Posted: 9/21/2009 8:09:48 PM EDT
| im pretty sure i have viral pinkeye. My eye is pink(not red), no viscous secretion, no odd colored tearage, had a cough and my eyes would clear up some, then after my contacts were in for a while they'd get real irritated so i ditched them. Went to the optomotrist today, looked at them for 3 seconds with a light and wrote a perscription. What is it? an antibiotic? acttually im going to my car to tell u what it says. back in a min. |
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viral will not be tx with antibiotics. if it is bacterial it will be. yea, thats why im askin, i know im not a doctor and not to self diagnose, but i researched for an hour, he did 3 sec... but then again hes a doc, im still in college  .
perscription says moxitril. I havnt taken drugs for years and like to keep it that way(bar alcohol and nicotine). If its to relieve symptoms im not gonna take it. If its to cure i will, thats what im tryin to learn. Thanx guys. |
| Are you sure it does not say Maxitrol? Maxitrol is a combination product containing Neomycin/polymixin b and dexamethasone. In short a combination of antibiotics and a steroid for inflammation. If he prescribed maxitrol it is for a bacterial infection not a virus. |
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Pink eye creates eye goo by the ton. If this isn't happening then its not pink eye. me: is it pinkeye? him: its a form of it. Quoted:
Are you sure it does not say Maxitrol? Maxitrol is a combination product containing Neomycin/polymixin b and dexamethasone. In short a combination of antibiotics and a steroid for inflammation. If he prescribed maxitrol it is for a bacterial infection not a virus. it may say that. edit- i think thats what it is now. maxitrol Op Th Soh. they're eyedrops ive had a sore throat and a cough, ive noticed they go hand it hand with my eyes, when i had the contacts in everything got worse, better when out, then worse when back in so i threw them away. he said no contacts for at least a week. |