Altafluor

Altafluor Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Food Interaction and all others data.

Altafluor
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Trade Name	Altafluor
Generic	Fluorescein sodium + benoxinate hydrochloride
Type	Ophthalmic solution
Therapeutic Class
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Available Country	United States,
Last Updated:	September 19, 2023 at 7:00 am

Uses

Fluorescein does not stain a normal cornea but conjunctival abrasions are stained yellow or orange, corneal abrasions or ulcers are stained a bright green and foreign bodies are surrounded by a green ring. Fluorescein can be used in diagnostic examinations including Goldmann tonometry and in the fitting of hard contact lenses

Dosage

Altafluor dosage

Ophthalmic-Aid in the fitting of hard contact lenses, Detection of corneal lesions and foreign bodies, Diagnostic ophthalmic procedures: Adult: Apply 1% or 2% solution as eye drops or as sterile papers impregnated with fluorescein sodium. May also be given in combination with a local anaesthetic: as a 0.25% solution with oxybuprocaine HCl or proxymetacaine HCl.

Side Effects

Nausea and vomiting (IV); extravasation is painful; hypersensitivity reactions; transient yellow coloration of skin and urine; staining of the skin, clothing and soft contact lenses.

Precaution

Special care should be taken to avoid microbial contamination. Pseudomonas aeruginosa grows well in fluorescein solutions, therefore, a single dose solution is preferred.