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What Causes Excessive Sleeping In A Child After Over Dose Of Amoxcillin?
Hi my child is 3 yrs old and We were supposed to give 2.5 ml amoxicillin 3 times in a day but my mistake the last dose I gave twice so now he has had 4 doses of the same...he has slept now, I am quite worried if he is going to be ok as I can t even give him any fluids since he is sleeping?
Thu, 22 Jan 2015
Hi..usually Amoxycillin doesn't the side effect of excessive sleep. But even then you need not worry about a single dose being doubled. Hereafter be careful and be on the look out for diarrhea.
Regards - Dr. Sumanth
Regards - Dr. Sumanth
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