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Pencilin is for 40yrs or life long?

2020-11-22 18:51:14
I wanted to understand the Duration of taking pencilin injection as am suffering from RHD from 18yrs (18th year treatment), some say till my age of 40 & some say lifelong I have to take Please clarify on this
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Hi. Take penicillin till 40 years of age. Follow up with cardiologist regularly.

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