Moxifloxacin

The goals of postoperative anti-inflammatory medications are to reduce pain, discomfort and inflammation and to prevent cystoid macular edema and prolonged or rebound iridocyclitis following cataract surgery.

Join White as he discusses the burden cataract post-operative regimens place on both patients and staff, and ways to “stop the madness.” He also gives a history of cataract post-op and the breakthroughs that led to today’s most common regimens.

In a pooled analysis of the LEAP 1 and LEAP 2 trials, lefamulin was safe and its efficacy was comparable to that of moxifloxacin in patients with unilobar and multilobar community-acquired bacterial pneumonia.

WAILEA, Hawaii — During the Hawaiian Eye complicated cataract case section here, Richard L. Lindstrom, MD, updated the audience on the fight to retain moxifloxacin as Category 1 for 503B outsourcing facility use.

Endophthalmitis cases in a large retrospective clinical cohort study of patients who underwent cataract surgery were related to organism resistance in cefuroxime-treated eyes and sensitive organisms in moxifloxacin-treated eyes.

Lefamulin demonstrated high early clinical response and was safe in patients with community-acquired bacterial pneumonia with advanced age and comorbidities, according to a post hoc, pooled analysis of the LEAP 1 and LEAP 2 trials.

An intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide-moxifloxacin injection during cataract surgery maintained postoperative central macular thickness stability in patients with preexisting diabetic retinopathy, according to a study.

Several major ophthalmic organizations requested the FDA reconsider its intention to remove moxifloxacin from the 503B bulk drug list, which identifies drug substances for which there is a clinical need.

Venom ophthalmia is a rare ocular condition caused by exposure of the eye to venom of a spitting cobra.

Venom ophthalmia is a rare ocular condition caused by exposure of the eye to venom of a spitting cobra.