TY - JOUR T1 - Fluoroquinolones for the eye JF - Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin JO - Drug Ther Bull SP - 78 LP - 79 DO - 10.1136/dtb.1994.321078 VL - 32 IS - 10 A2 - , Y1 - 1994/10/01 UR - http://dtb.bmj.com/content/32/10/78.abstract N2 - Relevant BNF section: 11.3.1Two fluoroquinolone antibiotics, ciprofloxacin (Ciloxan - Alcon) and ofloxacin (Exocin - Allergan), are available in the UK as topical preparations for the eye.* Ciprofloxacin eyedrops are licensed for the treatment of "corneal ulcers and superficial infections of the eye", and ofloxacin eyedrops for "external ocular infections (such as conjunctivitis and keratoconjunctivitis)". In the UK chloramphenicol is commonly recommended as the drug of first choice for the treatment of superficial bacterial eye infections.1,2 Do fluoroquinolone preparations offer any advantage over this or other established drugs? ER -