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Posted on: March 6 2013

An ointment or cream for cephalosporin.

I was asked by a veterinarian whether it was possible to make an ointment or creme with a cephalosporin as there is no specialty on the market. On a Dutch site of pharmacists I found back that it can be used externally in creams and in lotions but I can't find a formula anywhere. It is about a dog with an inflammation to the owners and that germ is apparently only susceptible to cephalosporins.

Answer

I would opt for a water-free fatty ointment based on petroleum jelly and liquid paraffin, as described in the TMF.