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Can Amoxicillin Cause Breast Enlargement?
Posted on
Sat, 27 Aug 2016
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Sat, 27 Aug 2016
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Question : Hi,
Can amoxicillin cause breast enlargment and tenderness and how lng after stopping the antibiotice these symptoms disappear?
Thanks
Can amoxicillin cause breast enlargment and tenderness and how lng after stopping the antibiotice these symptoms disappear?
Thanks
Brief Answer:
Amoxicillin does not cause breast enlargement.
Detailed Answer:
Hello!
Thank you for the query.
Amoxicillin is quite safe medicine commonly used. It does not cause breasts enlargement for sure.
So if you have breasts enlargement, you should try to find another reason. You should start with breasts ultrasound. Inflammation and in rare cases breast cancer can be the reason of breast enlargement. So please do not wait and consult your doctor as soon as possible.
Hope this helps.
Regards.
Amoxicillin does not cause breast enlargement.
Detailed Answer:
Hello!
Thank you for the query.
Amoxicillin is quite safe medicine commonly used. It does not cause breasts enlargement for sure.
So if you have breasts enlargement, you should try to find another reason. You should start with breasts ultrasound. Inflammation and in rare cases breast cancer can be the reason of breast enlargement. So please do not wait and consult your doctor as soon as possible.
Hope this helps.
Regards.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Few months back I did US of breasts together with mamography and surgeon check up and all was OK. The symptom appeared while I started taking the antibiotics and researching the drug the symptom of breast tenderness showed. I would fear other causes if I was not talking about both breasts.
But in general, I am interested if the side effects of taking antibiotics disappear immediately upon stopping taking the drugs or it requires few days.
Thanks
But in general, I am interested if the side effects of taking antibiotics disappear immediately upon stopping taking the drugs or it requires few days.
Thanks
Brief Answer:
It takes 24 hours.
Detailed Answer:
The amount of antibiotic in the bloodstream disappears gradually. Usually it takes 24 hours. After that time, there should be no effect of this antibiotic to your body.
However if this drug somehow causes an imbalance to your hormones (thats the only reason it can affect both breasts), it may take few days for the hormones to normalize despite the drug is long gone.
Both breasts affected make other reasons hardly possible indeed.
It takes 24 hours.
Detailed Answer:
The amount of antibiotic in the bloodstream disappears gradually. Usually it takes 24 hours. After that time, there should be no effect of this antibiotic to your body.
However if this drug somehow causes an imbalance to your hormones (thats the only reason it can affect both breasts), it may take few days for the hormones to normalize despite the drug is long gone.
Both breasts affected make other reasons hardly possible indeed.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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