Cefepime User Reviews & Ratings

• dyn...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• August 31, 2022

For Skin and Structure Infection "If the patient has prior brain trauma or concussions, then best to consider alternatives to cefepime antibiotics or ‘managing’ dose: 14 days then reduce; did work for me, yet a 4-week x 4/day I.V. implementation. Antibiotic has side effects: headaches + felt like my brain was erased afterwards! Treatment caused concussion-like serious memory problems. I had a severe Pseudomonas a infection that my neurosurgeon actually refused to dispense antibiotics for over 45 days; he was negligent. I was placed on depression meds as a result of side effects, imho: excessive dose implementation, be sure you insist on full follow-up labs 14 days after all meds stop. Lots of negative effects. Verify infectious bacteria eliminated: insist on 2nd round of follow-up labs 14-21 days after all antibiotics have ceased, to verify Pseudomonas a no longer has any presence... due to biofilm! It has a large genome. It's only “hard to treat” due to lack of treatment; insist on continuous 4 weeks!"

• new...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• June 23, 2015

For Skin and Structure Infection "I had surgeon-caused osteomyelitis, which did not respond to oral cipro. After an 8-week IV regimen of cefepime, the bugs seem to be gone. No side effects, but I ate tons of yogurt, hoping to replace my gut bacteria as fast as the drug killed them. It seems to have worked."

• Kat...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• February 25, 2023

For Intraabdominal Infection "I was hospitalized for Multi Drug Resistant Typhoid Fever and given cefepime by IV. Oral antibiotics no longer work for me, nor do the 3rd generation cephalosporins, so I am grateful there is another option. Difficult to identify any drug side effects, as nausea and headaches are common with typhoid; however, the drug was effective in clearing the infection."

• Dan...
• June 14, 2015

For Skin and Structure Infection "I have been fighting a pseudomonas infection in my knee for over 7 years, the infection laid dormant in my body and then came back. After two surgeries, one to remove hardware and then another to clean my knee, I was placed on this medicine twice a day by IV. After 3 weeks of being on the medicine, I got an emergency call from my doctor who stated I needed a white blood count right away. My labs from the day before showed my white blood count at 1.8 (which should be 4.5) and platelets at 99 (which should be 150). I had stat labs, and my white blood count dropped to 0.83, so due to the medicine, my bone marrow was shutting down. This is only a 1 percent chance it can happen. Of course, I had to stop that IV medicine. Other than that, this was very easy to use by IV and I felt fine."

• Ano...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• December 28, 2020

For Urinary Tract Infection "I was hospitalized on 12-24-2020 after receiving a call from my provider that I had positive blood cultures related to a UTI. I spent three and a half days receiving cefepime and, so far, I am pleased with the outcome. Prior to my hospitalization, I had fever, chills, sweats, and urgency. The only side effect I (maybe) had was a headache. However, I began to have a headache on the 23rd, so I'm not sure if my headache was a continued process vs. the result of being on cefepime."