RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Talampicillin
JF Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin
JO Drug Ther Bull
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 27
OP 28
DO 10.1136/dtb.14.7.27
VO 14
IS 7
YR 1976
UL http://dtb.bmj.com/content/14/7/27.abstract
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.