Had Injury In Spine. Having Severe Pain And Discomfort. Prescribed Cefalexin. What Can Be Done?

Posted on Tue, 23 Jul 2013

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Question : Hi I am a spinal injured male 46 and injured 16 years I am T6 complete but get lots of pain and discomfort from what I believe to be Epididymitis when I take a coarse of ciprofloxacin 500 mg twice a day for 10 days everything calms down the I go onto a maintaince dose of cefalexin 250 mg at night after about a week the horrible symptoms are back bad pain down below and discomfort my muscle spasms go mad and if I squeeze my testies the spasms shoot up my stomach could I up the dose of cefalexin or should I take the 500mg ciprofloxacin for longer I've had ultra sounds and stuff nothing has shown up my prosate is clear and my urologist says my bladder is like new inside I never get uti s and I self XXXXXXX approx 6 times aday but am at the end of my teather Lookin forward to Ur reply I still work and do long days like 10-12hrs but this is starting to annoy me and I don't really like taking the ciprofloxacin as a lot of the medical profession think it can cause C diff !!!! What's your thoughts

Answered by Dr. Dr.Alekhya (2 hours later)

Hello,

Thank you for the query.

You need to keep in mind that cefalosporin or cefalaxin are used to treat infection if present but there will be no direct action on pain.

So instead of taking loads of antibiotics take mild muscle relaxant which help you in spasms and pain as your other reports are also normal.

If there is much severe pain then you need to consult the doctor who treated during your spinal injury.May be they will do investigate your spine again for any changes.

Hope, I have answered your query.

Of you have any other you can contact me again.

Wish you a good health.

Regards,
Dr.Y.Alekhya

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