About Karen Martin, APN, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Expertise Common childhood illnesses, growth and development, baby care, feeding issues, breastfeeding problems, car seat questions, sleeping problems, care of premature babies, and basic pediatric/parenting questions.
Experience I am a certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner working in a private pediatric clinic for the past four years. My previous experience includes 20 years in a 72 bed, level IV neonatal intensive care unit. I have been a certified child passenger safety technician for four years.
Organizations National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP)
Follow-Ups to Answer from Expert Karen Martin, APN, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Rajiv wrote at 2008-05-04 15:51:13
Even though giving it twice a day is easier than 3 times a day, the time for which amoxiciilin stays in the blood ideally requires 8 hourly (ie, 3 x/day) dosing. Inadequate/inappropriate dosing of antibiotics is an important reason for the increasing incidence of resistance to antibiotics we see today.
jen wrote at 2009-01-31 00:04:43
hi, i know this post is very old, but just for future reference, when you see the 400mg/5ml on the amoxicillan bottle, it doesn't mean that each dose has 400 mg in it. it means that the entire bottle of liquid contains 400mg total in it. if you were to give him 1 tsp, 2 times a day, it works out to only 20mg per dose. that's figured out by this: 2 teaspoons a day, for 10 days, which equals 20 doses total... 400mg divided by 20 doses is 20 mg per dose.
it is confusing. but when there's a fixed dosage, like how many times a day for a set amount of days, the mg you see on the bottle is the total in that bottle. an example of a "per dose" mg, is if you were to fill children's motrin, where the prescription is to give "as needed every 6-8 hours." well, when something like that, that doesn't have a set dosage, is given, the mg you see on the bottle is mg per dose.
TJM wrote at 2009-09-14 15:57:48
Thank you Lorie, I just got the same dosage and was concerned, just seemed too large, but I feel better now. Thanks again.
