Keflex - Took An Extra Dose

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I was prescribed Keflex 500 mg - 4 times per day. I meant to grab a pain pill (I'm recovering from an open dislocation) and accidentally took a second dose of the Keflex instead. Should I be concerned?

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Never mind. I skipped the dose the next am & was blessed to not have any side effects. :-)

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Hello, Amy! How are you?

It was actually worse to skip your next dose than it was to have doubled up on the one. Doubling up isn't really dangerous, since this is just an antibiotic and might just cause you to experience more side effects, such as nausea, dizziness and diarrhea than usual. But skipping a dose gives the bacteria a chance to repopulate and possibly develop antibiotic resistance.

I know you can't change what's happened, but I wanted you to know for future reference.

Has the infection cleared up?

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