How and When to use Augmentin? (Amoxicillin with Clavulanic acid) - Doctor Explains
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- Опубликовано: 27 июл 2024
- This is an informational overview video on Amoxicillin with Clavulanic acid. It is also known under the brandname; "Augmentin". It is available as a powder for oral suspension, a tablet and as an injection.
When to use it?
Augmentin is a wide-spectrum antibiotic. Which means it can be used to treat thousands different types of bacteria. Therefore Augmentin is mostly used to treat infections caused by unknown microorganisms, such as:
An upper respiratory tract infection (like a sinusitis)
An lower respiratory tract infection (pneumonia)
An urogenital tract infection (Chlamydia)
An gastrointestinal infection (H. pylori bacteria that can cause stomach ulcers);
Infections in your bones (e.g., osteomyelitis, prosthetic joint infections);
And lastly severe skin and soft tissue infections.
How to use it?
Swallow it tablet whole, with a glass of water. Do not chew on it or crush it. Or resolve the powder in half a glass of water and drink it.
Always take it at fixed times: preferably in the morning and in the evening. This lowers your chances on forgetting a dose. Furthermore, do not interrupt or stop the treatment and finish it completely.
What is the correct dosage?
It is important to always follow the precise prescription your doctor gave you.
Dose for adults and children 40kg:
500/125 mg every 8 hours
875/125 mg every 12 hours
In serious infections
1000/125 mg every 8 hours
Did you forget to take a dose? And does it take less than 4 hours till your next dose? Than skip the dose you missed and take the forgotten dose at the end of your treatment.
What are the side-effects?
(10%): diarrhea.
(1-10%): nausea, vomiting, candidiasis.
(0.1-1%): Dizziness, headache, rash, itching, dyspepsia.
Safety:
You can combine Augmentin with any type of food and even with alcohol.
Don’t use amoxicillin if you are hypersensitivity to Penicillin or Cefalosporin.
Pregnancy and Lactation:
You can safely use Augmentin if you are pregnant or breastfeeding.
However, you should stop with breastfeeding, if you are using Augmentin and you child gets diarrhea, candidiasis and / or a skin rash.
- Disclaimer: this video is meant purely informational! This is not medical advice! If you are looking for medical advice always contact your own doctor. -
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Literature:
1: Farmacotherapeutisch Kompas. (2020). Amoxicilline/clavulaanzuur.
2: Apotheek.nl. (2020). Amoxicilline/clavulaanzuur.
3. Durbin K. (2020). Augmentin.
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Thanks direct and simple.God bless you.
Thank you for this video🤔best video on the amoxicillin medication.
That was awesome and very detailed, thank you! 🙂 I hope to see more videos like this from you!
Hi Dustin,
Thank you for your nice comment. I am happy to hear you enjoyed my video!
@@howtomedicate is it normal to feel tired weak and dizzy while taking this?
@@keanujyreallelavarias2912 I felt like i was going to vomit and faint before driving to the supermarket, i had to sit down for a while then went to the supermarket but had to sit again as i thought i was going to faint in the supermarket. i then drove home, i have felt like throwing up since taking it.
I've only ever been on antibiotics twice in my adult life, and it's always been this stuff. It works wonders, never had issues, but yes, def take food with it. Even if just a slice of bread or something. Food will help with upset stomach
Thank you god bless you
Thank you Crystal
Thanks for the clear information.
Good job for the information
Thank you so much doctor for you effort and also to protect us.
It's a Wonderful video Doctor. Keep it up the good work...
Thanks you very much doctor for your valuable information.
Hi Bablu,
You are most welcome. I am happy to help.
Thank you so much it was very helpful
Great video.
I hope your Chanel continues to grow.
Hi Janice,
Thank you! I am always excited to see you comment.
Thank you for more information
I know that the extended-release has less clavulanate per tab, but it is still BID dosing. I thought choosing an extended-release version of a medication simply provided you with the benefit of improved compliance with patients because they can take it once daily instead of BID like an immediate release. I understand the extended-release portion of the medication, but since it is still BID, is there any reason to choose it over immediate release. I know you get a higher dose of amoxicillin, is there a benefit to having decreased clavulanate per dose? Sorry, I hope that makes sense. Thank you for the detailed video, it was very helpful.
Thanks for a great information and
Thank you doctor.
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Thank you for the educational video, very helpful 🤝👏💪👌💯
Dank u wel Dr en veel groeten uit Kenia.
Thank you for the information.
Happy to help!
Very informative vidio Thanx a lot doctor.can i use this tablet in tooth pain,
Thank you doctor, i just realised my local doctor just under dosed my medication.
Great video. 👏
Thank you for such an informative video, I must say I've always loved the name Raoul.
Take care Dr see you in another video.
Sincerely
Daniel
Hi Danny,
Thank you for your comment. See you in another video!
Thank you Doc,,now when I first took the medicine I started feeling difficult breathing at night what was I suppose to do before going to doctor
Thanks Doc ..Was helpful
Hi Jessey,
I am happy you found the video helpful! Thank you for watching it.
