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Are Moxifloxacin And Lotemax Safe For A 5 Month Old Infant?

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Posted on Thu, 9 Jun 2016
Question: My Kid is 5 months old and he has reddish eye for past 4 days. Opthalmologist checked and provided medicines - Moxifloxacin 0.5% and Loteprednol Etabonate 0.3% .
I need to double check whether it's safe to use
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Answered by Dr. N K Mishra (3 hours later)
Brief Answer:
Avoid steroid

Detailed Answer:
My dear,
Thanks for sending your query to us.
This redness is it associated with discharge in the morning and with itching.If there is discharge in the morning then moxifloxicin is useful and we would like to avoid use of steroids as first line of treatment.
If there is itching then this is allergy and non steroid antiallergy drops are useful like oloptidine or epinastine drops do not contain steroids.
Oloptidine is available in the market as Olopat or olo eye drops.
Do get back to me in case of any further query in this regard.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Sonia Raina
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Follow up: Dr. N K Mishra (58 minutes later)
Dear Sir,
Thanks for answering my Query. Yes sir, redness is associated with yellow discharge after sleep. very mild discharge only. Not sure about the itching. Since he is only five months old, it was little difficult to find. But he tries to rub his eyes once in a while. So assume it's probably because of itching.
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Answered by Dr. N K Mishra (6 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
Infection

Detailed Answer:
My dear,
Thanks for getting back to us.
We have to control mild infection.The antibiotic of choice being moxifloxcin or Gentamycin eye drop.As we are not sure about itching then we are presuming this to be non allergic in nature.
Give these antibiotics 48 hours and see how child responds.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Sonia Raina
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Follow up: Dr. N K Mishra (23 minutes later)
Dear Sir,
Thanks for your prompt response. Will let you know the progress after 48 hours. Thanks once again for your kind response.
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Answered by Dr. N K Mishra (1 minute later)
Brief Answer:
Infection

Detailed Answer:
My dear,
You are most welcome.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Sonia Raina
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Are Moxifloxacin And Lotemax Safe For A 5 Month Old Infant?

Brief Answer: Avoid steroid Detailed Answer: My dear, Thanks for sending your query to us. This redness is it associated with discharge in the morning and with itching.If there is discharge in the morning then moxifloxicin is useful and we would like to avoid use of steroids as first line of treatment. If there is itching then this is allergy and non steroid antiallergy drops are useful like oloptidine or epinastine drops do not contain steroids. Oloptidine is available in the market as Olopat or olo eye drops. Do get back to me in case of any further query in this regard.