Re: Gentamicin question/please help.

[Guest guest]

Suhad;

Gentamicin IS an aminoglycoside antibiotic. Do you have to have a prescription

for it or is it over-the-counter? If a doctor has to prescribe it, then

I think I would be asking the doctor if Gentamicin for optica; use is ototoxic

(toxic to the hearing)! It is the hearing that is affected by aminoglycosides.

Since I am NOT a doctor, I cannot say if Gentamicin for essentially a topical

use is ototoxic. I would think that the aminoglycoside would have to be

ingested in order to do its damage.

Please check. Also ... if you have used it safely before, chances are your

daughter doesn't have the 1555 deletion in the Mitochondrial DNA that is

sensitive to aminoglycosides.

Grandma used to use a saline solution for pink eye .... and sometimes the

old fashoined remedies get overlooked. I would use that first for me!!!

<grin> .... but maybe that is because I am a grandma!

Jean

suhad1970@... wrote:

To everyone,

I know that aminoglycoside

antibiotics are mito

toxins. I believe Gentamicin eye drops are commonly prescribed for pink eye.

Leanna has used this many times in the past for pink eye and has been fine.

However, that was way before a mtio diagnosis. I think she is developing

pink eye. By tomorrow I will know for sure. I am trying to be ahead of the

game. Is Gentamicin eye drops dangerous to mito, should they be avoided. If so, then

what is a safe for pink eye? I appreciate help from all of you. Thanks

so much.

Suhad

Haddad --

Mom to Samya (Died 12-10-02 of Leigh's Synd.) & Leanna with same disease.

Samya's

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[Guest guest]

Hi,

I'm new here. I am a registered nurse and have a child with mito.

cytopathy. As a nurse I'd say ophthalmic gent isn't absorbed

systemically and would be OK EXCEPT having a kid with this disorder

AND eye muscle problems I'd say ask your mito specialist (you've

probably learned already your GP doesn't know squat about mito). Only

the specialist knows if the eye drops are absorbed into and affect

they mitochondria in the eye muscles. Since this is a commonly

prescribed eye drop, I'm interested to hear his/her answer.

[Guest guest]

Hi,

I'm new here. I am a registered nurse and have a child with mito.

cytopathy. As a nurse I'd say ophthalmic gent isn't absorbed

systemically and would be OK EXCEPT having a kid with this disorder

AND eye muscle problems I'd say ask your mito specialist (you've

probably learned already your GP doesn't know squat about mito). Only

the specialist knows if the eye drops are absorbed into and affect

they mitochondria in the eye muscles. Since this is a commonly

prescribed eye drop, I'm interested to hear his/her answer.

[Guest guest]

Hi,

I'm new here. I am a registered nurse and have a child with mito.

cytopathy. As a nurse I'd say ophthalmic gent isn't absorbed

systemically and would be OK EXCEPT having a kid with this disorder

AND eye muscle problems I'd say ask your mito specialist (you've

probably learned already your GP doesn't know squat about mito). Only

the specialist knows if the eye drops are absorbed into and affect

they mitochondria in the eye muscles. Since this is a commonly

prescribed eye drop, I'm interested to hear his/her answer.