Penicillin V

General

  • Type: Natural Penicillin
  • Dosage Forms:
  • Common Trade Names:

Adult Dosing

Strep Pharyngitis

  • Acute
    • 250mg QID or 500mg BID x 10 days [1]
  • Chronic carrier (Group A streptococcal) (IDSA guidelines): 500 mg 4 times daily (maximum: 2000 mg daily) for 10 days in combination with oral rifampin (Shulman, 2012)

Pediatric Dosing

Special Populations

  • Pregnancy Rating:
  • Lactation:
  • Renal Dosing
    • Adult
    • Pediatric
  • Hepatic Dosing
    • Adult
    • Pediatric

Contraindications

  • Allergy to class/drug

Adverse Reactions

Serious

Common

Pharmacology

  • Half-life:
  • Metabolism:
  • Excretion:
  • Mechanism of Action:

See Also

Source

  1. ↑ Shulman, 2012
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