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Generic ingredients: Amoxicillin and Clavulanate

What is amoxicillin and clavulanate potassium?

Amoxicillin and clavulanate potassium is an antibiotic in the class of drugs called penicillins. Amoxicillin and clavulanate potassium fights bacteria in the body.

Amoxicillin and clavulanate potassium is used to treat many different types of bacterial infections, such as sinusitis, pneumonia, ear infections, bronchitis, urinary tract infections, and infections of the skin.

This medication is sometimes prescribed for other uses; ask your doctor or pharmacist for more information.

Why is this medication prescribed?

The combination of amoxicillin, a penicillin-like antibiotic, and clavulanate potassium is used to treat bacterial infections of the ear, lungs, nose, sinus, skin, and urinary tract. Antibiotics will not work for colds, flu, or other viral infections.

This medication is sometimes prescribed for other uses; ask your doctor or pharmacist for more information.

How should this medicine be used?

Amoxicillin and clavulanate potassium comes as a tablet, chewable tablet, and liquid to take by mouth. It is usually taken every 8 hours (three times a day) or every 12 hours (twice a day). Follow the directions on your prescription label carefully, and ask your doctor or pharmacist to explain any part you do not understand. Take amoxicillin and clavulanate potassium exactly as directed. Do not take more or less of it or take it more often than prescribed by your doctor.

Shake the liquid well before each use to mix the medication evenly.
Amoxicillin and clavulanate potassium should be taken with a meal or snack to reduce stomach upset.

The chewable tablets should be chewed thoroughly before they are swallowed. The other tablets should be taken with a full glass of water.

Continue to take amoxicillin and clavulanate potassium even if you feel well.

Symptoms may start to improve before the infection is completely treated.

Do not stop taking amoxicillin and clavulanate potassium without talking to your doctor.

Other uses for this medicine

Amoxicillin and clavulanate potassium also is used occasionally to treat venereal disease (VD). Talk to your doctor about the possible risks of using this drug for your condition.

What special precautions should I follow?

Before taking amoxicillin and clavulanate potassium,

• tell your doctor and pharmacist if you are allergic to amoxicillin and clavulanate potassium, penicillin, or any other drugs.
  
• tell your doctor and pharmacist what prescription and nonprescription medications you are taking, especially other antibiotics, allopurinol (Lopurin), anticoagulants ('blood thinners') such as warfarin (Coumadin), disulfiram, oral contraceptives, probenecid (Benemid), and vitamins.
  
• tell your doctor if you have or have ever had kidney or liver disease, allergies, asthma, blood disease, colitis, stomach problems, or hay fever.
  
• tell your doctor if you are pregnant, plan to become pregnant, or are breast-feeding. If you become pregnant while taking amoxicillin and clavulanate potassium, call your doctor.
  
• if you are having surgery, including dental surgery, tell the doctor or dentist that you are taking amoxicillin and clavulanate.
  

What special dietary instructions should I follow?

Amoxicillin and clavulanate potassium may cause upset stomach. Take with food or milk.

What should I do if I forget a dose?

Take the missed dose as soon as you remember it. However, if it is almost time for the next dose, skip the missed dose and continue your regular dosing schedule. Do not take a double dose to make up for a missed one.

What happens if I overdose?

Symptoms of an amoxicillin and clavulanate potassium overdose include nausea, vomiting, stomach pain, rash, drowsiness, hyperactivity, and kidney problems.

What side effects can this medication cause?

Although side effects from amoxicillin and clavulanate potassium are not common, they can occur. Tell your doctor if any of these symptoms are severe or do not go away:

• upset stomach
  
• diarrhea
  
• vomiting
  
• mild skin rash
  If you experience any of the following symptoms, call your doctor immediately:
  
• severe skin rash
  
• itching
  
• hives
  
• difficulty breathing or swallowing
  
• wheezing
  
• vaginal infection
  

What other drugs will affect amoxicillin and clavulanate potassium?

Before taking amoxicillin and clavulanate potassium, tell your doctor if you are taking any of the following drugs:

• allopurinol (Zyloprim);
  
• probenecid (Benemid); or
  
• another antibiotic (for the same or for a different infection).
  

You may not be able to take amoxicillin and clavulanate potassium, or you may require a dosage adjustment or special monitoring during treatment if you are taking any of the medicines listed above.

Amoxicillin and clavulanate potassium may decrease the effectiveness of birth control pills. Use a second method of birth control while taking amoxicillin and clavulanate potassium to ensure protection from unintended pregnancy.

Drugs other than those listed here may also interact with amoxicillin and clavulanate potassium. Talk to your doctor and pharmacist before taking any prescription or over-the-counter medicines, including herbal products.

Special information if you are pregnant or breastfeeding

The effects of Augmentin during pregnancy have not been adequately studied. Because there may be risk to the developing baby, doctors usually recommend Augmentin to pregnant women only when the benefits of therapy outweigh any potential danger. Augmentin appears in breast milk and could affect a nursing infant. If Augmentin is essential to your health, your doctor may advise you to stop nursing your baby until your treatment with this drug is finished.

What storage conditions are needed for this medicine?

Keep this medication in the container it came in, tightly closed, and out of reach of children. Store the tablets at room temperature and away from excess heat and moisture (not in the bathroom). Throw away any medication that is outdated or no longer needed. Keep liquid medication in the refrigerator, tightly closed, and throw away any unused medication after 10 days. Do not freeze. Talk to your pharmacist about the proper disposal of your medication.

What other information should I know?

Amoxicillin and clavulanate potassium may decrease the effectiveness of birth control pills. Use a second method of birth control while taking amoxicillin and clavulanate potassium to ensure protection from unintended pregnancy.

FULL Prescribing Information for Augmentin®
(amoxicillin/clavulanate potassium) Tablets