amoxicillin
noun
amox·i·cil·lin
ə-ˌmäk-sē-ˈsi-lən 
: a semisynthetic penicillin C16H19N3O5S derived from ampicillin
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The Food and Drug Administration first acknowledged the shortage last fall, adding amoxicillin products to its list of drugs that are in short supply.
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Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2023
Sandoz is a top manufacturer of powder amoxicillin within the U.S. market.
—Rachel Cohrs Reprints, STAT, 22 Feb. 2024
Those patients are given an oral tablet of amoxicillin, and then watched for up to 90 minutes for a reaction.
—Erika Edwards, NBC News, 14 Dec. 2023
In her testing protocol, the kids — sometimes even babies — come in for a dose of liquid amoxicillin and then are watched closely for 48 hours.
—Erika Edwards, NBC News, 14 Dec. 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
Steroids, hormonal drugs also in short supply More than 1 in 5 hospital pharmacists also reported shortages for steroids, hormonal drugs and oral liquids such as lidocaine, ibuprofen and amoxicillin.
—Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2023
Jonathan Marquess said one of his drugstores fielded 100 questions one day last fall about the antibiotic amoxicillin and the attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder treatment Adderall, two drugs in short supply.
—Tom Murphy, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2023
Among the conventional samples which tested positive, though, various exceeded federal limits for the antibiotics amoxicillin (1 of the 35 samples), sulfamethazine (37% of samples), and sulfathiazole (26% of samples).
—Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 19 Sep. 2023
Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2023
Sandoz is a top manufacturer of powder amoxicillin within the U.S. market.
—Rachel Cohrs Reprints, STAT, 22 Feb. 2024
Those patients are given an oral tablet of amoxicillin, and then watched for up to 90 minutes for a reaction.
—Erika Edwards, NBC News, 14 Dec. 2023
In her testing protocol, the kids — sometimes even babies — come in for a dose of liquid amoxicillin and then are watched closely for 48 hours.
—Erika Edwards, NBC News, 14 Dec. 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
Steroids, hormonal drugs also in short supply More than 1 in 5 hospital pharmacists also reported shortages for steroids, hormonal drugs and oral liquids such as lidocaine, ibuprofen and amoxicillin.
—Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2023
Jonathan Marquess said one of his drugstores fielded 100 questions one day last fall about the antibiotic amoxicillin and the attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder treatment Adderall, two drugs in short supply.
—Tom Murphy, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2023
Among the conventional samples which tested positive, though, various exceeded federal limits for the antibiotics amoxicillin (1 of the 35 samples), sulfamethazine (37% of samples), and sulfathiazole (26% of samples).
—Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 19 Sep. 2023
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1971, in the meaning defined above
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amoxicillin
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amox·i·cil·lin
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