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Is it ok to crush my amoxicillin 500 mg oval white tablets and put it in yogurt? having trouble swallowing pills.

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Dr. Leslie Leighton answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Should be fine: If tablet can cut in half and take as halves or crush and take with yogurt. Not if capsule and Amoxicillin is often in capsule form.

Answered 2/9/2019

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