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A 29-year-old female asked:

I have pink eye. are tobramycin drops just as safe as erythromycin ointment for pregnant women?

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Dr. Oscar Novickanswered

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Pink eye: Both drugs are safe during your pregnancy.

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Dr. Michael Fisher commented

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Tobramycin is a pregnancy category C: animal studies show fetal toxicity but there are no human studies or no animal or human studies.

Dec 29, 2013

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