PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
ED  - ,
TI  - Talampicillin
AID  - 10.1136/dtb.14.7.27
DP  - 1976 Mar 26
TA  - Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin
PG  - 27--28
VI  - 14
IP  - 7
4099  - http://dtb.bmj.com/content/14/7/27.short
4100  - http://dtb.bmj.com/content/14/7/27.full
SO  - Drug Ther Bull1976 Mar 26; 14
AB  - Talampicillin (Talpen) is the phthalidyl ester of ampicillin. During absorption the ester is hydrolysed in the gut to ampicillin and hydroxy-methylbenzoic acid. Talampicillin is marketed by Beecham which also produces ampicillin (Penbritin). Amoxycillin (Amoxil) is not an ester, but has a similar structure and the same antibacterial spectrum as ampicillin.1 Amoxycillin is marketed by Bencard which is a subsidiary of Beecham.