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Originally Posted by admin  I once worked for a week where one of the local GP's prescribed amoxicillin QDS and ampicillin TDS. |
The difference between ampicillin and amoxicillin is mainly one of licencing - as the patent on qds Penbritin (ampicillin) came too an end the new wonder antibiotic Amoxil was introduced with a tds dosage.
Amoxicillin half life 61.3 minutes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amoxicillin
Ampicillin half life approx 1 hour
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampicillin
Jeff