CLINDAMYCIN HCL Reviews (CLINDAMYCIN HYDROCHLORIDE)

Average Rating: 1.9 (321 Ratings)

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CLINDAMYCIN HCL  (CLINDAMYCIN HYDROCHLORIDE):  Clindamycin is used to treat a wide variety of bacterial infections. It is an antibiotic that works by stopping the growth of bacteria. This antibiotic treats only bacterial infections. It will not work for virus infections (such as common cold, flu). Using any antibiotic when it is not needed can cause it to not work for future infections.   FDA Approval Date: 1989-09-20 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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 1  tooth absess I was put on it an now im having trouble swalloning as if something's in my throat stomach hurts an diarrhea worse medicine ive ever been on been in N out of the er 8 xs in a month headaches an very fatigued F 26 2 months
300 mg
12/20/2014
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 1  Access tooth Cleared my infection, and didn't get side effects until 3 days after I finished taking. Nausea, extreme headaches, black Stool for 7 days, I am on the way to my after hours clinic when I was told to come in immediately Do not take this medication unless you want other damage done to your body!! F 34 1 months
300mg
5/26/2015
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 5  Cellulitis of the knee Nausea, restlessness, extreme anxiety panic and headache I get repeated bouts of cellulitis, about twice a year. These side effects occurring every time and each time I can't figure out why I've become a sudden mental wreck. Then, when trying to remember other times when I've felt this way the common denominator in each incident is the medication!! It works for infection, but I wish there was a way to skip these horrible side effects! F 58 0 months
300 mg 2X day
10/5/2021
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 4  Root Canal Infection Had complications with a root canal. This antibiotics is very hard on the intestines, but I took it with Flagyl which counters that symptom. Still, it causes significant diarrhea, bloating and general malaise. At 150mg it did nothing, but 450mg did the job. This is a tough antibiotic to take, but it did rid me of a low grade fever and knocked out a deep infection from a poorly executed root canal (3 months earlier). No headaches, but I had a weird sense of being out of myself! But I did work and functioned, though spent more time in front of the TV than usual. I'll update after a week or so after stopping (yesterday). F 3 weeks
450 3X day
10/23/2015
 2  Dental infection post teeth extract At first the worst was severe heartburn, but bearable with food and lots of water, but the side fx built up day by day: Nausea, pain under left breast, tight feeling in throat, dizziness, body aches like the flu, severe fatigue, anorexia, intractable lower back pain, sores in mouth, pustules on face, just so sick you feel dying would be a relief. The "expert Dr." insists its not the poison you're ingesting,it's the infection that is killing you. It got so bad I had to go to the ER. They have no clue it's the damn drug, they think it's the infection and write you another scrip. WTH!? Well, I stopped it, and it took 3 days to recover. Well, I'm allergic to amoxicillin, so now what? Hopefully, my immune system is strong enough to heal me. This antibiotic is bad news, and the worst part, the doctor's only alert you to the diarrhea issue. That's the only thing I didn't have. Don't let the doctor tell you it's all in your head, or it takes time to get better. They are educated by the "evil" drug reps, and their agenda is drug pusher big profits for Big Pharma. Patient beware. Oh, and pharmacy comes from pharmakeia, Greek for "sorcery." F 68 3 weeks
300mg 4x d
10/8/2016
 1  Root canal Rash on forearms, genital itching, raw cracks on hands, fingers swelling, scalp and back of neck rash, difficulty swallowing, general irritability and difficulty concentrating Terrible medicine with bad side effects. F 67 3 weeks
300mg
2/23/2015
 4  severe dental infection Tired, Dizzy, Headache, Chest Pain, Bloating, Shortness of breath I had a very severe dental infection that was not detected for quite sometime despite my persistence with doctors, dentists, etc. Endo prescribed Clindamycin to be taken before and after oral surgery. The first few days I only suffered from fatigue. Then came the bloating. Awful. In the past few days I've started to suffer from shortness of breath and chest pain. It has been extremely scary. I have 6 pills left, I will not be taking them. I've already been on it for 2 weeks and I've had enough. The meds got the job done, but I'd rather not feel like I'm dying everyday. F 33 2 weeks
