Re: eye issues

["Maggie Mieske" <mmieske@netonecom.net>]

Well, that is what I am wondering about...plain eye ointments.  Seems to me
from what I read, the only difference between the generic triple antibiotic
ointment (like Neosporin) was the hydrocortisone and there was only half
the units of one of the sulfates...something like that.  I'll have to go
look again.  I did use the eye stuff on Jonathan twice...there was no eye
injury as we flushed those eye boogers to their final damnation over and
over until we could SEE the eye.  The inner eyelid was definitely
irritated.  I don't know if just the flushing is what helped or if the
ointment made a difference.  We didn't use it the first day and it was
still swollen and icky the next day.  After we used the oinment, it was
improved within 12 hours and continued to improve all day yesterday until
his eye was almost all the way open.  Thanks for all the helpful advice
everybody...I will definitely take note about hydrocortisone (quite
honestly I didn't realize it had any until I started comparing
ingredients!).


Maggie Mieske
Mieske's Silver Lining
10601 S. Richards Rd.
McBain, Michigan 49657
http://www.netonecom.net/~mmieske
mmieske@netonecom.net

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> From: SL S <stepnout@swva.net>
> To: ridecamp@endurance.net
> Subject: RC:  eye issues
> Date: Tuesday, March 07, 2000 8:10 AM
> 
> Maggie,
> 
> YIKES...be careful of do-it-yourself eye medicating.  If the animal has
some
> eye trauma, or a viral infection, and you put a cortisone preparation in
it
> you could wind up with an out of control infection, inability to heal,
etc.
> As for the ophthalmic version of triple-ab ointment, yep there's a
formula
> difference.  Would like to hear from pharmacology folks on the finer
points
> of that difference--darn sure I wouldn't use the non-eye stuff in
delicate
> tissues like eyes.    BTW, you can get plain eye ointments that do not
have
> cortisone type additives.  
> 
> Sally in Floyd, VA
> 
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