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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.
The doctor who looked at my ear said my ear drum is yellow and prescribed 500 mg (30 tablets) of Amoxicillin to be taken three times daily for ten days. Because it was so late in the day by the time I got them, I only took two the first day, as per my mother's advice. Since then I have taken three daily without fail.