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Penicillin-class Antibacterial medications

“Penicillin-class Antibacterial” is a drug class recorded for these medicines in the National Library of Medicine’s RxClass service — usually the FDA “established pharmacologic class” from the drug label, which groups medicines by how they work or what they are. Our directory includes 4 medicines in this class.
  • Amoxicillin

    Brand names: Amoxi Drop, Amoxi-tabs, Biomox, Moxatag

    The label says: Adults and Pediatric Patients Upper Respiratory Tract Infections of the Ear, Nose, and Throat: Amoxicillin is indicated in the treatment of infections due to susceptible (ONLY β-lactamase–negative) isolates of Streptococcus species. …

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  • Amoxicillin and clavulanate

    Brand names: Augmentin, Betacilin, Clavacillin, Clavamox

    The label says: Amoxicillin and clavulanate potassium for oral suspension is a combination of amoxicillin, a penicillin-class antibacterial and clavulanate potassium, a beta-lactamase inhibitor, indicated for the treatment of infections caused by designated susceptible (confirmed or suspected) beta-lactamase-produc …

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  • Penicillin V potassium

    The label says: Penicillin V potassium tablets and penicillin V potassium for oral solution are indicated in the treatment of mild to moderately severe infections due to penicillin G-sensitive microorganisms. …

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  • Dicloxacillin

    The label says: To reduce the development of drug-resistant bacteria and maintain the effectiveness of dicloxacillin sodium capsules and other antibacterial drugs, dicloxacillin sodium capsules should be used only to treat or prevent infections that are proven or strongly suspected to be caused by susceptible bacte …

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Medicines in the same class can still differ in their approved uses, warnings and side effects. Class membership comes from the FDA label data published through the National Library of Medicine's RxClass service.

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