (talk) 22:15, 11 February 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: As an encyclopedia we put greater emphasis on history society and culture. We can add the other details you mention to the body of the text. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 23:14, 11 February 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: OK, thanks User:Doc James pharmerJAL (talk) 00:18, 12 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Standard Lead - 4th Paragraph

message: I added a link to the Simple English Wikipedia cefalexin article for readers who require shorter sentences and simpler grammar.  Please let me know if there is a better way to make Simple English Wikipedia accessible through this cefalexin article.
Thanks!
--Carly-pharm (talk) 21:52, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Should already be linked along with all the other languages. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 04:19, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Simple English Wikipedia

message: My prescription is spelled cephalexin (USA). In response to citation needed, I tried looking it up under both spellings. While the AMA website (https://searchusan.ama-assn.org/finder/usan/search/*/relevant/1/) shows 3228 results, my search did not show a listing for either cefalexin or cephalexin. This indicates that a citation is not available as it is not listed in the AMA Finder despite being used in the USA. JamThi (talk) 10:09, 9 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  CEPHALEXIN