Prescription Drug
Your child’s medicine at a glance
Augmentin
Duo Oral Suspension is an antibiotic medicine that helps treat
bacterial infections of the ear, nose, throat, chest, lungs, teeth,
skin, and urinary tract. It is capable of killing bacteria that have
become resistant to other therapies and thus also helps treat
tuberculosis that is resistant to other treatments.
You can give
Augmentin Duo Oral Suspension to your child with or without food. It is
better to give it with food as that helps increase absorption and
decrease the risk of stomach upset. The doctor may prescribe giving it
two to three times a day. Medicine dose depends on the severity of the
infection, its type, and your child’s body weight and age. So, stick to
the dose, time, and way prescribed. If your child vomits the medicine
within 30 minutes of intake, let the child calm down and repeat the
dose. Do not double dose if it's the time for the next dose.
Augmentin
Duo Oral Suspension may cause vomiting, diarrhea, nausea, abdominal
pain, and allergy. These side effects should diminish on their own. But,
in case they persist or start bothering your child, you must not delay
speaking to your child’s doctor.
Share your child’s entire
medical history with the doctor, including any previous episode of
allergy, heart problem, a blood disorder, birth defects, airway
obstruction, lung anomaly, gastrointestinal problem, skin disorder,
liver impairment, and kidney malfunction. This information will assist
the doctor in making dose alterations and in planning your child’s
overall treatment.