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Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
9 times out of ten I'm taking polysporin out of the parent's hands when they ask if it will help with their child's "pink eye".
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I suspect part of the problem occurs when new parents, in the delivery room, see an antibiotic ointment used on the eyes of all new born's (in the USA). I think it's tetracyclin or eryhtromycin to gaurd against syphilis and gonorrhea.
From that point on, they think antibiotic ointments like polysporin for eye infections must be ok