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Reviewer: Christopher Stewart, 45-54 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Caregiver)
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Extremely sleepy, Already had a seizure disorder
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Reviewer: rich362, 35-44 Male on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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just started this for an abcess. I have read some reviews and they are scary. Z-pak worked for 3 days then I switched to this. Used Clindamycin for the same tooth 5 weeks ago from the ER and that was super. Hope this works ok. Took Amoxicillin before that for a root canal and that worked for 3 days. Z-pak at that time worked well. I guess its how bad the infection is. Tooth getting pulled next wee
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Reviewer: 65-74 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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I have an infection under my thumb nail (discolored, sore) which has lasted for 3 -4 weeks. This antibiotic doesn't seem to be working.
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Reviewer: 19-24 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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I was taking this because I got a Upper Respiratory Infection. I believe it might have cleared up the URI but I am not positive. The first few doses made me really dizzy and feel sick. I had some diarrhea but it was not to worry about. I was on day 3 of 5, and all a sudden my leg a red spot that felt like it was on fire nonstop. Then the next day my stomach hived out and had white spots. 2 Benedry
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Reviewer: deannie_girl, 35-44 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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I was given Keflex for an abcess almost a year ago. I had problems from the beginning. I felt drained of energy, all I wanted to do was sleep, my thoughts were foggy, had headaches, my joints felt like they were on fire, and my stomach was constantly in knots. Before I knew it, I ended up with a bladder infection, pain in my lower pelvic region and eventually the pain spread to my abdominals. This
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