Ophthalmosan

Ophthalmosan is administered to dogs and cats for therapeutic and preventive purposes in the event of acute and chronic ophthalmic diseases of bacterial etiology, including conjunctivitis, blepharitis, keratitis.

It is also used as an eye hygiene drug for excessive lacrimation, prevention of eye diseases after injuries or animal getting foreign objects or irritants (such as dust, smoke, reagents) in its eyes, as well as in case of age-related degenerative and dystrophic changes of the eye lens (cataract), retina and cornea.

Chlorhexidine bigluconate — 0,15 mg/ml, succinic acid — 1 mg/ml, excipients up to 1 ml.

Ophthalmosan is used after hygienic cleaning of the eyes performed as follows: exudate and crusts should be removed from eye corners and eyelids using a sterile gauze wipe moistened with the drug.
Thereupon, 2 to 3 drops of Ophthalmosan are put into the conjunctival sacs. The treatment should be done 1 to 3 times a day, as necessary; the duration of the treatment course is from 7 to 14 days to be followed by a 5 to 10-day interval.

To prevent cataracts and age-related degenerative changes of the retina and cornea, 1 to 2 drops should be applied twice daily for 20 days to be followed by a 10-day interval. The maximum number of
subsequent treatment courses may not be more than two.

The drug should be stored sealed in the manufacturer packaging, protected from direct sunlight and kept separate from food products and feeds at temperatures between 0 ºС and +25 ºС.

Contraindications include the animal’s hypersensitivity to the drug components. Ophthalmosan is not recommended for use in case of dry eye (keratoconjunctivitis sicca).

The drug has a shelf life of 2 years from the date of manufacture, provided that the storage conditions are met at all times, and 14 days once the bottle is opened.