Patients diagnosed with RHD are required to endure painful intramuscular benzathine penicillin G injections once a month over a 10-year period to avoid further infections.

Materials and Methods The effect of benzathine penicillin G injections has been studied in 40 children convalescent from rheumatic fever at Irvington House.

More than two-thirds of participants are people living with HIV. Patients in the penicillin treatment group received one intramuscular injection of benzathine penicillin G 2.4 million units.

Three to 4-weekly intramuscular injections of benzathine penicillin G (BPG) for a prolonged period (e.g., 10 years, until age 40 years, or lifelong) are recommended for preventing group A ...

For benzathine penicillin to be employed widely as a mass prophylactic agent, its toxicity for human beings and the rate of sensitivity reactions must necessarily be low. Its toxicity for ...

Benzathine penicillin injections are commonly used to treat bacterial infections, including syphilis and streptococcal infections. Administering these injections requires proper technique to ensure ...

Treatment for tertiary syphilis typically involves three doses of intramuscular benzathine penicillin G. People typically spread the doses out over 3 weeks with one dose per week.