Chloramphenicol belongs to a family group of medicines called antibiotics or anti infective. Antibiotics are used to treat a variety of infections caused by bacteria. If your eyes have a discharge or crust you can bath them in boiled and cooled water before treating with eye ointment. You should apply the eye ointment every three hours or as advised by your doctor or pharmacist. Eye ointment can be applied at night with the appropriate eye [...]

Hyoscine is made in two forms the first hyoscine-N-butylbromide is used to reduce spasm of the gastrointestial tract in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), it can also be used with other medication to treat painful menstration also know as dysmenorrhoea. The second form hyoscine hydrobromide is used to treat problems that occur with the inner ear like Vertigo and Mèniére’s disease (motion sickness, giddiness, nausea). As well as tablet form, this drug is also available in [...]

Prednisolone is a corticosteroid drug with predominantly glucocorticoid and low mineralocorticoid activity, making it useful for the treatment of a wide range of inflammatory and auto-immune conditions, allergic states, rheumatic disorders, some skin conditions, blood disorders, asthma and other lung conditions. It can be used in the treatment for conjunctivitis as eye drops. It can also be given as an injection for the relief of pain in arthritis, as well as being given as an [...]

Epinephrine (also referred to as adrenaline;) belongs to a group of drugs called (amongst others) cardiac resuscitation and is a neurotransmitter that is produced in the center of the adrenal glands. The drug is given in an emergency to stimulate heart activity and stroke volume, dilates the pupils, and constricts arterioles in the skin and gastrointestinal tract while dilating arterioles in skeletal muscles, and raise low blood pressure. The drug is injected to counteract cardiac [...]

This information is based on taking oral medication where the active ingredient is Timolol maleate. Timolol is known as a Beta-adrenoceptor blocking drug

Latanoprost (pronounced la-TA-noe-prost) ophthalmic solution is a topical medication used for controlling the progression of glaucoma or ocular hypertension (raised pressure in the eye) by reducing intraocular pressure. It is a prostaglandin analogue a synthetic derivative of the prostglandin, which constricts the smooth muscles in the blood vessels. The drug can be used for eye drops to reduce pressure inside the eye in open angle glaucoma (chronic) by constricting blood vessels. If the individual does [...]