To question pharmacist RE: antibiotic

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My son (11m) was prescribed amoxicillin on the 16th. We struggled to get the exact prescription but a pharmacist agreed to prescribe double strength, and just give half a dose from 5ml to 2.5ml. Makes sense.

However, I think they have given him an abnormally long course, he’s still not finished! This is day 10. There isn’t much left and we may have missed a dose here and there but we have been pretty consistent.

His illness was a relatively minor upper respiratory issue, the only reason we were seen as he was hospitalised last year (only for one night) with croup and bronchiolitis and I was concerned it was the same thing again.

My suspicion is that he was supposed to get 100ml of the weaker antibiotic, but take 5ml 3x/day, and I feel like they have given 100ml of the stronger antibiotic to be taken at 2.5ml/day, thus doubling the amount of antibiotic. A 10+ day course of antibiotics just doesn’t make sense to me.

Am I correct to think that the pharmacist (and in turn myself) have made a mistake?

Antibiotics course for throat infection.

My baby had a course of about 5.5 days of amoxicillin that was supposed to be 7 days but the bottle finished early. He seemed okay until today which was 4 days after the amoxicillin finished and his cough is worse than before. I took him to the Dr's and they've given him the same dose of amoxicillin. My worries are:

This course isn't going to be 7 days again so might not do the job again.

The bacteria came back stronger after 4 days and won't respond to the antibiotics. Does anyone have experience with this. Should I be asking the Dr for another prescription for longer?

Thank you

Sorry I thought I wrote this as a new thread lol

@Concernedkay I’d suggest your first port of call is the pharmacy that dispensed it - ask to speak to the pharmacist. The first lot should not have run out so either they reconstituted it incorrectly, failed to give you a second bottle, or you’re inadvertently giving the wrong dose. And you can discuss your concerns about whether it’s the right choice of antibiotic.