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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 15 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Sinusitis 14 1 Efficacy_moderate
Other 9 3 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none
Sinus infection 6 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_none
Prevent infection 5 3 Efficacy_major
Lyme Disease 4 1 Efficacy_none

See all 36 patients currently taking Amoxicillin

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 2
Moderate
 3
Mild
 7
None
 19

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

Diarrhea 4
Yeast Infection (candida) 2
Thrush 1
Abdominal pain 1
Allergic reaction 1
Vaginal Yeast Infection 1
See all 8 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Amoxicillin. See all 17 dosages ►

  250mg as needed 4 500mg as needed 250 mg daily 500 mg daily 750 mg daily 800 mg daily 1,000 mg daily 1,500 mg daily 1,750 mg daily 3,000 mg daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 4 Number of Patients: 4 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Amoxicillin (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Course of treatment ended 62   Course of treatment ended: 76%
Other 7   Other: 9%
Did not seem to work 6   Did not seem to work: 7%
Doctor's advice 5   Doctor's advice: 6%
Side effects too severe 3   Side effects too severe: 4%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 1%

See all 77 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
 23 74%
Usually
 5 16%
Sometimes
 1 3%
Never
 2 6%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Amoxicillin

Very
 2 6%
Somewhat
 3 10%
A little
 5 16%
Not at all
 21 68%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Amoxicillin

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 2 13%
$25-49
 1 6%
< $25
 13 81%

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Report created on February 11, 2012.