Abscessed Tooth And Clindamycin (Top voted first)

I started taking Clindamycin 36 hours ago for a tooth infection. Still in extreme pain and more swelling tonight. When will the Clindamycin start helping my infection?

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I have a large gum abcess from a bad tooth and the dentist put me on clindamycin 150 hcl this is my 2nd day of using it and I'm not sure after reading simular post if I should take it more than 2 capsules every 8 hours. This thing is annoying and really painful but if I were to take 3 capsules every 8 hours would help the problem.

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If you have been taking it for more than 24 hours and the infection/swelling has worsened, that most likely means it is not working and you may need to try a different antibiotic.

The FDA lists its typical side effects as possibly including nausea, dizziness, headache, non-allergic skin rash, and diarrhea.

Was this prescribed for you by your doctor, or dentist? Are you on any other medications?

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I have Clindamycin (300 mg) dated 07/08/2016. Is it safe to take? We have lost health insurance and broke a tooth last month, now in a lot of pain...

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I had 2 teeth pulled in the back of my mouth and I am in serious pain. They gave me clindamycin 300 mg but now I have stomach pain and can't keep food down. What do I do? I was pulled from amoxi clav, as that didn't work.

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