TY - JOUR
T1 - Glaucoma and dry eye disease
T2 - The role of preservatives in glaucoma medications
AU - Sitompul, Ratna
AU - Nora, Rina La Distia
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2011/11
Y1 - 2011/11
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Benzalkonium chloride
KW - Dry eye
KW - Glaucoma
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U2 - 10.13181/mji.v20i4.467
DO - 10.13181/mji.v20i4.467
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85008894529
SN - 0853-1773
VL - 20
SP - 302
EP - 305
JO - Medical Journal of Indonesia
JF - Medical Journal of Indonesia
IS - 4
ER -