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Neomycin and Polymyxin B Sulfates and Dexamethasone (Neomycin Sulfate / Polymyxin B Sulfate / Dexamethasone Ophthalmic) - Summary

 
 



SUMMARY

Neoymcin and Polymyxin B Sulfates and Dexamethasone Ophthalmic Ointment USP is a multiple dose anti-infective steroid combination in a sterile ointment for topical application.

For steroid-responsive inflammatory ocular conditions for which a corticosteroid is indicated and where bacterial infection or risk of bacterial ocular infection exists.

Ocular steroids are indicated in inflammatory conditions of the palpebral and bulbar conjunctiva, cornea, and anterior segment of the globe where the inherent risk of steroid use in certain infective conjunctivitises is accepted to obtain a diminution in edema and inflammation.  They are also indicated in chronic anterior uveitis and corneal injury from chemical, radiation or thermal burns; or penetration of foreign bodies.

The use of a conbination drug with an anti-infective component is indicated where the risk of infection is high or where there is an expectation that potentially dangerous numbers of bacteria will be present in the eye.

The particular anti-infective drugs in this product is active against the following common bacterial eye pathogens:  Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Haemophilus influenzae, Klebsiella/Enterobacter species, Niesseria species, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

This product does not provide adequate coverage against:  Serratia marcescens and Streptococci, including Streptococcus pneumoniae.


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In this study the investigators aim to compare the efficacy of neomycin to a combination of rifaximin and neomycin in the treatment of C-IBS subjects with methane on their breath test. This study will be conducted in collaboration with Dr. John DiBaise at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, AZ and Dr. Satish Rao in Georgia Regents University in Augusta, GA.

Eradication of Antibiotic-resistant Bacteria Through Antibiotics and Fecal Bacteriotherapy [Not yet recruiting]
This investigator initiated,international, multicenter open-label, randomized controlled trial aims to assess whether a 5 day course of oral nonabsorbable antibiotics (colistin sulfate 2 million IU per os 4x/day and neomycin sulfate 500 mg (salt) per os 4x/day ) followed by fecal microbiota transplantation (administered either via nasogastric administration or via capsules) is effective at eradicating intestinal carriage of beta-lactamase producing Enterobacteriaceae (ESBL-E) and carbapenemase producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE). compared to no intervention (current standard of care) in adult non-immunosuppressed patients .

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Efficacy of the Combination Bismuth + Neomycin + Procaine in the Treatment of Recurrent Aphthous Ulceration [Completed]
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