Eye patients who are allergic to penicillin can now have an alternative antibiotic injected into the eye during cataract ...

Amoxicillin and penicillin are two of many antibiotics on the market today. They’re actually in the same family of antibiotics, called the penicillin family. This family contains antibiotics that come ...

In the end, it’s easy to see why the Penicillin has earned a devoted following. Comforting, complex and surprisingly ...

When Maria Duggan developed a breast infection, she faced a choice no new mother would want to make: take an antibiotic that she’d been told could cause a severe allergic reaction, or one that would ...

Nineteen out of 20 people who have been told they are allergic to penicillin are not truly allergic to the drug. By Roni Caryn Rabin Millions of Americans who believe they are allergic to penicillin ...

The “marvelous mold that saves lives,” as TIME put it, was first discovered by Alexander Fleming in 1928, but more than a decade would pass before the first American patient was treated with ...

In 2004, Eric Lax wrote a well-regarded book about the development of penicillin, the world’s first so-called miracle drug. Titled “The Mold in Dr. Florey’s Coat,” it made a complicated scientific ...

Overview: Penicillin is an antibiotic that is used to treat bacterial infections. It kills certain types of bacteria by blocking their ability to create their cell wall. The most common side effects ...

(The Conversation) – Imagine this: You’re at your doctor’s office with a sore throat. The nurse asks, “Any allergies?” And without hesitation you reply, “Penicillin.” It’s something you’ve said for ...

Pfizer is facing a shortage of penicillin due to increased demand and more diagnoses of syphilis, the company said in a letter to its customers this week. The company said there is an "impending stock ...