Thank you very much. Please can I use augmentin during period
My mother is a representative for Augmentin and TURKEY needs to see this!!!
Hi Tunca Ozturk,
Great to hear. Feel free to share this video! It would help me out, haha.
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@swagbuto Uchiha what?
When was Clavulanic acid discovered to have health benefits? And are there any other acid's which are used in medications?
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Hello.. is augmentin good for a person with hypertension?
Thank you man.
You're welcome!
what antibiotic should one use for leg wound or ulcer which is not healing with niosporin ??? please help please???
Please can I combine augmentin with Omeprazole for ulcer?
Got this prescribed for a boil. The first pill made the boil shrink about a "1/4" from it's original sizes. It was in-between 1/2 and 3/4 the size of a golf ball.
Did it help to get rid of it ?
Thank you sir 👌🏽
Thank you doc
Is it of any benefit for IBS D ?
Is it safe for hypertensive person?.. thanks for the response.
Very informative 👍😊
Thank you Anurag!
Is Potassium clavulnate and clavulnic acid same or different? Plz reply🙏
Wow i appreciate that explanation .
I have question pls
It can also be used for badly infected teeth in patients who have taken *alot* of amoxicillin over the course of several years…while resistance in individuals is rare (it’s largely a population/world concern for future generstions) when someone has repeated recurring infections even when the mouth is kept cleaner than clean, you end up getting alot of amoxicillin if you don’t have an allergy..after extractions of infected teeth, amoxicillin…abcesses, amoxicillin…sometimes some dentists will use clindamycin, but considering many of us respond to amoxicillin so well *at first*…alot of us end up taking gobs of it.
Which brings me to my point. Taking it so regularly can cause a sort of resistance..it isn’t that the medication doesn’t work at all anymore, it’s that it doesn’t work as well…you’ll start noticing that an infection that would’ve previously been kicked with a 3 day course, now takes a full week or even longer, or higher/more frequent dosing. This can be mitigated to an extent by alternating with other antibiotics commonly used in dentistry like clindamycin…but augmentin is a great choice for those who have built a mild resistance to amoxicillin on it’s own, that said, the side effects are also more noticeable.
I am facing Back acne problem so can i use this.??
Thank u doctor❤ but what about the dose of Augmentin for Children???
Please confirm if i can take it for sore throat??
Hy! I have advised 1000mg. 1x1 in a day for 7 days. But i am suffering diarrehea. May i have to continue or discontinue? This is advised after my endoscopy(Bone removal from my esophagus)
Thank u sir. Dose for pediatrics??
I’m taking augmenting 600mg - 42,9ml /5ml and after a while it gets bitter is that normal?
what is good for the lymph nodes under the mandible? I feel tired
thank you for this! I am prescribed by this and I am just scared to decimate my good bacteria :( I have been on doxycyline and amoxillin before I hope this antibiotic will work this time!
Just eat a wide variety of healthy foods and your bacteria will restore themselves.
Did it work
Update
Yeah it worked, my eczema healed. sorry it took me long to update@@PyroSenju
Thank you doctor
Happy to help!
In March of this year I had an issue with my Appendix (acute Appendicitis) and was treated with the Hospital Antibiotics.They too found out I had some bacteria on my right lung and at the same time a Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver as well when they did a CT scan to find why I had a fever and fast heart palpitations(which they found my Appendix infection).
So the doctors gave me a total of 10 day treatment of this Amoxicillin with this Acid (aka Augmentin) every 12 hours, discounting 2 days of whatever Antibiotic they gave me at the hospital, so for the next 8 days I was taking this stuff. By the 4th day I had all these bad and discomfort symptoms all over my body that I never had in my life; like my intestines and liver felt bloated inside (although no pain, no bleeding,no blood in my rear-end area, nor bloody urine, no jaundice,no swollen ankles to this day). But i do get palpitations from time to time around my liver area/ or upper right torso area--No pain just weird throbbing sensation. T I A
How long did it take for the bloating to go away?
You should get checked for alpha-1 anti-trypsin deficiency disorder. I have it and affects my lungs my mother was diagnosed with non-alcoholic fatty liver and died from it because it was never diagnosed correctly. She died waiting for a new liver. Also look into benefits of a keto diet.
Can I take augmentin along with other pills? Is there any timing that's required?
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I have leg swelling,can i use Augmentin 625 medication
How fast does it take affect?
Tank you!!!👍👍
I was given this & started today. I see ba dentist on July 31st.. I was in the hospital for a sickle cell crisis so its a precaution I guess. I'll be glad once I have oral surgery. I am taking the 875/125 mg for every 12 hours for 10 days.
I def will not drive. I had no idea about that! Thanks!
Was prescribed this today, how has it been thus far?
@@MarleyyMarrr as long as you eat with it. It should be fine. Anything with bread is good. At least for me that helps the side effects but it def can make you a bit dizzy so be careful with vehicles.
@@kiara198923 ok thanks Queen 🙏🏿
Thank u Doc i am taking ugmentin prescribed by my doctor
can sugar patient take amoxicillin & potassium clavulanate
How long it can be used.
