Pen-ve-oral is a medicine derived from penicillin in the form of tablets containing potassium phenoxymethylpenicillin, and it can be used as an alternative to the use of Penicillin injection, known to cause a lot of pain. However even injections of Benzetacil no longer need to cause as much pain as they can be diluted with an anesthetic called Xylocaine, when allowed by the doctor.
Indications
Pen-ve-oral is an oral penicillin that can be used for mild to moderate respiratory bacterial infections such as tonsillitis, scarlet fever and erysipelas, mild or moderate bacterial pneumonia caused by pneumococcus; mild skin infections caused by staphylococci; as a form of prevention of bacterial endocarditis in people with heart disease, rheumatic disease, before dental or face surgery.
How to use
Oral penicillin has a better effect when taken on an empty stomach, but if it causes irritation in the stomach, it can be taken with meals.
| To treat: | Dose: |
| Tonsillitis, sinusitis, scarlet fever and erysipelas | 500, 000 IU every 6 or 8 hours for 10 days |
| Mild bacterial pneumonia and ear infection | 400, 000 to 500, 000 IU every 6 hours until fever stops for 2 days |
| Skin infections | 500, 000 IU every 6 or 8 hours |
| Prevention of rheumatic fever | 200, 000 to 500, 000 IU every 12 hours |
| Prevention of bacterial endocarditis |
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The effect of this medicine starts within 6 to 8 hours after its first intake.
Price
The box with 12 tablets of Pen-Ve-Oral, penicillin for oral use, costs between 17 and 25 reais.
Side effects
Pen-ve-oral can commonly cause headache, oral or genital candidiasis, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. It may also decrease the effectiveness of the contraceptive pill and therefore it is advised to resort to another form of protection against unwanted pregnancy during treatment.
Contraindications
Pen-ve-oral should not be used in case of allergy to penicillin or cephalosporin. It may interfere with the effects of other medicines such as ulcers and gastritis, bupropion, chloroquine, exenatide, methotrexate, mycophenolate mofetil, probenecid, tetracyclines and tramadol.
