Penicillin prophylaxis

[dut]

Hello

 

Just thought I'd mention this for those who didn't know it beofre or didn't get to see the full Swedo talk posted recently.

 

Susan Swedo said that if your using Penicillin as prophylaxis, if you miss 1 dose it takes 3 days to get back to full coverage. Others probably know this but it was news to me. We haven't missed any doses yet but certainly won't in the future if it takes that long to get back to full coverage.

 

Thought it worth a mention...

[EAMom]

Yes, and I think she said that there is even a problem if you are late with a dose (needs to be done every 12 hours). I'm not sure at what point (how many hours late) it becomes a problem though.