Cephalexin 500mg for toothache

I finished taking Cephalexin 500mg, (2 times a day for 5 days) about a week ago, and at the end of taking it, i had some bad side effects like anxiety, fatigue, body soreness, nausea, bad stomach acid issues, and dizziness. Ever since then, ive been feeling like shit. I thought maybe the UTI didnt go away, so i went to get my urine tested but it came out negative so now im at a loss. Ive been having on and off random body soreness, like lower left back soreness. its probably like a 4/10 for pain but still making me worried. Ive also had stomach acid issues on and off, as well as anxiety. I just need opinions on what would help, and if i should go to a doctor? I dont know if maybe my body is just tired from the antibiotics and still recovering, or if the UTI got worse and now I have kidney problems/infection. Hopefully I am just overthinking it all and its not anything serious. Let me know please.

Hi everyone,
My girlfriend and I were in close contact to my roommate who has strep throat, we both got prescribed antibiotics through our own insurance and got them filled at different pharmacies.
I (26M 215lbs 6'3) have Amoxicillin 500mg capsules to be taken 1 capsule every 12 hours for 10days with a total of 20 pills. ( 2x a day)
My girlfriend (25F 130lbs 5'6) has Amoxicillin 500mg capsules to be taken 1 capsule every 8 hours for 10 days with a total of 30 pills. (3x a day)
My GF asked her aunt who is a pharmacist and she said normally they don't do the 2x a day for amoxicillin it's usually 3x a day (my roommate also 3x a day but Cephalexin). She also suggested that I swap with my GF since I'm feeling the symptoms more and I have way more health problems in general as well as being significantly larger than my gf. Thoughts?
Quick health background, I've recently been taking a lot of antibiotics this year and I'm a little nervous about the harm that it can cause from overuse. I'm a little more paranoid then usual as I am leaving the country for a few weeks on Wednesday and I need to be sure I'm healthy and recovered by then. A lot of the things I've read said I should be over the worst of it within 72 hours which is before I leave.
In February 12 I took Cephalexin and Prednisone for a sinus infection by my ENT.
In April 2 I took Cephalexin again for a skin infection I had from an urgent care.
Today I got prescribed Amoxicillin for the strep throat.
Ive read about the dangers of overuse of antibiotics and having bacteria become resistant so I'm a little nervous about taking the larger dose (the 30 pills instead of 20 if we swap). But I do know amoxicillin is not the same as Cephalexin.
P.S. I bought some Probiotics with ll. Rhamnosus to help with my gut.

Got prescribed cephalexin 500mg, twice daily for 5 days. Only side effects i noticed at first was soreness and fatigue, which i could manage. Fast forward to my last pill, which i took 14 hours ago, I started having really bad anxiety, horrible acid reflux, dizziness, and nausea. I also notice that its slightly harder to swallow, but not too terribly bad. I was wondering if anyone else had similar effects while taking cephalexin, and what i can do to help this, and if its something i should be concerned about. Im unsure if i should go to a doctor, or wait it out, as ive heard people complain of many side effects while taking this antibiotic. Any advice is greatly appreciated.

I adopted her about 2 years ago now. She is a 48lb Lab, about 4-5 years old (dont know exact age)
Early on I did have to get her a hypoallergenic collar, but I didnt notice anything else.
This spring her belly started to get red. Partner thought it was hotspots. It spread to her armpits. Then I noticed on her snout around her nose and her neck. I treated it with hot spot spray and it did help sorta. I ended up getting a cone becuase she was getting sick licking herself with the hotspot stuff on.
Finally I decided I needed to see my vet. They said it was allergies and not hot spots. They sent me home with Apoquel 16 mg Tablets and Cephalexin 500mg Capsules
They said to see how it goes and possibly she will need Apoquel regularly if it gets worse again. Well I ran out and it started to get worse again.
I remembered I did change her food to Coscto brand around the same time the allergies started. But she hasnt had any stomach/bowel issues. Still, I switched to Hills Science diet for two weeks. No improvement, infact things got continue to get worse.
So now Im looking to call my vet. But if they want her on Apoquel 16 mg Tablets, that is expensive. Like $100 a month. That is going to really hurt, we (my partner and I) dont have a lot of expandable income.
Is there anything else I can do? I concerned this is going to be costly to manage and that will really hurt us financially. I know dogs are expensive, but on top of other regularly dog stuff, another $100 a month hurts.
I dont know why after 2 years, this has happened. Spring brings tons of pollen, but that isnt new. She hasnt had this issue before.

