Erythromycindrug info
erythromycin 0.005 MG/MG Ophthalmic Ointment
What it is used for
For the treatment of superficial ocular infections involving the conjunctiva and/or cornea caused by organisms susceptible to erythromycin. For prophylaxis of ophthalmia neonatorum due to N. gonorrhoeae or C. trachomatis. The effectiveness of erythromycin in the prevention of ophthalmia caused by penicillinase-producing N. gonorrhoeae is not established. For infants born to mothers with clinically apparent gonorrhea, intravenous or intramuscular injections of aqueous crystalline penicillin G should be given: a single dose of 50,000 units for term infants or 20,000 units for infants of low birth weight. Topical prophylaxis alone is inadequate for these infants.
Text above is quoted in full from the FDA-approved drug label published by openFDA, effective April 22, 2025. Matched to this product by RxNorm code. Cross-references to other sections of the full prescribing information have been removed, since they point to a document not shown here. Nothing else is changed: no sentence is shortened, reworded or summarised.
Description
Erythromycin ophthalmic ointment, USP belongs to the macrolide group of antibiotics. The sterile ophthalmic ointment flows freely over the conjunctiva. Erythromycin base, as crystals or powder, is slightly soluble in water, moderately soluble in ether, and readily soluble in alcohol or chloroform. Erythromycin is an antibiotic produced from a strain of Streptomyces erythraeus. It is basic and readily forms a salt when combined with an acid. It has the following structural formula: Molecular Formula: C 37 H 67 NO 13 Mol. Wt.
733.94 Chemical
Name: ((3R ●,4S ●,5S ●,6R ●,7R ●,9R ●,11R ●,12R ●,13S ●,14R ● )-4-[(2,6-dideoxy-3- C -methyl-3- 0 -methyl-α-L- ribo -hexopyranosyl)oxy]-14-ethyl-7,12,13-trihydroxy-3,5,7,9,11,13-hexamethyl-6-[[3,4,6-trideoxy-3-(dimethylamino)- β -D- xylo -hexopyranosyl]oxy]oxacyclotetradecane-2,10-dione) Each gram contains: Active: erythromycin USP, 5 mg (0.5%);
Inactives: mineral oil and white petrolatum. ChemStructure
Text above is quoted in full from the FDA-approved drug label published by openFDA, effective April 22, 2025. Matched to this product by RxNorm code. Cross-references to other sections of the full prescribing information have been removed, since they point to a document not shown here. Nothing else is changed: no sentence is shortened, reworded or summarised.
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