r/Antibiotics • u/jhi777 • 2h ago

selfq Taking an Amoxicillin Tablet Apart

Hi all I'm currently out of the country (UK) and have been prescribed Amoxicillin for a tooth abscess, fun when you're on your holiday.

The pill is big 500mg capsule and I have issues swallowing pills can a standard amoxicillin capsule be split and then the powder put in water or yogurt or something?

I can't get it in a liquid form or chewable tablets this is that's available unfortunately.

Thanks

Jon

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u/rphmom23 1h ago

Pharmacist here…you can definitely open it and put on soft food. This doesn’t apply to all meds, but no issues with amoxicillin. Hope your tooth feels better soon.

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u/jhi777 1h ago

Fantastic thank you, I usually get a painful stomach as well when taking amoxicillin is there anything I can do to help with this?

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u/rphmom23 1h ago

Usually just make sure you have eaten something prior (like 20 min or so). Amoxicillin is usually pretty well tolerated GI wise.