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Re: Can Keflex cause bleeding?

From: William McIntosh, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 17 Oct 2001 14:41:17 -0500


At Tue, 16 Oct 2001, Jennifer wrote: >
>I have endometriosis and just had another laparoscopy on Sept. 28th. I
>had my first period on Oct. 1st and was in massive pain and bled for 7
>days. While I was recovering from that I started to get a cold and I
>ended up with sinusitis. A doctor put me on Keflex for 10 days
>(250mg)/every 6 hours.
>
>My question is, I have 4 days left of the antibiotic and I plan on
>finishing them, but for the past 3 days I have had bad menstrual type
>pain/cramps with lower back pains. I am starting to develop a lightly
>bloody, thick discharge and don't know if the is a complication of the
>surgery or if the Keflex could
>cause this. The pain wakes me up at night and I have to stay on 800mg
>of ibuprofen to be able to function. Can you help?!?

This is not from the Keflex, though I cannot say whether or not your surgery (or, more likely, your endometriosis) is the cause of your pain. Call your surgeon.

--
William D. McIntosh, MD, FACOG

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