The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday reported a shortage of an injectable form of penicillin, an antibiotic used to treat syphilis and other bacterial infections like strep throat. The drug ...

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A single dose of penicillin works just as well to cure early syphilis as the three-injection regimen now used by many doctors, a new clinical trial suggests. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI A single ...

Amid a shortage of amoxicillin and penicillin — the two main antibiotics for strep infections, which rose in early 2023 — Pfizer said it has “limited supply and [an] impending stock out situation” for ...

Findings showed 76% of participants in the single-dose group had a serologic response to treatment compared with 70% of those who received the 3-dose regimen. A single injection of benzathine ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A penicillin shortage in the United States is expected to last until at least mid-2024. The shortage could cause ...

The spike in syphilis cases across the U.S. are spurring public health agencies to recommend that clinicians ration penicillin injectables, the preferred treatment, KFF Health News reported Feb. 1. In ...

Indian drugmaker Aurobindo Pharma plans to scale up production of Penicillin-G to more than 10,000 metric tonnes annually within the next 12 months. The Hyderabad-based pharmaceutical company ...

Coronavirus outbreak has led to a price rise of generic drugs in India. The price of Penicillin G, a key raw material imported from China by some of the Indian antibiotic makers, has also increased.

WHEN the results of a gram stain or culture of material in a serious case of staphylococcal infection become known, and before the susceptibility of the organism has been determined, the physician is ...