Chloromycetin description

ChloromycetinOintment
Chloromycetin® FDA Package Insert
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Clinical Pharmacology
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1];Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Abdurahman Khalil, M.D. [2]

Each gram of Chloromycetin Ophthalmic Ointment, 1% contains 10 mg of chloramphenicol in a special base of liquid petrolatum and polyethylene. It contains no preservatives. Sterile ointment.

The chemical names for chloramphenicol are:

(1) Acetamide, 2,2-dichloro-N-[2-hydroxy-1-(hydroxymethyl)-2-(4-nitrophenyl) ethyl]-, and

(2) D-threo-(—)-2,2-Dichloro-N-[β-hydroxy-α-(hydroxymethyl)-p-nitrophenethyl] acetamide.

Chloramphenicol has the following empirical and structural formulas:

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References

http://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/lookup.cfm?setid=698aaa0a-9fd3-40c2-ec93-0dc2170a75ba