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A member asked:
Can clindamycin be making my tooth abscess throb?
10 doctors weighed in across 5 answers
NO: It cannot. However, it the bacteria is resistant to it, then the infection is getting worse; this could cause your abscess to throb.
Answered 9/22/2013
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Tooth abscess: An antibiotic will usually localize the infection which shouldn't cause throbbing but help remove the infection around the tooth (not in) teporaraly until worked on by a dentist.
Answered 12/9/2013
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Antibiotics take tim: Antibiotics taken for an absccessed tooth take time to begin to have a positive effect. In some cases, the infection can be resistant. To answer your question, the throbbing is not likely caused by the clindamycin, but by the abscess. Additionally, the medicine will never solve your tooth problem, and even if it feels better it will return unless a root canal or extraction is completed.
Answered 7/19/2017
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No: Antibiotics take time to work and the throbbing is related to the infection.
Answered 7/9/2018
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No: The infection is making the tooth throb. Antibiotic may take 48 hrs to kick in. Antibiotic will control spread of infection until you stop taking it, so make sure you are scheduled for hands-on dental treatment before pills run out.
Answered 7/9/2018
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