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Medications›Diagnostic Dye›Lissamine Green

Lissamine Green

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Lissamine Green · ophthalmic strip

Diagnostic Dye

Approved uses

Ocular surface staining for suspected corneal or conjunctival epithelial damage

One strip moistened with 1 to 2 drops of sterile saline or irrigating solution, touched to the conjunctiva or fornix, followed by several blinks

1% solution stains as well as rose bengal with less discomfort, and is best graded within 4 minutes.

Contraindications

Not to be used with soft contact lenses
The labeling for this unapproved drug gives no other condition under which the strips must not be used

Available Forms

Dye-impregnated strips, dispenser carton of 100.

Mechanism of Action

Organic vital dye that healthy epithelium excludes; uptake marks cells whose membranes are damaged, and exposed corneal stroma also stains. In vitro, chemically permeabilized cells show nuclear staining, while trypsin pretreatment does not induce uptake.

Warnings & Precautions

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Rose Bengal
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Strip dye concentration: A single wetted strip measures about 0.17%, roughly five-fold below the 1% used for vital staining; 2 strips in 200 microliters for 5 minutes reach 1%.

In vitro antiviral activity: 0.06% dye reduced HSV-1 plaque formation by more than 50% in cell culture; in a rabbit herpetic keratitis model it did not affect viral replication or recovery, so an effect on clinical viral culture is unproven.

Common Side Effects

Ocular: Transient stinging on instillation of 1% solution, milder and shorter-lived than with 1% rose bengal (mean sensation 2.4 of 5 versus 4.6 in 12 keratoconjunctivitis sicca patients).
Ocular, above 1%: Burning and discomfort with 2% and 3% solutions; a 2% fluorescein plus 1% dye mixture caused none.
Adnexal: A 20 microliter instillation overflowed and stained lid and facial skin.

Pregnancy & Lactation

Limited data; potential risks to the fetus not well established

Pediatric Use

All ages

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