Keflex and PN
I am wondering if Keflex could have started my PN. I had IV Keflex for an infection in my thumbnail and then ten days of oral. My symptoms started not long after that ordeal. I also had to finish the ten days of Bactim that I had started with my PC (that did not appear to be working). The hand surgeon told me to finish that first course of antibiotics as well. I had thumb nail removed, nail bed repair, and it took 8 weeks of wound care. It appears I need to now have the deformed nail removed and the matrix destroyed. I dread even this simple surgery since the neurologist said that it may have been what started my PN. He also thinks that it could be centralization syndrome? At any rate, I go to hand surgeon today. My PN was rapid onset and keeps progressing. I have redness when I wake in the morning where there is tightness that seems to mostly disappear hours later. Does anyone have that symptom? Also, I am taking 3 months off of my 20 mg rosuvastatin to see if it improves.
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Hello @jan64, Hoping other members with Keflex are able to respond to your question. I didn't see any direct links with Keflex and peripheral neuropathy but did find an article on the topic that has a list of drugs that may cause PN.
-- Antibiotic-induced neuropathy: https://www.medlink.com/articles/antibiotic-induced-neuropathy
There are other members who have posted on neuropathy caused by antibiotics. Here is a link to the related discussions and comments from members - https://connect.mayoclinic.org/search/?search=neuropathy%20caused%20by%20antibiotics
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3175508/
Look further down under Cephalosporins and Bacterium is under
sulfonamides Look for the true name of Keflex and Bacterium
Google the true name and neuropathy