CLINDAMYCIN HCL Reviews (CLINDAMYCIN HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 1.9 (321 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare CLINDAMYCIN HCL with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR CLINDAMYCIN HCL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 2 | bacterial infection in vagina | I got antibiotic induced colitis. I found out afterwards that Clindamycin is one of the main antibiotics that is guilty of causing clostridium difficile, which produces toxins that cause diarrhea, abdominal cramping, urgency and so forth. | It cleared up the bv, but I wish I could have taken something else, or somehow avoided the bv. I was pregnant and I had to wait several weeks (until I got out of my 1st trimester) to start a new antibiotic to clear up the c-diff. I hated having this problem while pregnant, because I did not gain weight and worried about the baby constantly. This problem is more widespread than one would think. I was a very healthy young person. I just want to say don't take antibiotics (esp. Clindamycin) unless you ABSOLUTELY need them. | F | 31 | 10 days | 7/21/2006 | 2 | cellulitus | Took 300 mg every 6 hours. Started off with headaches and belching a lot. On the 6th day went to ER with severe stomach pain/burning. Also severe burning when I swallowed liquids or solids. The ER Dr. Prescribed meds to coat my stomach and pain meds which both helped. It's a drug that makes you feel horrible and hope I never need it again! | F | 41 | 10 days 300 mg | 8/25/2015 | 2 | Root Canal | Heartburn,swelling and soreness of the vagina and butt. Very heavy vaginal discharge. Blurred vision and heavy gas. | I took this medicine for 10 days following my root canal and I have had the worse experience ever. Soreness and tender vagina and butt. When to the ER for swelling of both and was told it was a side effect of the medicine. I hope to NEVER take this medicine again! | F | 32 | 10 days 150 mg | 10/5/2015 | 2 | Tooth Infection | I was able to take this medicine for 3 days with no side effects,however, the fourth day it made up for the others I had stomach pain, vomiting, nausea and loose stools I had to stop treatment. | F | 39 | 3 days 150 MG 2X day | 12/10/2015 | 2 | Cellulitis | I'm taking it for cellulitis its cause me to feel like I am drained diarrhea As I am also taking it along with 500 milligrams once every 8 hours of keflex! I'm taking 3 pills every 8 hours and it's been 3 days and I haven't really seen much of a change in the cellulitis in the lower part of my calf my foot is still swollen and the mound where the infection is it still there and prevalent I'm scared to stop taking it until I go to see my PCP on the 22nd this was prescribed by an urgent care doctor! I have never experienced anything like this before in my life and I just wanted to go away so I can get back to doing the things that I like to do work in my garden and being outside now I have to sit with my foot elevated all day long except to go to the bathroom or get up to eat something this is the craziest infection I've ever ever dealt with! | F | 52 | 3 days 300 mg | 12/20/2015 | 2 | "infection" on my toe and face | Terrible migraines that would not go away, nauseous like I'm going to vomit any minute, lower belly pain and uncomfortableness, bloated feeling, heavy chest, loss of appetite and thirst | An urgent care doctor prescribed this to me bc of an infection on my face he believed to be mrsa without checking and I believed to be a spider bite,who knows? And I also had an infection on my big toe from cutting the nail too short. I was given this and bactrim, I felt it was a little much but whatever. I looked up this medication bc I had bactrim before and was curious what would happen if I layed down and found numerous reviews on multiple sites of all the reasons I feel awful! Never had a clue bc I just had a tubal done not even a week prior to starting this medication plus I suffer from multiple kidney stones, so I was currently taking narcotics (which the urgent care Dr was made fully aware of). And apparently taking narcotics with this medication makes the side effects worse! Yay me... Never taking this again and will probably stop taking today after I talk with my actual doctor. | F | 24 | 5 days 150mg | 5/4/2015 | 2 | Tooth abcess | Severe heartburn and the feeling that the pill was stuck in my throat and in My chest. Mild burping even without having eaten anything. Also feeling like I'm coming down with a cold and am really tired with achy legs much like the body fatigue one feels at the onset of the flu. It has been just under 24 hours since I've taken a pill but will not be finishing the rest. Every time I swallow, I feel a heaviness in my chest. Was NOT a pleasant experience and I usually tolerate medications very well with no problems. Just fyi, I