Optrex Bacterial Conjunctivitis 1% Eye ointment. For the treatment of acute bacterial conjunctivitis. Contains an antibiotic called chloramphenicol and is used to treat bacterial infections that affect the outer surface of the eye.
Optrex Bacterial Conjunctivitis Chloramphenicol 1% Eye Ointment – 4g
£5.03
Optrex Bacterial Conjunctivitis Eye ointment for the treatment of acute bacterial conjunctivitis. Contains an antibiotic called chloramphenicol.
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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.
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)
Active ingredient: Chloramphenicol 1.0 w/w.
Other ingredients: Liquid Paraffin and White Soft Paraffin.
Always read the patient information leaflet before commencing treatment. The patient information can be found here.
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