There are many eye diseases caused by infections. In the treatment of inflammation, provoked by microorganisms, ophthalmologists prescribe eye drops of Ciprofloxacin, about the features of which will be discussed below.
Composition and action
Description of the composition of ciprofloxacin is in the manual. According to her, the main active ingredient of the drug is actually ciprofloxacin (in the form of hydrochloride), the concentration of which is 0.3%, that is, 1 ml of the solution is 3 mg of the therapeutic substance.
As auxiliary components, the drops contain ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid disodium salt, benzalkonium chloride, sodium acetate, anhydrous or three-water, mannitol or mannitol, acetic acid, ice, water for injection.
Ciprofloxacin drops are an antimicrobial drug that is active against Gram-negative aerobic and Gram-positive bacteria. The medicine disrupts the synthesis of microbial DNA, which causes both growth and division to be broken, and the bacterial cell is killed.
Application of Ciprofloxacin
The drug is prescribed for:
- conjunctivitis (inflammation of the mucous eye) acute or subacute form;
- blepharitis (inflammation of the eyelid), blepharoconjunctivitis;
- keratitis (inflammation of the cornea), keratoconjunctivitis;
- bacterial ulcer of the cornea;
- chronic dacryocystitis (inflammation of the lacrimal sac);
- meybumite ( barley ).
In addition, ciprofloxacin has such indications as infectious damage to the eyes due to the penetration of foreign bodies or trauma. Drops are prescribed before and after ophthalmic operations to prevent infection with the infection.
Susceptibility of microorganisms
Effective eye drops Ciprofloxacin are in the fight against such gram-negative microorganisms as:
- E. coli;
- shigella;
- salmonella;
- cytobacter;
- Klebsiella;
- enterobacter;
- protey mihalibis;
- prothey vulgaris;
- serration;
- hafnium;
- edvardsiella;
- Providence;
- morganella;
- vibrio;
- yersinia;
- haemophilus influenzae;
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa;
- moraxella;
- aeromonade;
- pasteurella;
- Campylobacter;
- Neisseria.
As the instruction says, eye drops of Ciprofloxacin also act on certain types of Gram-positive bacteria such as streptococcus and staphylococcus aureus.
The drug is also active against some intracellular pathogens (legionella, brucella, chlamydia, listeria, etc.), and the moderate effect of the drop is exerted on the mucoplasm of hominis, gardnerella, mycobacterium avium-intracellulare, pneumococcus, enterococcus.
There is no point in using eye drops Ciprofloxacin in the fight against:
- bacillus Bacteroides;
- bacterium Pseudomonas cepacia (or Burkholderia cepacia);
- ureaplasma urealiticum;
- clostridium Clostridium difficile;
- nocardia;
- pale treponema.
With regard to the latter bacteria, the drug is inactive at all.
Methicillin-resistant staphylococci are resistant to droplets Ciprofloxacin.
Dosage and Precautions
The treatment of eye infection with this drug is prescribed by a doctor: in case of severe inflammation, instillations are usually performed every 2 hours, introducing the drug into the lower conjunctival sac. Do not drip the medicine into the front
Soft contact lenses during treatment should not be worn, and rigid ones should be removed before instillation and put on after 20 minutes.
In pregnancy, ciprofloxacin ophthalmologists are appointed if the expected effect is greater than the possible harm to the fetus.
It is worth considering that Ciprofloxacin has side effects: tearing, red eyes, itching, photophobia, sensation of a speck in the eye.