Eye drops and eye gels of levofloxacin: comparison of ocular absorption characterizations and therapeutic effects in the treatment of bacterial keratitis in rabbits.

Eye drops and eye gels of levofloxacin: comparison of ocular absorption characterizations and therapeutic effects in the treatment of bacterial keratitis in rabbits. Drug Dev Ind Pharm. 2020 Apr 01;:1-22 Authors: Li G, Xu L, Jiang M, Wu X Abstract The aim was to reveal the characteristic profiles of the marketed levofloxacin eye drops (5 mg/ml) and levofloxacin eye gel (3 mg/g) from the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics views of rabbits' eyes. A mild and a heavy bacterial keratitis models in rabbits were established. Different regimens of levofloxacin eye drops and eye gel, including phosphate buffer solution (the PBS group), the 4-Sol +1-Gel group (rabbits were treated with 4 doses of levofloxacin eye drops and 1 dose levofloxacin eye gel per day), the 3-Sol +1-Gel group (3 doses drops and 1 dose gel), the 4-Sol group (4 doses drops), the 4-Gel group (4 doses gel), the 3-Sol group (3 doses drops), and the 3-Gel group (3 doses gel), were applied to evaluate their efficacies. The ocular pharmacokinetics of levofloxacin eye drops and gel were also investigated. The results to mild infection groups showed that all treatment regimens significantly relieved the infection symptoms, and the treatment effect followed this order: 4-Gel >4-Sol +1-Gel >3-Sol +1-Gel >4-Sol >3-Gel >3-Sol. In the heavy infection groups, all the treatment regimens significantly relieved the infection symptoms, and the treatment effect also fo...
Source: Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy - Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Tags: Drug Dev Ind Pharm Source Type: research