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Obin F Eye Drop Substitute

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Verified Ingredients and Effects

Uses:

Bacterial eye infections

Medicinal Benefits:

Obin F Eye Drop contains Tobramycin and Fluorometholone used to treat bacterial eye infections. Tobramycin is an antibiotic that inhibits the production of essential proteins that are necessary for bacteria to grow, multiply and increase in numbers. Thereby, it destroys bacteria. Fluorometholone is a corticosteroid that inhibits the release of certain chemical messengers in the body that cause redness, itching, and swelling. Thereby, reduces the redness and swelling caused due to bacterial infections.

FAQs

Obin F Eye Drop contains Tobramycin and Fluorometholone. Tobramycin belongs to the class of antibiotics that works by inhibiting the production of essential proteins that are necessary for bacteria to grow, multiply and increase in numbers. Thereby, destroys bacteria. Fluorometholone belongs to the class of corticosteroids that works by inhibiting the release of certain chemical messengers in the body that cause redness, itching and swelling. Thereby, reduces the redness and swelling caused due to bacterial infections.

You are not recommended to wear contact lenses while using Obin F Eye Drop as it contains benzalkonium chloride, a preservative that changes the colour of the contact lens as it may be absorbed by soft contact lens. Benzalkonium chloride also causes irritation in the eye, especially if you have disorders of the cornea (transparent layer at the front of the eye) or dry eyes. Therefore, you are advised to remove contact lenses before applying Obin F Eye Drop and reinsert after 15 minutes of using Obin F Eye Drop. Also, inform your doctor if you experience pain, stinging or abnormal sensation in the eye after using Obin F Eye Drop.

Obin F Eye Drop may cause temporary blurred vision immediately after applying. Therefore, you are recommended to wait until your vision is clear before driving or operating machinery.

You are recommended to maintain a time gap of a minimum of 5 minutes between using Obin F Eye Drop and other eye drops. However, please consult a doctor before using other medicines with Obin F Eye Drop.

Obin F Eye Drop is not used to treat fungal infection in the eye. Obin F Eye Drop is only used to treat bacterial eye infections.

You are not recommended to stop using Obin F Eye Drop without consulting your doctor as it may worsen the infection. Therefore, use Obin F Eye Drop for as long as your doctor has prescribed it and if you experience any difficulty while taking Obin F Eye Drop, please consult your doctor.