How to Use amoxicillin in a Sentence

amoxicillin

noun

• The antibiotic amoxicillin, used to treat strep throat and scarlet fever, is scarce in the US and the UK.
  — WIRED, 11 Jan. 2023
• 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
• 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
• If available, the best alternatives are other forms of amoxicillin, in tablet, capsule or in chewable form.
  — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 25 Aug. 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
• 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
• 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
• There were also increased risks for birth defects with the use of moxifloxacin, ofloxacin, erythromycin and penicillin V. The study found no increase in birth defects with the use of amoxicillin, nitrofurantoin or the cephalosporins.
  — Nicholas Bakalar, New York Times, 20 July 2017
• The standard treatment is two weeks of an antibiotic such as doxycycline or amoxicillin.
  — Jonathan Saltzman, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Aug. 2022
• 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
• He was prescribed amoxicillin and ibuprofen and taken with his father to a holding facility at a highway checkpoint.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 22 Dec. 2019
• 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
• Examples of penicillin drugs are amoxicillin, ampicillin, and oxacillin. Methoxyflurane.
  — Angela Palmer, Verywell Health, 3 May 2023
• During that time, the lawmaker said that she was prescribed the antibiotic amoxicillin for a suspected case of pneumonia.
  — Matthew Brown, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2020
• Not every family has access to transport to travel far or drive pharmacy to pharmacy to find amoxicillin.
  — Nishant Pandya, STAT, 8 May 2023
• Currently, strep throat is not resistant to common first-line antibiotics such as penicillin or amoxicillin.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 13 Nov. 2019
• 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
• Moxifish, for instance, contains amoxicillin, a type of penicillin.
  — Maya Wei-Haas, Smithsonian, 16 Aug. 2017
• 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
• In most cases, medications that are already proven safe for babies — such as acetaminophen (Tylenol), ibuprofen (Advil) or certain antibiotics like amoxicillin — are safe to take while nursing.
  — Teresa Carr, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2020
• 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
• Another example: when a child takes amoxicillin for an ear infection and has an upset stomach or superficial pink skin rash.
  — Ronald S. Litman, Philly.com, 9 July 2018
• Sonia Hernandez, 29, brought her sick 6-year-old son, now taking amoxicillin for the fever, irritation and inflammation that surfaced after escaping through the smoke, to wait with her outside the apartment.
  — Ellie Silverman, Washington Post, 28 June 2017
• 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
• 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
• In addition, the American Academy of Pediatrics has said that a shortage of liquid amoxicillin — an antibiotic used to treat pneumonia, bronchitis and infections in the ears, nose and throat — is likely to last months.
  — Salvador Hernandezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2022
• The bacteria involved are resistant to not only methicillin but also amoxicillin, penicillin and oxycillin.
  — Cathie Anderson, sacbee, 19 Mar. 2018
• One conventional sample also contained levels of amoxicillin that were slightly higher than the FDA tolerance levels.
  — Rebekah Tuchscherer, USA TODAY, 26 June 2019
• Health systems such as hospitals are also experiencing shortages of liquid forms of amoxicillin, according to Vizient, which negotiates drug contracts for more than 60% of the nation's health systems.
  — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 18 Aug 2024