I adopted her about 2 years ago now. She is a 48lb Lab, about 4-5 years old (dont know exact age)
Early on I did have to get her a hypoallergenic collar, but I didnt notice anything else.
This spring her belly started to get red. Partner thought it was hotspots. It spread to her armpits. Then I noticed on her snout around her nose and her neck. I treated it with hot spot spray and it did help sorta. I ended up getting a cone becuase she was getting sick licking herself with the hotspot stuff on.
Finally I decided I needed to see my vet. They said it was allergies and not hot spots. They sent me home with Apoquel 16 mg Tablets and Cephalexin 500mg Capsules
They said to see how it goes and possibly she will need Apoquel regularly if it gets worse again. Well I ran out and it started to get worse again.
I remembered I did change her food to Coscto brand around the same time the allergies started. But she hasnt had any stomach/bowel issues. Still, I switched to Hills Science diet for two weeks. No improvement, infact things got continue to get worse.
So now Im looking to call my vet. But if they want her on Apoquel 16 mg Tablets, that is expensive. Like $100 a month. That is going to really hurt, we (my partner and I) dont have a lot of expandable income.
Is there anything else I can do? I concerned this is going to be costly to manage and that will really hurt us financially. I know dogs are expensive, but on top of other regularly dog stuff, another $100 a month hurts.
I dont know why after 2 years, this has happened. Spring brings tons of pollen, but that isnt new. She hasnt had this issue before.

Finally went to the ER for the pain and they gave me a CT scan, found an infection site that lit up on the scan around my navel. I have been taking antibiotics for a week straight and I feel 100% HEALED. No pain to touch, no nausea, queasiness, nothing. I am drinking hot coffee, spicy chips, you name it
The ER doc said it was cellulitis, I’m not sure if it adds up bc I’ve been having this pain for 2 months and I know cellulitis to be fast/ aggressive/ primarily showing up on the legs and on ppl who suffer from obesity. But I’m convinced at this point I had some type of abdominal infection that PPIs , bland diet & manuka honey & ginger would never have fixed . I needed antibiotics (cephalexin 500mg 4x a day for a week to be exact )
I’m sharing this because it might help someone who is suffering with no relief and at a loss…get a scan. It could be an infection
Also tested negative for h pylori 3 times so I know it wasn’t that . And took pantoprazole with no help

Age 33
Sex f
Height 5’4
Weight 216lbs
Race hispanic
Duration of complaint 2 weeks
Location inside nose, eyes, lips, possible cheeks and forehead
Any existing relevant medical issues I have been dealing with acid issues that made me drop significant amount of weight within 2 1/2 months (30lbs)
I have the cold sore virus and thought my infection was a cold sore and left it alone for 10 days before seeking help.
I am on the first 24 hrs of treatment:
Im on antibiotics right now:
-mupirocin 2% twice a day -ofloxacin ophthalmic solution 0.3% 4 drops per eye 4 times a day -cephalexin 500mg twice a day
Taking omeprazole 40mg and famotidine 40mg for the stomach issues now too.
I just got my first staph infection late March after using sample make up at a store. I was blowing my nose days later with oaper towels and it was super rough and hurt. I suppose i gave myself micro cuts and an infection happened. It spread to my eyes and mouth. Culture hasnt cone back yet since ut was done friday so i was told maybe wednesday.
Im hoping its not MRSA. I had a culture in Feb for something unrelated hut theybchecked for all harmful bacteria and i didnt have anything.
So i know its from that make up sample, a lot of people used it that day.
Im worried about the spread to my body and other parts of my face i dont know how to wash my face now or with what. My forehead, cheeks and chin feel a different texture, like a layer of nastiness that just comes back within a few hours of washing.
I was never a carrier and i dont want to be one forever. Is it really forever? Or just MRSA?

