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Can you please tell me if vantin (cefpodoxime) is a penicillin or erhthromycin?
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Neither: Vantin, or cefpodoxime (generic) is a 3rd generation cephalosporin. It does not belong in thebgrop of antibitoics related to penicillin or even to erythromycin.
Answered 5/3/2012
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