Can it be used for pain in teeth,Ear and Brain
Thanks doctor
I am happy to help Satyameva.
Great video blessings
Thank you Triston! Happy to help.
Does it work for swelling due to ptosis surgery
My daughter take augmentin, she got itchy rashes ..do she need to continue taking it?
thank you
No Problem!
Hello im getin so back pain can i us augmentin
Can we take it for a long time?
Like for an year?
I got this as a substitute for cipro after having diverticulitis. I’ll take augmentins side effects over cipro
Thanks 🙏🙏
Happy to help!
Is there a side effects to hypertension person?
Hi can i take this medicine if i hve tinittus is it will increase my tinittus?
I have tonsils and they are hurting alot what should I do
how about the co-amoxiclav AmoClav? can i use it to cure stye ?
I have a this sickness nimonia but doctors told me to go the pharmacy to buy it but did not go to the pharmacy I stay long so please is it okay for me to get the agumentine medicine to drink
Helloow!
.....My two year old labrador dog weighing about 35kg is sick due to an injured and swollen leg. He is prescribed Augmentin 156 mg/5 mL syrup so please tell me the dosage to be given in the morning and evening.
Hey Dr. so I had serious stomach issues for the last month, I ended up getting a colonoscopy and upper endoscopy and had a polyp removed. It has been a week and a half since my operations but my doctor prescribed me to amoxicillin potassium clavul 875-125 I’m very scared to start this medication because it says it can cause serious stomach pain and cramping. My G.I doctors even asked me after my procedures if I had been taking amoxicillin so I’m just very worried and would like to know what your opinion would be please.
Hi Yoyopayoyo,
It usually is best to contact your prescribing physician and explain your worries. They can give you personal advice or prescribe a different medicine if necessary.
@@howtomedicate o
Did u take augmentin or didn't
I was prescribed this for my tonsil being swollen 24hours but nothing is happening yet. Is this normal?
Amoxicillin is blessing
sir please i have a question? my son have 28 percent blood in urin test, and give him co amoxiclave, is that good or bad? because its only a blood but no pain.. please doc answer me.. thank u doc more power
Hello one question am admitted in the hospital am pregnant and I am bleeding...They giving me this type of medication they are saying it can be use to prevent infection...is it use to treat infections or to prevent infections?
Thanks for the information
Hi Robert,
I am happy to help!
Is it save for ulcer patient
Plz tell me is it harm on 3month pregnency
Hello.. I would like to know which one is more effective for dental infections like acute periapical abscess and phoenix abscess :- amoxicillin + clavulanic acid or metronidazol? Or combination of both? I dont like the idea of excess or unwanted medications..
Also.. Whats your view on prescribing antibiotics for three days.. Which is common in asian countries for minor infections that include dental infections?
Augmentin is way better. It kills beta lactamase positive bacteria as well. Extremely powerful which causes diarrhea
Did you find out ? I’m reading your post now, 2 yrs later. Flagyl causing too much grief and intending to switch over to augmentin, hence why looking up information
Flagyl is good compared to other brands in case of gastric irritations.. But insist patient on taking gas tablets even if they say they don't have irritations.. 😊 moxclav works well on most infections.. But i prefer adding metrogyl for severe pus and pain cases because patients usually lack patience on such situations
And they want quicker results.. Also consider costs too.. Metrogyl costs very less compared to moxclav tid for severe infection.. Hope this helps you 😊
hi doc i have surgery then the doctor give me this medicine after i take 2 days i take i have a rashes in my legs its very itchy this is normal or i need to go to the doctor to give medication for my rashes
Doc, if I were taking Aleve before this medication every twelve hours, could I still take both or do I just take the Amoxicillin only? I am in a lot of pain.
You can take both
Is it safe to take Augmentin 625 during 7th month of pregnancy...as I m hvng viral fever as well as throat infection...plz revert asap
Thank you for the presentation.what types of foods are recommended? Is egg or milk and milk products prohibited during use of klamoks?
Calcium in milk stops the potassium clavulanate from binding in. Avoid milk products for around 4 hours during medication. Doc missed this one but did mention alcohol 😀
Cheerio!
@@saikatdotdasgupta RR
Clear explanation 👍🏾
Thanks Emmanuel 👍🏻
I have a toothache (tooth infection) I have clamoxin 875 how do i take
I did have diarrhea from this medicine but it worked wonderfully
Does it cause crystals in the urine causing blockage? I think that's why it caused me: urine retention.
I was prescribed this medication with steroids for an ear infection but I do not want to take the steroids will the amox still heal me?
I'm 33 and it's my first time taking it and is it safe when taking the tablet before eating?
Thank you for the information Dr 🙏
Can be used for ear infection?
is it okay to take 625mg 2x a day after tooth extraction?
May Augmentin has bad effect if my child reuse after 15 days it opened please?
Dr is it safe to take augment if you have sist in the kidney
My doctor today has prescribed me Augmentin duo (625) for ear infection.
I'm from India.