Wednesday, June 21, 2017

Drug CLASSIFICATION OF PENICILLINS (Classification of Penicillins in pharmacology)


CLASSIFICATION OF PENICILLINS
The drug Classification of Penicillins include the following :
A.  ACCORDING TO NATURE

1. NATURAL PENICILLIN
Penicillin G (polybiotics)
2.SEMISYNTHETIC PENICILLIN

a.LONG ACTING PENICILLINS
Procaine penicillin
Benzathine (lapen)
Benethamine penicillin
b.ORALLY ACTING PENICILLINS
Penicillin V(penisol)
Phenbenicillin
c.PENICILLINASE RESISTANT PENICILLINS
Flucloxacillin(A-Flox)
Methacillin
Oxacillin
Nafcillin
d.BROAD SPECTRUM PENICILLINS
Ampicillin (Ampil)
Amoxicillin(amoxil)
e.ANTI-PSEUDOMONAL PENICILLINS
Carbelicillin
Ticracillin
Pipracillin
B.ACCORDING TO RANGE OF ACTION

1.NARROW ACTING (narrow spectrum PENICILLINS)

a.SHORT ACTING PENICILLINS
Penicillin G /benzyl pencillin
Penicillin V/Phenoxymethyl penicillin
b.LONG ACTIING PENICILLINS
Procaine penicillin
Benethamine penicillin
Benzathene Penicillin (lapen)
c.PENICILLINASE RESISTANT PENICILLIN

ANTISTAPHYLOCOCCAL PENICILLINS
Cloxacillin(orbenin)
Oxacillin(Prostaphlin)
Nafcillin(unipen)
PENICILLIN AGAINST PENICLLINASE PRODUCING GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIA EXCEPT
PSEUDOMONAS
Temocillin (tenopens)
2.BROAD ACTING PENICILLINS

Ampicillin
Amoxicillin
Pipracillin(Pipril)
Ticracillin
Becampicillin(Proglobe)
C.ON THE BASIS OF PENICILLINASE SENSITIVITY.

1.PENICILLANASE SENSITIVE
a.ACID LABILE PENICILLINS
Penicillin G
Procaine Penicillin
Carbenicillin
Ticracillin
b.ACID STABLE PENICILLINS
Penicillin V
Ampicillin
Amoxicillin
Dicloxacillin
2. PENICILLINASE RESISTANT PENICILLINS

a.ACID LABILE
Methicillin
Nafcillin
b.ACID STABLE PENICILLINS
Oxacillin
Cloxacillin
Flucloxacillin

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pharmacology drugs classification
drugs
PENICILLINS


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