Bemacol

Manufacturer: Pfizer Animal Health

(chloramphenicol 1%)

Sterile Veterinary Ophthalmic Ointment

Bemacol Caution

Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian.

Description

Each gram contains chloramphenicol USP 10 mg, in a light mineral oil USP, white petrolatum USP, polyoxyethylene sorbitan monostearate base.

Action

Chloramphenicol is a broad-spectrum antibiotic providing rapid clinical response and having therapeutic activity against susceptible strains of a number of gram-positive and gram-negative organisms including Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus hemolyticus.

Bemacol Indications

Bemacol (chloramphenicol) Veterinary Ophthalmic Ointment 1% is appropriate for use in dogs and cats for the topical treatment of bacterial conjunctivitis caused by pathogens susceptible to chloramphenicol.

Contlraindications

Chloramphenicol products must not be used in meat, egg, or milk-producing animals. The length of time that residues persist in milk or tissue has not been determined.

Warnings Not for use in animals which are raised for food production. Prolonged use in cats may produce blood dyscrasias.

Precautions

Most susceptible bacteria will respond to chloramphenicol therapy in a few days. If improvement is not noted in this period of time, a change of therapy should be considered. When infection is suspected as the cause of a disease process, especially in purulent or catarrhal conjunctivitis, attempts should be made to determine which antibiotics will be effective through susceptibility testing prior to applying ophthalmic preparations.

Bemacol Dosage And Administration

Application of the ointment should be preceded by cleansing to remove discharge and crusts. The ointment is applied every 3 hours around the clock for 48 hours, after which night instillations may be omitted. A small amount of ointment should be placed in the lower conjunctival sac. Treatment should be continued for 2 days after the eye appears normal. Therapy for cats should not exceed 7 days.

How Supplied

3.5-gram (1/8-oz), sterile, tamper-proof tubes.

Store At Room Temperature

NADA #65-460, Approved by FDA

Manufactured by: Altana Inc. Melville, NY 11747, USA

Distributed by: Pfizer Animal Health, Exton, PA 19341, USA. Div. of Pfizer Inc. NY, NY 10017.

9812 75-8250-02

IF19338A PFIZER

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Nac No.

36901750