Giving amoxicillin just ONCE a day may be effective for treating Strep pharyngitis in children

March 1999

Giving amoxicillin just ONCE a day may be effective for treating Strep pharyngitis in children.

Penicillin is still the drug of choice for Strep pharyngitis. But it has to be given BID to TID...once a day isn't effective.

Now new evidence suggests that amoxicillin 750 mg ONCE a day for 10 days works as well as pen VK 250 mg TID.

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Table of Contents

earlier and more aggressive treatment for systolic heart failure
Diabetes low-dose aspirin for MOST adults with diabetes
Colon Cancer calcium supplements might reduce the risk of colon cancer
Pediatrics Giving amoxicillin just ONCE a day may be effective for treating Strep pharyngitis in children
Pediatrics monitor children on SOME psychotropic drugs for cardiovascular problems
Respiratory & Allergy new guidelines for treating allergic rhinitis
Cardiology Verelan PM, a new timed-release verapamil for hypertension
Cardiology more CHF patients put on amiodarone (Cordarone)
Metabolife 356 all over the country
Vaccines routine hepatitis A vaccination for children in some states
Vaccines anaphylactic reactions to MMR vaccine may be due to an allergy to GELATIN
Antithrombotics some patients monitor their own warfarin therapy at home
Rumors are running rampant over the Internet about tampons and about aspartame (NutraSweet)
pharmacies that are springing up on the Internet
Women's Health Evista (raloxifene) might help prevent breast cancer in postmenopausal women
Practice Ident-A-Drug Reference