Guest guest Posted November 11, 1999 Report Share Posted November 11, 1999 HI please let us know more about the pilocanpine when you can..I to suffer from terrible dry eyes...even have my tear ducs cauterized. Also sorry forgot to tell you..that my eye doc said that they are perscribing salegen. It is a med used for chemo patients. It is suppose to help produce more saliva from the dryness of chemo but has been proven to produce more tears in the eyes. I could not take because of another med I am on..so may want to check into that to..Please keep me posted . Jane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 13, 1999 Report Share Posted November 13, 1999 Hi Jane, The opthalmologist I saw said that pilocarpine causes glaucoma and he would not suggest using it. Apparently salagen is simply another version of the drug (oral vs drops). I have an appointment next month to see an eye doctor who specializes in laser eye surgery. Apparently a common side effect is dry eye and he is supposed to have access to new drops that are not yet commercially available. I am keeping my fingers crossed. As I can't seem to find any over the counter drop that does not make my eyes worse I have resorted to dabbing a bit of ointment in the eye even during the day. The ointment is Hypotears Ointment, which is very similar to Lacrilube but does not have the lanolin, which seems to bother a lot of people. At first, my vision is blurry, but within a few minutes it clears and I have found no other way in which to relieve my dry eyes. Sherry nuszki1@... wrote: > HI please let us know more about the pilocanpine when you can..I to > suffer from terrible dry eyes...even have my tear ducs cauterized. Also > sorry forgot to tell you..that my eye doc said that they are > perscribing salegen. It is a med used for chemo patients. It is suppose > to help produce more saliva from the dryness of chemo but has been > proven to produce more tears in the eyes. I could not take because of > another med I am on..so may want to check into that to..Please keep > me posted . Jane > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -- 20 megs of disk space in your eGroup's Document Vault > -- /docvault/rosacea-support/?m=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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