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What is the difference between benzathine penicillin and benzylpenicillin?
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The benzathine penicillin is a long acting penicillin and the benzylpenicillin is a very short acting one. The attachments affects the release of the penicillin that is the active effective antibiotic.
Answered 3/31/2022
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