Source: Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (GB) Revision Year: 2017 Publisher: Rayner Pharmaceuticals Ltd, 10 Dominion Way, Worthing, West Sussex, BN14 8AQ, United Kingdom
Dropodex 0.1% w/v Eye Drops, solution.
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Eye drops, solution. Single-use eye drops which are sterile and preservative free. A colourless solution when examined under suitable conditions of visibility, clear and free from particles. |
Dexamethasone sodium phosphate Ph Eur equivalent to 0.1% w/v dexamethasone.
Each ml of solution contains 1 mg dexamethasone phosphate (as dexamethasone sodium phosphate).
Each individual single-dose unit contains 0.4 mg dexamethasone phosphate (as dexamethasone sodium phosphate) in 0.4 ml of solution.
For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1.
| Active Ingredient | Description | |
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| Dexamethasone |
Dexamethasone is a synthetic glucocorticoid; it combines high anti-inflammatory effects with low mineralocorticoid activity. It has an approximately 7 times greater anti-inflammatory potency than prednisolone, another commonly prescribed corticosteroid. At high doses it reduces the immune response. |
| List of Excipients |
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Sodium chloride |
Dropodex 0.1% w/v Eye Drops are available in 0.4 ml transparent low density polyethylene single-dose units. Each pre-formable PET metal/PE transparent and PET metal/PE peelable sachet contains 5 single-dose units. 20 single-dose units are packed into one carton.
Rayner Pharmaceuticals Ltd, 10 Dominion Way, Worthing, West Sussex, BN14 8AQ, United Kingdom
PL 47069/0003
Date of first authorisation: 30 January 2013
Date of latest renewal: 28 September 2017
| Drug | Countries | |
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| DROPODEX | United Kingdom |
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