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Tuesday, December 15, 2015

It's confusing about loposomal Amphotericin B

When are administering  Liposomal amphotericin B, should we need to cover it from light or not. Is it photo degradable or not???

My opinion:


There is  actually no where in literature with regards to liposomal amphotericin B, they have actually mentioned that you need to cover and protect from light but at the same time they have not mentioned that  there is no  need to cover also. So as for now for liposomal  amphotericin B, there is no need to cover . Whereas  for conventional  amphotericin B there is an absolute requirement to cover it and prevent excess exposure from light. Even you have to protect the IV line tubing from the excessive light exposure