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Penicillin is a common broad spectrum antibiotic used to treat many common infections. Though allergies can occur how safe is it to take a course of penicillin?

Penicillin is one of the world's most frequently prescribed drugs. It is also the drug that is most responsible for drug-induced allergic reactions.

Many people believe or have been told they have a penicillin allergy. Very few have a true allergy to the antibiotic. The drug may not have caused the reaction.

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Antibiotics are chemotherapeutic agents used to inhibit or kill bacteria (prokaryotic organisms). How does penicillin destroy bacteria without hurting our cells?