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Phenoxymethylpenicillin

3 brand names

Indications

  • Oral infections, Otitis media
  • Acute sore throat
  • Prevention of recurrent cellulitis (specialist use only), Prevention of recurrent erysipelas (specialist use only)
  • Prevention of recurrence of rheumatic fever
  • Prevention of secondary case of invasive group A streptococcal infection

+ 2 more indications in the full monograph

Safety Information

🤰Pregnancy guidance available
🤱Breastfeeding guidance available

Cautions

penicillins History of allergy...

Side Effects

penicillins Common or very common Diarrhoea; hypersensitivity; nausea; skin reactions; thrombocytopenia; vomiting Uncommon Arthralgia; leucopenia Rare or very rare Agranulocytosis; angioedema; haemoly...

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Brand Names

Pen-V(IN, PK, NG)Ospen(PK, SA, AE, EG)+ 1 more in app
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Source: MedNext Audited Proprietary Dataset

Last reviewed: 2026

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