All about Amoxil
Posted on February 27, 2010
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Amoxicillin is an antibiotic that will kill many varieties of bacteria that could cause many infections. It will work by just interfering with the bacteria attaching to the cell walls.
For anyone that would need to treat the ear, throat, nose, skin along with urinary tract Infections, they would normally get the 250 mgs about every 8 hours. Kids that would be less than 88 lbs would need the dosage depending on their weight. This will be done by their doctor.
Amoxil would be used in treating children that would have an ear infection, sinusitis, pneumonia, along with strep throat. Amoxil also has been used to help treat the patients that would have the H. pylori infection.
Side effects could be agitation, confusion, changes in your behavior, hives, diarrhea, insomnia, jaundice, rash along with nausea. As with any type of drug, you would need to contact your doctor right away if you would experience the very bloody or even severe diarrhea along with abdominal cramps.
The warnings and the precautions of taking Amoxil would be that this medication should be avoided by anyone that would have glandular fever, cytomegalovirus oreven chronic lymphoid leukemia, since these people would be more common to have rashes due to the drug. You would need to let your doctor know if you have had hives, hay fever, asthma or any other types of allergies. If you would have any bruising, rashes, fevers, joint pain, itching, sores on your genitals or even swollen lymph nodes, you need to stop taking this medication.
Before you would take Amoxil, you will need to tell your doctor about any medications that you have been on. Especially if you would be taking chloramphenicol, erythromycin, probenecid, oral contraceptives or even tetracycline.
Symptoms of overdose due to Amoxil would be pain or twitching, weakness, seizures, pains in your toes or fingers, loosing feeling in your toes or fingers, confusion, agitation or even a coma. Seek emergency help if there is any suspicion of overdose.
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