TERRACORTRIL EYE / EAR OINT. 5 GM(N/A)

ABOUT OXYTETRACYCLINE TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE A BROAD SPECTRUM ANTIBIOTIC. MECHANISM OF ACTION OF OXYTETRACYCLINE OXYTETRACYCLINE IS A BROAD SPECTRUM ANTIBIOTIC WHICH HAS ACTION AGAINST BOTH GRAM POSITIVE ORGANISMS & GRAM NEGATIVE ORGANISMS. IT EXERTS ITS BACTERIOSTATIC ACTION BY ACCUMULATING INSIDE THE BACTERIA THROUGH SPECIFIC TRANSPORTER PROTEIN & INHIBITS BACTERIAL PROTEIN SYNTHESIS BY ATTACHING TO 30 S SUBUNIT OF BACTERIAL RIBOSOME (WHICH ARE ABSENT IN MAMMALS).OXYTETRACYCLINE INTERFERING THE ATTACHMENT OF AMINOACYL-TRNA TO THE MRNA-RIBOSOME COMPLEX AND PEPTIDE CHAIN FAILS TO GROW. IT CHELATES CATIONS LIKE CA & MG AND INHIBITS FUNCTIONING OF VARIOUS ENZYMES & RIBOSOME. INDICATIONS FOR OXYTETRACYCLINE 1.PNEUMONIA 2.OPHTHALMIC INFECTIONS 3. RICKETTSIAL INFECTIONS 4.PSITTACOSIS 5.BRUCELLOSIS 6.SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES LIKE SYPHILIS GONORRHEA CHANCROID 7.URINOGENITAL TRACT INFECTIONS 8.IN LYMPHO GRANULOMA VENERAM 9.GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT INFECTIONS