Prescriber Highlights

• Inexpensive alternative to traditional anti-fungal or anti-viral ophthalmic agents.

• May be used to debride non-vital corneal epithelium from indolent ulcers.

• Solutions >1% must be thoroughly lavaged from the eye within 5 minutes of administration to avoid corneal toxicity.

Uses / Indications

In veterinary patients, povidone iodine ophthalmic solutions (1-5%) are used to chemically debride loose epithelium in canine indolent ulcers. Povido