Please read this leaflet before you start to take your medicine.

It is one of a group of antibiotic medicines called penicillins. The active ingredient in Amoxil is amoxycillin.

It is used to treat a range of bacterial infections.

1. This medicine is unsuitable for babies who are allergic to penicillin. (You will find more information about this later in the leaflet.)
1. Give Amoxil to your baby as directed by your doctor. Read the dispensing label .
1. Keep giving your baby Amoxil until the prescribed course is finished. Do not stop just because your baby seems better.
1. Like all medicines, Amoxil can sometimes cause unwanted effects. (You will find more information about this later in the leaflet.)
1. ALWAYS KEEP MEDICINES OUT OF THE REACH OF CHILDREN.

If you think your baby may be allergic to penicillin, check with your doctor before giving this medicine.

Follow your doctor's directions about how and when to give your baby Amoxil. Please read the dispensing label carefully. Your pharmacist or doctor can help if you are not sure.

Space the doses as evenly as possible through the day. For example, if you have been told to give your baby Amoxil 3 times a day:

You may give Amoxil to your baby before, with or after food, unless the label advises a specific time. It is not normally necessary to arrange to give your baby a dose in the middle of the night – unless your doctor has told you to do so.

Keep giving your baby ‘Amoxil’ until the prescribed course is finished. Do not stop just because your baby seems better. If you stop too soon, the infection may start up again. If your baby still seems unwell at the end of the prescribed course of treatment, tell your doctor.

If you forget to give your baby a dose at the right time, take it as soon as you remember. Then carry on as before, but do not take two doses within an hour or so of each other.

NB Always give the medicine into the child’s mouth.

A few people may find that Amoxil gives their baby diarrhoea or indigestion (colic). If this happens, the symptoms are usually mild. If this persists or if the baby is suffering badly, tell your doctor.

Tell your doctor if your baby develops a rash, or itching, or any other unusual problems, while you are giving this medicine.

If your doctor decides to stop the treatment, return any left-over medicine to the pharmacist.

If a large amount has been taken, give your baby plenty of water to drink and consult your doctor or local hospital casualty department at once.

Keep your baby's Amoxil paediatric suspension in a cool place. Store all medicines out of the reach of children - preferably in a locked cupboard or medicine cabinet.

Remember this medicine has been prescribed just for your baby. Never offer this medicine to other people. It may not be suitable for them even if their symptoms seem the same as your baby's.

Each 1.25 ml of Amoxil paediatric suspension contains amoxycillin trihydrate, equivalent to 125 mg of amoxycillin.

Non-proprietary name: Amoxycillin Paediatric Oral Suspension.

Amoxil paediatric suspension also contains inactive ingredients to make the medicine acceptable. Amongst these are sodium benzoate and sucrose.

Amoxil paediatric suspension does not contain tartrazine or any other azo dyes.

Manufacturer and Product Licence Holder:

Beecham Group plc trading as Bencard, Great West Road, Brentford, TW8 9BD, England.

In this short leaflet, we can only give you the most important patient information about Amoxil. If you would like to know more, ask your doctor or pharmacist.

Amoxil and the Bencard logo are trade marks.

Leaflet prepared in August 1989.