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| Active Ingredient | CLINDAMYCIN PHOSPHATE |
| Therapeutic Class | LINCOMYCINS |
| Indications | Staphylococcal bone or joint sepsis, peritonitis (alternative to gentamicin and metronidazole). Effective against many anaerobes. Bacteroides fragilis. Gram-positive cocci including penicillin-resista More ... |
| Caution | Diarrhoea, pseudomembranous colitis. This is the commonest antibiotic causing it (responds to oral metronidazole or vancomycin). Report any excess diarrhoea, do not take anti-diarrhoeal drugs. |
| Dose Range | Adult: 150-450mg every 6 hours. Pediatricunder12 years: 3-6 mg/kg/day every 6 hours. |
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| Breast Feeding |