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Old 02-20-2016, 03:32 PM
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I was surprised by penicillin as well.

It seems that it and other beta-lactams can have neurological effects, apparently mediated by effects on GABA neurotransmission.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3175508/
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