150 MG
12/4/2014
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 3  Staph infection- cellulitis Severe Stomach Cramps, severe headache, severe bloating, mild but constant nausea, racing heart, soft stool, dark urine, blurry vision, shakiness, moderate fatigue I am taking 300mg (two 150mg 4x a day for 2 weeks) for a staph infection. I eat tons of yogurt, drink lots of water and take a ton of probiotics. The stomach issue is slightly better with more water and probiotics but.. The cure may be worse than the curse. I've rarely ever even taken an antibiotic so I can only assume my infection was severe if they felt the need to punish me with this drug :/ F 47 2 weeks
300mg
6/5/2016
 1  Abscess I experienced this horrible heartburn while taking this medicine. I told my doctor and he prescribed me something, but it didn't work!!! F 36 2 weeks
7/20/2016
 1  Treat abscess before oral surgery Before initial consult with oral surgeon, an abscess was developing. My dentist prescribed Clindamycin 150mg. I took it as prescribed and abscess continued to develop. At consult ( still on 150mg ) I shared with the surgeon I didn't think it was working for me. He prescribed 300mg. Was on a week of 300mg and abscess continued to develop. Whole side of face large from swelling. I asked surgeon for a different antibiotic. Would not do it. We continued with procedure even with abscess - at doc's recommendation, against my gut feeling. Ended up in the ER day after procedure in worst, unimaginable pain ever. They did dilaudid iv to stop pain. It did NOT seem to work for me at all. Abscess continued on as if I were taking nothing. The only side effect I am experiencing is a coating on my tongue that makes it feel dry. I am drinking my home cultured kefir to combat any imbalances in flora. Hoping this will help with the tongue. Wonder if anyone else felt it had no effect on treating what it was prescribed for. F 39 2 weeks
300mg 4X day
2/9/2015
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 5  absess tooth Very painful abdominal pain/heartburn ...makes me feel horrible just minutes after i take it ...Besides the pain it seems to have tooken care of my infection thou F 46 1 weeks
150mg
11/21/2015
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 5  Impacted wisdom tooth infection Diarrhea, burning stomach. Take this pill with lots of food and while you're resting! I had a horrible, horrible infection in my tooth. Originally was given amoxicillin but it did nothing, had to go to the emergency room. They gave me 1 pill and a script, 15 minutes after taking it my jaw felt better! But my stomach was in pain, it was pretty bad. What a great antibiotic, very strong but it works real quick. M 38 1 weeks
1X day
1/14/2020
 3  Skin infection around my nail The first day I felt really lethargic more than Normal. I did not take any probiotics with this medicine. My stools were much looser. I was prescribed this because I'm allergic to bactrim. At times I noticed my stomach was more sensitive. I'm thankful the medicine helped my infection and puss. However, based on reading these reviews I do not want to take this medicine again. F 33 1 weeks
30MG x3
9/26/2015
 1  tooth infection The first day I started taking this I went to sleep and woke up sick as heck body aches and pain feeling feverish felt like I had to thru up not feeling like myself and I keep having horrible headaches I stopped taking this pill cause I have never felt like this with any other antibiotics F 27 1 weeks
300mg
7/22/2015
 5  Dead Root Canaled tooth Diarrhea, unless probitoics and management of dosage is taken. This is an ANAEROBIC antibiotic. This means that it will kill the infection residing in your infected tooth, however it will also kill the anaerobes in the gut. It is not smart like that, it is your job to understand this. Take probiotics. I cut the dosage back to 1 300mg pill am and 1 300 mg pill pm, worked just fine. Do not use calcium-based antiacids (Rolaids, Tums, milk, etc). This medication is very effective if you understand the cause, effect, symptoms and medication. DO THE RESEARCH, GOOGLE IS FREE. M 50 30 days
500mg 3X day
4/17/2014
