Clindamycin Dosing Guidelines

Dosing Considerations for Specific Indications

• For patients allergic to penicillin, the American Dental Association recommends 600 mg of clindamycin orally 1 hour before dental procedures for prophylaxis of infective endocarditis 1

Monitoring and Precautions

• The Infectious Diseases Society of America suggests that no routine serum level monitoring is required for clindamycin, unlike other antibiotics such as vancomycin 2