OCULAR THERAPUTICS_ RED/PURPLE Flashcards
IF YOU HAVE A CORNEAL ULCER, WHICH IS BETTER:
- TOPICAL SOLUTION
- TOPICAL OINTMENT
SOLUTION
- BECAUSE OINTMENT HAS LONGER CONTACT TIME, AND YOU’LL BE IN SERIOUS TROUBLE IF IT PENETRATES THE UVEA
WHY ISN’T INTRAVITREAL INJECTION OFTEN DONE IN CATS?
THEY PRONE TO INTRAOCULAR SARCOMA
- SO BEST COURSE WOULD BE ENUCLEATION
WHAT TOPICAL NSAIDs ARE USED?
VOLTAREN
- 0.1% DICLOFENAC SODIUM
*you need volts to get to the top and taren is tall so she could run fast
Dickens loves feeding nac Na
WHICH MYDRIATIC SHOULD BE USED THERAPUETICALLY, AND WHICH ONE DIAGNOSTICALLY?
ATROPINE- THERAPEUTICALLY
TROPICAMIDE- DIAGNOSTICALLY
NAME A COMMONE IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE DRUG USED IN MANAGEMENT OF KCS
CYCLOSPORINE
WHEN IS CYCLOSPORINE CONTRAINDICATED?
ACTIVE FELINE HERPESVIRUS KERATITIS
WHAT OSMOTIC AGENT CAN BE USED FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF CHRONIC CORNEAL OEDEMA AS SEEN WITH SENILE CORNEAL ENDOTHELIAL DEGENERATION
5%NaCl
what osmotic agent is used to rapidly decrease intraocular pressure in glaucoma?
>45mmHg?
mannitol
list 3 tear film supplements
- hypotears
- lacrilube
- refresh
WHAT CLASS OF DRUG, GIVING AN EG. IS MAJORLY USED NOW IN THE EMERGENCY TREATMENT OF GLAUCOMA?
PGF2A
- LATANOPROST
NAME 1 TOPICAL ANAESTHETIC
PROPARACAINE