Posts tagged with: eye drops
Chloramphenicol Eye Ointment
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... [Read more]
Hyoscine
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... [Read more]
Prednisolone
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,... [Read more]
Atropine
Atropine is an anticholinergic drug. The action of this drug is to relax the muscle wall of the intestine. The drug can be used to relieve cramps in irritable bowel syndrome, it can also be used as a premed before a general anaesthetic. It can on occasion be injected to... [Read more]
The Eyes and Ears
Of our five senses the eyes and our hearing are the two sense organs that provide us with the most information, from the world around us. Our eyes work by transmitting light through the cornea. The amount of light is governed by the muscles in the iris. The muscles control... [Read more]
Epinephrine
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... [Read more]
Timolol
This information is based on taking oral medication where the active ingredient is Timolol maleate. Timolol is known as a Beta-adrenoceptor blocking drug Read More →
Latanoprost
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... [Read more]
Tibolone
Tibolone is a synthetic steroid that has progestogenic and some androgenic properties as well as oestrogenic effects. It is used mainly for treatment of endometriosis, as well as hormone replacement therapy in post-menopausal women, such as sweating,depressed mood, and decreased... [Read more]
