Glaucoma and dry eye disease: The role of preservatives in glaucoma medications

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Abstract

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 effect related to benzalkonium chloride (BAC)-containing eye drop used for glaucoma patients. In addition, glaucoma and dry eyes have shared risk factors that are old age and female. Dry eye among glaucoma patients need 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 of preservative containing and preservative-free eye drop to reduce BAC exposure, prescribing artificial tear and conducting surgery to minimize or eliminate the need of topical medication.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)302-305
Number of pages4
JournalMedical Journal of Indonesia
Volume20
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2011

Keywords

  • Benzalkonium chloride
  • Dry eye
  • Glaucoma

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