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naphazoline (Albacon, AK-Con, Vasocon, Naphcon)
Tradenames: Albacon, AK-Con, Vasocon, Naphcon.
Indications:
- soothing effects & relief of redness of the eyes
Contraindications: narrow-angle glaucoma
Dosage: 1 drop BID-QID PRN
Solution: 0.1%
Adverse effects:
1) transient burning
2) stinging
3) mydriasis
Mechanism of action:
- decongestant (vasoconstriction of conjunctival blood vessels)
General
ocular decongestant
Properties
MISC-INFO: pregnancy-category C
safety in lactation ?
Database Correlations
PUBCHEM correlations
References
- The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 9th ed.
Gilman et al, eds. Permagon Press/McGraw Hill, 1996
- Drug Information & Medication Formulary, Veterans Affairs,
Central California Health Care System, 1st ed., Ravnan et al
eds, 1998 - not on National VA formulary
Component-of
antazoline/naphazoline
artificial tears/glycerol/naphazoline
glycerol/hydroxypropyl methylcellulose/naphazoline
glycerol/naphazoline
glycerol/naphazoline/nov protein
glycerol/naphazoline/zinc sulfate
glycerol/naphazoline/zinc/zinc sulfate
hydroxypropyl methylcellulose/naphazoline
hydroxypropyl methylcellulose/naphazoline/polysorbate/zinc sulfate
naphazoline/pheniramine (Naphcon-A)
naphazoline/polyethylene glycol
naphazoline/polysorbate
naphazoline/povidone/propylene glycol
naphazoline/zinc sulfate