Competitive Blockers
Moderate
Textbook
Enhanced neuromuscular blockade.
Source: KDT 7e · p347-359
Drug reference
lincomycin
Lincosamide antibiotic · Antibacterial
Lincosamide antibioticAntibacterialATC null
CDSCO approved
EXCRETION
—
not curated
INTERACTIONS
—
none in our sources
PREGNANCY
X
FDA category + note
Mechanism
null
Indications
largely replaced by clindamycin due to higher incidence of diarrhoea and colitis and less potency
Dosing
- Adult
- 500 mg TDS-QID oral; 600 mg i.m. or by i.v. infusion 6–12 hrly
Pharmacokinetics
Half-life
5 hrs
Excretion
excreted mainly in bile
Side effects
Common
diarrhoeacolitis
Pregnancy & lactation
Pregnancy
X
Drug interactions
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Textbook-sourced·Sources: KD Tripathi 7e·Updated: 2026-05-10