Reply #28: I didn't see anything in the article about the specific antibiotic he needed. [View All]

[Lyric]

Clindamycin (Cleocin) and/or amoxicillin and clavulanate (Augmentin) are usually the first choice for an abscess, and both of them CAN be rather pricy depending on the dose required.

Keflex is primarily used for skin infections, although it can sometimes be prescribed for an oral infection if the patient is allergic to clindamycin. However, considering the severity of his abscess, I have a very hard time believing that he'd have been given a prescription for Keflex. Frankly, I'm shocked that they didn't admit him overnight and give him a bolus dose or two of a powerful IV antibiotic.