am not on any other medications for anything and followed the doctors instructions on how to take this drug. | F | 41 | 1 days 300 | 4/3/2015 | 1 | infection | Sever stomach cramps, heart burn, heavy chest, lower back pain | Stopped taking tablets on the 6th day of treatment. Just couldn't take it anymore! Still feel very unwell. Stomach still cramps throughout the day/night, much worse when stomach is empty. Find out what other medications are available before taking this | F | 29 | 7 days 150 | 5/30/2015 | 1 | Abscess tooth | Really bad sore throat, trouble swallowing, mouth watering, nauseated, bad taste in mouth, blisters on roof of mouth and red spots on tongue, horrific chest pains, joint pains, fever, headache, stomach bloating, severe heartburn, felt like pills were stuck in my throat. Extreme fatigue, and shortness of breath. | I was prescribed Clindamycin for 7 days but couldn't take it anymore after day 6. I have never in my life had side effects like this from any medication. It did do it's job in taking the infection away though, but at a horrible cost. It did help my heartburn and chest pains by sleeping propped up with 3 pillows. It has been 3 days since I've stopped taking this medicine and I still am experiencing 90% of the side effects. The heartburn and chest pains have gone, thank goodness. But the fatigue is horrible and I can't even walk to the bathroom without getting so short of breath it's ridiculous. I will never take Clindamycin again. | F | 37 | 6 days 150 3X day | 6/21/2015 | 1 | pneumonia | Horrible cramps, upper back pain and non stop diarrhea 10 to 16 trips to bathroom a day.no appetite. | finished 10 days of meds 4 days ago. Still having all the same side affects even with probiotics and yogurt. | F | 58 | 10 days 300 MG X 4 | 5/10/2015 | 1 | precaution before root canal | Horrible nausea, stomach craps so bad It felt like there was a alien in me trying to get out. Felt like I had to pee but couldn't. Stomach bloated so bad it looked like I was pregnant. Heartburn and sour taste. I will never take this again. I wish I would have found this site before I took this medicine. I still have problems now. | DO NOT TAKE THIS. | F | 33 | 10 days 300mg x4 | 5/22/2015 | 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 | 1 | Deep puncture wound on calf. | Bloody mucus diarrhea bowel movements. Bad taste in mouth, coated tongue. Certain foods, like grapes, taste very sour. Some difficulty swallowing "dry" foods. Lost 18 pounds in about 15 days (I am overweight), still losing. | Symptoms started about 10 days after I finished medication and have continued to get worse...it's now six weeks later and I have to have a colonoscopy/endoscopy. C.Diff was suspected but tested negative. Now I am wondering if it has caused Irritable Bowel Disease, which I have never had before. | F | 52 | 7 days 300 3X day | 5/27/2015 | 1 | Sebaceous cyst | Four days in I started having awful lower abdominal pain and frequent trips to the bathroom. After reading all the reviews and information about this drug I can safely say I will not be taking it EVER again! I feel as if I should've been warned or something before hand considering how many negative reviews are out there! | F | 22 | 6 days 4xD | 2/4/2015 | 1 | For an infection. | I am absolutely horrified of all medicine's now. My doctor did not warn me of the horrible side effects. I got extremely sick every time I ate so went to the emergency room. They tested for C-diff which came back negative, thank goodness. But I am still suffering from severe cold tingling arms, headaches and I'm swollen in my genital area. Getting in to see another Dr in a couple days. | THIS IS ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE AND SHOULD NOT BE ON THE MARKET. I CAN'T BELIEVE IT IS FDA APPROVED. | F | 35 | 7 days 300 MG | 3/13/2015 | 1 | Root canal | Diarrhea, dizzy, nauseous, light headed, vaginal discharge | As you can see i wasnt even taking the meds a full 24 hours yet and i started feeling the discharge then came the diarrhea and light headed and nauseous i had to go and lay down i went to sleep immediately for about a hour and a half crazy DO NOT TAKE THIS MESS. | F | 29 | 1 days | 3/23/2015 | 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 | 1 | I had an infection | I have experienced fever, severe watery diarrhea, upset stomach, loss of appetite & in severe dehydration. This is the worst drug ever! I have been 5 days without is and still having these symptoms. I have already had 2 doc appts in 2 days and and other one today if my doc doesn't think things are improving she is going to send me to the ER. | DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG!!! | F | 22 | 6 days 300 mg | 2/26/2015 | 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 | 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 |