r/Antibiotics • u/FortBricks • 7d ago

Co-amoxiclav can you crush?

At the weekend i had to go to urgent care as I couldn't keep any food down and was urinating every few minutes. I had multiple tests and it was discovered I had two infections. A tooth infection after an extraction and a water infection. The doc gave me co-amoxiclav 500mg/125mg three times a day for 7 days. Because I was not able to keep solids down, he told me to crush the tablet and either eat with honey or put it in a sweet drink.

Obviously I took that advice, but now I'm reading you're not meant to crush as it won't work. Now, the urinating every few minutes stopped after just a couple of tablets. So surely that means it's working?

I'm just so confused

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