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Is Amoxicillin Safe To Take During Pregnancy?

Posted on Thu, 12 Jun 2014

Question: Hi, I am 3-4 Weeks pregnant and my physical doctor told me I have Group B strep infection and he prescribe Amoxicillin 500 mg ( 3 times a day for 10 days ), please advise if it is OK and safe for the baby , I already started since Monday 5/12/14 , please help me

Thank you

Answered by Dr. Manisha Jain (7 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
No effect on baby.

Detailed Answer:
Hello mam, thanks for trusting health care magic.
Amoxicillin is completely safe in pregnancy at all gestational ages.
The dose and schedule prescribed by your doctor is optimum and you will be fine soon.
Take care. In case you have other questions you can contact me on health care magic.
Dr Manisha XXXXXXX

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Prasad

Follow up: Dr. Manisha Jain (28 minutes later)

Thank you so much Dr Jian

Answered by Dr. Manisha Jain (27 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Most Welcome

Detailed Answer:
You are most welcome and god bless you with a Healthy baby.

If you have no more questions, please close this discussion.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Prasad