Gatifloxacin ophthalmic
band-aid is acclimated to amusement bacterial conjunctivitis (pinkeye;
infection of the film that covers the alfresco of the eyeballs and the central
of the eyelids) in adults and accouchement 1 year of age and older.
Gatifloxacin is in a chic of antibiotics alleged fluoroquinolones. It works by
killing the bacilli that could could cause infection.
Gatifloxacin is currently
accessible alone in the US and Canada as an ophthalmic solution.
In China it is awash in book
as able-bodied as in eye bead formulations.
Ophthalmic anti-infectives
are about able-bodied tolerated. The absorption of the biologic empiric
afterward articulate administering of 400 mg gatifloxacin systemically is about
800 times college than that of the 0.5% Gatifloxacin eye drop. Given as an eye
drop, Gatifloxacin Ophthalmic Band-aid 0.3% & 0.5% could could cause actual
low systemic exposures. Therefore, the systemic exposures consistent from the
gatifloxacin ophthalmic band-aid are not acceptable to affectation any accident
for systemic toxicities.
