AMOXICILLIN GRANULES FOR SUSPENSION

Country: Canada

Language: English

Source: Health Canada

Active ingredient:

AMOXICILLIN (AMOXICILLIN TRIHYDRATE)

Available from:

SANIS HEALTH INC

ATC code:

J01CA04

INN (International Name):

AMOXICILLIN

Dosage:

125MG

Pharmaceutical form:

GRANULES FOR SUSPENSION

Composition:

AMOXICILLIN (AMOXICILLIN TRIHYDRATE) 125MG

Administration route:

ORAL

Units in package:

75/100/150ML

Prescription type:

Prescription

Therapeutic area:

AMINOPENICILLINS

Product summary:

Active ingredient group (AIG) number: 0131314002; AHFS:

Authorization status:

CANCELLED POST MARKET

Authorization date:

2017-07-31

Summary of Product characteristics

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PRODUCT MONOGRAPH
PR AMOXICILLIN
AMOXICILLIN CAPSULES
250 MG AND 500 MG AMOXICILLIN (AS AMOXICILLIN TRIHYDRATE)
AMOXICILLIN GRANULES FOR ORAL SUSPENSION
125 MG/5ML AND 250 MG/5ML AMOXICILLIN (AS AMOXICILLIN TRIHYDRATE)
AFTER
RECONSTITUTION
AMOXICILLIN SUGAR-REDUCED GRANULES FOR ORAL
SUSPENSION
125 MG/5ML AND 250 MG/5ML AMOXICILLIN (AS AMOXICILLIN TRIHYDRATE)
AFTER
RECONSTITUTION
Antibiotic
Sanis Health Inc.
333 Champlain Street, Suite 102
Dieppe, New Brunswick
Canada, E1A 1P2
Submission Control No: 167414
Date of Preparation:
September 3, 2013
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NAME OF DRUG
AMOXICILLIN
(AMOXICILLIN TRIHYDRATE)
THERAPEUTIC CLASSIFICATION
Antibiotic
ACTION AND CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY
AMOXICILLIN (amoxicillin) exerts its bactericidal action by
interfering with bacterial
cell wall synthesis.
COMPARATIVE BIOAVAILABITY STUDIES - TABLETS
A comparative two-way, single-dose bioavailability study was carried
out in sixteen
healthy, male volunteers on two 250 mg amoxicillin tablet products,
AMOXICILLIN 250
mg and Amoxil 250 mg chewable tablets. The pharmacokinetic data of
fifteen subjects
calculated for the AMOXICILLIN and Amoxil chewable tablet formulations
is tabulated
below:
AMOXICILLIN TRIHYDRATE CHEWABLE TABLETS 250 MG
FROM MEASURED DATA
Geometric Mean
Arithmetic Mean (C.V.%)
PARAMETER
TEST
*
REFERENCE
†
% RATIO OF
GEOMETRIC
MEANS
95%
CONFIDENCE
INTERVAL
AUC
T
(µg*h/mL)
20.3
20.4 (10)
20.5
20.7 (16)
99
91.8 – 108.4
AUC
I
(µg• h/mL)
20.5
20.5 (10)
20.5
20.8 (16)
100
91.8 – 108.5
C
max
(µg/mL)
7.4
7.5 (13)
7.7
8.0 (26)
96
84.8 – 109.1
T
max
§
(h)
1.37 (0.40)
1.43 (0.46)
-
T
1/2
§
(h)
0.95 (0.11)
0.92 (0.09)
-
* AMOXICILLIN
250 mg Chewable Tablet (
Sanis Health Inc.)
†
Amoxil® 250 mg Chewable Tablet (purchased in Canada).
§
Expressed as the arithmetic mean (standard deviation) only
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INDICATIONS AND CLINICAL USE
AMOXICILLIN (amoxicillin) may be indicated in the treatment of
infections due to
susceptible strains of the following micro-organisms: Gram-negative
organisms: H.
influenzae, P. mirabilis and N. gonorrhoeae. Gr