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[|Human|] The last week and a half I have been coughing. It gets especially bad at night when I am trying to go to sleep. Its been hard to breath at times. Today I coughed up a little bit of infection. I tend to get upper lung infections alot. I have some left over clindamycin from when I had dental surgery not to long ago. Can I take that for now and see if its get worse? I cant afford to take more time off work or go to the doctor otherwise I would
[|AI|]  Thanks for your question on Chat Doctor. I can understand your concern. Clindamycin is broad spectrum antibiotic. It is also effective in lung infection (pneumonia). Dose of clindamycin is 300 mg twice daily for at least 7 days. So if you have 14 tablets then only start clindamycin. If you don't have sufficient course, it might worsen the infection. Hope I have solved your query. I will be happy to help you further. Wish you good health. Thanks.