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Is it safe for you to drink cloxacillin for boils?

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Dr. Charles Davant answered

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Depends: The boils are probably due to a staph infection and if the bug is resistant to clox and diclox drinking a gallon won't help. If the bug is sensitive it would probably do the trick. I haven't used that drug for a long time, but it used to come as a capsule which would work as well as a liquid.

Answered 3/26/2013

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