Clindamycin (Cleocin Oral, Cleocin T) Forum Forum - Clindamycin severe side effects

[Jenny33]

I took Clindamycin for an oral abcess, I've been off it for 2 weeks but tomorrow I plan to see my doct because I've had severe abdominal cramps and diarreah for 5 days.

Really don't understand why I wasn't warned about this severe side effect on this drug!! This was too strong an antibiotic for an oral abcess!

I think Pseudomembranuos Colitis or Clostridium Difficile is the bacteria it causes. Colitis is managable but not curable.

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[mom]

My daughter has had stomach pain while on cleocin and more sever since stopping it last Fri. She was on this for a little over 3 week after a reoccuring strep throat infection. Last Fri. she started with frequent bowel movements and stomach pain. It had. gotten worse on Wed. with severe stomach cramps and having diarrhea and some vomiting. She was screaming in pain. TOday she seems to be some better, but is still having stomach pain. I don't think as severe. Today she vomited once and has had only one bowel movement so far. I did take her to the doctor because I was getting very concerned. TH Dr. thinks it's just a stomach virus that is going around. I don't know, since this has been going on since last Fri., and just after she stopped the cleocin. Any advice?

THank You

[mom]

i forgot to mention that she had ran fever on Wed. afternoon and evening. it got up to 102.7. She has not ran fever since. I just checked on her and she has a low grade of 99.5. Yesterday she had about 4-6 loose bowel movements. today she has had about 7 since she woke up around 10am, it is now after 5pm. she has been hungry this whole time this has been going on and wanting to eat, which i thought was strange.

thanks

[jalapy]

I was prescribed cleocin-oral 300mg from the dentist when I had my wisdom teeth removed. A couple of weeks later I notice a change in the consistancy of my bowel movements and thought that it was just a phase until one morning I was awaken with severe diarrhea. For three weeks I was back and fourth between going five times a day to not going at all. During this time I'd been to the doctor three times and have even taken a trip to the emergency room. I used to be afraid of needles but I have had so much blood taken from me that it doesn't bother me anymore. I was told that I had developed Cdif and am now on flagyl for a week. The severe cramping caused me to bleed two weeks after my normal cycle. I am lucky that I wasn't pregnant because I don't think that the baby would have made it. Tomarrow I have to see the Radiologist and the Gynocologist to make sure no damage was done.

I understand that you take the risk of developing complications from using prescription drugs since they put the warning on the label but I wonder how many people have severe reactions from using this drug. They say that you should talk to your doctor if you have question about taking a drug prior to. But what is left out of the conversation for those of us who are unaware of what is further down the line weeks after taking a certain drug. I don't know if the dose of cleocin that I received was just too strong for me or if my immune system was already impared. I make it a priority to keep up on my visits to the doctor and I do ask questions. But how careful do you need to be? I have done some research on cleocin and am somewhat aware of its other uses. If not taken orally I wonder about its other possible side effects and what they can lead to.