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Chem mart(R) Amoxycillin and Clavulanic Acid 875mg/125mg
Amoxycillin (a-mox-i-sil`lin) trihydrate and Potassium clavulanate (clav-u-lan-ate)
Consumer Medicine Information
CLICK TO BUY APO-AMOXYCILLIN & CLAVULANIC ACID TABLETS 875MG-125MG 10.
What is in this leaflet
This leaflet answers some common questions about Chem mart Amoxycillin and Clavulanic Acid. It does not contain all the available information. It does not take the place of talking to your doctor or pharmacist.
All medicines have risks and benefits. Your doctor has weighed the possible risks of you taking Chem mart Amoxycillin and Clavulanic Acid against the benefits they expect it will have for you.
If you have any concerns about taking this medicine, talk to your doctor or pharmacist.
Keep this leaflet with the medicine.
You may need to read it again.
What Chem mart Amoxycillin and Clavulanic Acid is used for
This medicine contains two active ingredients, called amoxycillin and clavulanic acid. Amoxycillin is a type of penicillin antibiotic. Clavulanic acid is used to increase the effectiveness of the amoxycillin against certain types of bacteria.
Amoxycillin and clavulanic acid is used to treat a wide range of infections caused by bacteria. These infections may affect the chest (bronchitis or pneumonia), bladder (cystitis), sinuses (sinusitis), ears (otitis media) or skin.
Amoxycillin and clavulanic acid works by killing the bacteria that cause these infections. Amoxycillin and clavulanic acid will not work against infections such as colds or the flu, which are caused by viruses.
Your doctor may have prescribed amoxycillin and clavulanic acid for another reason.
Ask your doctor if you have any questions about why amoxycillin and clavulanic acid has been prescribed for you.
This medicine is only available with a doctor`s prescription.
There is no evidence that amoxycillin and clavulanic acid is addictive.
Before you take Chem mart Amoxycillin and Clavulanic Acid
When you must not take it
Do not take amoxycillin and clavulanic acid if you have had an allergic reaction to:
- amoxycillin
- other penicillins or cephalosporins
- any of the ingredients listed at the end of this leaflet.
Some of the symptoms of an allergic reaction may include:
- shortness of breath, wheezing or difficulty breathing
- swelling of the face, lips, tongue or other parts of the body
- rash, itching or hives on the skin.
Do not take amoxycillin and clavulanic acid if you have previously experienced liver problems after taking amoxycillin and clavulanic acid or any other medicines.
Do not take amoxycillin and clavulanic acid if you have severe kidney problems.
Do not take amoxycillin and clavulanic acid if the packaging is torn or shows signs of tampering.
Do not take amoxycillin and clavulanic acid if the expiry date (EXP) printed on the pack has passed.
If you take this medicine after the expiry date has passed, it may not work as well.
If you are not sure whether you should start taking amoxycillin and clavulanic acid, talk to your doctor.
Before you start to use it
Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you have ever had an allergic reaction to:
- any other medicines
- any other substances, such as foods, preservatives or dyes.
Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are pregnant or intend to become pregnant .
Like most medicines, amoxycillin and clavulanic acid is not recommended for use during pregnancy. If there is a need to consider amoxycillin and clavulanic acid during pregnancy, your doctor or pharmacist will discuss with you the possible risks and benefits of taking it.
Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are breast-feeding or plan to breast-feed.
Like most medicines, amoxycillin and clavulanic acid is not recommended while you are breast-feeding. If there is a need to consider amoxycillin and clavulanic acid while you are breast-feeding, your doctor or pharmacist will discuss with you the possible risks and benefits of taking it.
Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you have or have had any medical conditions, especially the following:
- liver problems
- kidney problems
- glandular fever (mononucleosis)
- leukaemia.
Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you have to test your urine for sugar.
Amoxycillin and clavulanic acid may affect the results of these tests.
Taking other medicines
Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking any other medicines, including medicines that you buy without a prescription from your pharmacy, supermarket or health food shop.
Some medicines and amoxycillin and clavulanic acid may interfere with each other. These include:
- medicines used to treat gout (eg probenecid or allopurinol)
- other antibiotics. These may interfere with the actions of amoxycillin and clavulanic acid
- the contraceptive pill.
These medicines may be affected by amoxycillin and clavulanic acid or may affect how well it works. You may need different amounts of your medicine, or you may need to use different medicines. Your doctor or pharmacist will advise you.
