¶ … amoxicillan vs. penicillin for use in adults with strep throat.
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Amoxicillan and Penicillan are both systemic antibacterials administered to adults for strep throat.
This paper will examine the use of amoxicillan vs. penicillin in the treatment of strep throat in adults. To begin, amoxicillian is a penicillan derivative.
Both have an extensive history of use and lack serious adverse events, although they do have some associated side effects.
Penicillin still remains the drug of choice in the treatment of pharyngitis caused by GABHS. It is inexpensive and well tolerated, reduces symptoms, and is the only antibiotic proven to prevent rheumatic fever. There is no resistance to penicillin among GABHS, and penicillin can be used in convenient regimens (500 mg orally 2 or 3 times daily). Despite being the drug of choice, the low and decreasing rate of penicillin use we noted from 17% in 1989 to 6% in 1999 is difficult to explain on clinical grounds. It seems unlikely there was an 11% absolute increase in the rate of penicillin allergy in the United States throughout the study period. It is more likely that non-clinical factors, such as promotional efforts, were responsible for changes in antibiotic choice. Yet, more often than not, physicians today prescribe amoxicillin because the dosing is once a day as opposed to three times daily with penicillin -- and its just as effective. Plus amoxicillin is less expensive than other once a day dosing antibiotics.
As a therapeutic category, penicillin is used to treat infections caused by bacteria. There are several kinds of penicillin and each is used to treat different kinds of bacterial infections in many parts of the body.
Phamacology - Amoxicillin
Let's consider the clinical phamacology of amoxicillin. It is similar to ampicillian...
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