DO YOU HAVE
CHRONIC DRY EYE?
Fill out a brief questionnaire and take it to your next doctor visit.
What Is Chronic Dry Eye?
Chronic Dry Eye (keratoconjunctivitis sicca, also known as Dry Eye Syndrome) is a medical condition that can result from the eyes’ reduced ability to produce tears. About 3.2 million women in the United States have Chronic Dry Eye; however, many more Americans, including men, don’t know they have it.
What causes Chronic Dry Eye?
Research has shown that Chronic Dry Eye can be the result of a functional problem in the tear-producing glands of the eyes. This not only reduces tear production, but creates an insufficient amount of tears to lubricate or nourish the eye.
It’s important to remember that while environmental factors can further aggravate Chronic Dry Eye, they are not the cause. One cause of Chronic Dry Eye can be the body’s reduced ability to produce tears.
See your eye doctor
If you think you may have Chronic Dry Eye, or Dry Eye Syndrome, you should see your eye doctor.
An eye doctor can tell you whether you have Chronic Dry Eye and whether RESTASIS® Ophthalmic Emulsion is right for you. You can help your eye doctor by providing a complete picture of what you’re experiencing. To do this more effectively, take a few minutes to complete a Chronic Dry Eye Questionnaire.
using the Chronic Dry Eye questionnaire
Complete and print out the Chronic Dry Eye questionnaire and bring it to your next appointment. You should candidly discuss your condition and the extent to which lubricant eye drops or other non-prescription treatments help, or do not help.
You may have spoken to your eye doctor about Chronic Dry Eye in the past. But, the availability of RESTASIS® may give you a good reason to bring up the topic again. Review the Chronic Dry Eye questionnaire with your eye doctor to determine if a prescription for RESTASIS® Ophthalmic Emulsion is right for you.
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RESTASIS® Ophthalmic Emulsion helps increase your eyes’ natural ability to produce tears, which may be reduced by inflammation due to Chronic Dry Eye. RESTASIS® did not increase tear production in patients using topical steroids or tear duct plugs.
Important Safety Information:
RESTASIS® Ophthalmic Emulsion should not be used by patients with active eye infections and has not been studied in patients with a history of herpes viral infections of the eye. The most common side effect is a temporary burning sensation. Other side effects include eye redness, discharge, watery eyes, eye pain, foreign body sensation, itching, stinging, and blurred vision.
Please see prescribing information for RESTASIS® Ophthalmic Emulsion.