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A 24-year-old male asked:
Finished a course of azithromycin, prednisone and rupanase as prescribed by gp. both eyes still itchy?
2 doctor answers • 4 doctors weighed in
Dr. Susan Rhoadsanswered
Family Medicine 40 years experience
See an eye /doc ASAP: Hard to say what is going on. You may have the original conditoin that was not successfully treated, or you may be having a reaction to 1 of those meds. See an eye doctor ASAP. Go to an ER or Urgent Care if you cannot get into see one in the next 2 days.
Avoid all fragrances and aerosols as they are irritants to the eyes & skin.
If you have pain, blurry vision, light hurts eyes, or fever: to ER!
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Dr. Susan Rhoads commented
Family Medicine 40 years experience
Provided original answer
Oops! Typo: "condition" not "conditoin".
Sep 25, 2020
Dr. George Yanikanswered
Ophthalmology 34 years experience
Answer: Primary care physicians should not be prescribing strong ocular steroids for any reason without following the patient for cataracts and possible steroid induced glaucoma. Having said that there are a number of otc topical antihistamines are safe and effective for allergies. In addition the use of antibiotics to treat a disease which shows no signs of infection is shot gun medicine.
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Last updated Oct 10, 2020
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