This is a bit of a long one, sorry in advance.
I'm a 33 year old female - allergies to Penicillin, Doxycycline, and Sulfa Meds (specifically Bactrim). I've been diagnosed with GERD, Hypothyroidism, Eczema, POTS, and a few other illnesses.
In March 2023, I visited a podiatrist for what ended up being toenail fungus who took issue with some redness on my right big toe that was - at the time - just around the nail. Practically immediately, she told me I had Cellulitis and needed to go on antibiotics (Note: I did not have pain, heat, or swelling so I'm not sure where she got cellulitis from other than the redness). Because I have allergies to - at the time - penicillin, I was hesitant to risk another anaphylactic reaction and asked if I could just try some at-home treatments first, like epsom salt soaks. The doctor didn't love it, but said fine and to come back if I started having issues.
Well, in mid March 2024, I ended up with an extremely painful toenail on that same big toe. It was a little achy on a tuesday, had started having pus by thursday and I was concerned enough to seek medical care by Saturday. I went to Urgent Care, they said it infected, prescribed Cephalexin 4 times a day for 5 days and had me see the podiatrist ASAP. The antibiotics cleared up the infection (I admittedly didn't pay attention to the redness) and two days after I finished the antibiotics, I went back to the podiatrist. She was still insisting I had cellulitis, despite the fact that the redness had not changed AT ALL from the visit back in 2023, and said that I should have a Total Nail Avulsion where they'd remove my right big toenail altogether and that the procedure would get rid of the redness. I agreed to the procedure and had the nail removed that day. The podiatrist did not kill off the nail with phenol because she was convinced I had cellulitis/infection and said the procedure wouldn't work until the cellulitis was gone.
Fast forward to the two-week follow up appointment
The toe is still red. It is still not painful (outside of the healing from the toenail removal), it is still not hot, it is still not itchy - it's just bright red. The doctor prescribes Azithromycin (1G dose, consisting of two 500mg pills) due to my antibiotics allergies. This was on a Tuesday; I take the antibiotics on a Wednesday. By Saturday, the redness seemed to be even worse and not reacting to the Azithromycin, so I went back to Urgent Care. Urgent Care said they didn't think it was Cellulitis either because it wasn't hot, didn't hurt, wasn't streaking, but prescribed Clindamycin (300MG, 4 times a day for 5 days), just to be safe with instructions to go to the ER if it turned purple.
My toe seems less red at moments and more red at others - I don't know what could be going on, but I truly don't think it's cellulitis like my podiatrist keeps insisting. It's not hot, it doesn't hurt, and it really doesn't itch. I have Eczema and probably Reynaud's (have not pursued a diagnosis yet). I also have POTS and was told several years ago that I potentially have Venous Insufficiency. Could this be tied in to any of those?
What do you all think it could be?
Here's a link to an imgur with some photos of the redness (ignore the dates on the photos; that's for my own record keeping) - https://imgur.com/qKVWVER

Hello! I’ve been experiencing mild UTI symptoms for 1.5 weeks now and it’s the first time UTI has lasted so long for me. In the past UTIs were sharp burning, pain, strong urgency, and I can barely sit. Those UTIs tested positive with blood in urine, I took my course of antibiotics and they cleared within a week.
This time, my urine tests (culture and microscopy) came back negative with only high white blood cell counts, indicating inflammation but no UTI. I got put on 5 days of antibiotics (apo-cephalexin), but due to diarrhea and bloating I had to stop after 4 days.
Days after the antibiotics were hell because the symptoms came back (incontinence, urgency, pressure, mild urethra discomfort). It’s by no means severe but it’s uncomfortable and I can’t concentrate on work or anything else.
I scheduled a meeting with a urologist because my GP was not sure exactly what’s wrong. Between my symptoms coming back after the antibiotics and the appointment, everything some how got better for about 24 hours. No symptoms, no discomfort, but I met with the urologist anyway. He recommended Hiprex with probiotics and cranberry capsules. I have been hearing good things about all of these so I thought I’d get started on them right away.
When I got the Hiprex I took a full tablet and experienced slight, sharp stinging kidney pain, this may or may not have been because of the Hiprex, but I never had this before so I’m keen on believing it was. I looked online and found out that Hiprex can take a bit to get used to, so this is what I’m doing currently:

• probiotics before breakfast.
• half tablet of Hiprex (500mg) with two cranberry capsules (1g) in the morning after breakfast and at night after dinner.

And the reaction I have to these currently are:

• mild urgency and incontenence
• moderate pressure and urethra discomfort after peeing
• cloudy urine

