by Optometric Insights | Nov 20, 2015 | Clinical Insights, Publications
Peroxide solutions have a valuable place in clinicians’ practices. Solutions are usually used when patients are having issues with their contact lenses. Hear about the different kinds of systems and how to educate your patients. Watch more here:...
by Optometric Insights | Nov 5, 2015 | Clinical Insights / Advanced Ocular Care, Publications
Most contact lens complications are secondary to inflammation and are preventable. For example, CLARE is often associated with sleeping in contact lenses and GPC can be induced by debris on the lens. Steroids can be used to decrease a patient’s inflammatory...
by Optometric Insights | Oct 21, 2015 | Clinical Insights, Publications
Daily disposable contact lenses are ideal for many wearers, but there are cases where these are not a viable option. To care for lenses in between uses, patients can become confused or overwhelmed by the number of choices available at the pharmacy. Physicians...
by Optometric Insights | Oct 21, 2015 | Clinical Insights, Publications
Contact lens intolerance affects a significant number of wearers every year. Despite continued improvements in lenses and solutions, the dropout percentage has remained steady. By asking the right questions to narrow down the cause, physicians can determine the...
by Optometric Insights | Oct 11, 2015 | Clinical Insights, Contact Lens Spectrum, Contact Lens Today
A recent published work of mine outlining a certain type of contact lens fitting was met with some online criticism from a fellow practitioner. Apparently my colleague had a less than ideal outcome from a similar treatment with one of his patients due to the patient’s...
by Optometric Insights | Oct 1, 2015 | Clinical Insights / Advanced Ocular Care
Mile Brujic, OD, and David Kading, OD, discuss the challenge of evaluating the comfort of patients’ contact lens-wearing experience in the context of dry eye disease. It is important not to silo patients and instead consider both their individual CL needs and ocular...
