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Originally Posted by senior citizen
Thanks for that. Very interesting.
I've always had my suspicions re generic drugs......although I take none myself. I prefer to heal naturally.....
My husband recently called his dermatologist to request Cephalexon for a recurrent skin infection prior to our leaving on vacation.......
Cephalexon is a commonly given antibiotic that has worked on his finger infections (occupationally caused) in the past.
This time around, the pharmacist pointed out to him that "half of the bottle was one color and then from the "line down" the other half of the bottle would be a different color as it was from another manufacturer".....both generics. Well, nearing the end of the pills and they didn't work at all, period. I told him he should call the Pharmacy to point out this issue.....and request the "real deal" meaning the real antibiotic and not the generic. But, he decided to just stop taking them. I told him to call the dermatologist and request the real deal.... After what happened with that compounding incident not too long ago, one never really knows what they are taking...........
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Alternative explanation...
In the past most skin infections were caused by stains of staph that were sensitive to many commonly used antibiotics including cephalexin. However over the last few years, due to the overuse of antibiotics by consumers (and doctors) almost all the strains of staph in the community are now resistant to cephalexin. By the way there is no such thing as brand name cephalexin, that is the name of the ingredient and is a generic. The most common brand name would have been Keflex. So it is very much more likely that your generic "failed" because it was the wrong medication to take for a 2013 skin infection. For further information I suggest google using the search term MRSA