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Usual Adult Dose for Pneumonia. 500 mg orally 3 times a day or 875 mg orally twice a day may be administered for 7 to 10 days if pneumococcal pneumonia is suspected. Only mild pneumonia due to pneumococcus should be treated with amoxicillin.
For mild to moderate sinusitis or otitis media in adults, doctors prescribe 500 mg of amoxicillin every 12 hours or 250 mg three times a day, states RxList.com. Severe infections require 875 mg of amoxicillin every 12 hours or 500 mg three times a day. Children need 25 mg/kg/day in two divided doses or 20 mg/kg/day given in three equal doses over a 24-hour period for mild to moderate infection.