GoldenEye Antibiotic 1% Eye Ointment – 4g

£5.90

GoldenEye Antibiotic Eye Ointment for the treatment of Acute Bacterial Conjunctivitis. Stops bacteria from growing and multiplying, controlling the numbers causing the eye infection and helping to relieve your symptoms.

Following the updated GPhC (General Pharmaceutical Council) guidelines, we are required to restrict the amount of Pharmacy Medicines, we dispense to one box per household per month.

If you require a larger quantity, please do not hesitate to contact our Pharmacist.

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GoldenEye Antibiotic Eye Ointment for the treatment of Acute Bacterial Conjunctivitis. Stops bacteria from growing and multiplying, controlling the numbers causing the eye infection and helping to relieve your symptoms. The remaining bacteria die or are killed by your body’s immune system.

The most common type of infection in this area is called acute bacterial conjunctivitis. When you have acute bacterial conjunctivitis the white part of one or both of your eyes will be red and or your eyelids will be red or swollen. There will be a sticky discharge, which can make the eye difficult to open in the morning and the eye may feel ‘gritty’ or ‘irritated’.

Chloramphenicol eye ointment is not suitable for treating eye infections that have spread to the deeper layers of the eye coverings or into the fluid within the eyeball. Antibiotic tablets or injections are needed to treat these deeper, more serious infections.

Chloramphenicol eye ointment is used by placing a small amount (about 1cm) in the space between the lower eyelid and the eye. Always follow your pharmacist’s instructions.

  • Do not take it by mouth.

Adults and children aged 2 years and over:
A course of treatment lasts 5 days:

  • If the eye ointment is being used alone, squeeze a thin line of ointment inside the lower eyelid of each affected eye 3 to 4 times a day. This means that you should use it about every 4 – 6 hours.
  • If you are using Chloramphenicol eye drops during the day and the eye ointment at night – apply the ointment at night, before going to bed.

It is important to complete the course of treatment even if your eyes feel better.

Talk to your doctor immediately if:

  • Your eyes get worse at any time
  • There is no improvement within 2 days

Do not repeat the course of treatment without consulting your doctor or pharmacist.

If you forget to take Chloramphenicol Antibiotic Eye Ointment
If you miss a dose, use the ointment as directed above and then continue your normal course of treatment.

Do not share your eye ointment with anyone else.

If you use more Chloramphenicol Antibiotic Eye Ointment than you should
If the contents of this tube are swallowed, contact your doctor straight away or go to your nearest hospital casualty department.
Take with you the tube and container so that the medicine can be identified.

Active ingredient: Chloramphenicol 1.0 w/w.
Other ingredients: Liquid Paraffin and White Soft Paraffin.

Like all medicines, Chloramphenicol Eye Ointment can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them.

Stop using your medicine and tell your doctor or pharmacist immediately if you experience the following side effects:

  • Wheeziness (shortness of breath), fever, swelling of your face, lips or tongue, itching or rash with swelling of skin (the rash could be puffy (swollen) or blotchy, or look like little blisters.
  • A sore throat, bruising or being unable to overcome an infection. On very rare occasions, patients using chloramphenicol have had changes in their blood cells causing severe tiredness or easy bruising

Possible side effects include:

  • burning
  • itching
  • mild stinging
  • mild inflammation of the skin (dermatitis).
  • irritation

Rare side effects include:

  • bone marrow depression (a condition where the marrow is unable to produce blood cells)
  • a reduced production and death of red blood cells (anaemia)

Do not use the ointment if:

  • You are allergic to Chloramphenicol or any of the other ingredients of this medicine.
  • You or a member of your family has had problems with their blood or bone marrow. These problems can include a severe reduction in red blood cells or lower than normal blood count.

Warnings and precautions
Tell your doctor if:

  • Your eye is painful (rather than just feeling sore or gritty) or you have pain or swelling around the eye or face.
  • Your sight is affected by loss of vision, reduced or blurred vision or you see halos around lights.
  • It is too painful to open your eyes properly.
  • Your pupil (the black circle in the centre of your eye) looks different. It may be torn, not round, very big or does not change size in the light.
  • Your eye looks cloudy.
  • You have had an eye infection in the past month.
  • You have glaucoma (high pressure inside your eye).
  • You have “dry eye syndrome”. • You have injured your eye. • You think there may be something in your eye or you have splashed something in your eye.
  • You are already using other eye drops or eye ointment.
  • You have had eye surgery or laser treatment in the last 6 months.

If you wear contact lenses, seek advice either from your contact lens practitioner (optician, optometrist) or doctor before you use this product.

  • You should not wear your contact lenses during the course of treatment.
  • If you wear soft contact lenses do not start wearing them for at least 24 hours after you have finished the eye ointment.

Other medicines and Chloramphenicol Antibiotic Eye Ointment
Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking, have recently taken or might take any other medicines, especially:

  • Other eye ointments or eye drops
  • Medicines which may affect your bone marrow

Pregnancy and breast-feeding
Chloramphenicol should not be used during pregnancy and breast-feeding unless considered essential by your doctor, as the effects are unknown.
If you are a pregnant or breast-feeding, think you may be pregnant or are planning to have a baby, ask your doctor or pharmacist for advice before using this medicine.

Driving and using machines
The ointment may cause blurred vision due to smearing or stinging.

  • This will only happen for a short period after it is put in your eye.
  • If this happens do not drive or use machinery until you can see clearly.

This product is typically dispatched within 1-2 working days from date of order

Please note that we do not operate at the weekends. Orders placed after 2pm Friday will not get processed until the following Monday morning.

Standard Delivery

Our standard delivery charge is £2.90.
We use a tracked 48 Hour service for our standard delivery.

Next Day Delivery 
Due to COVID-19 we are not currently offering Next Day Delivery as our couriers are not always adhering to the delivery timescales, we will introduce this again in the future.

Prescriptions
Private prescription medicines are sent by courier, tracked 24hr delivery, free of charge (all private prescription items have a minimum order value of £5.00). NHS prescription medicines are sent by courier, tracked 24hr delivery.
Normal delivery charges will apply for non-prescription items in the same basket.

 

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