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Which medications are typically hard on dry eyes?

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Dr. Timothy Carey answered

Specializes in Ophthalmology

Perservatives: Dry eye is most commonly treated with atds ( artificial tear drops). These can be difficult on the epithelium ( cause sloughing) when they contain preservatives and our used long term.

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Answered 1/12/2015

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