Basically, my symptoms are back. I just thought I’d make a long term post documenting my experience on the medication and see how long it takes me to get use to it. I’m confident that it will pass but I’m not sure how long.
The current plan is to up the dose to 2g Hiprex/day after 1 week. I also ordered some D-mannose and oil of oregano, but I’m not going to incorporate them yet.
Please comment to share your experience with Hiprex! Are these symptoms normal? How long did it take you to get use to them? Thanks in advance :))
PS: I’m not sure if this is related, but I do also take ferro-grad C, an iron+vitamin C supplement. Also, Hiprex tastes like crap lol
Update:
So today the symptoms got really, and I mean really annoying, on top of them I had to do an ultrasound during my lunch break which required a pre-2 hour chugging session with no pee relief, which put me in HELL because I was at work. The clinic for ultra sound was a 8 minute walk away but I took an Uber because if I took one more step my bladder was going to explode.
So the symptoms faded after the ultrasound, which got me to think maybe these were side effects from the pill. To confirm, I didn’t take my night dose today and I’m feeling totally ok with no symptoms, which confirmed that the Hiprex was causing all the urgency, pressure, difficulty voiding, etc.
I also noticed something else: during the ultra sound, I was asked to empty my bladder. Because I was on the blink of bladder death (/s), the pee came out like water fall and afterwards I was symptom free and so relieved. I think the previous urgency and other symptoms was due to my inability to completely void my bladder. I know this sounds a bit silly, but I think trying my best to empty in one go is the best thing to calm these symptoms down.
So anyway, I’m going to even lower my dosage now to 500mg a day (250 in the morning and 250 at night) and see if that works. Honestly I didn’t expect Hiprex to be such a pain in the hooha to work with.
Tonight just as a precaution I’m taking 3 D-mannose (NOW brand, 500mg per) capsules because I skipped Hiprex and want to give my bladder a rest. It’s been 30 min since I took them and no side effects yet, fingers crossed. I read up that some people also had horrible side effects with D Mannose, but I won’t know my case til I tried.
Will keep updating!
1 week update:
Good news! All my symptoms subsided and I no longer experience (almost) any side effects on Hiprex. I’m doing:

• probiotics before breakfast.
• half tablet of Hiprex (500mg) with two cranberry capsules (1g) in the morning after breakfast and at night after dinner.
• I bought size 000 gelatin capsules from Amazon and put the 1g Hiprex tablet in there. No more bad taste on my tongue and this might have helped to take the side effects away.

And I’m feeling great! Except for the rare occasional urgency. I think I’ll stay on Hiprex for 3 months and see where this go. So far nothing that used to trigger UTI is triggering it (missing water, sexy time) and I have to say Hiprex is helping a lot!!
Just so someone else might see this: my urologist mentioned that, if you’re experiencing symptoms like:

• Pressure
• mild urgency
• difficulty voiding
• slight burning/stinging/discomfort AFTER you pee
• cloudy urine
• basically mild symptoms…

…it might just be inflamed urethra instead of an UTI, because bladder and urethra takes a while to recover after you stop antibiotics. Even if you have high counts of white blood cell in your urine sample, that only indicates inflammation, not UTI. Get a urine test (dip and culture AND microscopy) done, if you feel really uncomfortable, talk to your doctor and get back on antibiotics, and try Hiprex or cranberry capsules (d-mannose but low dosage).
If you experience:

• pain or burning DURING urination
• blood in urine
• BAD urgency
• cramps/heavy pressure in the pelvic region
• basically BAD symptoms…

This is much more likely to be a UTI. See your doctor and at least get on antibiotics ASAP.
If you feel sharp pain or DULL AND CONTINUING (that get worse when APPLYING PRESSURE) in your:

• Abdomen right below the ribs on either side
• mid-lower back on either side
• flank on either side

You might have a kidney infection. Anyway see a doctor and get a urine microscopy done as soon as you can, get on antibiotics.
I also learned from my experience that even for the same medication (in my case, antibiotics), difference brand might cause difference reaction. I had App-Cephalexin prescribed the first 2 of my UTIs, I had no symptoms or side effects while on and after the course (5 days, 500 mg 2 in morning and 2 at night). But this time my doctor first prescribed Ibilex, a difference brand of the same antibiotic, it caused me heavy dizzy spells and such bad stomach reaction I had to stop taking it. I was scared I might get C.Diff because of the constant watery diarrhea.
Anyway, I will keep updating if my UTIs come back in the future. Thank you for reading this super long post, and I wish everyone good luck battling cUTIs!

28yo female my prescription for 500MG cephalexin says “take 1 capsule by mouth 4 times daily for 5 days” how many hours apart should I space each pill? I’ve been seeing either 4, 5 or 6 hours apart. Thanks in advance!

