Why does antibiotics such as cephalexin will not work for colds, flu, or other viral infections?

Question

Found an old bottle of cephalexin prescribed to me and decided to research it out of boredom 🤷

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Answer 1

because antibiotics kill bacteria. Bacteria are the reason for many illnesses but there is a second way of getting sick: viruses. A little fuzzy analogy here,but I think it may work: Think of it like you going to the hardwarestore and buying insect repellent. You’ll be able to combat Moskitos,bugs, wasps and whatnot but it’ll not harm spiders, because spiders are not insects