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 |
| 1 | Abscess tooth | Extreme nausea, headaches and chills, my body actually has been shaking. Slight tremors. This is just awful, they need to take this off the market. | F | 23 | 10 days 300 | 3/21/2014 | 3 | abscessed tooth with cellulitis | Pressure in head, anxiety, muscle aches, vaginal swelling and yeast infection. | F | 32 | 5 days 300 mg | 3/10/2014 | 5 | MRSA/severe bacterial skin infectio | Nausea, bloating, malaise. Mental clouding, too, which is supposedly not a regular side effect from the med, but it was bad with me. | Be sure that you drink at least one full glass of water with this medicine and sit upright at least for an hour after taking it..otherwise the GI upset is awful. The nausea was the worst I have ever had from a med but if it kills a deadly staph infection, I'm all for it. Clinda , along with Rifampin and a topical antibiotic, seems to have rid me of the awful infection. Just finished 10 days worth yesterday (and 5 days prior of Keflex, which will not touch a serious skin infection like MRSA--acquired from a tiny outpatient procedure at a major hospital) | F | 52 | 10 days 4X day | 12/18/2013 | 3 | To deal with infected tooth | infection seems to be gone, but I got headaches on left side of head. feel dizzy. can not see clearly with left eye. after 1st pill got stomachaches, they were not awful and they were gone after eating yogurt. later on the same day got headaches. Ibuprofen 600 didn't help. I felt dizzy and sleepy. I took one more pill on the evening and next morning, but as my headaches became stronger and I couldn't see clearly with one eye, I stopped using clindamycin after 3rd pill. | F | 28 | 2 days 600MG 2X day | 10/19/2013 | 1 | Compacted Wisdom Teeth/Extractions | Fever, diarrhea, aching legs | F | 29 | 7 days 150 | 10/16/2013 | 1 | To deal with infected tooth. | Nausea, diarrhea, joint pain, headaches | M | 49 | 7 days 300 MG 3X day | 7/9/2013 | 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 | 1 | Root canal infection. Prescribed | 1st morning i thought my head was going to explode, woke with a severe head ache, took 2 head ache tablets and went back to bed. 2 hours later i awoke still suffereing from the head ache. Explosive diarrhea, no warning just an short stomache cramp and then it is there. I stopped taking this after only 2 days. I still go to the bathroom 8-10 times a day and it has been week since i stopped this medication. I am slowly firming up but i take Dan active twice a day, if this doesn't stop in a few days i will be trying a Diarrhea remedy, over the counter tablet. I will never take this drug again. A week of Explosive Diarrhea can not be normal after stopping the medication, Does it really take this long to clear your system? | M | 42 | 10 days 300 3X day | 4/12/2013 | 2 | Ear infection | My bowels became liquid after one day. Headaches and a metallic taste in my mouth. | Prescribed this by a walk-in clinic as my GP was away. Awful side effects. My regular GP took me off it as soon as he returned saying it shouldn't be used a first line treatment as it causes bad stomach issues. | M | 48 | 3 days 300 mg 3X day | 4/6/2013 | 2 | Tooth infection | After 3 days of taking Clindamycin HCL 300 MG three times a day my joints and arm muscles are killing me. I feel like I have a Lyme disease. Besides this, I started having chest pain in the heart region. I stopped taking Clindamycin for a day and pain in joints and arms muscles started going away. I repeated this couple of times and each time my pain slowly over one day was milder. I reduced dosage to two times a day and side effect is still there but not as sever. Hope my tooth infection will be gone with only two capsules per day. | M | 59 | 7 days 300 MG 3X day | 3/25/2013 | 1 | infection in 10 yr old root canal | nothing until day 8 woke up with a severe red rsh on entire upper body, not face, by next day had spread to legs, after getting a Triamcinolone Acetonide cream from Dermotol. DR., stopping clinda, rash on legs is now almost purple! | Dentist office today, (Sat), said call Monday, nice, if you saw the rash, you would be scared too | M | 57 | 8 days 4X day | 3/23/2013 | 2 | possible leg infection | My case is complicated. I have had 3 pulmonary embolisms. My leg had a lump. Dr. Thought maybe an infection. He prescribed 10 days. 150 mg 3 x a day. Also told me to take probiotic 4 a day. I became tired snd exhausted. I am on Oxygen temporarily. I had to turn my oxygen way up. On the 3rd day I had the most horrific gastric issue possible. Black burning bowel movement hit me so fast that I could not make it to the bathroom in time. This was not diarrhea but it was sudden onset and explosive. After this horrible event my breathing stabalized and I felt better. I noticed after burning in my chest after taking medicine. There is also a nasty taste in my mouth and general feeling of not being right. I am not taking this any more espically after reading this site. | F | 