Description
Key Benefits:
- Contains vitamin A (retinol palmitate) - a natural tear film component
- Preservative-free and phosphate-free formula prevents complications
- Designed specifically for overnight protection and moisturization
- Compensates for reduced nighttime tear production
- Long 6-month shelf life after opening
- Sterile packaging with only necessary, high-quality ingredients
- Prevents corneal deposits and intolerance reactions
- Mixes well with available tears to relieve burning sensations
How to use OCUNOX®?
- Ensure hands are clean before application
- Tilt your head back slightly
- Gently pull down the lower eyelid to create a small pocket
- Apply slight pressure to squeeze a small amount of ointment into the conjunctival sac
- Slowly close your eye and allow the ointment to distribute
- Apply to second eye if needed
- Use just before bedtime for optimal overnight protection
How Frequently to Use:
Once daily at bedtime - Evening application before sleep
For specific dry eye conditions, follow your eye care professional's recommendations for frequency.
For optimal results, use as part of your nightly routine and consult with your eye care professional for guidance on managing severe dry eye symptoms that persist during sleep.
Who can use OCUNOX®?
Children, pregnant and breast-feeding women can safely use ®.
If you use OCUNOX® during the day, your vision will be impaired for some time because of the fatty consistency of the ointment. For the duration of this impairment of vision they should not drive a car, use machines or perform any work without stable footing.
OCUNOX® must not be used while wearing contact lenses.
How often and how long can OCUNOX® be used?
The frequency of use depends on your patients’ individual discomfort and habits. OCUNOX® can be used in addition to lubricating eye drops. Ideally combine with our preservative-free, phosphate-free, 300-drop HYLO® / HYLO®Gel.
Usually your patients should apply OCUNOX® once a day before bedtime. The duration of treatment is not limited.
How should OCUNOX® be applied?
Only use OCUNOX® if the sealing ring of the tube is intact. Eye ointments should be used by avoiding any contact between the tube-tip and the eye or the skin.
Unscrew the cap covering the nozzle. Tilt back your head a little, then slightly retract the lower eyelid from the eye. Apply a slight pressure to the tube to squeeze a small amount of ointment into the conjunctival sac. Slowly close the eye.
Close the tube carefully after use. Do not fold or coil up the tube. A tube of OCUNOX® should not be shared. Store at room temperature (15 to 25 °C).
When should OCUNOX® not be used?
OCUNOX® should not be used if you are sensitive to any of the ingredients. OCUNOX® is preservative and phosphate free and is usually well tolerated.
OCUNOX® must not be used while wearing contact lenses.
Why is preservative-free and phosphate free important?
Preservatives can damage the cells of the eye surface, destroy the natural tear film and cause intolerance.
Phosphates can form practically insoluble crystals due to the reaction with calcium (which is released from damaged cells of the eye surface) and can result in impairment of vision. The extent of corneal epithelial damage is a decisive factor for calcification. Modern eye drops and ointments used for treatment of dry eyes, particularly after ophthalmic surgery or injuries with epithelial damage, should not contain phosphates.
Because they last long on the surface of the eye, it is particularly important that ointment-like eye preparations do not contain any harmful substances.
» Read more about why preservation free products are important
For more information please read the package insert! As with all health concerns you should consult your doctor when your symptoms persist.
OCUNOX® eye ointment is entirely free of preservatives and phosphates. Nonetheless, due to its unique formulation, OCUNOX® eye ointment can be used for up to 6 months after first opening.
Moderate to Severe Symptoms
Format Size: 5g tube
Contact Lense Compatible: No
