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You can take the drug in the form of a capsule, tablet, chewable tablet, or liquid. Like all medications, amoxicillin can cause side effects, including: nausea. vomiting. diarrhea. changes in ...
I'm taking amoxicillin as a prevention for infecition. When I read the offical package instructions about the drug it said it has 2 hours half-life, but in your "box" it says 1 hour. Please someone verify either. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.85.132.67 17:46, 19 June 2010 (UTC)
The side effects of penicillin can be altered by taking other medications at the same time. Taking oral contraceptives along with penicillin may lower the effects of the contraceptive. When probenecid is used concurrently with penicillin, kidney excretion of probenecid is decreased resulting in higher blood levels of penicillin in the ...
Amoxicillin is in the β-lactam family of antibiotics. [9] Amoxicillin was discovered in 1958 and came into medical use in 1972. [12] [13] Amoxil was approved for medical use in the United States in 1974, [4] [5] and in the United Kingdom in 1977. [2] It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines. [14]
Many parents across the US are working overtime to take care of sick children. Not only are Covid-19, the flu and RSV circulating, but doctors say cases of strep throat are on the rise.
[2] [3] It may be accompanied by abdominal cramps, nausea, fever, headache and bloating. [3] Occasionally dysentery may occur. [5] Most travelers recover within three to four days with little or no treatment. [3] About 12% of people may have symptoms for a week. [3]
“People can still be exposed to germs during the time it takes for chlorine to kill the germs.” The diarrhea-causing parasite, cryptosporidium, “is harder to kill,” Lum adds.
The two most prominent infections of GAS are both non-invasive: strep throat (pharyngitis) where it causes 15–30% of the childhood cases and 10% of adult cases, and impetigo. [4] These may be effectively treated with antibiotics. Scarlet fever is also a non-invasive infection caused by GAS, although much less common.