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What is Clindamycin?

Clindamycin, an antibiotic, is used to treat infections of the respiratory tract, skin, pelvis, vagina, and abdomen. Clindamycin comes as a capsule and liquid to take by mouth; topical solution, lotion, and gel for skin infections; and vaginal cream.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Acne 8 0
MRSA (Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus) 8 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 7 1 Efficacy_major
Acne breakout 6 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight
Hidradenitis Suppurativa 3 0
skin condition 2 0

See all 33 patients currently taking Clindamycin

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 3
Moderate
 1
Mild
 6
None
 1

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Clindamycin

Nausea 1
Diarrhea 1
Stomach pain 1
Abdominal pain 1
Oily facial skin 1
Bad taste in mouth 1
See all 9 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Clindamycin. See all 15 dosages ►

  1% as needed 1 other daily 1 g daily 1 mg daily 2 g daily 3 app daily 120 g daily 150 mg daily 300 mg daily 900 mg-5%/50 mL m,w,f
  4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 8 Number of Patients: 8 2 Number of Patients: 2 7 Number of Patients: 7 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Clindamycin (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Course of treatment ended 12   Course of treatment ended: 55%
Doctor's advice 4   Doctor's advice: 18%
Side effects too severe 3   Side effects too severe: 14%
Other 3   Other: 14%
Did not seem to work 2   Did not seem to work: 9%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 5%

See all 22 patients who’ve stopped taking Clindamycin

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Clindamycin

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0

Stopped Taking Clindamycin

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Clindamycin

Always
 8 73%
Usually
 3 27%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Clindamycin

Very
 2 18%
Somewhat
 1 9%
A little
 5 45%
Not at all
 3 27%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Clindamycin

$200+
 1 14%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 6 86%

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Report created on May 28, 2012.