How safe is taking Clindamycin for cough due to lung infection?
Patient: 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 Doctor: 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.