Oxytetracycline eye ointment for cats, kittens, dogs ● TERRAMYCIN ANALOG ● 10g
Oxytetracycline ● TERRAMYCIN Provides dual antibiotic activity to fight bacterial infections
Description
Ointment from light yellow to yellow-brown color.
Composition
1 g of the drug contains active ingredient:
oxytetracycline hydrochloride …… 10 mg.
Excipients: anthracin-55, lanolin, petroleum jelly.
Pharmacological properties
The ointment has pronounced bacteriostatic properties, which are due to the action of oxytetracycline, an antibiotic of a wide spectrum of antimicrobial action, active against most gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria (Staphylococcus spp., Streptococcus spp., Escherichia coli, Pasteurella spp., Salmonella spp. And others), as well as Rickettsia spp. some species of Chlamydia spp. and Mycoplasma spp., is inactive against Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Oxytetracycline enters the cells of microorganisms due to diffusion and partly by active transport. The action of oxytetracycline is due to a violation of protein synthesis due to blockade of ribosome function in microorganisms sensitive to the drug.
- Provides dual antibiotic activity to fight bacterial infections
- Effective against a variety of primary and secondary eye infections in dogs and cats
- Aids in the treatment of Chlamydia eye infections in cats
Application
Treatment of cattle, horses, sheep, goats, pigs, dogs, cats and rabbits, patients with conjunctivitis, keratitis, corneal ulcers and other eye diseases caused by microorganisms sensitive to oxytetracillin.
Dosage
The ointment is placed with a glass spatula or injected through the cannula of a syringe tube (securely fix the animal’s head) behind the lower eyelid 1-2 times a day until recovery.
Contraindications
Hypersensitivity to oxytetracycline.
Caveats
Not.
Storage
Dry, dark place inaccessible to children for temperatures from 5 to 25 ° C.
The shelf life of the drug is 2 years.
For use in veterinary medicine!
