Category

• Antibacterial, systemic Amoxicillin; Ampicillin; Bacampicillin; Carbenicillin; Cloxacillin; Dicloxacillin; Flucloxacillin; Methicillin; Mezlocillin; Nafcillin; Oxacillin; Penicillin G; Penicillin V; Piperacillin; Pivampicillin; Pivmecillinam; Ticarcillin

Description Drug

Penicillins are using to treat infections causing by bacteria. They work by killing the bacteria or preventing their growth.

There are few various kinds of penicillins. Each is using to treat various kinds of infections. One kind of penicillin usually may not be using in place of another. In addition, penicillins are using to treat bacterial infections in many various parts of the body. They are sometimes given with other antibacterial medication - antibiotics. Some of the penicillins may also be using for other problems as determined by your family doctor. However, none of the penicillins will work for colds, flu, or other virus infections.

Penicillins are available only with your family doctor's prescription, in the following dosage forms:

Oral
• Amoxicillin
  • Capsules - USA and Canada
  • Oral suspension - USA and Canada
  • Tablets - USA
  • Chewable tablets - USA and Canada
• Ampicillin
  • Capsules - USA and Canada
  • Oral suspension - USA and Canada
• Bacampicillin
  • Oral suspension - USA
  • Tablets - USA and Canada
• Carbenicillin
  • Tablets - USA and Canada
• Cloxacillin
  • Capsules - USA and Canada
  • Oral solution - USA and Canada
• Dicloxacillin
  • Capsules - USA
  • Oral suspension - USA
• Flucloxacillin
  • Capsules - Canada
  • Oral suspension - Canada
• Nafcillin
  • Capsules - USA
  • Tablets - USA
• Oxacillin
  • Capsules - USA
  • Oral solution - USA
• Penicillin G Benzathine
  • Oral suspension - Canada
• Penicillin G Potassium
  • Oral solution - USA
  • Tablets - USA and Canada
• Penicillin V Benzathine
  • Oral suspension - Canada
• Penicillin V Potassium
  • Oral solution - USA and Canada
  • Tablets - USA and Canada
• Pivampicillin
  • Oral suspension - Canada
  • Tablets - Canada
• Pivmecillinam
  • Tablets - Canada

Parenteral
• Ampicillin
  • Injection - USA and Canada
• Carbenicillin
  • Injection - USA and Canada
• Cloxacillin
  • Injection - Canada
• Methicillin
  • Injection - USA
• Mezlocillin
  • Injection - USA
• Nafcillin
  • Injection - USA and Canada
• Oxacillin
  • Injection - USA
• Penicillin G Benzathine
  • Injection - USA and Canada
• Penicillin G Potassium
  • Injection - USA and Canada
• Penicillin G Procaine
  • Injection - USA and Canada
• Penicillin G Sodium
  • Injection - USA and Canada
• Piperacillin
  • Injection - USA and Canada
• Ticarcillin
  • Injection - USA and Canada

Brand Names

Some commonly using brand names are:

In the USA

• Amoxil
• Bactocill ¹¹
• Beepen-VK ¹³
• Betapen-VK ¹³
• Bicillin L-A ¹²
• Cloxapen ⁵
• Crysticillin 300 A.S. ¹²
• Dynapen ⁶
• Dycill ⁶
• Geocillin ⁴
• Geopen ⁴
• Ledercillin VK ¹³
• Mezlin ⁹
• Nafcil ¹⁰
• Nallpen ¹⁰
• Omnipen
• Omnipen-N
• Pathocil ⁶
• Pentids ¹²
• Pen Vee K ¹³
• Permapen ¹²
• Pfizerpen ¹²
• Pfizerpen-AS ¹²
• Pipracil ¹⁴
• Polycillin
• Polycillin-N
• Polymox
• Principen
• Prostaphlin ¹¹
• Spectrobid
• Staphcillin ⁸
• Tegopen ⁵
• Ticar ¹⁷
• Totacillin
• Totacillin-N
• Trimox
• Unipen ¹⁰
• V-Cillin K ¹³
• Veetids ¹³
• Wycillin ¹²
• Wymox

In Canada

• Amoxil
• Ampicin
• Apo-Amoxi
• Apo-Ampi
• Apo-Cloxi ⁵
• Apo-Pen VK ¹³
• Ayercillin ¹²
• Bicillin L-A ¹²
• Fluclox ⁷
• Geopen Oral ⁴
• Ledercillin VK ¹³
• Megacillin ¹²
• Nadopen-V ¹³
• Nadopen-V 200 ¹³
• Nadopen-V 400 ¹³
• Novamoxin
• Novo-Ampicillin
• Novo-Cloxin ⁵
• Novo-Pen-VK ¹³
• Nu-Amoxi
• Nu-Ampi
• Nu-Cloxi ⁵
• Nu-Pen-VK ¹³
• Orbenin ⁵
• Penbritin
• Penglobe
• Pen-Vee ¹³
• Pipracil ¹⁴
• Pondocillin ¹⁵
• PVF ¹³
• PVF K ¹³
• Pyopen ⁴
• Selexid ¹⁶
• Tegopen ⁵
• Ticar ¹⁷
• Unipen ¹⁰
• V-Cillin K ¹³
• Wycillin ¹²

For quick reference, the following penicillins are numbered to match the corresponding brand names.