Optometry

• Levofloxacin 1.5% approved

• Primary Care Optometry News, April 2004
• OSAKA, Japan — U.S. regulators have approved levofloxacin ophthalmic solution 1.5% (Iquix, Santen) for the treatment of both gram-positive and...More »

• Povidone iodine: useful for more than preoperative antisepsis

• Primary Care Optometry News, February 2004
  Andrew S. Gurwood, OD, FAAO; Marc D. Myers, OD, FAAO
• While povidone iodine has long been used by surgeons as a preoperative antiseptic, researchers have been looking at the agent for treating viral...More »

• Oral anti-infectives expedite resolution of ocular infections

• Primary Care Optometry News, December 2003
  Jennifer Byrne
• Oral anti-infectives can be quite useful in treating external infections, particularly those affecting the eyelids. For these types of infections, oral...More »

• Bisphosphonates can have ocular side effects

• Primary Care Optometry News, November 2003
  Michael J. Trad, OD
• The class of systemic medications known as bisphosphonates is used to increase bone density in patients with osteoporosis, myeloma bone disease, Paget’s...More »

• New combinations, formulations at the forefront of anti-infective treatment

• Primary Care Optometry News, July 2003
  Jennifer Byrne
• The area of ocular anti-infective treatment continues to advance, with many of the major pharmaceutical companies currently developing new drugs or...More »

• Implement protocols to prevent, reduce medication errors

• Primary Care Optometry News, May 2003
  Kari Blaho, PhD
• Adopt simple routines to reduce the likelihood of a medication error:
  • The Office Visit: Review all medications and indications with the patient,...More »

• Next-generation fluoroquinolones: filling in the therapeutic gaps

• Primary Care Optometry News, May 2003
  Jennifer Byrne
• Higher concentrations and increased solubilities in next-generation fluoroquinolones are expected to provide even more potent treatment against ocular...More »

• Next-generation fluoroquinolones offer broader spectrum of activity

• Primary Care Optometry News, July 2002
  Jennifer Byrne
• The advent of next-generation fluoroquinolones promises to make treatment for ocular infections more effective than ever. Significantly greater...More »

• Drug samples are critical when initiating new chronic therapy

• Primary Care Optometry News, January 2002
• Lee S. Peplinski, OD, FAAO: Drug samples are vitally important when starting any new chronic therapy. Conditions such as glaucoma, allergic eye disease,...More »

• Inform the patient when prescribing an agent off label

• Primary Care Optometry News, August 2001
• J. James Thimons, OD: The breadth of pharmaceutical use in optometry has increased exponentially in the past decade. With that, applying therapeutic...More »

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