Amoxicillin

Dose Adult- 250-500 mg every 8 hours

Dose Paeds- 25mg/kg/dose BD NEONATES;

Above 1 month Syrup 20-50 mg/kg/day in divided doses every 8-12 hours

Neonate 7-28 days:

30mg/kg (max. 62.5mg) 3 times daily; dose doubled in severe infection.

Child 1 month-1 year:

62.5mg 3 times daily; dose doubled in severe infection, community-acquired pneumonia, salmonellosis, or Lyme disease -

Child 1 to 5 years:

125mg 3 times daily; dose doubled in severe infection, community-acquired pneumonia, salmonellosis, or Lyme disease-

Child 5 to18 years:

250mg 3 times daily; dose doubled in severe infection, community-acquired pneumonia, salmonellosis, or Lyme disease: By intravenous injection or infusion-

Neonate under 7 days:

30mg/kg every 12 hours; dose doubled in severe infection, community-acquired pneumonia, or salmonellosis -

Neonate 7-28 days:

30mg/kg every 8 hours; dose doubled in severe infection, community-acquired pneumonia, or salmonellosis -

Child 1 month -18 years:

20 - 30mg/kg (max. 500mg) every 8 hours; dose doubled in severe infection (max. 4g daily). Otitis media - By mouth -

Child 1 month-18 years:

40mg/kg daily in 3 divided doses (max. 1.5g daily in 3 divided doses). Listerial meningitis (in combination with another antibacterial), group B streptococcal infection, enterococcal end

Combinations;

Amoxicillin/ Dicloxacillin ;

Amoxicillin/ Flucloxacillin

Amoxicillin/ Clavulanic acid ;

Amoxicillin/Lactobacillus (probiotic)

Amoxicillin/Clavulanic Acid/Lactobacillus ;

Amoxicillin/Dicloxacillin ;

Amoxicillin/ Clarithromycin/ Esomeprazole ;

Amoxicillin/ Clarithromycin/ Pentoprazole ;

Amoxicillin/Clarithromycin/Omeprazole ;

Amoxicillin/Cloxacillin/ Lactobacillus ;

Amoxicillin/ Cloxacillin/ Serratioptidase/ Lactobacillus ;

Amoxicillin/Amboxol (expectorant)

Amoxicillin/ Metronidazole ;

Amoxicillin/ Sulbactam ;

Amoxicillin/Serratioptidase ;

