Orbidex-C®

Dexamethasone Sodium BP 1mg + Chloramphenicol 5mg

Corticosteroid Eye/Ear (Eye and Ear Preparations)

Indication: Eye:
For steroid-responsive inflammatory ocular conditions for which a corticosteroid is indicated and where bacterial infection or a risk of bacterial ocular infection exists. It is also indicated in chronic anterior uveitis and corneal injury from chemical radiation or thermal burns or penetration of foreign bodies. The combination can also be used for post-operative inammation and any other ocular inammation associated with infection.
Ear:
Otitis externa, Otitis media and chronic suppurative otitis media.

Dosage & Administration: Eye
Corneal Ulcers: The recommended dosage regimen for the treatment of corneal ulcer is two drops into the aected eye every 15 minutes for the rst six hours and then two drops into the aected eye every 30 minutes for the remainder of the rst day. On the second day, instill two drops in the aected eye hourly. On the third through the fourteenth day, place two drops in the aected eye every four hours. Treatment may be continued after 14 days if corneal re-epithelialization has not occurred. 
Bacterial Conjunctivitis: The recommended dosage regimen for the treatment of bacterial conjunctivitis is one or two drops instilled into the conjunctival sac(s) every two hours while awake for two days and one or two drops every four hours while awake for the next ve days. 
Ear: 
For all infections two to three drops every two to three hours initially. Frequency should be decreased gradually as warranted by improvement in clinical signs. Care should be taken not to discontinue therapy prematurely.