A member asked:

Is it ok to take garlic caplets while taking cephalexin?

2 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
Dr. Milton Alvis, jr answered

Specializes in Preventive Medicine

OK yet for WhatGoal?: Garlic, like many OTC agents, has been promoted/sold with many claims. Bigger issue: What are your goals & what clear difference do the garlic caplets, whatever combination of millions of different molecules in them, actually make? Best have a way to explicitly monitor & track. Cephalexin is a single molecule, analogue of penicillin, developed as a poison (antibiotic) for certain microorganisms.

Answered 9/12/2020

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Dr. Hunter Handsfield answered

Specializes in Infectious Disease

Sure, no problem: Garlic extracts, or garlic itself, does not interfere with any antibiotics, including cephalexin.

Answered 7/24/2015

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