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On Ketogenic Diet For Seizures Caused By Sugar Products. Prescribed Apo Amoxicillin Sugar Free. Is Sweetner In This Product Safe To Have?

My daughter is on the ketogenic diet to treat her seizures. She cannot have any sugar products, they will make her seize. She was recently put on apo-amoxicillin sugar free. I am looking for the ingredients in this to determine if the sweetner in this product is safe for her to have. I cannot find the ingredient list for the suspension
Sat, 20 Jul 2013
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Hi, Apo amoxicillin is a antibiotic Amoxicillin with calvulanatepottacium.Normally used to treat certain infections.
The persons allergic to penicillin group of drugsViral infections like Mononeucleosis
It acts as a sugerfree sweetner .When your physician has prescribed it, you can take it cofidently-because he must have evaluated your daughters health before advicing only remember following things---
*Contact your doctor when-
Mild pain,diarrheoa,any infection,bruising,skin rash, itching,nose bleeds, shortness of breath,liver symptoms-yelloweyes,skin,urin.-In shrt any mild health problem should be consulted.
*Visit Dr. soon when the problems are sevier
* Stop the drug -
Sevier diarrheoa,Sevier allergic reaction, convultions.
Pl. understand these are the precautionary measures.
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On Ketogenic Diet For Seizures Caused By Sugar Products. Prescribed Apo Amoxicillin Sugar Free. Is Sweetner In This Product Safe To Have?

Hi, Apo amoxicillin is a antibiotic Amoxicillin with calvulanatepottacium.Normally used to treat certain infections. The persons allergic to penicillin group of drugsViral infections like Mononeucleosis It acts as a sugerfree sweetner .When your physician has prescribed it, you can take it cofidently-because he must have evaluated your daughters health before advicing only remember following things--- *Contact your doctor when- Mild pain,diarrheoa,any infection,bruising,skin rash, itching,nose bleeds, shortness of breath,liver symptoms-yelloweyes,skin,urin.-In shrt any mild health problem should be consulted. *Visit Dr. soon when the problems are sevier * Stop the drug - Sevier diarrheoa,Sevier allergic reaction, convultions. Pl. understand these are the precautionary measures.