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How quickly can clindamycin clear a case of strep throat?
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Quickly: You should start to feel better within a day or so. Remember to take all of your antibiotics, or your infection can come back and not respond to future antibiotic treatment.
Answered 12/16/2015
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Depends: Not the first choice in treatment of strep, unless allergic to penicillin. If the person is relatively healthy and antibiotics are taken properly the infection should clear up in about a week.
Answered 8/27/2012
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Fast improvement: Clindamycin works quickly but i would stay on a 10 day course to clear.
Answered 4/25/2015
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