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What is Eye Drops?

Eye drops (artificial tears) are used to reduce both signs and symptoms of dry eye. Dry eye has many different causes, including being in a dry or windy environment, aging, hormonal changes, autoimmune diseases, certain types of medications, or contact lens wear.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Dry eyes 95 16 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Other 16 1 Efficacy_moderate
Vision 5 0
Allergies 5 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight
General health 4 1 Efficacy_major
MS (Multiple Sclerosis) 4 1 Efficacy_slight

See all 149 patients currently taking Eye Drops

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 1
Mild
 1
None
 20

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Eye Drops

Burning sensation in eyes 1

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Eye Drops (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 4   Other: 36%
Did not seem to work 3   Did not seem to work: 27%
Side effects too severe 1   Side effects too severe: 9%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 9%

See all 9 patients who’ve stopped taking Eye Drops

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Eye Drops

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0

Stopped Taking Eye Drops

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Eye Drops

Always
 12 55%
Usually
 6 27%
Sometimes
 4 18%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Eye Drops

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 2 9%
A little
 3 14%
Not at all
 17 77%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Eye Drops

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 10 100%

Report created on February 10, 2012.