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  1. Barbette Brophy says:

    Would this apply to use of three tetragenic glaucoma medications used by a 30 year old aphaekic glaucoma who has been on these meds since age five? She is onsidering getting pregnant.

    1. I can’t comment on how teratogenic any eye medications are … to my knowledge, none of them have been properly tested in pregnancy.

      I generally try to minimize all ocular medications with pregnant patients. Punctal occlusion certainly sounds like a good method to decrease systemic absorption for any eye medication, no matter what the circumstance.

      You should ask your primary eye doctor on what they recommend for you given your specific case.

  2. Kathleen Cresson says:

    I am allergic to BAK in dialating drops and post opt eye drops after cateract surgery. I am trying to find out where I can get these drops preservative free or compounded. The eye doctors I have consulted seem clueless. So I am trying to help myself. I know I am not the only person with this problem. Do you know what pharmacies I can contact that does this? Sincere thanks.

    1. You need to find a compounding pharmacy to mix up a preservative-free antibiotic and steroid. Or ask if any nearby surgeons do “dropless” cataract surgery … where they inject a preservative free formula into the eye at the end of your surgery. Here is an example of a pharmacy that could make an antibiotic (tobramycin) and steroid (dexamethasone)

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