Amoxicillin/Tinidazole

Amoxicillin Brands

Brand Name Manufacturer Name Distributor Drug Strength Packaging Formulation Formulation Strength Price
Amoxil GlaxoSmithkline Surgipharm Ltd 250mg 100 Capsule per capsule KES 1,057.70
Amoxil GlaxoSmithkline Surgipharm Ltd 500mg 100 Capsule per capsule KES 1,843.00
Amoxil GlaxoSmithkline Surgipharm Ltd 125mg 100ml Dry Suspension per 5ML KES 228.8
Amoxil GlaxoSmithkline Surgipharm Ltd 250mg 100ml Dry Suspension per 5ML KES 249.7
Amoxil GlaxoSmithkline Surgipharm Ltd 250mg 10 Injection per vial KES 249.7
Amoxil GlaxoSmithkline Surgipharm Ltd 0.03mg 1000 Dry powder spray KES 5000
Amoxil GlaxoSmithkline Surgipharm Ltd 0.05% 1000 Advanced pressure relief insoles KES 800000
Amoxil GlaxoSmithkline Surgipharm Ltd 0.05% 1000 Advanced pressure relief insoles KES 800000
Amoxil GlaxoSmithkline Surgipharm Ltd 0.03mg 1000 Dry powder spray KES 5000
Amoxil GlaxoSmithkline Surgipharm Ltd 0.00% 1000 Advanced pressure relief insoles KES 900
Amoxil GlaxoSmithkline Surgipharm Ltd 0.00% 1000 Advanced pressure relief insoles KES 900
Amoxil GlaxoSmithkline Surgipharm Ltd 40ug / 5mg 0.5ml Capsule per capsule KES 1111
Amoxil GlaxoSmithkline Surgipharm Ltd 100mg 0.5ml Tablet per tablet KES 600
Amoxil GlaxoSmithkline Surgipharm Ltd 0.00% 1000 Advanced pressure relief insoles KES 900
Amoxil GlaxoSmithkline Surgipharm Ltd 500mg 10 Capsule per capsule KES 120.00
Alimox Sphinx Pharmaceuticals Ltd Sphinx Pharmaceuticals Ltd 250mg 100 Capsule per capsule KES 160.00
Alimox Sphinx Pharmaceuticals Ltd Sphinx Pharmaceuticals Ltd 250mg 1000 Capsule per capsule KES 1,300.00
Alimox Sphinx Pharmaceuticals Ltd Sphinx Pharmaceuticals Ltd 500mg 100 Capsule per capsule KES 250.00
Alimox Sphinx Pharmaceuticals Ltd Sphinx Pharmaceuticals Ltd 500mg 500 Capsule per capsule KES 1,300.00
Alimox Sphinx Pharmaceuticals Ltd Sphinx Pharmaceuticals Ltd 125mg 60ml Syrup per 5ML KES 25.00
Alimox Sphinx Pharmaceuticals Ltd Sphinx Pharmaceuticals Ltd 125mg 100ml Syrup per 5ML KES 38.00
Denk Pharma Denk Pharma Laborex Kenya Eurapharma Ltd 500mg 20 Tablet per tablet KES 471.00
Caremox Synermed Pharmaceuticals Ltd Sai Pharmaceuticals Ltd. 250mg 100 Capsule per capsule KES 150.00
Caremox Synermed Pharmaceuticals Ltd Sai Pharmaceuticals Ltd. 250mg 1000 Capsule per capsule KES 1,300.00
Caremox Synermed Pharmaceuticals Ltd Sai Pharmaceuticals Ltd. 500mg 100 Capsule per capsule KES 260.00
Caremox Synermed Pharmaceuticals Ltd Sai Pharmaceuticals Ltd. 500mg 500 Capsule per capsule KES 1,300.00
Elymox Elys Chemicals Industries Ltd. Elys Chemical Industries Ltd. 250mg 100 Capsule per capsule KES 140.00
Elymox Elys Chemicals Industries Ltd. Elys Chemical Industries Ltd. 250mg 1000 Capsule per capsule KES 1,340.00
Elymox Elys Chemicals Industries Ltd. Elys Chemical Industries Ltd. 500mg 100 Capsule per capsule KES 270.00
Elymox Elys Chemicals Industries Ltd. Elys Chemical Industries Ltd. 500mg 500 Capsule per capsule KES 1,340.00
Elymox Elys Chemicals Industries Ltd. Elys Chemical Industries Ltd. 125mg 60ml Dry Suspension per 5ML KES 25.00
Imox IPCA Sai Pharmaceuticals Ltd. 250mg 100 Capsule per capsule KES 220.00
Imox IPCA Sai Pharmaceuticals Ltd. 500mg 100 Capsule per capsule KES 440.00
Imox IPCA Sai Pharmaceuticals Ltd. 125mg 100ml Dry Suspension per 5ML KES 45.00
Kamox Flamingo Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Harley's Limited 250mg 100 Capsule per capsule KES 155.00
Kamox Flamingo Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Harley's Limited 250mg 1000 Capsule per capsule KES 1,300.00
Kamox Flamingo Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Harley's Limited 500mg 100 Capsule per capsule KES 255.00
Kamox Flamingo Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Harley's Limited 500mg 500 Capsule per capsule KES 1,350.00
Kamox Flamingo Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Harley's Limited 125mg 60ml Dry Syrup per 5ML KES 23.00
Kamox Flamingo Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Harley's Limited 125mg 100ml Dry Syrup per 5ML KES 33.00
Kemoxyl Laboratory & Allied Ltd. Laboratory & Allied Ltd 250mg 1000 Capsule per capsule KES 1,450.00
Kemoxyl Laboratory & Allied Ltd. Laboratory & Allied Ltd 500mg 500 Capsule per capsule KES 1,450.00
