Dispose of Unused Medicines See helpful tips on how to safely throw away unused medications external icon. More about: C. Do your best to stay healthy and keep others healthy. There are steps you can take to avoid getting yourself and others sick, including: Clean your hands. Cover your mouth and nose when coughing or sneezing.
Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands. Avoid close contact with people who have colds or other upper respiratory infections.
Get recommended vaccines, such as the flu vaccine. If you forget to take a dose, take it as soon as you remember, unless it's nearly time for your next dose. In this case, just leave out the missed dose and take your next dose as normal. Never take 2 doses at the same time. Never take an extra dose to make up for a forgotten one. If you forget doses often, it may help to set an alarm to remind you.
You could also ask your pharmacist for advice on other ways to remember your medicines. Accidentally taking an extra dose of phenoxymethylpenicillin is unlikely to harm you or your child. Speak to your pharmacist or doctor if you're worried, or if you take more than 1 extra dose. Like all medicines, phenoxymethylpenicillin can cause side effects, although not everyone gets them.
If you're taking phenoxymethylpenicillin to prevent infections, your doctor will usually ask you to have blood tests. This is to make sure you're not getting any unexpected side effects. These common side effects happen in 1 in 10 people. Keep taking the medicine, but tell your doctor or pharmacist if they bother you or don't go away:. Around 1 in 10 people have an allergic reaction to phenoxymethylpenicillin.
Mild allergic reactions can usually be successfully treated by taking antihistamines. In rare cases, phenoxymethylpenicillin can cause a serious allergic reaction anaphylaxis. You could be having a serious allergic reaction and may need immediate treatment in hospital.
You can report any suspected side effect to the UK safety scheme. It's usually safe to take phenoxymethylpenicillin during pregnancy and while breastfeeding. For safety, tell your doctor if you're trying to get pregnant, already pregnant, or breastfeeding. There are many medicines that don't mix well with phenoxymethylpenicillin. Tell your doctor if you're taking these medicines before you start taking phenoxymethylpenicillin:. There are no known problems with taking herbal remedies and supplements with phenoxymethylpenicillin.
For safety, tell your doctor or pharmacist if you're taking any other medicines, including herbal remedies, vitamins or supplements. Phenoxymethylpenicillin is an antibiotic. It works by killing the bacteria that cause infection. Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you have had an allergic reaction to penicillin or any other medicine in the past. If you're allergic to penicillin, you'll be allergic to all penicillin-based medicines , including phenoxymethylpenicillin, and your doctor will prescribe a different type of antibiotic.
It's very important that you keep taking phenoxymethylpenicillin until your course is finished. Do this even if you feel better.
It'll help stop the infection coming back. Tell your doctor if you don't start feeling better after taking phenoxymethylpenicillin for 3 days. If you're taking phenoxymethylpenicillin to prevent infection for example, if you have sickle cell disease or have had chorea, rheumatic fever or your spleen removed , you may have to take it for the rest of your life.
Take antibiotics as directed on the packet or the patient information leaflet that comes with the medicine, or as instructed by your GP or pharmacist. If you forget to take a dose of your antibiotics, take that dose as soon as you remember and then continue to take your course of antibiotics as normal. But if it's almost time for the next dose, skip the missed dose and continue your regular dosing schedule.
Do not take a double dose to make up for a missed one. There's an increased risk of side effects if you take 2 doses closer together than recommended. Accidentally taking 1 extra dose of your antibiotic is unlikely to cause you any serious harm.
But it will increase your chances of getting side effects, such as pain in your stomach, diarrhoea, and feeling or being sick. If you accidentally take more than 1 extra dose of your antibiotic, are worried or you get severe side effects, speak to your GP or call NHS as soon as possible. As with any medicine, antibiotics can cause side effects. Most antibiotics do not cause problems if they're used properly and serious side effects are rare.
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