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(Approval lapsed) Penicillin V potassium tablets, USP 500mg (Rising Health)
Section 19A approved medicine
(Approval lapsed) Penicillin V potassium tablets, USP 500mg (Rising Health)
Section 19A approval holder
Medsurge Healthcare Pty Ltd ABN 92 124 728 892
Phone
1300 788 261
Approved until
Status
Expired
Medicines in short supply/unavailable
ASPECILLIN VK phenoxymethylpenicillin 500mg (as potassium) tablet bottle AUST R: 200137
Indication(s)
Treatment of mild to moderately severe infections due to penicillin sensitive staphylococci, pneumococci, gonococci and haemolytic streptococci infections. Therapy should be guided by bacteriological studies, including sensitivity tests, and by clinical response.
For prophylactic use in recurrent streptococcal infections including the prevention of recurrence following rheumatic fever and/or Sydenham's chorea and to prevent bacterial endocarditis in patients with rheumatic fever and/or congenital heart disease who are about to undergo dental or upper respiratory surgery or instrumentation.
Note: oral penicillin should not be used as adjunctive prophylaxis for genitourinary instrumentation or surgery, lower intestinal tract surgery, sigmoidoscopy or complications of childbirth.
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