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Been taking cephlexin 500mg every 6 hours for skin infection. been 2 weeks and the medication has not helped at all, should i be taking clindamycin?
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Inadequate response: If the treatment is not helping, I recommend returning to the prescriber, who saw the infection before, for re-evaluation. S/he is best positioned to understand what is going on. Another doctor can evaluate and treat you, but will have less information than the original prescriber
Answered 1/5/2019
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