Clindamycin per 300 mg capsule

What is Clindamycin per used for?

Treatment of serious infections caused by clindamycin susceptible strains of gram-positive aerobes such as streptococci, pneumococci, and staphylococci, or by susceptible anaerobic bacteria. In cases of aerobic infections, clindamycin is an alternative if other antimicrobial drugs are inactive or contraindicated. In cases of anaerobic infections, clindamycin can be considered as a first-choice drug. 1. Upper respiratory tract infections: chronic sinusitis caused by anaerobic strains. Clindamycin can be used for selected cases of chronic suppurative otitis media or as adjunctive therapy along with an antibiotic active against aerobic gram-negative organisms. Infections caused by H. influenzae are not an indication. Clindamycin can also be used in cases of recurrent pharyngotonsillitis. 2. Lower respiratory tract infections including infectious exacerbation of chronic bronchitis and pneumonia. 3. Serious skin and soft tissue infections caused by susceptible organisms. 4. Bone and joint infections including osteomyelitis and septic arthritis. 5. Serious gynaecological infections of the pelvis including pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). Clindamycin can also be used in a single therapy in cases of cervicitis due to Chlamydia trachomatis. 6. Intra-abdominal infections including peritonitis and abdominal abscess. In simultaneous administration associated with a suitable Gram-negative antibiotic such as an aminoside, clindamycin appears to be effective in preventing peritonitis or intra-abdominal abscesses after perforation and bacterial contamination following trauma. 7. Septicaemia and endocarditis. Selected cases of septicaemia and/or endocarditis due to susceptible organisms have responded well to clindamycin. However, bactericidal drugs are often preferred for these infections. 8. Dental infections including periodontal abscess and periodontitis. 9. Toxoplasmic encephalitis in patient with AIDS. In patients who cannot tolerate the usual treatment, clindamycin may be used in combination with pyrimethamine. 10. Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in patients with AIDS. In patients who cannot tolerate the usual treatment, clindamycin may be used in combination with primaquine. 11. Malaria, including multi-resistant Plasmodium falciparum, in combination with quinine. 12. Prophylaxis of infection in neck and head surgery. Clindamycin phosphate, diluted in normal saline, is used as an intraoperative irrigant of the surgical field. Like other antibiotics information regarding the prevention of local resistance as well as the official recommendations regarding prescription of antibiotics must be reviewed before prescribing clindamycin.

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What it costs

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How much of it to take

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Before you switch to a cheaper version

These products have the same composition, strength and dose form. Prices vary by brand and pharmacy — confirm cost and suitability with your doctor or pharmacist before switching.

Two cautions worth carrying into that conversation. A modified-release product (marked SR, XR, CR or ER) is not interchangeable with a plain one of the same strength. And for a small group of medicines with a narrow safe range — warfarin, thyroxine, phenytoin, lithium, some immunosuppressants — staying on one brand is the safer default, and any change should be monitored.

Other products with the same composition (118 in the catalogue)

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Where to buy the generic

Jan Aushadhi Kendras are government-run stores selling the same molecules under their generic names. There are several thousand across India; the prices above are the PMBI list price. Any pharmacy can also dispense a generic if you ask for the composition rather than the brand.