Chemicals and Drugs

Ophthalmic Solutions

Sterile solutions that are intended for instillation into the eye. It does not include solutions for cleaning eyeglasses or CONTACT LENS SOLUTIONS.

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Abstract

Sterile solutions that are intended for instillation into the eye. It does not include solutions for cleaning eyeglasses or CONTACT LENS SOLUTIONS.

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  • Ophthalmic Solution
  • Solution, Ophthalmic
  • Solutions, Ophthalmic
  • Eye Drop
  • Eye Drops
  • Eyedrop
  • Eyedrops
  • Drop, Eye
  • Drops, Eye

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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, analysis, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity.

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Indexing Annotation

sterile solutions for instillation into the eyes: not for solutions for cleaning eyeglass lenses ( = SOLUTIONS + EYEGLASSES); not for solutions for cleaning contact lenses ( = CONTACT LENS SOLUTIONS)

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History Note

67; was SOLUTIONS, OPHTHALMIC 1963-66

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Ophthalmic Solutions. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009883. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009883
  2. Ophthalmic Solutions. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_drop
  3. Ophthalmic Solutions. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q552308