Hi my GP has given me some meds called Magupen any ideas what they are?!
Question:
Hi my GP has given me some meds called Magupen any ideas what they are?
The pharmacy doesnt store them and i had to order it, i was looking for some info on the net and cant find anything.
Answers:
Magnapen, now better known by its generic name Co-fluampicil, is a combination of ampicillin and flucloxicillin. It is a very old and seldom used combined antibiotic. Flucloxicllin is still in common use, but ampicillin is now rarely prescribed as it has quite frequent gastrointestinal side effects and commonly causes a specific ampicillin only ( not penicillin ) allergy rash.
In circumstances where it used to be used flucloxicillin is now given with either penicillin V or occasionally amoxicillin.