A 37-year-old member asked:
Cephalexin, took one dose at 8pm and one at 10pm -- overdose?
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Dr. Martin Raff answered
55 years experience in Infectious Disease
Hard to overdose: Cephalexin (at what strength?) is very hard to overdose on. Would not worry about the two doses you took and just follow directions from now on.
Answered on Jun 24, 2014
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Doubt tt: Anything is possible but this is a very benign drug with few human toxicities beyond allergic reactions.
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