Clindamycin is a lincosamide antibiotic, and is used in the treatment of bacterial or other infections caused by microorganisms. The drug is mainly used to treat oral infections, dental diseases, abscesses, deep wounds, and bone infections. Clindamycin is also a pet antibiotic prescribed to cure dental and bone infections in dogs and cats such as gingivitis, periodontitis and osteomyelitis, pus filled infection sites, bite wounds, abscess, post surgery and pneumonia, and respiratory infections. Clindamycin is also used to treat cats suffering from toxoplasmosis.
Clindamycin should not be used in animals that are allergic to it. Use with extreme care when it’s prescribed with neuromuscular blocking agents. Clindamycin could be consumed with or without food. Nursing puppies or kittens have chances of developing diarrhea as the medication could pass via the milk. Periodic liver and kidney tests should also be done if the pet is on this medication for more than one month.
DOSAGE Clindamycin for pets is available in oral capsules of variable dosage or as an oral dose liquid suspension aquadrop for hard-to-pill pets. Clindamycin is available as 25mg or 150mg capsules and as drops containing 25mg/1ml. The drops must be stored at room temperature. Clindamycin is FDA approved for use in dogs and veterinarians have the usual practice to use clindamycin in cats too. The usual dose of Clindamycin for dogs is 2.5mg-5mg/pound every 12 hours. The usual dose for cats is 5-10mg/pound every 24 hours. The length of the entire treatment depends on the condition of the pet as well as its response to the treatment.
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