MID-VOLUME · HOSP-HEAVY
clindamycin Side Effects
clindamycin (also sold as Cleocin) sits MID-VOLUME #202 of 524 by FAERS report count. Lead signal: HOSP-HEAVY - 37.7% mention hospitalization (10,349 reports). Demographics and serious-outcome tables follow.
Data updated 2026-05-15
- 27,449
- FAERS reports
FDA Adverse Event Reporting System extract for clindamycin. Stamp set CASELOAD · DEATH-HEAVY · HOSP-HEAVY. How figures are compiled.
clindamycin: 37.7% mention hospitalization (10,349 reports). Death stamp DEATH-HEAVY; volume band MID-VOLUME #202 of 524 by FAERS report count.
Mid-book FAERS page for clindamycin (Cleocin) (27,449 reports). Signature HOSP-HEAVY. Dominant age band on file: 45-64. Educational reference only.
Counts from the openFDA FAERS extract (1999–2025). Stamps CASELOAD · DEATH-HEAVY · HOSP-HEAVY · SEX-BALANCED.
DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY leads 2,314 of 27,449 reports
Who reports · age peak 45-64 (SEX-BALANCED)
Sex coding · SEX-BALANCED
Age peak 45-64 (6,698 reports)
FAERS filings rising toward 2025
Reactions in Death Reports
Death-mentioned subset is HEAVY here (2,286 reports, 8.3%). Top co-reported reactions in that subset - voluntary, not causal.
| Reaction | Reports |
|---|---|
| DEATH | 487 |
| RENAL FAILURE | 209 |
| SEPSIS | 178 |
| SEPTIC SHOCK | 165 |
| ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY | 164 |
| PNEUMONIA | 158 |
| MULTIPLE ORGAN DYSFUNCTION SYNDROME | 157 |
| CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE | 140 |
| RESPIRATORY FAILURE | 129 |
| PAIN | 128 |
| PYREXIA | 115 |
| DYSPNOEA | 109 |
| CONDITION AGGRAVATED | 103 |
| CARDIAC ARREST | 101 |
| HYPOTENSION | 95 |
| ANAEMIA | 94 |
| NAUSEA | 94 |
| FATIGUE | 86 |
Reactions in Hospitalization Reports
Hospitalization is HEAVY (10,349, 37.7% of the book). Top reactions in those rows:
| Reaction | Reports |
|---|---|
| DIARRHOEA | 808 |
| PYREXIA | 756 |
| NAUSEA | 745 |
| ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY | 705 |
| PAIN | 692 |
| DYSPNOEA | 657 |
| RASH | 550 |
| VOMITING | 548 |
| FATIGUE | 516 |
| PNEUMONIA | 461 |
| RENAL FAILURE | 454 |
| HEADACHE | 405 |
| CELLULITIS | 391 |
| ASTHENIA | 387 |
| ANAEMIA | 372 |
| CONDITION AGGRAVATED | 368 |
| FALL | 368 |
| HYPOTENSION | 361 |
How to read clindamycin FAERS figures (CASELOAD · DEATH-HEAVY · HOSP-HEAVY)
FAERS holds 27,449 voluntary reports linked to clindamycin (Cleocin), 1999-2025. Death is listed on 2,286 (8.3%). Hospitalization appears on 10,349 (37.7%). Top co-reported indication: Product Used For Unknown Indication.
Mid-volume extract - treat DEATH-HEAVY · HOSP-HEAVY as signal-detection rates next to 37.7% mention hospitalization (10,349 reports).
Read with clindamycin
Peers ranked by ABS(total_reports), then an ABS(death_share) pole; guide hop follows DEATH-HEAVY · HOSP-HEAVY stamps.
ABS(total_reports) peer at 27,049 FAERS cases (Δ 400 lighter vs clindamycin); DEATH-HEAVY · HOSP-HEAVY · SEX-BALANCED vs this page's CASELOAD · DEATH-HEAVY · HOSP-HEAVY · SEX-BALANCED.
ABS(total_reports) peer at 27,931 FAERS cases (Δ 482 heavier vs clindamycin); DEATH-MARKED · HOSP-MID · SEX-BALANCED vs this page's CASELOAD · DEATH-HEAVY · HOSP-HEAVY · SEX-BALANCED.
ABS(total_reports) peer at 28,005 FAERS cases (Δ 556 heavier vs clindamycin); DEATH-HEAVY · HOSP-HEAVY · SEX-BALANCED vs this page's CASELOAD · DEATH-HEAVY · HOSP-HEAVY · SEX-BALANCED.
ABS(total_reports) peer at 28,128 FAERS cases (Δ 679 heavier vs clindamycin); DEATH-MARKED · HOSP-MID · FEMALE-LED vs this page's CASELOAD · DEATH-HEAVY · HOSP-HEAVY · SEX-BALANCED.
ABS(death_share) pole at 62.1% death-mentioned reports (Δ 53.8 pp vs clindamycin's DEATH-HEAVY): CASELOAD · HOSP-MID.
clindamycin stamps DEATH-HEAVY · HOSP-HEAVY; FAERS outcome shares are signal-detection rates, not incidence. Read them next to caseload CASELOAD and the label guide.