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Is Having High Doses Of Amoxicillin A Serious Cause For Concern?

Hi doc, i had been anticipating taking my next 500 amoxicillin and with the whole family visiting and Christmas hullaballoo, on TOP of my upper respiratory infection, i wasn t sure if I d already taken it at 8:00 on the dot when I went to take it at @8:30 thinking I may have forgotten. Well, shortly after swallowing, I counted the remainder and they seemed to be one short, so I likely doubled-up. Probably not advisable without my doctor s advice, but is there some unfortunate toxicity at that level?
Mon, 2 Feb 2015
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Greetings!! ANSWER: 1000mg of amoxicillin is not considered overdoasge! But then over the counter should be avoided! And amox is generally not helpful in respiratory diseases! And taking a lot and without proper course will lead to immunity towards that particular antibiotics!
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Is Having High Doses Of Amoxicillin A Serious Cause For Concern?

Greetings!! ANSWER: 1000mg of amoxicillin is not considered overdoasge! But then over the counter should be avoided! And amox is generally not helpful in respiratory diseases! And taking a lot and without proper course will lead to immunity towards that particular antibiotics!