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Is it safe to stop taking clindamycin after 5 days because of side effects?
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Call your doctor: 5 days will probably not be enough to cure the infection. Call your doctor and if you are having bad side effects maybe the doctor will change the antibiotic.
Answered 5/18/2017
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