In this Article

• What is benzoyl peroxide and clindamycin topical (Duac Topical Gel)?
• What are the possible side effects of benzoyl peroxide and clindamycin topical?
• What is the most important information I should know about benzoyl peroxide and clindamycin topical?
• What should I discuss with my healthcare provider before using benzoyl peroxide and clindamycin topical?
• How should I use benzoyl peroxide and clindamycin topical?
• What happens if I miss a dose?
• What happens if I overdose?
• What should I avoid while taking benzoyl peroxide and clindamycin topical?
• What other drugs will affect benzoyl peroxide and clindamycin topical?
• Where can I get more information?

What should I discuss with my healthcare provider before using benzoyl peroxide and clindamycin topical?

Do not use this medication if you are allergic to benzoyl peroxide or clindamycin (Cleocin, Clina-Derm, Clindets).

Although this medicine is applied to the skin, your body may absorb enough clindamycin to cause serious side effects. You may not be able to use this medication if you have:

• inflammation of your intestines (also called enteritis);
• ulcerative colitis; or
• if you have ever had severe diarrhea caused by antibiotic medicine.

FDA pregnancy category C. It is not known whether benzoyl peroxide and clindamycin will harm an unborn baby. Tell your doctor if you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant while using this medication.

It is not known whether benzoyl peroxide and clindamycin passes into breast milk or if it could harm a nursing baby. You should not breast-feed while you are using benzoyl peroxide and clindamycin.

How should I use benzoyl peroxide and clindamycin topical?

Use exactly as prescribed by your doctor. Do not use in larger or smaller amounts or for longer than recommended. Follow the directions on your prescription label. Using more medicine or applying it more often than prescribed will not make it work any faster, and may increase side effects.

Wash your hands before and after applying this medication.

Wash your face with a mild cleanser (not soap) and pat the skin dry with a clean towel.

Benzoyl peroxide and clindamycin topical is usually applied twice daily, in the morning and evening.

Avoid getting this medication in your eyes, mouth, or nose (or in the creases of your nose), or on your lips. If it does get into any of these areas, wash with water. Do not apply this medicine to sunburned, windburned, dry, chapped, irritated, or broken skin.

It may take several weeks before your symptoms improve. Keep using the medication as directed and tell your doctor if your symptoms do not improve.

Store at room temperature away from moisture and heat. Do not freeze. Throw away any unused medicine after the expiration date on the label has passed.

Throw away any unused BenzaClin gel after 3 months.

Throw away any unused Acanya or Duac gel after 2 months.