AUGMENT IN:-

TABLET

QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION:

AUGMENT IN 375 MG TABLETS: EACH TABLET CONTAINS 250MG AMOXICILLIN AND 125MG ACID.

AUGMENT IN 625 MG TABLETS: EACH TABLET CONTAINS 500MG AMOXICILLIN AND 125MG ACID.

AUGMENT IN 1 G TABLETS: EACH TABLET CONTAINS 875MG AMOXICILLIN AND 125MG ACID.

AUGMENT IN 156.25 MG SUSPENSION: WHEN RECONSTITUTED, EACH 5ML CONTAINS 125MG AMOXICILLIN AND 31.25MG ACID.

AUGMENT IN 312.50 MG SUSPENSION: WHEN RECONSTITUTED, EACH 5ML CONTAINS 250MG AMOXICILLIN AND 62.50MG ACID.

CLINICAL PARTICULARS

INDICATIONS:

AUGMENT IN IS AN ANTIBIOTIC AGENT WITH A BROAD SPECTRUM OF THE ACTIVITY AGAINST THE COMMONLY OCCURRING BACTERIAL PATHOGENS IN GENERAL PRACTICE AND HOSPITAL AUGMENT IN SHOULD BE USED IN ACCORDANCE WITH LOCAL OFFICIAL ANTIBIOTIC-PRESCRIBING GUIDELINES AND LOCAL SUSCEPTIBILITY DATA AUGMENT IN ORAL PRESENTATION FOR THREE TIMES DAILY DOSING, ARE INDICATED FOR SHORT-TERM TREATMENT OF BACTERIAL INFECTIONS AT THE FOLLOWING SITES:

UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS EXAMPLE. TONSILLITIS, SINUSITIS, ETC

LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS EXAMPLE. LOBAR AND BRONCHOPNEUMONIA.

SKIN AND SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS EXAMPLES. BOILS, CELLULITIS, WOUND INFECTIONS.

BONE AND JOINT INFECTIONS ARE EXAMPLES. OSTEOMYELITIS.

DENTAL INFECTIONS

OTHER INFECTIONS EXAMPLE. INTRA-ABDOMINAL SEPSIS.

MIXED INFECTIONS, CAUSED BY AMOXICILLIN-SUSCEPTIBLE ORGANISM IN CONJUNCTION WITH

AUGMENT IN-SUSCEPTIBLE PRODUCE ORGANISMS MAY THEREFORE BE TREATED WITH AUGMENT IN.

DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION

USUAL DOSAGES FOR THE TREATMENT OF INFECTION

ADULT AND CHILDREN OVER 12 YEARS

MILD-MODERATE INFECTIONS, ONE AUGMENT IN 375 MG TABLETS 3 TIMES A DAY.

SEVERE INFECTIONS, ONE AUGMENT IN 1 G TABLET TWICE DAILY.

ONE AUGMENT IN 625 MG TABLET 3 TIMES A DAY. WHERE THE 625 MG TABLET IS NOT AVAILABLE, A DOSE OF TWO AUGMENTS IN 375 MG TABLETS 3 TIMES A DAY MAY BE TAKEN.

THERAPY CAN BE STARTED PARENTERALLY AND CONTINUED WITH AN ORAL PREPARATION.

CHILDREN:

THE USUAL RECOMMENDED DAILY DOSE IS 25MG/KG/DAY IN DIVIDED DOSE EVERY EIGHT HOURS.....

UNDER 1 YEAR: 25MG/KG/DAY, FOR EXAMPLE, A 7.5 KG CHILD WOULD REQUIRE 2 ML AUGMENT IN 156.25 MG SUSPENSION 3 TIMES A DAY.

OVER 1-6 YEARS (10-18KG): 5ML AUGMENT IN 156.25MG SUSPENSION 3 TIMES A DAILY.

OVER 6 YEARS (18-40KG): 5ML AUGMENT IN 312.50 SUSPENSION 3 TIMES A DAILY.

IN MORE SERIOUS INFECTIONS, THE DOSAGE MAY BE INCREASED UP TO 50MG/KG/DAY IN DIVIDED DOSES EVERY EIGHT HOURS.

AUGMENT IN 375MG AND 625 MG TABLETS IS NOT RECOMMENDED IN CHILDREN OF 12 YEARS AND UNDER.

DOSAGE IN DENTAL INFECTION:

ADULT AND CHILDREN OVER 12 YEARS: ONE AUGMENT IN 375MG TABLET 3 TIMES A DAY FOR FIVE DAYS