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Reviewer: Ellie's, 65-74 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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I was given Clindamycin after an uneventful root canal.developed a c-diff infection from which I was sick for many months. Am now at risk for taking any oral anti- biotic.
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Reviewer: Steven, 55-64 Male on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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I have only taken 5 of the 28 of these I've been prescribed. I have the worst heartburn I've ever experienced in my life. I can hardly wait for the rest of the side effects to kick in. I have 4 broken teeth and they're infected and hurt so bad I want to cut my head off. I have to get the infection under control before I can have the teeth extracted. That's the only reason I am goin
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Reviewer: Sneezy85, 25-34 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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I was prescribed this for tonsillitis. Less than a day on the medicine I got extreme diarrhea and stomach/intestinal cramps that lasted for a week. I was prescribed the medicine for 10 days but on day 5 went to the doctor for the diarrhea and he told me to quit taking the medicine. It took 2 days for the diarrhea to stop. I couldn't get out of the bathroom. This is the worst medicine I have ev
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Reviewer: beckd, 55-64 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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Made me sick with diarrhea, severe stomach pain, nausea after 1 day following tooth extraction.
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Reviewer: tlynn, 45-54 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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after only 2 days infection was almost gone!!!
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