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...Best way to give penicillin is by injections into muscle or (in localized wounds and infections) by salve, powder or solution. Results of dosage by mouth are fair at best...
...Unlike sulfa drugs, penicillin has not yet shown any harmful effects. A patient's appetite often increases; his anemia may improve...
...Penicillin is quickly eliminated in the urine. A physician must continually check its concentration in a wound or in the blood stream to make sure enough is present to prevent bacteria from multiplying (penicillin does not kill bacteria; the coup de grâce is delivered by the white blood cells...
...heavy bloodstream infections, dosages should be large from the start (about 15,000 units every three hours). With too-small doses, bacteria sometimes develop penicillin resistance...
...Sulfa drugs characteristically produce sudden drops in body temperature, but less spectacular penicillin, which may take weeks to save a life, usually reduces temperature by easy stages...