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Does Taking Clindamycin 4 Times A Day Affects Liver Or Kidneys?
By accident a relative took 600mg of Clindamycin 4 times a day for three days how can this affect her liver or kidneys? She does not feel sick. Will she definitely have problems? She was not eating do to a high fever,but stayed hydrated with crandberry juice,water and ginger ale. Should she be worried?
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No. It is not certain to cause liver problems in every patient.If there is loss of appetite, get her to do her liver function tests--regards
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