This article is chock full of great information about the cornea. You can use Custom Care Pharmacy in Greensboro if you practice in central NC. Wilson, S. E. (2023). Topical Losartan: Practical Guidance for Clinical Trials in the Prevention and Treatment of Corneal Scarring Fibrosis and Other Eye Diseases and Disorders. Journal of Ocular Pharmacology […]

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Recently, I received an email from Notal Vision regarding being paid to sign patients up for the service. That felt very fishy to me as I would worry about anti-kickback rules and the like. I think the service is good, but I wouldn’t want to get paid for signing my patients up for it. I […]

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Sharon, T., Rabinowicz, N., Kidron, D., Kidron, A., Ton, Y., Assia, E. I., & Belkin, A. (2023). The effect of hypotensive drugs on intraocular lenses clarity. Eye, 37(8), 1696-1703. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41433-022-02225-w Gross examination revealed brown and yellow discoloration of all IOLs soaked in Dorzolamide and Brimonidine-tartrate solutions, respectively. SEM demonstrated precipitates that differed in size, morphology […]

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Wu, X., Konieczka, K., Liu, X., Chen, M., Yao, K., Wang, K., & Flammer, J. (2022). Role of ocular blood flow in normal tension glaucoma. Advances in Ophthalmology Practice and Research,  2 (1), 100036. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aopr.2022.100036 This review focuses on the role of ocular blood flow in normal tension glaucoma (NTG). NTG is a progressive optic […]

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Pulsed Oral Azithromycin vs 6-Week Oral Doxycycline for Moderate to Severe Meibomian Gland Dysfunction It makes sense, as you can use Azasite to treat MGD and blepharitis. However, this is good to see because using doxy for 6 weeks can eat up your GI tract.

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In the article, Effect of Aerobic Exercise at Different Intensities on Intraocular Pressure in Young Males published in the November 2022 issue of Journal of Glaucoma, the researchers find that intense exercise has an IOP-lowering effect for 30 minutes after the activity. There were 20 men average age of about 21 in the study. For […]

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I promised this in a previous post. From Who needs myopia control? in the September 2021 issue of International Journal of Ophthalmology Basically, if your patient is at least a certain amount nearsighted at a certain age, they have a higher risk of developing high myopia.

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A standard warning in investing is that prior performance does not predict future results. Can the same thing be said about myopia progression? The article The Limited Value of Prior Change in Predicting Future Progression of Juvenile-Onset Myopia: Optometry and Vision Science published in the May 2022 edition of Optometry and Vision Science purports that […]

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Readers of this site will know I’m a sucker for a new myopia control article. Xu Cheng, MD, PhD, et al published Randomized trial of soft contact lenses with novel ring focus for controlling myopia progression in Ophthalmology Science in October 2022. One of the biggest issues with myopia control is balancing the quality of […]

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