Tag: Dry Eye

The DREAM study. What's the DREAM study? The Dry Eye Assessment and Management trial. It's a year long study to evaluate the effects of long-term omega-3 supplementation...

Alcon introduces Systane Complete. This artificial tear gives relief to patients with evaporative dry eye, aqueous deficient dry eye, and/or a combo of both.

What is the most attractive eye color? Science says blue eyes. (via) 11.4 Million. The number of cases of dry eye syndrome in women in 2016. Men had...

A study published in Eye showed that patients with fibromyalgia have increased corneal sensitivity. The study details: The study included 36 patients with fibromyalgia and 39 controls all...

Can you make my meibomian glands grow? According to a new study published in the British Journal of Ophthalmology, you can. How exactly? By doing a procedure called meibomian...

A new study published in the Journal of Glaucoma found that as the number of glaucoma drops increased for a patient, so did their meibomian gland dropout. Tell me...

What other prescription options do I have to treat my dry eye? You may start hearing about CyclASol, another dry eye medication currently in clinical trials....

Is there a generic for Restasis? Not yet, but there might be a workaround. The pharmaceutical company, Imprimis, has announced they will be making compounded cyclosporin as a...

Shire (maker of Xiidra) is suing Allergan (maker of Restasis). Why? Shire says that Allergan has blocked access to Xiidra for patients with Part D Medicare...

Johnson & Johnson officially owns TearScience, maker of LipiView and LipiFlow. They announced they were buying TearScience about a month ago, but have officially sealed the deal....