Therapeutics News

As part of Primary Care Optometry News’ 20th anniversary celebration, in each issue throughout 2015 we will profile a “Pioneer in Optometry” as chosen by the PCON Editorial Board.

One of my long-term patients recently presented with a corneal erosion. With a 20-year history of profound dry eye and anterior basement membrane dystrophy, this was not her first episode. It was, however, her first in many years. It seemed we had finally found an effective management strategy for her recalcitrant corneal erosions – lid hygiene, lubrication, omega-3s and doxycycline.