51 | 4 days 15O mg | 2/26/2013 | 1 | Abscessed tooth | I was pregnant while taking this. I was fine, but 3-4 weeks later I developed horrific stomach cramps and severe diarrhea. It has been 8 days now and I am miserable and I am so worried about my baby/ pregnancy. I wouldn't wish this on anyone. Also, it took a while for me to make the connection between these symptoms and this medication. I thought I had a severe stomach flu, but then it just wouldn't stop. | F | 32 | 7 days 150 mg x 3 | 2/7/2013 | 1 | minor root canal ibfection | My dentist prescribed this medication to treat minor infection under the crown, root canal was done 12 years ago. I google this pills and got terrified by side effects it could cause. I have sensitive stomach and had I cade of diarrhea in the past, otherwise I am healthy. I took two doses but felt uncomfortable taking it, I just went to him and ask for amoxicillin. I am not risking my health over minor tooth infection! Amoxicillin worked just fine without those side effects. I wonder why manufacturer don't banned this medication, its seems to me that side effect clearly overweight the benefits. | M | 35 | 1 days 300mg tid | 2/6/2013 | 1 | tooth infection | Have I got a severe headache, dizzy. I'm eating yogurt and drinking tons of water. Taking it at good intervals. And I have weird bowel movements. Long thin feces. I feel like I was on a rollercoaster. I have shortness of breath as well. | F | 19 | 10 days 300 mg | 1/19/2013 | 2 | Cellulitis | Explosive bowl movements , terrible leg cramps (different than normal leg cramps ) these were shotting pain, and woke up with severe weird type of headache like brain was swollen. Then started to feel sinus fullness with the headache. | I'm a dentist so I have some knowledge. Just stopped right away. Did not second guess. | F | 57 | 1 days 500Mg 3X day | 12/29/2012 | 1 | Tooth infection, preparation for ro | Constantly in the bathroom, very soft, long (really really long) thin stools, not diarrhea. Can't go anywhere because I need to be close to the bathroom-gas feeling is not gas -it's bm. Stomach ache. Was supposed to take for 10 days. I'm stopping now, after 7 days. | This drug is no bueno. I've eaten yogurt everyday but probably should have had it at least twice a day. Can't take penicillin or sulfa (bactrim) drugs. Why not z-pac or cipro? I won't take this ever again. it's going down on my list of drug allergies. | F | 44 | 10 days 300 mg 4X day | 11/2/2012 | 5 | Dental Infection | Very slight tummy problems. Nothing major. Softer stools, but I took probiotcs and ate yogurt each day. Tummy settled down after a few days of finishing the course prescribed. I usually have every side effect known with all drugs I take, but thankfully I've never had anything major with Clindamycin. | I've taken this drug at least 10 times in the last 5 years. I've had a lot of dental work done and am allergic to penicillin, so I have to take something in a different antibiotic 'family'. I need to pre-med for any dental procedures, so I always take Clindamycin. I have had several infections (I'm prone to them, through no fault of the dentist), and they've always started clearing up within 48 hours, no matter how severe they were. One infection was so bad that I had to go to the hospital. 48 hours later, after the Clindamycin was started, I was a LOT better. Can't say enough good things about this medication. I'm sorry others have not done so well with it. | F | 51 | 7 days 300 mgs 3X day | 6/28/2012 | 1 | BACTERIAL VAGINOSIS WHILE PREGNANT | My OBGYN prescribed this while I was pregnant for a yeast infection. I was 5 days post delivery and never finished it. But, it already did enough damage...on my 2nd day post delivery I had contracted C. diff. A very horrible bacterial infection. I had uncontrollable, nonstop diahrea for two weeks (not fun to have after a vaginal delivery). I was hospitalized for dehydration and malnourishment. Was then prescribed Flagyl. It did the trick to get rid of the c. diff. From now on I will definitely do some research on any prescription before taking it. I thought I was going to die. | SERIOUSLY CONSIDER THIS ANTIBIOTIC BEFORE TAKING IT!!!! | F | 26 | 14 days ? 1X day | 5/21/2012 | 4 | wisdom tooth extraction infection | bloating, fatigue, loss of taste | Developed a subperiosteal infection 3 weeks after wisdom teeth removal and was given a week's supply of clindamycin. I have also begun taking probiotics 2 hours after every dose to prevent lower intestinal problems. Since starting this medicine, I have been carrying a tremendous amount of water weight (+3 pounds) and have been sleeping 14+ hours a day, which has not alleviated my fatigue and loss of concentration-- pretty unusual for me, as I am normally very active and alert. However, my infection seems to be disappearing-- the swelling and pain have both subsided. For those starting this medicine, I recommend a hefty dose of sleep and probiotics-- good luck! | F | 20 | 5 days 300 mg 3X day | 4/10/2012 |