Keflex
Keflex is a antibiotics medication containing Cephalexin, available as 250/500mg tablets.
- Category
- Antibiotics
- Active ingredient
- Cephalexin
- Route
- Oral use
- Form
- Capsule, hard
- Strengths
- 250/500mg
You will receive a quality generic equivalent, depending on stock.
Prescription rules on Keflex vary by country.
Details
- Conditions
- Bacterial infection
- Alternative Name
- Keforal
- Therapeutic Class
- First-Generation Cephalosporin Antibiotic
- Pharmacological Class
- Cephalosporin Antibiotic
- Minor Side Effects
- diarrhoea, nausea
- Moderate Side Effects
- rash, vaginal discharge
- Dosage Forms
- Capsule, hard
- Administration Route
- Oral use
- Prescription Status
- Available without prescription
- Originator
- Eli Lilly
- Onset Time
- 1 hour
- Duration
- 6–8 hours
- Storage Instructions
- Store below 25°C in a dry place.
- Drug Interactions
- probenecid
- Age Restrictions
- Commonly used in paediatric patients; follow clinical advice.
What you will receive
Keflex is the originator brand name, made by Eli Lilly. We use it here to identify the medicine only; we are not affiliated with Eli Lilly and do not ship the original Keflex.
- You receive a generic equivalent: the same active ingredient (Cephalexin) at the same dose, mostly recognised Indian branded generics from vetted manufacturers.
- The exact brand supplied depends on what is in stock at the dispatching warehouse.
- A regulated generic matches the original ingredient for ingredient by legal standard.