Hydrocortisone

General characteristics. Structure:

Active ingredient: Hydrocortisoni acetas - 0,5 g;
auxiliary вещества:метилпарагидроксибензоат (нипагин or methylparaben), vaseline.

Description: Ointment white, white with a yellowish shade or yellow color.
Pharmakoterapevtichesky group: a glucocorticosteroid for topical administration.

Pharmacological properties:

Has antiinflammatory and antiallergic effect. Reduces inflammatory cellular infiltrates, reduces migration of leukocytes and lymphocytes to the area of an inflammation.

Indications to use:

Inflammation of front department of an eyeglobe at an undisturbed epithelium of a cornea (injuries and surgical interventions on an eyeglobe); sympathetic ophthalmia; allergic conjunctivitis; blepharitis; iritis; iridocyclitis; keratitis; uveitis; an inflammation against the background of chemical and physical impacts.

Route of administration and doses:

2-3 times a day enter 1 cm of an oculentum into a conjunctival sac.

Features of use:

During treatment not to use contact lenses. When using eye drops time interval between their application and putting ointment - not less than 15 min. At use more than 2 weeks and existence in the anamnesis of open or closed-angle glaucoma - control of intraocular pressure. After use of 30 min. to abstain from the occupations requiring special attention. Inclusion in time of pregnancy and lactation no more than 7-10 days.

Side effects:

Allergic reactions, burning, injetsirovannost of scleras; at prolonged use - a back subkapsulyarny cataract, increase in intraocular pressure, an exophthalmos.

Interaction with other medicines:

The risk of development of a cataract increases at use against the background of glucocorticosteroids of antipsychotic means (neuroleptics), Carbutamidum and an azatioprid. simultaneous use with holinoblokator (antihistaminic drugs, tricyclic antidepressants), with nitrates promotes increase in intraocular pressure.

Contraindications:

Hypersensitivity, vaccination period; viral, fungus and infectious diseases of eyes, disturbances of integrity of an eye epithelium; trachoma; tuberculosis of eyes.

Overdose:

Symptoms of overdose are not revealed.

Storage conditions:

In not access for children the place, at a temperature from 5 to 15 °C.

Issue conditions:

According to the recipe

Packaging:

Oculentum of 0,5% on 3 g or 5 g in a tuba aluminum.
Each tuba with the instruction on a prmeneniye in a pack cardboard.