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Please describe the medication: penicillin vk?
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Antibiotic: This is a broad spectrum antibiotic used to treat bacterial infections.
Answered 3/21/2015
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Potassium salt: There are many drugs in the penicillin class of antibiotics. Penicillin v is one of those drugs in the class. The k represents the salt of the compound penicillin v. In this case, the salt is potassium, denoted by the chemical symbol for potassium which is k. So, the correct designation for Penicillin VK is really penicillin v potassium.
Answered 4/6/2016
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