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Just got prescribed clindamycin 300mg three times a day . how many hours should i take them apart?

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Dr. Stephen Southard answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

In a perfect world: You would take Clindamycin every eight hours to optimal spread the medication out and keep sustained therapeutic levels in the blood with minimal highs and lows, but that's easier said than done.

Answered 6/25/2019

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