Kemoxyl Laboratory & Allied Ltd. Laboratory & Allied Ltd 125mg 100ml Dry Syrup per 5ML KES 40.00
Kemoxyl Laboratory & Allied Ltd. Laboratory & Allied Ltd 125mg 60ml Dry Syrup per 5ML KES 27.00
Kemoxyl Laboratory & Allied Ltd. Laboratory & Allied Ltd 250mg 100ml Dry Syrup per 5ML KES 72.00
Lemoxipen Macs Pharmaceuticals Mac?s Pharmaceuticals Ltd 250mg 100 Capsule per capsule KES 204.00
Lemoxipen Macs Pharmaceuticals Mac?s Pharmaceuticals Ltd 500mg 100 Capsule per capsule KES 396.00
Lemoxipen Macs Pharmaceuticals Mac?s Pharmaceuticals Ltd 125mg 60ml Dry Syrup per 5ML KES 31.00
Lemoxipen Macs Pharmaceuticals Mac?s Pharmaceuticals Ltd 125mg 100ml Dry Syrup per 5ML KES 36.00
Labmox Laborate Harley's Limited 250mg 100 Capsule per capsule KES 145.00
Labmox Laborate Harley's Limited 250mg 1000 Capsule per capsule KES 1,300.00
Medomox Medopharm Ltd. Medox Pharmaceuticals Ltd. 125mg 20 Tablet per tablet KES 175.00
Moxacil Dawa Limited Dawa Limited 125mg 60ml Suspension per 5ML KES 25.00
Moxacil Dawa Limited Dawa Limited 125mg 100ml Suspension per 5ML KES 38.00
Moxacil Dawa Limited Dawa Limited 250mg 100 Capsule per capsule KES 175.00
Moxacil Dawa Limited Dawa Limited 250mg 1000 Capsule per capsule KES 1,700.00
Moxacil Dawa Limited Dawa Limited 500mg 100 Capsule per capsule KES 300.00
Moxacil Dawa Limited Dawa Limited 500mg 500 Capsule per capsule KES 1,400.00
Moxacil DS Dawa Limited Dawa Limited 250mg 100ml Dry Syrup per 5ML KES 90.00
Moxacil Forte Square Pharmaceuticals Ltd ACE Pharmaceuticals Ltd 250mg 100ml Suspension per 5ML KES 206.00
Moxaclav Square Pharmaceuticals Ltd ACE Pharmaceuticals Ltd 625mg 18 Tablet per tablet KES 720.00
Moximed Medivet Products Ltd Medivet Products Ltd. 250mg 1000 Capsule per capsule KES POR
Penamox GlaxoSmithkline GlaxoSmithKline 250mg 1000 Capsule per capsule KES 3,460.00
Penamox GlaxoSmithkline GlaxoSmithKline 125mg 100ml Syrup per 5ML KES 146.90
Penamox GlaxoSmithkline GlaxoSmithKline 250mg 100ml Syrup per 5ML KES 236.20
Promox Sanofi Aventis Surgipharm Ltd 250mg 100 Capsule per capsule KES 490.00
Promox Sanofi Aventis Surgipharm Ltd 250mg 1000 Capsule per capsule KES 7,275.00
Promox Sanofi Aventis Surgipharm Ltd 500mg 100 Capsule per capsule KES 720.00
Promox Sanofi Aventis Surgipharm Ltd 500mg 500 Capsule per capsule KES 5,197.00
Promox Sanofi Aventis Surgipharm Ltd 125mg 100ml Suspension per 5ML KES 181.00
Promox Sanofi Aventis Surgipharm Ltd 250mg 100ml Suspension per 5ML KES 188.00
Rivamox Riva Pharma S.A.E Salama Pharmaceuticals Ltd. 500mg 20 Capsule per capsule KES 205.00
Rivamox Riva Pharma S.A.E Salama Pharmaceuticals Ltd. 125mg 100ml Suspension per 5ML KES 120.00
Rivamox Riva Pharma S.A.E Salama Pharmaceuticals Ltd. 250mg 100ml Suspension per 5ML KES 175.00
Unixil Regal Pharmaceuticals Regal Pharmaceuticals Limited 250mg 100 Capsule per capsule KES 251.00
Unixil Regal Pharmaceuticals Regal Pharmaceuticals Limited 250mg 1000 Capsule per capsule KES 2,115.00
Unixil Regal Pharmaceuticals Regal Pharmaceuticals Limited 500mg 100 Capsule per capsule KES 501.00
Unixil Regal Pharmaceuticals Regal Pharmaceuticals Limited 500mg 500 Capsule per capsule KES 2,115.00
Unixil Regal Pharmaceuticals Regal Pharmaceuticals Limited 125mg 60ml Dry Syrup per 5ML KES 48.00
Winpen Cadila Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Cadila Pharmaceuticals (EA) 125mg 100ml Suspension per 5ML KES 155,00
Z mox Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. Simba Pharmaceutical Ltd. 250mg 100 Capsule per capsule KES 185.00
Z mox Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. Simba Pharmaceutical Ltd. 500mg 100 Capsule per capsule KES 350.00
Zeemox Synermed Pharmaceuticals Ltd Saicare Enterprises Ltd. 250mg 100 Capsule per capsule KES 150.00
Zeemox Synermed Pharmaceuticals Ltd Saicare Enterprises Ltd. 250mg 1000 Capsule per capsule KES 1,300.00
Zeemox Synermed Pharmaceuticals Ltd Saicare Enterprises Ltd. 500mg 100 Capsule per capsule KES 280.00
Zeemox Synermed Pharmaceuticals Ltd Saicare Enterprises Ltd. 500mg 500 Capsule per capsule KES 1,300.00
Zeemox Synermed Pharmaceuticals Ltd Saicare Enterprises Ltd. 125mg 60ml Suspension per 5ML KES 24.00
Zeemox Synermed Pharmaceuticals Ltd Saicare Enterprises Ltd. 125mg 100ml Suspension per 5ML KES 35.00

