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What is Amoxicillin?

Amoxycillin is a penicillin antibiotic used to treat a wide range of bacterial infections.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Infection 22 6 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Sinusitis 16 1 Efficacy_moderate
Other 9 3 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none
Prevent infection 8 3 Efficacy_major
Sinus infection 6 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_none
H pylori (Helicobacter pylori) 6 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell

See all 45 patients currently taking Amoxicillin

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 2
Moderate
 3
Mild
 9
None
 23

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Amoxicillin

Diarrhea 4
Yeast Infection (candida) 2
Thrush 1
Abdominal pain 1
Increased appetite 1
Allergic reaction 1
See all 10 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Amoxicillin. See all 18 dosages ►

  4 500mg as needed 3 500mg as needed 250mg as needed 250 mg daily 500 mg daily 750 mg daily 1,000 mg daily 1,500 mg daily 1,750 mg daily 2,000 mg daily
  7 Number of Patients: 7 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 5 Number of Patients: 5 3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2 6 Number of Patients: 6 6 Number of Patients: 6 2 Number of Patients: 2  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Amoxicillin (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Course of treatment ended 70   Course of treatment ended: 77%
Other 7   Other: 8%
Did not seem to work 7   Did not seem to work: 8%
Doctor's advice 6   Doctor's advice: 7%
Side effects too severe 3   Side effects too severe: 3%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 1%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 1%

See all 86 patients who’ve stopped taking Amoxicillin

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Amoxicillin

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Stopped Taking Amoxicillin

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Amoxicillin

Always
 26 70%
Usually
 7 19%
Sometimes
 1 3%
Never
 3 8%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Amoxicillin

Very
 2 5%
Somewhat
 3 8%
A little
 7 19%
Not at all
 25 68%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Amoxicillin

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 2 10%
$25-49
 1 5%
< $25
 17 85%

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Report created on May 23, 2012.