Hi, hopefully this is the right place to ask this sort of question, but I just got an email from Walmart pharmacy letting me know my prescription is ready — problem is, I never got a prescription.
I haven’t seen a doctor in months, not to mention I’ve changed my name and moved from where this pharmacy is actually located. The prescription? Cephalexin 500MG. Seems to be an antibiotic.
But now i’m worried - what do I do to correct this? Obviously I’m going to call the pharmacy, but some people say I should treat it as identity theft and call the police and all that… I don’t know what to do. Like I said, I’ve changed my entire name, so it’s under my old name anyway, but should I still treat it as identity theft?
ETA: Just called the pharmacy and they confirmed that it was for someone with my same DOB and accidentally got filed under my name, so no identity theft for me! Lol

(Sorry this is such a long post) Hello I'm new here and I'm a 43 year old female from the US. On March 26, I went to my doctor because I thought I had the starting of a UTI. She said the in office test showed microscopic blood in urine and some leukocytes. She said all signs of a UTI. She put me on a 7 day course of Cephalexin (500MG capsule, 2x day). After the 7 days I still felt like maybe I had the UTI. I felt an urgency to pee and just a bit of soreness near my urethra opening not while using the bathroom but after (wasn't painful but more uncomfortable and annoying, like it was irritated). I waited a week to see if things might just be in my head, but finally felt I should go get it rechecked. So I went back to my doctor office on Thursday (April 11th) and this time I saw the PA. She said my urine test looked good just with a trace amount of blood. She looked to see if my other test 2 weeks before was sent for cultures. It had been and showed that nothing grew, so she told me she didn't think it was a UTI, but she would send this one out again and if it grew something they would start another antibiotic. I left feeling kind of confused leaving the office because I really thought it was a UTI. The next day Friday (yesterday). I was having to pee all day long, multiple times an hour. I have health anxiety and it was making me feel so anxious, because it just didn't seem right. I was barely drinking anything, and I was going was more than normal. By 6pm I started keeping track of every time I went. Between 6pm and 10:30pm I went 11 times! I was getting shaky and dizzy (most likely from feeling so anxious), but since diabetes runs in my family my husband thought it best we go to the ER and just get it checked. I felt so silly going to the ER and saying I'm here because I'm peeing a lot. But the doctor and nurse on staff were so kind. The first thing they asked if I was diabetic so that must have been their first thoughts too. I showed the doctor my times I'd logged of how often I was peeing and he said yes that's too much. They assured me they would do full blood work and make sure my kidneys were functioning good and check for any signs of infections and of course a urine test. He said "We test it under a microscope so it's more precise than in the office". They ran all the bloodwork and urine test and said everything came back looking great. Good kidney function, no electrolyte imbalance, no dehydration, my sugar levels were all good. Urine test came back showing everything looked good no nitrates, no leukocytes, no protein, no glucose. The only thing that came up flagged on any of the test was trace blood in urine, but the doctor said it was barely any and nothing to worry about. He told me I had overactive bladder and prescribed me 14 days of Oxybutynin (10MG) and told me to follow up with my doctor and have her prescribe me more., and also said he was putting me on the lowest dose so it might need to be upped. They gave me one dose before I went home and it helped! I didn't keep going pee and I was able to sleep through the night! But by around 7pm tonight it started again. I was having to pee over and over. *sigh*This brought the anxiety on again too :( The dose they gave me at the hospital was at 1:30am. So I didn't want to take it at 7pm tonight since it's a 24 hr dose. From 7pm until I took the medicine at 12:30am. I had gone about 11 times again. I feel so overwhelmed. I'm so glad the medicine seems to help, but all of this seemed to come out of nowhere. I just thought it was a simple UTI that would get cleared up. Like I said before I have bad health anxiety. I just game off 2 really rough months, January and February of this year, with horrible gallbladder attacks and had surgery to have it removed on February 27th. Just as I was starting getting all healed up and back to my normal self this happens. I have no bladder cramps just feels like right at the opening where I pee is irritated a bit maybe from peeing so much and feels once in awhile like maybe a spasm in the urethra tube right down near opening. And when the medicine wears off I just have to keep peeing. But I still feel anxious it's something serious and my mind goes to the worse that it's bladder cancer or something :( It is really messing with my anxiety. Anyone else have overactive bladder come out of nowhere? Will I have to stay on medicine the rest of my life? I really don't like having to take medicine for a long time so I feel really discourage at the thought of this never going away. Any advice or encouragement would greatly be appreciated! Thank you!