Amoxicillin More action
Mode Of Action

Inhibits synthesis of bacterial cell wall, causing cell death, hence bactericidal. required.

Drug Indication Susceptible non beta-lactamase producing bacterial infections.
Precautions Diarrhoea, hepatitis and cholestatic jaundice have been reported with amoxicillin plus clavulanic acid; the clavulanic acid component has been implicated. Erythema multiforme, Stevens-Johnson syndrome, toxic epidermal necrolysis, and exfoliative dermatitis have also been attributed occasionally to the use of amoxicillin with clavulanic acid. Use of amoxicillin with clavulanic acid during pregnancy for premature rupture of the fetal membrane has been associated with an increased risk of neonatal necrotising enterocolitis.
Contra-Indications Penicillin/cephalosporin allergy, infectious mononucleosis, lymphatic leukemia, treatment of hyperuricaemia with allopurinol.
Side Effects
Dosage Usual oral dose is 250 to 500mg every 8 hours, or 500 to 875mg every 12 hours. Higher oral doses of amoxicillin, either as a single dose or in short courses are used in some conditions. For example, a dose of 3g repeated once after 8 hours may be used for dental abscesses. A 3g dose may be given for uncomplicated acute urinary-tract infections, and repeated once after 10 to 12 hours. A high-dose regimen of 3g twice daily may be used in patients with severe or recurrent infections of the respiratory tract. Amoxicillin has also been given as a single dose of 3g, with probenecid 1 g, in the treatment of uncomplicated gonorrhoea in areas where gonococci remain sensitive. Susceptible infections including urinary-tract infections, sinusitis, uncomplicated community-acquired pneumonia, oral infections, Lyme disease, salmonellosis. By mouth -Neonate 7-28 days: 30mg/kg (max. 62.5mg) 3 times daily; dose doubled in severe infection. Child 1 month-1 year: 62.5mg 3 times daily; dose doubled in severe infection, community-acquired pneumonia, salmonellosis, or Lyme disease - Child 1 to 5 years: 125mg 3 times daily; dose doubled in severe infection, community-acquired pneumonia, salmonellosis, or Lyme disease-Child 5 to18 years: 250mg 3 times daily; dose doubled in severe infection, community-acquired pneumonia, salmonellosis, or Lyme disease: By intravenous injection or infusion-Neonate under 7 days:30mg/kg every 12 hours; dose doubled in severe infection, community-acquired pneumonia, or salmonellosis - Neonate 7-28 days: 30mg/kg every 8 hours; dose doubled in severe infection, community-acquired pneumonia, or salmonellosis - Child 1 month -18 years: 20 - 30mg/kg (max. 500mg) every 8 hours; dose doubled in severe infection (max. 4g daily). Otitis media - By mouth - Child 1 month-18 years: 40mg/kg daily in 3 divided doses (max. 1.5g daily in 3 divided doses). Listerial meningitis (in combination with another antibacterial), group B streptococcal infection, enterococcal end
Pregnancy Category Category B:
Pregnancy Category Description Drugs which have been taken by only a small number of pregnant women and women of child-bearing age with no any established rise in the frequency of malformations or other direct or indirect detrimental effects on the foetus having been noted. Categorized further into:
Drug Category DRUGS ACTING ON INFECTIONS
Drug Sub-Category Penicillins