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I used penicillin phenoxymeth(pen-vee k) 500 ml to teat a strep throat for 10 days . now a week after the end of the treatement , i still feel weak,?

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Many possibilities: You may feel weak and tired because you lost a lot of weight during the illness. Maybe you also had mononucleosis at the same time. This does not mean the Penicillin was not effective for the Strep throat

Answered 4/24/2015

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