gigimac
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can clindamycin cause you to have false smell or taste? took it last night and now i have a weird taste smell that won't go away. it's like a chemical cleaner smell/taste. bleh
Is it dangerous?
Posts: 1534 | From Greensboro NC | Registered: Aug 2011
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Well, we're all different in our responses to treatment. I take it quite often for infections, and I've also taken it for Lyme treatment.
I have never noticed a taste/smell problem, myself.
It's not dangerous - it's just another antibiotic - it's static, not cidal, meaning it stops the RNA replication but doesn't kill the bacteria like penicillin would, for example. I am allergic to abx, so that's why clinda was mine.
Best to take some probiotics when we're doing antibiotics.
There's a great free online Heal Your Gut summit that started today - posted about in General - speakers will be discussing probiotics quite frequently throughout the week - I recommend watching if you have the time.
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gigimac
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Thanks Robin. My go to abx has been doxy. I don't tolerate others well either and think I'm allergic to penicillin. So this is my first go with clinda. Have to have it for my tooth.
Anyway, guess I will count it as another weird Lyme thing for now. I will check out the probiotic info.
Robin, did you take the 150 or 300 mg strength and would you mind sharing the dose of clinda you took for Lyme?
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In the beginning, I took 150mg around the clock - ie every 6 hours like I'd done for a prior finger infection. At the end of a week, no more fibro pain!
Then I took it every 8 hours, to give myself some sleep!
Then I herxed after a month's time, and dropped it back to 150mg 2x/day, and that was enough for 5 years.
We're all different, though, so we all need to find out what's going to work for us.
I now take turmeric capsules that do just fine for muscle and joint pain.
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