ophthalmic ointments

[pharmacology888]

I was wondering for all the antibiotic ointments that can be used for bacterial conjunctivitis, are they also used for blepharitis? Such ointments I am referring to are bacitracin, tobradex, neomycin combination, ect. So if someone has blepharitis, would the patient just apply the ointment at the base of the eyelashes and on affected areas of the eyelid (skin) verus if someone has bacterial conjuncitivitis, he/she would need to apply the ointment so it has direct contact with the eyeball?

 

[GatorRxGirl]

Micromedex and Clinical Pharmacology are your friend...since I don't know if this is medical advice for you, all I can say is the classic pharmacy answer - Look it up! 🙂

 

[Pianopooh]

I was wondering for all the antibiotic ointments that can be used for bacterial conjunctivitis, are they also used for blepharitis? Such ointments I am referring to are bacitracin, tobradex, neomycin combination, ect. So if someone has blepharitis, would the patient just apply the ointment at the base of the eyelashes and on affected areas of the eyelid (skin) verus if someone has bacterial conjuncitivitis, he/she would need to apply the ointment so it has direct contact with the eyeball?

Antibiotic treatment
The use of an ointment on the eyelid margin immediately after lid scrubbing may help to increase patient comfort. The choice here is usually Erythromycin eye ointment or Tobradex eye ointment (steroid-antibiotic combination). In addition, the antibiotics help to further reduce the bacterial load on the eyelids.

http://www.agingeye.net/otheragingeye/blepharitis.php