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Q: Why cannot penicillin be taken twice a day?
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That is a very good question. You should take the tablet penicillin for ten days. Shorter course can result the treatment failure and patient may get rheumatic fever. You give tablet penicillin three times a day. Twice a day dose is enough, but then patient may miss the dose to make it twice a day.


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