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How Safe Is Taking Clindamycin For Cough Due To Lung Infection?
The last week and a half I have been coughing. It gets especially bad at night when I am trying to go to sleep. Its been hard to breath at times. Today I coughed up a little bit of infection. I tend to get upper lung infections alot. I have some left over clindamycin from when I had dental surgery not to long ago. Can I take that for now and see if its get worse? I cant afford to take more time off work or go to the doctor otherwise I would
Thu, 30 Nov 2017
Thanks for your question on Healthcare Magic.
I can understand your concern.
Clindamycin is broad spectrum antibiotic.
It is also effective in lung infection (pneumonia).
Dose of clindamycin is 300mg twice daily for atleast 7 days.
So if you have 14 tablets then only start clindamycin.
If you don't have sufficient course, it might worsen the infection.
Hope I have solved your query. I will be happy to help you further. Wish you good health. Thanks.
I can understand your concern.
Clindamycin is broad spectrum antibiotic.
It is also effective in lung infection (pneumonia).
Dose of clindamycin is 300mg twice daily for atleast 7 days.
So if you have 14 tablets then only start clindamycin.
If you don't have sufficient course, it might worsen the infection.
Hope I have solved your query. I will be happy to help you further. Wish you good health. Thanks.
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