Product Description:
- 875 mg amoxicillin and 125 mg clavulanic acid.
- To reduce the development of drug resistant bacteria and maintain the effectiveness (amoxicillin/clavulanate potassium) and other antibacterial drugs
- Should be used only to treat infections that are proven or strongly suspected to be caused by susceptible bacteria.
Combination penicillin-class antibacterial and beta-lactamase inhibitor indicated in the treatment of infections due to susceptible isolates of the designated bacteria in the conditions listed below:
- Lower respiratory tract infections.
- Acute bacterial otitis media.
- Skin and skin structure infections.
- Urinary tract infections.
How To Use:
- May be taken without regard to meals; however, absorption of clavulanate potassium is enhanced when This antibiotic is administered at the start of a meal.
- To minimize the potential for gastrointestinal intolerance, AUGMENTIN should be taken at the start of a meal.
- May work best if you take it at the start of a meal.
- Take the medicine every 12 hours.
- Do not crush or chew the extended-release tablet. Swallow the pill whole, or break the pill in half and take both halves one at a time.
Warnings And Precautions:
- You should not use Augmentin if you have severe kidney disease.
- If you have had liver problems or jaundice while taking amoxicillin and clavulanate potassium.
- If you are allergic to any penicillin or cephalosporin antibiotic.
- This drug is contraindicated in patients with a previous history of amoxicillin-clavulanate-associated cholestatic jaundice or hepatic dysfunction.
- Serious and occasionally fatal hypersensitivity reactions have been reported.
- The drug should be discontinued immediately at the first appearance of a skin rash or other signs of hypersensitivity.
Ingredients:
- Each tablet contains 875 mg amoxicillin (as amoxicillin trihydrate) and 125 mg clavulanic acid (as potassium clavulanate).