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A member asked:
I have been put on clindamycin 300mg 4 times a day, third day still not feeling better, still have swelling in jaw...is it working?
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Go back to dentist: This may be an abscess, there may be a resistant organism, there may be a completely different problem. Go and get this taken care of and hope you are better soon.
Answered 11/10/2013
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