What Causes Nausea After Using Amoxicillin?

Posted on Wed, 25 Jan 2017

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Question : Having nausea from using amoxicillin. It's my second day can I stop or can I reduce the dosage?

Answered by Dr. Panagiotis Zografakis (-4 hours later)

Brief Answer:
what's your current dosage??

Detailed Answer:
Hello,

you haven't mentioned the current dosage... The dosage for acute otitis media is 1gr three times daily. Alternative regimens include amoxicillin-clavulanic 875/125 twice daily, cefprozil 500mg twice daily or levofloxacin 750mg once daily.

If the diagnosis is certain, then you should take one of the aforementioned drugs. If you can't tolerate it then you should discuss with your doctor about the alternatives. Neither reducing the dosage nor stopping it altogether are good options.

I hope it helps!
Kind Regards!

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar