I have been on antibiotics for eight days my jaw is so swollen I cannot open my mouth to chew food some days pain is more intense than others. On ciprofloxacin started on clindamyacin and they switched me after a trip to er. I m about to take both because I m tired of hiring and this has cost me both of my jobs. Need help please advice.
Hello, I can understand your concern and advise you not to take both these antibiotics together. Ciprofloxacin has higher antibacterial coverage than Clindamycin so stop taking Clindamycin and complete the course of Ciprofloxacin. In addition, the description of the symptoms suggests that you are probably having trouble with the lower third molar or wisdom tooth. It might be impacted or infected causing the symptom. In that case, only antibiotics will not help to relieve the problem. You should make an appointment with the dentist and go for clinical examination of the oral cavity along with x-ray of the lower third molar area on the side of jaw where the pain is. If it is indeed the cause, you should get the tooth extracted. In addition, if you are having pain and not able to chew probably, you should take analgesic such as Motorola 10 mg (Retool DT) thrice a day. I hope this information helps you. Thank you for choosing Chat Doctor. I wish you feel better soon. Best,