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I'm taking cephalexin and i regularly take a melatonin because i have trouble sleeping but i just took one and my body feels light like a high help?

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Dr. Mara Fiorentino answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Drug interactions: There is not known interaction between Cephalexin and melatonin. It could be a paradoxycall response but possibly nothing at all. Try Benadryl (diphenhydramine) to sleep if still having same reaction.

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Answered 3/26/2019

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