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I take care of mu 77 yr. old mother, she is insistent on taking 1, 000 mgs. of keflex per day to prevent recurrence of pneumonia, she suffers from co?

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Dr. James Fergusonanswered

Pediatrics 48 years experience

??prescribed by Dr??: This is not something i would consider advisable.It just means that the only germs hanging around her body ( and there always are some) will be resistant to that drug or similar drugs. If this is ok with her treating physician there may be factors that make it worthwhile for her. You can't convince someone who diapered you that they don't know more than you. The doc would have to do it.

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Dr. Michael Einanswered

Infectious Disease 50 years experience

Stop her: Taking Keflex will not prevent her from getting pneumonia but will make her colonized with antibiotic resistant bacteria that will later infect her and will be more difficult to treat. This would be considered inappropriate antibiotic use and is to be discouraged.

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I take care of my 77 year old mother. She suffers from co. She is insistent on taking 1, 000 mgs of keflex per day to prevent recurrence of pneumonia. Is it advisable?

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Dr. Pavel Conovalciucanswered

Family Medicine 25 years experience

Keflex 4 pneumonia: No antibiotic is indicated for prevention of pneumonia. Instead, Pneumovax or Prevnar (pneumococcal vaccine) vaccinations are recommended for pneumonia prevention. You should tell her that antibiotic can negatively affect her gastrointestinal tract by causing diarrhea, c.Difficile infection which could be detrimental in the elderly, etc. Hopefully, it will click with her.

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