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What Is The Dosage Of Amoxicillin For Toothache?

how much amoxicillin is safe to use. I have a head infection bone jaw check is swollen I am in sever pain
dentes gave me amoxicillin for a toothache and infection seem to move to one side to the other; upper jaw to lower jaw and now in my check
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Fri, 14 Nov 2014
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Kindly do mention the duration of infection. 1Gm of Amox in two divided doses for period of 5 days is adequate, but at times due to anerobic infection and resistance to amox, other broad spectrum antibiotics would have to be added.
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What Is The Dosage Of Amoxicillin For Toothache?

Kindly do mention the duration of infection. 1Gm of Amox in two divided doses for period of 5 days is adequate, but at times due to anerobic infection and resistance to amox, other broad spectrum antibiotics would have to be added.