33F, Caucasian, 5'7", 212 pounds
Current Illnesses: GERD, Gastroparesis, IBS (likely IBS-C), Hypothyroid, Vertigo, Eczema Current Meds: Omeprazole (20 mg, 1x daily), Levothyroxine (25 mcg, 1x daily), Flonase, Meclizine (25 mg, 3x a day), Miralax (1 packet daily), Triamcinolone Cream (as needed on neck eczema) Other Info: I do not smoke, drink, or do any kind of drugs (other than my prescribed meds)
This is a long one - I apologize.
Back in March of 2023, I saw a podiatrist for some joint issues in my big toe and she showed concern over redness around my toenail. It wasn't warm to the touch and it didn't hurt, but the podiatrist immediately said "That's Cellulitis, we need to start you on antibiotics". She did very minimal exam and barely looked at my foot, so I'm not sure how she reached that conclusion. There were some other issues with my toenail and she said that it would likely require a Total Nail Avulsion. She initially prescribed Doxycycline, but I couldn't tolerate it and when she suggested trying a Z-pak, I said that I'd rather try conservative treatment first with epsom salt soaks.
Life happened, I didn't schedule a follow-up. The redness never went away, but it also didn't spread. There was never any warmth, no red streaks up my leg. The only pain I had was when one side of the nail became ingrown, which we managed at home and it went away.
Fast-forward to March 2024. The left side of my right big toenail got infected - and it got bad in a hurry. Went to urgent care where they prescribed Cephalexin (500mg, 1 pill every 6 hours for 5 days) and instructed me to see the podiatrist again - which I did. The podiatarist immediately said the toenail needed to go, once again citing the redness around the nail that had been there for over a year. I caved, did the TNA, but she stated that she couldn't do any sort of Phenol or acid because of the Cellulitis that she was still convinced that I had.
I just had my three-week follow up with the podiatrist a few days ago - and again, the only thing she seemed to be worried about was the redness around the nail (Again, no heat, no pain, not spreading - even a year later). She re-prescribed the Azithromycin - one single dose of 1 gram (2 pills, 500 mg each) and wants me to follow up in three more weeks. She's booked out at least 5 weeks, so that's the best I could do.
However, even after the Azithromycin, the redness is STILL there. It's STILL not hot, STILL no pain, STILL no streaking or spreading. I truly do NOT think this is cellulitis or any sort of infection.
If it's still red around the nail in a few more days, I'm thinking of calling the podiatrist's office and asking if we can try some kind of corticosteroid cream to see if this is actually Paronychia instead of Cellulitis. I'll probably ask for Triamcinolone Acetonide cream, as that's what I already use on occasion when my eczema flares on my neck/hairline.
Any doctors here on Reddit have thoughts on the issue?
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**Here's a link to an imgur with photos that I was taking to document the Total Nail Avulsion healing, but you can also see the redness around the toenail - or where the toenail once was. Please note: It also appears a little more red due to the weird lighting in my bathroom. (https://imgur.com/a/EhuWWRH)
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•28F •5’9” •175lb •Taking Tri-Sprintec birth control pill, no other daily medications but occasionally take acetaminophen for pain •Current physical medical issues (chronic pain allover, acute pain lower abdomen area) talked about in body of text •Nonsmoker
Hi there!
So according to google, taking these two drugs together is safe so l did so today. I have some sort of uterine or maybe bladder issue that my docs haven't figured out yet and that associated pain is what I took these for. I don't medicate often cause I have a lot of different symptoms and chronic pain so l kind of "save" medicating for when I'm in absolutely unbearable acute pain. I don't have any kids but today's pain is what I imagine labor feels like.
I have extra strength acetaminophen to put a buffer on my unbearable pain (injury, bad toothache, etc) and the meloxicam was more recently prescribed by my ortho for my chronic neck/back/joint pain but l've only taken it once or twice.
Anyway, I took 30mg of the meloxicam and 500mg acetaminophen (1 extra strength tablet) but just realized 15mg is the recommended max dose of meloxicam. Like I mentioned I don't take this often, and I guess I misread the label.
Do these dosage details sound safe? Is there anything I can do to offset potential side effects? I'm a little scared cause I do feel slightly lightheaded but I'm also a very anxious person. Thanks so much in advance!

I’m 19F and was told I have paronychia. I was prescribed 500mg of Cephalexin (Keflex) for 7 days, to take 4 times a day.
After I stopped taking the medication, I noticed the infected area starting to turn yellow. It had spots of brown, too, that have faded. It’s not as red or inflamed anymore. I've noticed the yellowing spread until the toenail though, and I'm confused about whether this is normal or cause for concern. I want to avoid going out of my way to make an appointment or visit urgent care again if unnecessary.
Other medications I take are 5mg Lexapro and 25mg Trazodone every day. Also, I take 25mg of Atarax (Hydroxyzine) infrequently. I’m recovering from PTSD, which caused disordered eating, so I’m not the healthiest weight (5’6, 108 Lbs), and am still working on getting my body healthy. I tend to have more health issues without noticing and I don’t want to contribute to those even further by putting more strain on my body if this is something it needs the extra help fighting. Thanks for taking the time to read through this.
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Not for difficult surgical thirds, but for relatively infected teeth:
Penicillin 500MG TID for 7 days
Amoxicillin 500MG TID for 7 days
Clindamycin (if allergic to Penicillin) 300MG TID for 5 days (anyone do 7 days?)
or Cephalexin 500MG QID for 7 days
Ibuprofen 600MG TID for 7 days
Tylenol 500MG TID for 7 days