 5  staph infection None. Expected diarrhea but took a probiotic and drank 1 Dannon Active each day. Had no problems. Did take exactly every 8 hours to help avoid problems. The moron doctor I took my son to first didn't diagnose his staph infection - so when the new doctor I took him to did diagnose the staph skin infection it was bad, covering 3 different areas, each about 6" x 6", which is why it took 20 days of medication. I didn't see an improvement until the 5th day, but after that the skin infection got noticably better each day, until it was gone. M 11 20 days
300 mg 3X day
7/9/2010
 3  Abcessed teeth Worst heartburn I have ever had, chest & back pain, urgent stools, headaches especially behind the eyes, stomach cramps and BURNING, BURNING, BURING in the esophagus and gut. Also some leg weakness and blurry vision. I was supposed to take 4 a day 6 hours apart. The pharmacist ( not the dentist) warned me that it would be "hard on the digestive system". He told me to take Ultra Florajen a probiotic at least 2 a day spaced as evenly as I could BETWEEN the Clinda doses. Also to eat/ drink yogurt or Keifir. I am allergic to penicillin and I had 2 accessed teeth and they thought 3 more were infected so I needed a strong anti biotic. I got so sick I could not keep even water down and the whole chest felt like it was on fire. I was unable to take the pills as scheduled, so instead of 10 days, I am currently on my 14 day. I reduced to 2 pills a day, 3 when I could brave it. Still have 2 left. I am going to try and take one tonight and the last tomorrow. I saw were someone here recommended eating an apple without the skin. I had some applesauce handy. I ate that and it seems to be helping a little. DO NOT lie down for at least 1 hour after taking the Clinda! This esophageal burning is the worst. However, I must say the terrible tooth pain is gone. My big worry from reading everything on this site is that I am due to fly to the Smoky Mountains 1 week from today. I do not wlant my already paid for and uncancellable holidays ruined from bouts of explosive diarrhea or severe cramping coming more than a week after taking this medicine as some here have documented. The altitude alone could cause problems. I don't need to add bathroom proximity to the mix! F 66 15 days
300MG 4X day
9/22/2015
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 1  teeth pulled Sore throat, throat swell, joint pain, swollen glands F 30 15 days
150 2X day
10/25/2015
 5  Lyme disease Taken every other day along with other abx and artemisinin. Two weeks on, one week off for 3 cycles. After reading so many negative comments about this med, I felt it important enough to let people know what I did to avoid these horrific cramps and diarrhea. First time I took this med, I also experienced severe diarrhea and cramps. The VERY expensive probiotics and massive amounts of yogurt did nothing to help. My doctor told me about another type of probiotic called Saccharomyces Boulardii +MOS. I bought mine from vitacost.com. There are many companies who make it. I'm sure they all work well, however I purchased the Jarrow formula. Please PLEASE take this probiotic when taking any type of antibiotic. For me, it worked with the very first pill. I'm at the end of my first year of treatment for lyme disease and have taken so many different antibiotics, it would be impossible to name them all. Since taking S. Boulardii, I have never had an issue with any side effects. F 47 14 days
300mg 4X day
4/18/2013
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 4  Gum infection First two days I felt a little nauseous and tired. After that it went away and I just kept something in my stomach when taking it. Have mild diarrhea and it continues after a week of completing the dose. It did the job clearing the infection so I could have the oral surgery. F 58 14 days
300 3X day
10/24/2021
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CLINDAMYCIN HCL  (CLINDAMYCIN HYDROCHLORIDE):  Clindamycin is used to treat a wide variety of bacterial infections. It is an antibiotic that works by stopping the growth of bacteria. This antibiotic treats only bacterial infections. It will not work for virus infections (such as common cold, flu). Using any antibiotic when it is not needed can cause it to not work for future infections.   FDA Approval Date: 1989-09-20 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

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