Product Description:

• 875 mg amoxicillin and 125 mg clavulanic acid.


• To reduce the development of drug resistant bacteria and maintain the effectiveness (amoxicillin/clavulanate potassium) and other antibacterial drugs


• Should be used only to treat infections that are proven or strongly suspected to be caused by susceptible bacteria.

Combination penicillin-class antibacterial and beta-lactamase inhibitor indicated in the treatment of infections due to susceptible isolates of the designated bacteria in the conditions listed below:

• Lower respiratory tract infections.


• Acute bacterial otitis media.


• Skin and skin structure infections.


• Urinary tract infections.

How To Use:

• May be taken without regard to meals; however, absorption of clavulanate potassium is enhanced when This antibiotic is administered at the start of a meal.


• To minimize the potential for gastrointestinal intolerance, AUGMENTIN should be taken at the start of a meal.


• May work best if you take it at the start of a meal.


• Take the medicine every 12 hours.


• Do not crush or chew the extended-release tablet. Swallow the pill whole, or break the pill in half and take both halves one at a time.

Warnings And Precautions:

• You should not use Augmentin if you have severe kidney disease.


• If you have had liver problems or jaundice while taking amoxicillin and clavulanate potassium.


• If you are allergic to any penicillin or cephalosporin antibiotic.


• This drug is contraindicated in patients with a previous history of amoxicillin-clavulanate-associated cholestatic jaundice or hepatic dysfunction.


• Serious and occasionally fatal hypersensitivity reactions have been reported.


• The drug should be discontinued immediately at the first appearance of a skin rash or other signs of hypersensitivity.

Ingredients:

• Each tablet contains 875 mg amoxicillin (as amoxicillin trihydrate) and 125 mg clavulanic acid (as potassium clavulanate).

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