How Much Potassium Is in Penicillin G Potassium

Penicillin G Potassium Injection, USP contains 1.7 mEq potassium and 1.02 mEq of sodium per million units.

How many mEq of potassium are in penicillin G?

Penicillin G potassium contains 1.7 mEq potassium and 0.3 mEq sodium per million units.

What are the components of penicillin G?

Each syringe, 1,200,000 units (2 mL size) or 600,000 units (1 mL size), contains penicillin G procaine in a stabilized aqueous suspension with sodium citrate buffer; and as w/v, approximately 0.5% lecithin, 0.5% carboxymethylcellulose, 0.5% povidone, 0.1% methylparaben, and 0.01% propylparaben.