Cephalexin Cap 500 Mg Side Effects Hiccups (Page 2) (Top voted first)

My husband has been taking this med for a virus. He will eat something small before taking b/c it upset his stomach. Shortly after taking he will get hiccups that will last for awhile. Can this med cause this and should he keep taking?

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Put on Cephalexin 500mg as precaution after foot surgery. Hiccups immediately within 10 min of taking with water after eating.

So wife the dietician had Greek yogurt, said then take a couple spoonfuls of peanut butter then honey. Still there 10 min later, but then did breathing method.

That is take deep breath, push down on diaphragm in bottom of stomach, hold for 30 seconds or 1.5 typical hiccup cycle, exhale slowly, may need to repeat multiple times. This has been most effective way to rid, especially after spicy food. Works very well with typical hiccups, usually within 3-4 tries.

This worked, so not sure which works best, but wife indicated Greek yogurt highly recommended as antibiotics and be problematic for gut health. Good luck!!

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Re: Josh F (# 10)

THANK YOU!! After hours of hiccups and scouring the internet for any trick I hadn’t tried, I found this. I had already eaten Greek yogurt this morning to help with gut health while taking this, but it worked like magic immediately for the hiccups!!

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First of all, Cephalexin is an antibiotic, so it is only effective against infections, it will not do anything for a virus, since it's not an antiviral medication.

Did his doctor prescribe this?

That is why antibiotics cannot be used to treat cold or the flu, because they are caused by viruses, not bacterial infections. Using them inappropriately causes the risk of developing antibiotic resistant bacteria.

As to the hiccups, it is probably because they can cause some gas in some people, if he is taken it with small amounts of food and gulping a fluid with it, this will just add to the amount of air in his stomach, that causes them. He should try to take it with a regular meal and not gulp the liquid he is taking it with, slow sips are best.

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