Products Antibiotics (singular: antibiotic) are commercially available in the form of tablets, dispersible tablets, capsules, as infusion preparations, suspensions and syrups for children, and as granules, among others. There are also some topical preparations, such as creams, ointments, eye drops, eye ointments, ear drops, nasal ointments and sore throat tablets. The first active ingredient from … Antibiotics: Antibacterial Drugs
Products Neomycin is found in several topical medications, including eye drops, eye ointments, ear drops, creams, and ointments. These are usually combination preparations. Neomycin is often combined with bacitracin, as the latter is only effective against gram-positive bacteria. Neomycin was discovered in the 1940s in Selman Waksman’s group at Rutgers University, which identified numerous antibiotics … Neomycin
Products Bacitracin is used for topical therapy, for example, in the form of ointments and eye ointments. It is also combined with neomycin, which is effective against Gram-negative bacteria. The bacteria that form bacitracin were first isolated in the 1940s from a contaminated wound on the shin of a girl named Margaret Treacy (Johnson et … Bacitracin
Products Ointments are commercially available as medicinal products, medical devices and cosmetics. In colloquial language, ointments refer to various semi-solid preparations. In pharmacy, however, ointments are distinguished from creams, pastes and gels. Structure and properties Ointments are semi-solid preparations for external use. They consist of a single-phase base in which solid or liquid substances may … Ointments