Talk to your doctor or pharmacist about the need for an additional method of contraception while taking amoxycillin and clavulanic acid.
Some antibiotics may decrease the effectiveness of some birth control pills.
Your doctor or pharmacist may have more information on medicines to be careful with or avoid while taking amoxycillin and clavulanic acid.
How to take Chem mart Amoxycillin and Clavulanic Acid
Follow all directions given to you by your doctor and pharmacist carefully.
These directions may differ from the information contained in this leaflet.
If you do not understand the instructions on the pack, ask your doctor or pharmacist for help.
How much to take
Your doctor or pharmacist will tell you how many tablets you will need to take each day. The usual dose of amoxycillin and clavulanic acid is one tablet twice a day (approximately every twelve hours).
How to take it
Swallow the amoxycillin and clavulanic acid tablet with a full glass of water.
Tablets may be broken in half, but should not be chewed.
When to take it
Amoxycillin and clavulanic acid should be taken immediately before or with the first mouthful of food. Amoxycillin and clavulanic acid works best when taken this way. It may also help to prevent stomach upsets. However, amoxycillin and clavulanic acid will still work if it is taken without food.
Space the doses as evenly as possible throughout the day. If you are taking amoxycillin and clavulanic acid twice a day, take a dose about every twelve hours.
How long to take it
Keep taking amoxycillin and clavulanic acid until the course is finished or for as long as your doctor recommends.
Do not stop taking amoxycillin and clavulanic acid just because you feel better.
If you do not complete the full course prescribed by your doctor, all of the bacteria causing your infection may not be killed. These bacteria may continue to grow and multiply so that your infection may not clear completely or it may return.
If you forget to take it
If your next dose is due within six hours, skip the dose you missed and take your next dose at the normal time. Otherwise, take the missed dose as soon as you remember and then go back to taking your tablets as you would normally.
Do not take a double dose to make up for the dose that you have missed.
This may increase the chance of you getting an unwanted side effect.
If you have trouble remembering to take your tablets, ask your pharmacist for some hints.
If you take too much (Overdose)
Immediately telephone your doctor or the Poisons Information Centre (13 11 26), or go to the Accident and Emergency department at your nearest hospital if you think that you or anyone else may have taken too much amoxycillin and clavulanic acid. Do this even if there are no signs of discomfort or poisoning. Be sure to show the doctor the Chem mart Amoxycillin and Clavulanic Acid pack.
You may need urgent medical attention.
Symptoms of overdose of amoxycillin and clavulanic acid may include nausea, vomiting, cramps and diarrhoea.
While you are taking Chem mart Amoxycillin and Clavulanic Acid
Things you must do
Tell any other doctors, dentists and pharmacists who are treating you that you are taking amoxycillin and clavulanic acid.
If you are about to start taking any new medicine, tell your doctor and pharmacist that you are taking amoxycillin and clavulanic acid.
If the symptoms of your infection do not improve within a few days, or if they become worse, tell your doctor.
If you develop itching with swelling or skin rash or difficultly breathing while you are taking amoxycillin and clavulanic acid, do not take any more and contact your doctor immediately.
If you get severe diarrhoea tell your doctor or pharmacist immediately. Do this even if it occurs several weeks after amoxycillin and clavulanic acid has been stopped.
Diarrhoea may mean that you have a serious condition affecting your bowel. You may need urgent medical care.
Do not take any diarrhoea medicine without first checking with your doctor.
If you get a sore white mouth or tongue while taking or soon after stopping amoxycillin and clavulanic acid, tell your doctor. Also tell your doctor if you get vaginal itching or discharge.
This may mean you have a fungal infection called thrush. Sometimes the use of amoxycillin and clavulanic acid allows fungi to grow and the above symptoms to occur. Amoxycillin and clavulanic acid does not work against fungi.
If you become pregnant while you are taking amoxycillin and clavulanic acid tell your doctor immediately.
If you have to have any blood or urine tests, tell your doctor you are taking amoxycillin and clavulanic acid.
Amoxycillin and clavulanic acid may affect the results of some tests.
Things to be careful of
Be careful if you drink alcohol when you are taking amoxycillin and clavulanic acid.
Drinking alcohol while taking these tablets does not usually cause any problems. However, some people who drink alcohol while taking antibiotics similar to amoxycillin and clavulanic acid have experienced adverse effects.
