"Levomycetin" is a drug that is actively used in ophthalmology. The active ingredient is chloramphenicol, excipients are boric acid and purified water. The medicine is poured into plastic or glass bottles.
Pharmacological properties of the drug "Levomycetin" (eye drops)
Instructions for use indicate that the product has antimicrobial, bacteriostatic properties aimed at suppressing gram-positive and gram-negative microorganisms, hemophilic and Escherichia coli, streptococcus, rickettsia, mycoplasmas, enterobacter, staphylococci, neiseria. Acid-resistant and simple organisms, clostridia, Pseudomonas aeruginosa are less sensitive to antibiotics . Resistance to the drug develops slowly. It does not penetrate into the lens, and the maximum concentration of a drop reaches the cornea, the vitreous body, the iris.
Indications for the use of the drug "Levomycetin" (eye drops)
The instructions for use explain that the drug is prescribed in ophthalmic practice for the treatment of infections of the eyes, keratitis, blepharitis. The drug is used for blepharoconjunctivitis, neuroparalytic keratitis, keratoconjunctivitis. Effective "Levomycetin" (eye drops) for barley. Also, the medication is used for the ineffectiveness of other drugs with an antibacterial effect.
Contraindications Levomycetinum solution (eye drops)
Instructions for use warns that the drug can not be used for renal failure and liver, hypersensitivity, impaired blood formation. With caution, drops are prescribed for patients with eczema, psoriasis, babies up to two years, pregnant and lactating mothers.
Means "Levomycetin" (eye drops): instructions for use
The medication is used topically by digging the drug into the conjunctival sac every 2 hours. Enter should be 2 drops of the solution. The course of therapy is two weeks. Before performing the procedure, it is required to remove contact lenses, they can be returned to their place only half an hour after the administration of the medicine.
Side effects
Eye drops from conjunctivitis "Levomycetin" can cause negative reactions. In some cases, when they are introduced, burning, itching is felt, redness of the eye occurs.
With prolonged use of the medication (more than three weeks), a fungal secondary infection, leukopenia, thrombocytopenia,
aplastic anemia can develop
. If negative effects appear, further treatment is required. The likelihood of adverse reactions increases with the simultaneous use of the drug with drugs that inhibit hematopoiesis (cytostatics, sulfonamides), as well as with the appointment of drops during irradiation. If, after the administration of the drug, the patient notes a decrease in the clarity of vision, then it is required to abandon driving trips, as well as to perform work requiring special attention.
Eye drops "Levomycetin": price
The cost of the drug is about 15 rubles.