Baquacil+Eye+Drops

=Baquacil Eye Drops=

How it works
Kills the bacteria causing your infection //Baquacil contains polyhexamethylene biguanide (PHMB) used to treat Acanthamoeba keratitis caused by the common soil and freshwater amoeba, Acanthamoeba. PHMB prevents excystation and also kills Acanthamoeba cysts (need to wait for cyst to release amoeba)//

Questions to Ask
What medications? //if using other eye drops, may need to space drops apart// - allergies? //to PHMB or other ingredients (preservative)//

How to take
Has a complex regimen: (dose is one drop into the affected eye(s) - 1 hourly for 3 days - 2 hourly while awake + 4 hourly when asleep for 4-7 days - reduce dose to 4 times a day for 6 months (need to be patient for treatment to deal with cyst)

Using eyedrops: 1. Wash hands, shake bottle gently, sit or lie down. 2. Tilt head back, look up and pull down lower eyelid to form a pouch 3. Approach the eye from the side and hold the dropper near the lid 4. Drop one drop into the pouch 5. Close eyes (do not rub eyes) and try not to blink for a short time 6. Apply gentle pressure for a few minutes with a finger to the bridge of the nose to prevent medication from being drained from eye 7. Blot excess solution around the eye with a tissue 8. If instilling more than one drop in an eye, then separate drops by several minutes to avoid washing drop out of eye

Side effects
mild stinging //contains a preservative and is hypertonic//

Other advice?
- if possible, have another person administer the drops (or in front of the mirror) - avoid sharing towels to prevent contamination, wash hands regularly - contact lens wearers should adhere strictly to lens care advice given to them by their contact lens practitioner - pain should reduce within a week - has to be used everyday (compliance) to make sure it works effectively - cannot wear contact lenses (preservative present in drops), acts as a reservoir (wear glasses instead)