AboutDr. Ravindra Bhaskar Ghooi Expertise I can provide information on drugs and medicines, their actions, uses, interactions and adverse effects. To avoid confusion, generic names of
medicines may please be provided. I am a pharmacologist, having worked
on animal and human pharmacology, and presently I am the Dean of Bilcare Research Academy, where we teach courses on clinical research. We dont work on saturdays and sundays, hence questions reachng me on these days will be replied on Monday, please bear with me.
Question How long can clindamycin be taken. five days or seven?thank you
Answer Hi Liz,
It depends on which way you are taking it, oral, injectable or topical. For topical it can be used for months. Injectable and oral drug should not be taken for more than seven days. Generally the duration is 5 days but if the infection is not completely eradicated then it can be continued for seven days, but not longer.
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