If penicillin became the pinnacle antibiotic why are many of us now allergic?

Question

Many people now are allergic to it, well I say many but I know a fair few who are.

How did it become the pinnacle antibiotic but yet cause some of us issues now

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One thing to add is that many people were told they are allergic to penicillin by their parents as a result of developing a rash after its use as a child. Often this rash was a result of the infection itself or from toxins released by the bacteria when they were killed and not actually an allergy.