How to Use amoxicillin in a Sentence

amoxicillin

noun
  • That means a patient might have to swallow more of the medication to get the same amount of amoxicillin.
    — Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 11 Nov. 2022
  • She was prescribed amoxicillin for the infection, which can cause side effects such as diarrhea.
    — Julia Landwehr, Health, 26 Apr. 2024
  • Those patients are given an oral tablet of amoxicillin, and then watched for up to 90 minutes for a reaction.
    — Erika Edwards, NBC News, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Méline runs a shop with her husband, selling everything from rice and garlic to ramen and amoxicillin.
    — Paul Tullis, National Geographic, 6 Mar. 2019
  • If available, the best alternatives are other forms of amoxicillin, in tablet, capsule or in chewable form.
    — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2023
  • The standard treatment is two weeks of an antibiotic such as doxycycline or amoxicillin.
    — Jonathan Saltzman, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Aug. 2022
  • Strep throat treatment requires antibiotics like penicillin or amoxicillin.
    — Sarah Hudgens, Health, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Moxifish, for instance, contains amoxicillin, a type of penicillin.
    — Maya Wei-Haas, Smithsonian, 16 Aug. 2017
  • Currently, strep throat is not resistant to common first-line antibiotics such as penicillin or amoxicillin.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 13 Nov. 2019
  • The faster those people can get treated with the antibiotics doxycycline or amoxicillin, the better their chances of having a short, mild case of the disease.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 16 June 2023
  • In her testing protocol, the kids — sometimes even babies — come in for a dose of liquid amoxicillin and then are watched closely for 48 hours.
    — Erika Edwards, NBC News, 14 Dec. 2023
  • The antibiotic amoxicillin, used to treat strep throat and scarlet fever, is scarce in the US and the UK.
    — WIRED, 11 Jan. 2023
  • He was prescribed amoxicillin and ibuprofen and taken with his father to a holding facility at a highway checkpoint.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 22 Dec. 2019
  • Not every family has access to transport to travel far or drive pharmacy to pharmacy to find amoxicillin.
    — Nishant Pandya, STAT, 8 May 2023
  • He was prescribed amoxicillin and ibuprofen, and taken with his father to a holding facility at a highway checkpoint.
    — Nomaan Merchant, The Seattle Times, 26 Dec. 2018
  • Taking amoxicillin while suffering a viral infection such as mono, for instance, can cause the body to erupt in rashes, says Morgan.
    — Maya Wei-Haas, Smithsonian, 16 Aug. 2017
  • His team has been collaborating with the government to treat affected reefs during dives by applying an amoxicillin paste to slow tissue loss.
    — Nii Ayikwei Parkes, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Oct. 2024
  • He was released less than two hours later, the timeline shows, with a prescription for the antibiotic amoxicillin and a second painkiller, Ibuprofen.
    — Dan Frosch, WSJ, 26 Dec. 2018
  • Most early Lyme disease cases are curable with a two- to four-week regimen of oral antibiotics such as doxycycline and amoxicillin.
    — Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Popular Science, 27 Mar. 2023
  • The bacteria involved are resistant to not only methicillin but also amoxicillin, penicillin and oxycillin.
    — Cathie Anderson, sacbee, 19 Mar. 2018
  • Doctors also found Mycobacterium marinum in the mass, a microbe that tends to be resistant to common antibiotics such as amoxicillin.
    — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 2 Apr. 2023
  • The recent spike in strep throat cases coincides with a shortage of amoxicillin, an antibiotic commonly used to treat strep throat, especially in children.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 11 Apr. 2023
  • The Food and Drug Administration first acknowledged the shortage last fall, adding amoxicillin products to its list of drugs that are in short supply.
    — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2023
  • The letter said measures like substituting amoxicillin with other antibiotics have squeezed supply of some other drugs and that the current steps in place to deal with the shortages have not contained the crisis.
    — Fox News, 24 Jan. 2023
  • The letter said measures like substituting amoxicillin with other antibiotics have squeezed supply of some other drugs — and that the current steps in place to deal with the shortages have not contained the crisis.
    — Maureen MacKey, Fox News, 26 Mar. 2023
  • The company said the flat fee could cover a list of medications like the antibiotic amoxicillin and the anti-inflammatory drug naproxen.
    — Haleluya Hadero, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Jan. 2023
  • As for antibiotic and antibiotic resistance genes, Baker found trimethoprim, used to treat urinary tract and ear infections, and amoxicillin.
    — Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Later that day, their pediatrician confirmed the ear infection and prescribed the antibiotic amoxicillin.
    — Brenda Goodman, CNN, 12 Dec. 2022
  • Antibiotic shortages pose a challenge The high rate of strep infections has been extra difficult because of a shortage of the antibiotic amoxicillin.
    — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 19 Apr. 2023
  • But hospital medical records indicate her death may be linked to the rash and an allergic reaction to the antibiotic amoxicillin, according to a review of medical records.
    — Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 23 July 2024

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