Dry eyes
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What is Dry eyes?
Refresh Tears 0.5 % Eye Drops
Drug Name: EYE LUBRICANT - OPHTHM
Uses: This medication is used to relieve dry, irritated eyes. Common causes for dry eyes include wind, sun, heating/air conditioning, computer use/reading, and certain medications. This product may contain 1 or more of the following ingredients: carboxymethylcellulose, dextran, glycerin, hypromellose, polyethylene glycol 400 (PEG 400), polysorbate, polyvinyl alcohol, povidone, or propylene glycol, among others. Eye lubricants keep the eye moist, help to protect the eye from injury and infection, and decrease symptoms of dry eyes such as burning, itching, and feeling as if something is in the eye.
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Posts on Dry eyes (198)
I am having this for last 3 weeks. My eyes go red after sitting long hours on my pc(i need ...
I am currently using TOBRADEX for Pink Eye and my eyes seem to be burning as though from be...
Hello, I am new here and without diagnosis for the last 2.5 years, I'm only 36.
I have be...
I just wanted to tell everyone a solution for chronic dry eyes: Oakley (brand) wrap glasses...
- Dec 09, 2012
I am only sixteen and i am -5 in left and -6 in right. I am afraid that if my eyesight cont...
- Nov 26, 2012
Just wondering what peoples main problems / issues are when applying eye drops. Methods tha...
Do I need to find an eye surgeon who specializes in Sjogren's Syndrome (or very dry eyes) t...
- Sep 05, 2012
Last Dec I went in for dry eye help. I was prescribed tobramycin-dexameth ophthalmic suspen...
I have recently been diagnosed with Sjogrens, Rheumatologist wants me to get a lip biopsy b...
This post is is follow-up to my previous post and directed toward Dr. John C Hagan, MD
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