Be careful driving or operating machinery until you know how amoxycillin and clavulanic acid affects you.
Generally, these tablets do not cause any problems with your ability to drive a car or operate machinery. However, as with many other medicines, amoxycillin and clavulanic acid may cause dizziness or tiredness in some people. If this occurs do not drive or operate machinery.
Side effects
Tell your doctor or pharmacist as soon as possible if you do not feel well while you are taking amoxycillin and clavulanic acid.
Amoxycillin and clavulanic acid helps to treat infections in most people, but it may have unwanted side effects in a few people. All medicines can have side effects. Sometimes they are serious, most of the time they are not. You may need medical treatment if you get some of the side-effects.
Ask your doctor or pharmacist to answer any questions you may have.
Tell your doctor if you notice any of the following and they worry you:
- diarrhoea (several loose bowel movements per day), indigestion, pain in the stomach, feeling sick or vomiting (being sick)
- white, furry, sore tongue and mouth (oral thrush), abnormal taste
- soreness or itching of the vagina or vaginal discharge (vaginal thrush)
- headache, dizziness, tiredness, hot flushes
- tooth discolouration.
These side effects are usually mild.
Tell your doctor immediately if you notice any of the following during or after finishing a course of amoxycillin and clavulanic acid:
- itching, rash
- dark urine or pale stools
- yellowing of the skin or eyes (jaundice)
- severe stomach cramps
- severe watery or bloody diarrhoea
- unusual bleeding or bruising.
These may be serious side effects. You may require urgent medical attention. Serious side effects are rare.
If any of the following happen, stop taking amoxycillin and clavulanic acid and contact your doctor immediately or go to the Accident and Emergency department of your nearest hospital:
- signs of an allergic reaction, such as hives, a severe skin reaction, fainting, swelling of the limbs, face, lips, mouth or throat, difficulty swallowing or breathing
- fitting.
These are very serious side effects. You may need urgent medical attention or hospitalisation. These side effects are rare.
Other side effects not listed above may also occur in some patients.
Tell your doctor if you notice anything else that is making you feel unwell.
Do not be alarmed by this list of side effects.
You may not experience any of them.
After taking Chem mart Amoxycillin and Clavulanic Acid
Storage
Keep your tablets in the original pack until it is time to take them.
If you take the tablets out of the pack they may not keep well.
Keep your tablets in a cool dry place where the temperature stays below 25 degrees C.
Do not store your tablets in the bathroom or near a sink.
Do not leave them in the car on hot days or on window sills.
Heat and dampness can destroy some medicines.
Keep all medicines where children cannot reach them.
A locked cupboard at least one-and-a-half metres above the ground is a good place to store medicines.
Disposal
If your doctor or pharmacist tells you to stop taking amoxycillin and clavulanic acid or if the expiry date has passed, ask your pharmacist what to do with any tablets that are left over.
Product Description
What it looks like
Chem mart Amoxycillin and Clavulanic Acid tablets are white to off-white, oblong, film-coated tablets. The tablets are scored and debossed with 875/125 on one side and AMC on the other side.
Chem mart Amoxycillin and Clavulanic Acid is available in blister packs of 10 tablets.
Ingredients
Active ingredients:
Each Amoxycillin and Clavulanic Acid tablet contains the following active ingredients:
- 875 milligrams of amoxycillin (as amoxycillin trihydrate)
- 125 milligrams of clavulanic acid (as potassium clavulanate).
Other ingredients:
- silica – colloidal anhydrous
- crospovidone
- croscarmellose sodium
- magnesium stearate
- microcrystalline cellulose.
The tablet coating contains:
- titanium dioxide
- hydroxypropylcellulose
- ethylcellulose
- povidone
- triethyl citrate
- talc.
Chem mart Amoxycillin and Clavulanic Acid tablets do not contain sucrose, lactose, gluten, tartrazine or any other azo dyes.
Sponsor
- GenRx Pty Ltd
- ABN 52 096 916 148
- Level 21, 390 St Kilda Road
- Melbourne, Victoria 3004
- Australia
Distributor
- Chem mart Pty Limited
- ABN 92 001 235 374
- 115 Sherriff Street
- Underdale, South Australia 5032
- Australia
- Chem mart is a registered trade mark of FH Faulding & Co Limited
- AUSTR: 81163
- Date of Leaflet Preparation:
- February 2004
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