Glaucoma and dry eye disease; the role of preservatives in glaucoma medications  

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Sitompul, Ratna ; Nora, Rina La Distia

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah nasional - terakreditasi DIKTI
Dalam koleksi: Medical Journal of Indonesia vol. 20 no. 04 (Nov. 2011), page 302-305.
Topik: Benzalkonium Chloride; Dry Eye; Glaucoma
Fulltext: Volume 20, Issue 4, November 2011 - Glaucoma and dry eye disease; the role of preservatives in glaucoma medications.pdf (616.52KB)

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Glaucoma is a common cause of irreversible blindness with increasing prevalence. Some of glaucoma patients will also experience dry eye. Dry eye is the most frequent side effects related to benzalkonium chloride (BAC)-containing eye drop used for glaucoma patients. In addition, glaucoma and dry eye have shared risk factors that are old age and female. Dry eye among glaucoma patients needs to be treated promptly as it produces discomfort, reduces patients’ compliance and decreases success rate of glaucoma therapy. Dry eye symptoms can be treated by applying preservative-free eye drop, giving combination with preservative-free eye drop to reduce BAC exposure, prescribing artificial tear and conducting surgery to minimize or eliminate the need of topical medication.

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