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I've taken amoxicillin trihydrate 500mg for tooth infection(3 caps/day), how long does it stay in my body?
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The drug or infectio: The infection could be gone but can come back. That's why you need to finish your course of medication.
Answered 10/5/2020
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2-3 days: Amoxicillin starts to break down in your body after bout 1 hour. So to maintain maximum dosage levels you take it 3 x per day. When you are finished your course of antibiotics , it takes about 2-3 days for all traces of it to disappear.
Answered 5/30/2018
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Half life 61 minutes: The half life of Amoxicillin is about 61 minutes . This means that after a single dose every 61 minutes half of the drug is gone until undetected. This is why there is a 3-4x daily dosage to make sure there is adequate blood concentration to fight he bacteria.
Answered 7/16/2017
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