<s>[INST] Hi. I was taking penicillin for a week for an abscess in my molar. I went through the entire perscription and it was worse than when I started. So three cdays ago, I went back to the doc and she gave me clindamycin. Wich I thought was great. My pain went away and I was able to match my top and bottom together to smile. But this morning I wake up and just over night it turned triple what it was at its worse. Now I look like I have a double jumbo jawbreaker in my cheek.  I took 2 steps forward and was shoved 4 steps back. [/INST] Hi and thank you so much for this query. I am so sorry to hear about this. Antibiotic treatment for an abscess is most effective in the early days. If it has been for a while with abscess collection, then you would need a surgical intervention to Chat Doctor.  Antibiotics cannot make it into pus collection and are thus generally ineffective with collected abscesses. Please return to your dentist and get and X-ray done. If there is any collection let it be  </s>