Dexona medication. Instructions for use

The drug "Dexona" (eye drops), whose price is about 90 rubles., Is a combined type. The medication is used topically. Active components of the drug are neomycin sulfate, dexamethasone sodium phosphate. The drug has a bactericidal effect, it breaks the process of protein synthesis in a microbial cell. The drug is characterized by a sufficiently broad spectrum of antibacterial activity of a relatively large number of gram-negative and gram-positive pathogens. The drug has a smaller effect on streptococci. The drug is resistant to viruses, fungi, anaerobic flora. Resistance to the drug develops relatively slowly and does not have a pronounced character.

The drug "Dexona" (eye drops). Instructions. Indications

The drug is recommended for bacterial pathologies of chronic and acute course. The indications include blepharitis, conjunctivitis, keratitis (without epithelial damage), iridocyclitis. The "Dexona" preparation is recommended for use in the prevention of postoperative inflammation in the anterior eye department. The indications also include chronic and acute otitis externa, infectious allergic pathologies of the external ear.

Dexona medication. Instructions for use

Against a background of moderately or easily expressed infectious lesions of the eye, the drug is recommended to be used every four to six hours. In severe disease, the drug is used every hour. In accordance with the decrease in the intensity of manifestation of pathology, the frequency of use is reduced. In each conjunctival bag is recommended for 1-2 drops of medicine. On the basis of ear diseases the drug is used two to four times a day. It is recommended to instill 3-4 drops in each ear canal.

Side effects

On the basis of the treatment is likely the development of allergies. In particular, there is a swelling of the eyelids, itching, congestion hyperemia. The drug can cause an increase in pressure (intraocular) with the likelihood of subsequent development of glaucoma. During treatment, lesions in the optic nerve and field of vision may occur, subcapsular posterior cataracts may form. In some patients, wound healing is slowed down. Against the background of pathologies that cause thinning of the sclera or cornea, perforation in the fibrous membrane may occur. As a result of the suppression of the protective System of the body, probably the development of a secondary infection, and against the background of festering processes, the manifestation of an existing infection may increase.

The drug "Dexona". Instructions for use. Contraindications

Do not prescribe a remedy for chicken pox, viral keratitis, bacterial lesions of the conjunctiva and cornea. Contraindications include fungal diseases, mycobacterial eye infections, hypersensitivity. The "Dexon" tool does not recommend the instruction for use after uncomplicated removal of the foreign body from the cornea. During pregnancy or during lactation, the medication is prescribed by a specialist strictly in accordance with the indications. At the same time, it is necessary to estimate the ratio of the probable benefit and the estimated risk from the use of the drug.