Now everyone knows that there are a whole bunch of these penicillins. In fact, there are four generations of them. But the first common oral penicillin is still relevant.
How so?
But like this. With antibiotics, everything is very difficult. It may well be that the rare protozoan penicillin is healthier than the cooler and more popular second-generation amoxicillin.
I will explain. An antibiotic is not prescribed with a margin. If you figure out all the ultra-modern means, then they will kill many beneficial microbes, and develop resistance in small dirty tricks.
Small dirty tricks are ordinary, not very evil bacteria that gradually grow into a rage if they are poisoned with an antibiotic. It would be much better to leave these hooligans quietly digging in their sandbox.
You know, it's like in a situation where youngsters are not always put in jail. Because from there these jerks will already come out as criminals.
So in the case of weak bacteria, about the same story. You cannot treat them as serious criminals. Otherwise they will become so.
Let's go back to our simplest old man, penicillin. It works flawlessly on streptococcus, which causes sore throat, and from time to time provoking rheumatic fever.
The spectrum of action of penicillin is very narrow. It will kill streptococcus, but it will not touch many other germs. Even if bacterial sore throat is caused by something else, it will go away on its own. It's not scary. But there will be nothing superfluous.
It is very interesting that until now, with all the wealth of antibiotics, it is penicillin that is considered the only remedy with proven effectiveness in the prevention of rheumatic fever. It is clear that a whole bunch of antibiotics will help too, but penicillin remains the official leader.
Exactly the same story happens with the face. The erysipelas is not a muzzle, but an erysipelas. Such red spots on the skin of the legs. Penicillin will be the drug of choice here too.
Unfortunately, it is very difficult to find regular oral penicillin now. It is in the State Register of Medicines, but it is rarely sold. And in vain. Penicillin will remain relevant for a long time. It is a true symbol of rational antibiotic therapy.
