Carbomer 0.36% eye gel preservative free
Polymer; excipient
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1 branded products available
Part of the Viscotears brand family (generic: Carbomer)
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Therapeutically similar medicines
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Codes for healthcare professionals and prescribing systems
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NHS UK identifiers
SNOMED CT and dm+d codes from NHS TRUD (Technology Reference data Update Distribution), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. BNF code shown is the factual mapping value distributed by NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) in the dm+d supplementary file under OGL v3.0; it is not affiliated with, nor licensed from, the publishers of the British National Formulary.
Active and completed clinical studies from ClinicalTrials.gov
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM), National Institutes of Health (NIH). Data accessed via ClinicalTrials.gov API v2. Trial information is provided for research purposes and does not constitute medical advice.
Academic studies and reviews for this medicine's active substance
Showing the 50 most relevant studies.
Reviews & meta-analyses: 10 · Randomised trials: 6 · 1994–2025
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Anil Kumar Singla, Manish Chawla, Àmarjit Singh
Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy, 2000
- Acrylic Resins
- Adhesives
- Administration, Buccal
C. Lopes, L. Wambier, A. Chibinski, et al.
Rio de Janeiro Dental Journal (Revista Científica do CRO-RJ), 2020
Chun‐Yuan Chen, Hao Yin, Xia Chen, et al.
Science Advances, 2020
- Burns
- Metal Nanoparticles
- Acrylic Resins
William J. Tremaine, William J. Sandborn, B. G. Wolff, et al.
Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 1997
- Bismuth
- Chronic Disease
- Enema
Gerrit Borchard, Henrik L. Lueβen, Albertus G. de Boer, et al.
Journal of Controlled Release, 1996
Mohammad Tariqul Islam, Naír Rodríguez‐Hornedo, Susan Ciotti, et al.
Pharmaceutical Research, 2004
- Acrylic Resins
- Administration, Topical
- Chemistry, Pharmaceutical
Henrik. L. Lueßen, Bas J. de Leeuw, Mariska W. E. Langemeÿer, et al.
Pharmaceutical Research, 1996
- Acrylic Resins
- Adhesives
- Buserelin
Isabel Cristina Olegário, Daniela Hesse, Fausto Medeiros Mendes, et al.
Clinical Oral Investigations, 2018
- Apatites
- Glass Ionomer Cements
- Compomers
Z. Jaworski, Tadeusz Spychaj, Anna Story, et al.
Reviews in Chemical Engineering, 2021
Azza A El-Housseiny, Najlaa M Alamoudi, Sumaya Nouri, et al.
PubMed, 2019
- Dental Caries
- Dental Restoration, Permanent
- Acrylic Resins
Sources: aggregated from Europe PMC (EMBL-EBI), OpenAlex, Crossref, PubMed and other open scholarly databases. Retracted articles are excluded. Study information is provided for research purposes and does not constitute medical advice.
Pharmacology and chemical data from DrugBank
Key facts
Drug status
Investigational
Major interactions
None known
Half-life
Not available
Mechanism
Not available
Food interactions
None known
Human targets
None mapped
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Chemical identifiers
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