Amoxicillin suspension 250mg/5ml 100ml

Amoxicillin suspension instruction for use

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If a child is diagnosed with a bacterial infection, the doctor prescribes the child one of the effective antibiotics with a wide spectrum of activity against microorganisms. One of these drugs can be called Amoxicillin suspension for children. Especially for children, it is produced in granules so that parents can prepare a sweet suspension in the form of syrup at home. From what age and in what dosage do you give this medicine to a sick child?

Release form

Amoxicillin in granules is packaged in dark glass bottles weighing 40 grams. Inside one bottle is enough white or white-yellow granules to make 100 ml of a yellowish suspension with the smell of fruit. Because of the sweet taste of this liquid, some mothers call it syrup.
In the package there is a measuring spoon that helps to accurately dose the drug. Its total volume is 5 ml, but inside the spoon there is a risk by which only 2.5 ml of the suspension can be measured. In addition to this form, Amoxicillin is also produced in tablets and capsules, but in the treatment of children in the first years of life it is more convenient to use a liquid preparation.

Composition

The main component of the drug is amoxicillin trihydrate. In 5 ml of the suspension prepared from Amoxicillin granules contains 250 mg of this compound. For sweetness, the preparation contains sucrose and saccharinate sodium, and strawberry, raspberry and passionflower flavors give a pleasant scent to the medicine. Also such Amoxicillin contains sodium benzoate, sodium citrate, guar gum and simethicone.

Operating principle

Amoxicillin suspension is included in the group of penicillin antibiotics and is a drug with a very extensive antimicrobial action. Since this medicine destroys germs, this effect is called bactericidal.
The drug affects different types of staphylococci, Escherichia coli, Salmonella, Streptococcus, as well as gonococci, Clostridium, meningococci, Chlamydia, Helicobacter, Listeria and many other bacteria. However, it is ineffective in the fight against certain microorganisms. In addition, Amoxicillin is powerless against viruses.

Indications

The drug is prescribed to children with infectious diseases caused by microbe that is sensitive to Amoxicillin suspension.
Such medicine is claimed:
    For angina, sinusitis, bronchitis, otitis, pharyngitis or other infectious diseases of the upper respiratory tract and the respiratory system.
    When bacteria infect the urogenital organs, for example, urethritis or nephritis.
    With meningitis, peritonitis, sepsis and other dangerous infections.
    With various intestinal infections, including dysentery, salmonellosis and leptospirosis.
    With gastrointestinal ulcer and inflammation of the gallbladder.
    With infections of soft tissue and skin.

At what age is it allowed to take?

Pediatricians allow treatment with Amoxicillin as a suspension to children from birth. However, babies under one year old should not be given such a medicine without a prescription. However, you should not treat children suspension Amoxicillin, without consulting with a pediatrician, and at an older age. If the child is already 5-6 years old, instead of the suspension, it is already possible to use a tablet form of the drug.

Contraindications

If a child has an allergy to penicillin or cephalosporin antibacterial drugs, you should not give him suspension Amoxicillin.
Restrictions on taking the drug will also be:
    Pathology of the liver.
    Allergic diseases.
    Kidney disease.
    Leukemia
    Breast-feeding.
    Negative reactions of the gastrointestinal tract to antibiotic therapy in the past.
    Bleeding in history.
Any of these problems requires the doctor to prescribe Amoxicillin suspension to the child very carefully.

Side effects

On the use of Amoxicillin suspension, the children's organism can "respond":
    Allergies.
    Dyspepsia.
    Headaches.
    Decrease in the number of blood cells.
    Increased heart rate.
    Sleep problems.
    Liver dysfunction.
In some babies, the drug provokes dysbacteriosis or candidiasis. Occasionally, suspension Amoxicillin can cause serious problems such as seizures, enterocolitis, anaphylactic shock, and superinfection.

Instructions for use and dosage

To dilute the granules, boiled water at room temperature is required. It is poured into the vial up to the label marked on the bottle, the lid is closed on the packaging and thoroughly shaken so that the dry substance mixes evenly with the liquid.

In the first two years of life

In a volume corresponding to 20 mg of amoxicillin suspension per kilogram of baby weight.

Children from 2 to 5 years

125 mg of active substance (this is 2.5 ml of suspension).

Children from 5 to 10 years

250 mg of the active ingredient, which corresponds to 5 ml of the drug (one scoop).

Children over 10 years old

500 mg of suspension amoxicillin, which corresponds to 2 scoops, including 10 ml of medication.
The drug is prescribed in this dosage three times within 5-12 days. A more accurate duration of therapy is determined by the doctor considering the disease, but after the disappearance of the clinical manifestations, Amoxicillin continues to give another 2-3 days.

Overdose

    If you give Amoxicillin suspension to a child in too high a dose, it will lead to vomiting and diarrhea, as well as to dehydration. Immediately after an overdose, it is recommended to rinse the stomach and give the baby a sorbent, after which it is necessary to unsolder the child with solutions for rehydration. If the poisoning is severe, you should call an ambulance.

Interaction with other drugs

The drug will be absorbed and act worse if it is combined with the use of laxatives, antacids, glucosamine or bacteriostatic antibiotics. Amoxicillin suspension will intensify when combined with vitamin C or other antibacterial antimicrobial drugs. If you use indirect anticoagulants, their effectiveness under the influence of Amoxicillin will increase.

Storage conditions and shelf life

To Amoxicillin suspension did not lose its effectiveness, it is advised to keep away from moisture and direct sunlight, and the optimal temperature storage range is called + 15 + 25 degrees Celsius. It is important that such medication is not easily accessible to children. The shelf life of an unopened bottle is 3 years. If a suspension has already been made from the granules, it is possible to store such liquid medicine for only 2 weeks.

Reviews

About Amoxicillin suspension there are a variety of reviews. Some mothers praise her for fast and effective action, ease of dispensing, pleasant taste and low price. Others are blamed for frequent side effects (for example, nausea, allergic rash or diarrhea), triple intake and short shelf life. However, in most reviews, parents say that the drug helped with angina, bronchitis or other infections. But sometimes there are cases when the medication turned out to be ineffective and the child needed to give another antibiotic.

Terms of sell

You don't need a prescription to buy Amoxicillin suspension.