Ocuflox (Ofloxacin)

What is Ocuflox?

The antibacterial agent Ocuflox (ofloxacin) inhibits the infection, with which cannot handle other antibiotics. It refers to the fluoroquinolones group.

In what kind of disease treatment, Ocuflox is helpful?

Indications for Ocuflox application are:

• Illnesses of the anterior chamber of the eyes of infectious and inflammatory nature
• Conjunctivitis
• Stye
• Corneal ulcer
• Blepharitis
• Eye keratitis
• Chlamydial infections

The preparation is also used for the prophylaxis and cure of bacterial infections resulting from surgery or injury of the eyeball. Strong Ocuflox effect manifests itself in the case of prophylactic therapy of purulent complications due to penetrating wounds of the eyeball. Due to its bactericidal mechanism and a broad spectrum of action it is the optimal preparation when there is no possibility of the full bacteriological inspection of the sick before treatment. Effectiveness and safety of Ocuflox makes it suitable to treat kids, including the newborns.

What should I tell my health care provider before I take Ocuflox?

As contraindications are:

• Susceptibility to Ocuflox formulation
• State of being pregnancy and nursing a baby

How should I take Ocuflox?

A lot of people, when confronted with the need to instillation of eye drops for the first time, are often feel lost or conduct this necessary procedure clumsily, which could not only weaken the healing effect of droplets (if the manipulation performed improperly the medicine does not reach the mucous membrane of the eye and this cannot lead to the desired effect) but also be harmful. Here are some tips on how properly apply eye drops; by following them you will make your treatment effective and recovery— fast:

• Hands should be washed up before using the eye drops. Take the bottle with clean, dry hands
• If necessary, you can use a mirror that allows you to monitor your movements and avoid injury
• Take the most comfortable for you position: you can lean back or lie down on a sofa
• Tilt your head back, pull the lower eyelid downwards so between the eye and the eyelid would form a fold. Do not pull off the lower eyelid too much, as thus would not form a "pocket" and the remedy may simply leak out. The drops keep in your other hand
• Take a little look up and without losing the sight of the tip of the bottle, get it into a sufficient distance (but not too close to the eye, otherwise you may be injured or transfer an infection from one eye to the other!) And drip 1-2 drops into the space between the lower eyelid and the eye
• If you are confident that the droplets fell into desired location, you can stop dripping, as more than two drops in the "bag" would not fit and all the excess liquid would simply flow out
• If needed, repeat all the above mentioned actions with the second eye
• After instillation of the eye drops you can close your eyes and gently press your fingers on the inner corners of eyes, this method makes it possible to prevent "leakage" of the medication from the conjunctival cavity into the nasal cavity, which will provide a more complete admission of medicine in eye tissues

When a newborn kid is having eye problems to drip the eyes of a little patient, even if he (she) does not really know how to turn away and resist is not such a simple task. However, there are some rules for conducting this procedure. For this purpose find a comfortable for the child and especially for you position. It is best to place your elbows next to baby’s head. Then gently pull the lower eyelid and drip the drops. Gently moving the eyelid (act quickly in this case because rarely any child would enjoy such manipulation) you want to spread the medicine on the eyeball; after that, release the newborn’s eyelid. Immediately following the procedure, you can see tears. This could be leftovers leaking out or the baby shed a few tears from pity. If the kid felt that something unpleasant is about to happen and began to blink, do not try to attract attention in every possible so the little one opens the eyes. It is enough to dribble the medical product to the lacrimal sac. The kid would still reflexively begin to blink and drops would distribute over the eye, therefore you’ll achieve a desired effect anyway.

Ocuflox dosage information

Instill one drop of Ocuflox from 2 to 4 times daily. The duration of use must not exceed a fortnight.

During that moment when your physician will be choosing the appropriate dosage you can discuss where to purchase the medication. Most likely your health care provider knows reliable and convenient pharmacy (Canada). Be sure to ask your medical professional about online pharmacies where you can order Ocuflox online cheap because it may also be beneficial.

What may interact with?

Interaction with other medicinal products and other types of interaction so far is unknown. Investigation of Ocuflox interactions, carried out with the regular application of ofloxacin showed that the clearance of metabolites of caffeine and theophylline depending on ofloxacin in a very small extent. Incompatibility with any pharmacological means is not detected.

What should I watch for while taking Ocuflox?

Temporary infringement of sight may occur after instillation. This factor should be taken into account when driving a vehicle or if a person is planning to be engaged in other hazardous activities. When temporary discomfort or visual disturbances are liquidated, special restrictions disappear.

If at the same time is applied more than one preparation, it is required to comply with at least 15 minutes interval between the installations.

Parallel use of eye drops with eye ointments is permissible. But in this case, the ointment should be applied last.

At the time of instillation of Ocuflox is useful to abstain from wearing contact lenses. You can put them back again, but no sooner than 20 minutes after instillation.

In order to prevent photophobia is better to wear sunglasses and do not be under the influence of bright light.

Prior to initial application of the drops is highly advisable to conduct microbiological examination of smears taken from the conjunctival sac to determine the sensitivity of bacterial strains to Ocuflox.

In the case of strengthening of the symptoms or if within the first days of therapy clinical improvement has not been observed Ocuflox must be discontinued and alternative therapy applied.

At systemic application of fluoroquinolones Ocuflox shall be applied cautiously in sick with the risk of QT prolongation, namely: innate syndrome of QT prolongation, while using medicinal products that prolong QT interval (eg antiarrhythmic medications of class IA and III, tricyclic antidepressants, macrolides and antipsychotics), not corrected electrolyte balance (eg hypokalemia, hypomagnesaemia), seniors patients, in patients with cardiac problems.

Ocuflox side effects

Potential undesirable outcomes:

• Allergies (in case of intolerance to fluoroquinolones)
• Transitory hyperemia of the conjunctiva
• Feeling of burning and discomfort in the eyes
• Dryness and itchiness of the conjunctiva
• Lacrimation
• Photophobia
• On rare occasions — vertigo

Where can I keep Ocuflox?

Intact packaging of droplets kept for three years. Opened bottle could be used up to six weeks. If in a bottle of medicine appeared any precipitate or flakes, immediately dispose of this medicinal product. All other useful tips for storage of the medicine you can get at consultation with the physician or when talking on this subject with a distributor in the (Canada) pharmacy or when carefully read the instructions to this remedy, which you can obtain by purchasing the remedy in a traditional pharmacy or when purchasing best online generic Ocuflox.