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Old 19th, January 2007, 01:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Steve G View Post
Surely the licencing wouldn't be different unless there was a good reason for it,
The patent on Penbritin was soon to expire and its replacement Amoxil needed to offer an advantage in order to generate sales.

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and given that amoxicillin is effective at a tds dose, why give it qds?
No reason at all, but neither expensive nor dangerous enough to worry about.

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