28F, I don’t smoke
Firstly, I’m immune compromised because I have RA and take enbrel. But I’ve been off the shot for a week and a half now while on antibiotics.
Went to the ER a week ago because I had difficulty breathing/chest discomfort that was worsening along with feeling like my heart was beating fast all the time. Felt very unwell. They ended up discovering I had mycoplasma pneumonia and put me on 500mg Azithromycin for 5 days.
I just finished my last pill today, and I can breath much better. But today it feels as if a really nasty cold has developed. I started feeling the symptoms yesterday, but today it’s full blown. I am sneezing, HARD, and constantly. I feel like I’ve never sneezed this much in my life, definitely feels like around 100 times today. My chest is sore from it. I feel weak and sore body wise. Congestion headache, toothache, and I have a lot of clear, watery draining coming from my nose constantly.
No thermometer so I’m not sure if I have a fever but I don’t feel like I have one.
Should I return to the ER tomorrow? I honestly can’t tell if I’m getting better or worse, or if I got really unlucky and caught a bad cold on top on this. I’m hoping for better since I can breath but I still feel terrible. Thanks for your time

First of all Male 31 Taking Cephalexin 500MG(Post op Antibiotic) Intrathecal Morphine just started as of Mid march when I got my Pain pump implanted Previous L4-L5 360 fusion 2016 Previous L5-S1 fusion 2021
I am in current care of the Surgeon, his nurses, and a bi daily at home nursing staff, I do not think it’s urgent, and might finally be improving.
But anyways near 2 weeks post op and near 5 days post op I started oozing serous fluid and showed signs of Blistering at my incision site but the incision was closed. With a pain pump Itching was a side effect , but this allergy definitely made me itch pretty bad. They DR confirmed it looked like I had a pretty severe allergic reaction to the “Glue” used to close my wound. I’ve now had it happen 2x (My chart now mentions to not use any adhesives).
But this past Monday a near forearm length of my side turned sunburn red, and had me quite concerned for a bit, and still does have me worried I am allergic to the Pump or the Pump catheter. How common is this?
I will attach some photos to show, but more or less curious if anyone else has seen something this bad, or are there any concerns that I should have long term that I maybe missing to ask about? I feel better now than I had felt at the beginning of the Week.
So far My pain relief isn’t where I’d like it, and am aware it’ll take a few visits to get the dosing right which is 100% ok! I am free from Oral Opioids, Muscle relaxers, reduced the # of NSAIDS and Tylenol,and do not have to carry a medical bag everywhere I go!
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Hello,
I was seemingly fine all week long at work and today in the evening after finishing up work, I go to the bathroom to pee and noticed a pinkish hue on my toilet paper. I get worried because I'm nowhere near due for my period and not sure why I would have blood anywhere near that area right now. I think it is my vaginal canal that is bleeding so I think maybe I recently had rough sex? I also start to feel some odd sensation when I pee, not painful or anything pressure and discomfort.. anyway I ponder and decide to go to a primary care clinic just to get checked out.
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I go to the primary care clinic after work and while i am in the waiting room, i pee and there seemingly seems to be a more potent pink hue in the toilet water. I start to get worried because it started to seem like the pink hue (blood) was coming out when I was peeing. I started to get nervous. I was then called back into the doctor's waiting room and was asked to pee in a cup. I went into the bathroom to pee in a cup and in that cup I peed rose colored urine. I started panicking and crying because I got so scared like why am i peeing straight up red blood in my urine.
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The doctor comes back and says my urine tested positive for blood (obviously) and a lot of bacteria. She asks if i have lower back pain, stomach pain, etc. I say no and I am not feverish. I am also not pregnant. She tells me it is likely a UTI and blood in the urine is normal.. she says she will send my urine off to a lab to get cultures sent to make sure the bacteria is not resistant to the abx she gives me. She prescribed 10 days of 500mg cephalexin tonight and 2 days of Axo 200 mg for symptom relief.
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When I got home, I started having the sensation i have to pee more and pee and no relief when i pee just a lot of pain and of course a lot of blood. I even see blood clots in my urine which is stressing me out.
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side note... i have an anxiety disorder and i have been a hypochondriac since i was in highschool (I am 24F). So i basically am confused on how this went from me feeling normal today to me peeing blood for the last several hours, in severe discomfort and constant state of having to pee and feeling pain and misery. Could this really just be a simple UTI? should i calm down? i keep thinking i should go to the ER bc i want to be monitored but then again... i don't have any other symptoms so maybe i should give the abx a chance and just monitor myself?

