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Scheduled To Have Cataract Surgery. Doctor Prescribed Eyedrops. Should The Given Medicines Used Four Times A Day?
I am scheduled to have cataract surgery at 6:15 a.m. on Monday, Oct 28
My doctor prescribed three types of eye drops to be used Saturday and Sunday. He clearly said
one type was to be used 4 times a day, and the other two just one drop a day. I am now looking
at the labels on the bottles, and the pharmacy has recorded two of these to be done 4 times a day.
Obviously something is wrong here. It's the weekend and I don't know if can reach my doctor.
Here are the medications:
Bromfenac SOD 0.09% sol myla ... correctly marked ONE drop per day
Prednisolone 1% OP Sus Paci
Vigamox 0.5% DRO
The last two are both marked for FOUR drops a day (Saturday and Sunday)
Can you help me figure out which one of these two should only be used one drop per day?
My doctor prescribed three types of eye drops to be used Saturday and Sunday. He clearly said
one type was to be used 4 times a day, and the other two just one drop a day. I am now looking
at the labels on the bottles, and the pharmacy has recorded two of these to be done 4 times a day.
Obviously something is wrong here. It's the weekend and I don't know if can reach my doctor.
Here are the medications:
Bromfenac SOD 0.09% sol myla ... correctly marked ONE drop per day
Prednisolone 1% OP Sus Paci
Vigamox 0.5% DRO
The last two are both marked for FOUR drops a day (Saturday and Sunday)
Can you help me figure out which one of these two should only be used one drop per day?
Wed, 30 Oct 2013
Hi,
Thank you for asking question on health care magic
Probably they have marked wrongly
They have prescribed 4 drops instead of 4 times a day
More than one drop can not be held in the eye. even if you put one drop something will flow out
Vagamox is an antibiotic usually prescribed 4 times a day prior to operation
Hope this answer will serve your purpose
Please feel free to ask any more queries if required
Take care
Dr.M.V.Subrahmanyam MD;DCH
Associate professor of pediatrics
Thank you for asking question on health care magic
Probably they have marked wrongly
They have prescribed 4 drops instead of 4 times a day
More than one drop can not be held in the eye. even if you put one drop something will flow out
Vagamox is an antibiotic usually prescribed 4 times a day prior to operation
Hope this answer will serve your purpose
Please feel free to ask any more queries if required
Take care
Dr.M.V.Subrahmanyam MD;DCH
Associate professor of pediatrics
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