Penicillin
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First antibiotic. 1929 (or 1928 or 1939
rINN: Benzylpenicillin
Other Names
Penicillin G, Crystapen®
Pharmacological Information
Pharmacology Images
Web information on Benzylpenicillin
Mechanism of Action
Penicillin Antibiotic
Relevant Clinical Literature
UK Guidance
Regulatory Literature
Other Literature
Please read pharmacological data limitations
Other Wikis
Medpedia on Penicillin (Less technical, good quality control)
Wikipedia on Penicillin (Less technical, ? quality control)
Contents |
Introduction
Penicillin was discovered by Sir Alexander Fleming as a result of a laboratory slip up but he was unable to develop it for clinical use. Ten years later Ernst Boris Chain, Howard Florey (an Australian) and Norman Heatley developed it in time to save many lives during the Second World War. Because of the shortage of laboratory glassware milk bottles were used as culture media.
In 1945 Fleming, Florey and Chain were awarded the Nobel prize for medicine.
Administration
Oral
IV
IM
Intrathecal
The correct doses for intra-thecal administration of Penicillin, in Meningitis and the like, are vastly smaller than intra-venous or other doses. Confusion between the two will result in disaster for patient and doctor.