Hey there, I am looking for advice on what my condition might be. For the past few weeks now I have been dealing with random bumps on my fingers. They show up as a boil, then turn into a swelling and finally, into an inflammation on the whole finger.
Week 1: A boil started appearing on a finger of my left hand. Went to my general doctor and she prescribed me antibiotics which took care of it.
Week 2: Antibiotics course, swelling went away.
Week 3: Boils now started appearing on my right hand. This time she prescribed anti-inflammatory drugs and I was fine again. She also made me get a blood test for all common things.
Week 4: Waiting for the results from the test.
Week 5: On the blood test, everything came back normal but the bumps were slowly coming back and so I was put on another course of antibiotics just to be safe.
Week 6: I was done with antibiotics and the bumps were mostly gone.
Week 7: Boils came back to the fingers on the right hand on different parts of the finger.
Antibiotics used were Cephalexin 500mg(7 days, 4 times per day) and the anti-inflammatory drug was Celecoxib 200mg(1-2 per day as needed).
I have been referred to internal medicine(diagnosis specialist) and I am waiting for my appointment but any help in the meantime would be great! Not knowing what’s going on is driving me crazy!
Here are the images of the bumps on the right hand,https://imgur.com/a/7BRInBc
Tl;dr: Bumps keep appearing on my hands. Medicine seems to help but they keep recurring. Waiting for an appointment with internal medicine for potential diagnosis. Does anyone have experience with something like this?

Height: 5'8, weight: 66 KGs, race: south asian, duration: 7 weeks, non existing medical issues, no medication at this point, do not drink, smoke or do drugs and country is Canada.
Hey there, I am looking for advice on what my condition might be (https://imgur.com/a/7BRInBc). For the past few weeks now I have been dealing with random bumps on my fingers. They show up as a boil, then turn into a swelling and finally, into an inflammation on the whole finger.
Week 1: A boil started appearing on a finger of my left hand. Went to my general doctor and she prescribed me antibiotics which took care of it.
Week 2: Antibiotics course, swelling went away.
Week 3: Boils now started appearing on my right hand. This time she prescribed anti-inflammatory drugs and I was fine again. She also made me get a blood test for all common things.
Week 4: Waiting for the results from the test.
Week 5: On the blood test, everything came back normal but the bumps were slowly coming back and so I was put on another course of antibiotics just to be safe.
Week 6: I was done with antibiotics and the bumps were mostly gone.
Week 7: Boils came back to the fingers on the right hand on different parts of the finger.
Antibiotics used were Cephalexin 500mg(7 days, 4 times per day) and the anti-inflammatory drug was Celecoxib 200mg(1-2 per day as needed).
I have been referred to internal medicine(diagnosis specialist) and I am waiting for my appointment but any help in the meantime would be great! Not knowing what’s going on is driving me crazy!
Here are the images of the bumps on the right hand,https://imgur.com/a/7BRInBc
Tl;dr: Bumps keep appearing on my hands. Medicine seems to help but they keep recurring. Waiting for an appointment with internal medicine for potential diagnosis. Does anyone have experience with something like this?

27M 5'8" 200 pounds, african american.
Cellulitis in my left arm. Started 3/22. Was the size of a buisness card at this point. Went to urgent care 3/24. It had grown to cover about half of the area of my arm between my shoulder and elbow. Was put on antibiotics (Cephalexin 500mg every 6 hours) Told to take them for 7 days. Started them 2.5 days ago. Was told to go to the ER if it worsens
As of now, 3/26, Area of redness has been increasing every day since. About 3/4 of the area between elbow and shoulder is covered now. However skin temp has been reducing. Still slightly warmer than normal skin, but not as warm as it was before antibiotics. Pain has been reducing. Barely any pain anymore. Redness has been fading to a lighter pinkish-red as well.
In all other regards i feel 100% normal. No fever, no chills, no flu/cold symptoms, etc.
Should i be going to the ER or is this normal? Seems its showing signs of getting better and worse at the same time. Very confused.
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Do not smoke. Drink ocassionally (couple a week) no drugs.
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