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600mg clindamycin 3xday. start yesterday.my 4wk old, bf, son has watery diarrhea today.3rd round of abx since his delivery. cld it b making him sick?
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Antibiotics related.: It appears the mother is getting a third round of antibiotics within 4 weeks of delivery. Breast fed baby is beginning to be affected because of the watery stools. It may be necessary to stop breast feeding temporarily till mother's problems are sorted out. More info may be obtained: http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/htmlgen?LACT. Baby may need to seen if baby appears ill.
Answered 2/5/2017
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