Ophthal drugs Flashcards
Name 2 antibiotics
Chloramphenicol
Levofloxacin
Antiviral
Aciclovir
What do mydriatics do?
Dilate the eye
Name 4 mydriatics
Atropine
Cyclopentolate
Tropicamide
Phenylephrine
What does a miotic do?
Constrict the pupil
Name a miotic
Pilocarpine
Beta blocker
timolol
2 prostaglandin analogues
Latanoprost
Bimatoprost
Sympathomimetic
Brimonidine
Carbonic anhydrase inhibitor
Acetazolamide
Steroid used in eye
Prednisolone
3 lubricants
Lacrilube
Celluvisc
Hypromellose
What do these drugs do? Atropine Cyclopentolate Tropicamide Phenyephrine
Dilate the eye
What does pilocarpine do
Constrict the pupil
What are latanoprost and bimatoprost?
Prostaglandin analogues
What type of drug is brimonidine?
Sympathomimetic
What type of drug is acetazolamide?
carbonic anhydrase inhib
How do you treat a corneal ulcer?
Swab and culture
Antibiotics
Or if dendritic- aciclovir
Treatment for acute angle closure glaucoma
Acetazolamide
Topical beta blocker
Steroid
Pilocarpine
Treatment for uveitis
Steroids
Dilation for pain relief (atropine/cyclopentolate)
Treatment of scleritis
High dose systemic steroids
Management of orbital cellulitis
IV Abx, monitor the optic nerve and CT for abscess
Treatment of GCA
High dose corticosteroids
What could a painful 3rd nerve palsy indicate?
Intracranial aneurysm
What could painful horners indicate?
Carotid dissection
Treatment for wet and dry macular degen?
Wet- Anti VEGF, Dry- supportive
Treatment for open angle glaucoma?
Prostaglandin analogues Beta blocker Pilocarpine Sympathomimetic Systemic acetazolamide
Treatment of blocked nasolacrimal duct
Surgery
Treatment for blepharitis
Hot compress, lid hygeine, oral tetracyclines (or fusidic acid gel if staph)
