Lapen
Injection
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Benzathine PenicillinWeight:
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Benzathine Penicillin
Dosage Administration
Treatment of infection: 0.3 to 1.2 million units repeated every five to seven days. Prophylaxis of rheumatic fever: 1.2 million units every three weeks. Specific dosage schedule: Treatment of group-A ?-haemolytic streptococcal infections: A single intramuscular dose of 600,000 units. Prevention of rheumatic fever: Monthly injection of a single dose of 1.2 million units is the most effective regimen for preventing further attacks of rheumatic fever. Treatment of acute otitis media: A single injection of 6 million units. Early syphilis- 2.4 million units as a single dose. Late syphilis: 2.4 million units weekly for three successive weeks. Neurosyphilis: Benzylpenicillin, intravenously, 2 to 4 million units every 4 hours for 10 days, followed by benzathine penicillin intramuscularly, 2.4 million units weekly for three successive weeks. Congenital syphilis: Asymptomatic infants with normal cerebrospinal fluid, intramuscularly 50,000 units per kg in a single dose. Primary and secondary syphilis have been treated with single injections of 2.4 million units of long acting benzathine penicillin (Benzapen) weekly for 2 to 4 weeks with satisfactory results.
Contraindications
Hypersensitivity to penicillins
Side Effects
Long acting penicillin
Pregnancy And Lactation
Pregnancy category B. Benzathine Penicillin should not be administered during pregnancy unless in the judgment of the physician such administration is clinically justifiable. Special care should be taken in the first three months of pregnancy. As penicillin appears in breast milk, it is probably best for a mother to stop breast-feeding while being given penicillin to avoid exposing the infant to the drug unnecessarily.
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