Therapeutics News

Patient adherence to glaucoma medical therapy is a well-known problem, and currently there are no reliable ways of assessing and improving adherence, a clinician said.

The use of statin drugs, HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors, and type 2 diabetes may be linked to increased risk of age-related cataracts, according to a recent study. 

Clinicians should expect challenges associated with the development of drug elution via contact lenses, a speaker at the British Contact Lens Association Conference said.

Researchers found that using hyaluronic acid in silicone hydrogels to help control the release of hydrophobic drugs resulted in an increase in both the amount and the duration of the drug released.

An 89-year-old female had an ocular history of enucleation of the left eye, cataract extraction in the right eye, bilateral blepharoplasty with ptosis repair, conjunctival resection for conjunctivochalasis and punctoplasty.

Smoking is a significant exogenous risk factor for various ocular conditions, such as age-related macular degeneration, cataracts and diabetic eye disease. As the patient’s main source of information about smoking and eye health, the optometrist is uniquely positioned to deliver a message of intervention.

Just as patients undergo postsurgical therapy for knees and hips, there is now a rehabilitation option for ocular surgery.

NEW YORK — Shamir announced the launch of its newest Freeform product, the Shamir Relax, here at International Vision Expo.

High-resolution MRI showed utility in pinpointing anomalous extraocular muscles that may cause irregularities in ocular motility such as restrictive strabismus, a study found.