I'm about to have dental surgery for dental replacements. I've been given a prescription for Penicillin V.K. 500mg. I have a leftover prescription of Amoxicillin (generic for Amoxil Caps) 500my Caps. Is the Amoxicillin the same as the Penicillin?
Is Amoxicillin Caps 500mg the same as Penicillin V.K. 500mg?
Question posted by Dav5B1k5r on 3 July 2013
Last updated on 4 February 2018 by alcazares57
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4 Answers
alcazares57
5 Feb 2018
Amoxicillin 500 mg capsule
fireman353
26 Oct 2016
No, as the others have said there are manufacturing differances. But, Anyone who has artificial implants knows what the person asking is also referring to, when having any type of surgery or (even your teeth cleened) the physician, we will use dentist for example, writes a script for 6 months to a years worth, BECAUSE the patient must take four (4) tablets one hour before any dental work or surgery! No ifs ands or buts! The patient may have to return several (3,5,6) times in that year, or month even! Each time taking four tablets an hour prior. THAT, is why the patient does not take the entire bottle.
Please, ask your dentist. He or she will tell you. Would you want to go to pharmacy every couple weeks to get four damn tablets because you have to go back to dentist again? I don't' think so...
DzooBaby
3 July 2013
As KM says, you should not have leftover antibiotics. You need to take the full course, even if you feel better. By not taking a full course you may not kill the bacteria completely causing it to reoccur, also by not finishing your complete course, you also risk making bacteria resistant to antibiotics! Not good. Throw out the old antibiotics, get the Penicillin VK 500 filled. As KM says, it is cheap and it is a full course. You wont have enough Amoxicillin left for a full course most likely. Besides Penicillin and amoxicillin work a bit differently and penicillin is a bit stronger.
DzooBaby
3 July 2013
Be sure to finish the full course of the penicillin even if you are doing better! Very, very important to do so. If you have side effects like upset stomach or diarrhea, talk to your Dr before treating it on your own or stopping the antibiotics.
Wallow
26 June 2014
I would just like to add a correction penicillin VK is not stronger than Amoxicillin the main difference between the two is spectrum of action of amoxicillin (which amoxicillin has a wider spectrum) and the oral Availability, which also amoxicillin has a much improved oral availability which is probably why it is a much more popular drug. As previously stated. there should be no such thing as leftover antiobiotics!
kaismama
3 July 2013
No they aren't the same. You should not have any antibiotics left over, you are supposed to take all of the pills when the dr prescribes them, no matter if you feel better or not. Penicillin is cheap, get it filled and take it all.
HeadStarter
3 July 2013
Get the penicillin script and use it as prescribed. As Kaismama stated already, they are not the same thing therefore the dosing is also different. This is nothing to mess with. You don't want to risk an infection with the implants... that would be really unpleasant. So get it filled and take them for the duration prescribed.
Best of luck to you...
Mary
biggredd1713
21 Sep 2014
Penicillin is a full synthetic drug, while amoxicillin is part synthetic.
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