COMPOSITION:
Linacin 150 capsule: Each capsule contains 150 mg of Clindamycin as
Clindamycin Hydrochloride BP.
Linacin 300 capsule: Each capsule contains 300 mg of Clindamycin as
Clindamycin Hydrochloride BP.
PHARMACOLOGY:
Clindamycin is a lincosamide antibiotic. Clindamycin inhibits bacterial protein
synthesis by binding to the 50S subunit of the ribosome. It has activity against
aerobic gram-positive cocci, including: Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus
epidermidis (penicillinase and non-penicillinase producing strains), Streptococci,
Pneumococci. Anaerobic gram-negative bacilli including: Bacteroides species,
Fusobacterium species. Anaerobic gram-positive non-spore forming bacilli
including: Propionibacterium species, Eubacterium species, Actinomyces species.
Anaerobic and microaerophilic gram-positive cocci including: Peptococcus species,
Peptostreptococcus species, Microaerophilic streptococci, C. perferinges.
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