Amoxicillin 250 mg / 500 mg

Many people feel better within 48 to 72 hours, though it depends on the infection and how unwell you were to begin with. Feeling better is not the same as being cured. The label asks you to continue for at least 48 to 72 hours after symptoms settle, and for a full 10 days if you are being treated for a streptococcal throat infection, because stopping early lets survivors regrow. If you are no better after two or three days, or if you get worse at any point, contact your prescriber rather than waiting out the course.

There is no direct interaction between alcohol and amoxicillin of the kind that exists with metronidazole. That said, alcohol can worsen the nausea, stomach upset and tiredness you may already have from the infection or the antibiotic, and being unwell is a poor time to drink heavily. It also does not help you sleep or recover. If you have liver problems or take other medicines, ask your prescriber or our pharmacist about your own situation rather than relying on a general answer.

The amoxicillin label lists a possible reduction in the effectiveness of oral contraceptives, and this is one of the interactions patients most often ask about. The evidence for broad-spectrum antibiotics is mixed and the effect is probably small for most people, but vomiting and diarrhoea during an infection are themselves reliable ways to lose contraceptive cover. The practical advice is to use an additional non-hormonal method during the course and for a short period afterwards, and to ask our pharmacist or your prescriber how long that should be in your case.

Tell your prescriber and our pharmacist before ordering. Amoxicillin is a penicillin, and a history of a serious reaction such as anaphylaxis or Stevens-Johnson syndrome to any penicillin or cephalosporin is a contraindication — we will not dispense it. Many people who believe they are penicillin-allergic turn out not to be when properly assessed, and a formal allergy review can widen your options, but that assessment belongs with your prescriber or an allergy service. In the meantime, treat the label on your record as accurate and do not test it yourself.

No. Amoxicillin is a prescription-only medicine and we dispense it only against a valid prescription from your licensed prescriber. That matters more with antibiotics than almost anything else: the wrong antibiotic for the wrong bug does not treat you, it exposes you to allergy and to C. difficile, and it adds to resistance that affects everyone. A licensed pharmacist reviews every order here, checks it against your other medicines and your allergy history, and will contact your prescriber if something needs clarifying.

We dispense amoxicillin as 250 mg (15 tabs) and 500 mg (15 tabs). The current price for each pack is shown on this page and again in your cart before you pay, with no membership fee and no tiers. Stock may be branded or generic on any given day, depending on what is in supply; the active ingredient, the strength and the pack size are what the label says either way. What we dispense is set by your prescription rather than by what you select, so if the quantity on your prescription differs from the pack you picked, our pharmacist will contact you before anything is sent.

We dispense only where we are licensed to dispense. The checkout tells you whether we can ship to your address before you take payment further, and if we cannot, you will not be charged. Delivery timing depends on your address and on how quickly your prescription can be verified. For an acute infection, ask your prescriber whether waiting for delivery is appropriate at all — sometimes starting the same day from a local pharmacy is the right call, and we would rather tell you that than take the order.

That is a decision for your prescriber, who knows your history and the infection being treated. Amoxicillin is among the antibiotics commonly used in pregnancy and it has been in wide use for decades, but no medicine in pregnancy is a routine decision, and the label asks that it be given only when clearly needed. It also passes into breast milk in small amounts, which can occasionally cause a rash or loose stools in the baby. Tell your prescriber and our pharmacist if you are pregnant, might be, or are breastfeeding.