The condition has no symptoms in the early stages but requires patients to use eye drops for life.

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She noticed that whenever patients left the hospital, leftover medications like eye drops or inhalers were just thrown away.

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Eye drops designed to lower cholesterol may be able to prevent one of the most common forms of blindness, according to US researchers.

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And she had to use eye drops daily for her glaucoma.

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In it, he uses eye drops made of a special riboflavin (a type of vitamin B) formulation and a very weak ultraviolet light to strengthen the collagen fibers in the eye.

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He added that The Gambia was taking advantage of "appropriate technology" - to help its blind - such as building and equipping of secondary eye care centres, and the local production of eye drops.

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Over-the-counter products such as oral antihistamines and eye drops are a good first-line approach for people with mild allergies, says Dr. Stephen Canfield, an allergist at Columbia University Medical Center in New York City.

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Summit Technology has lasers, but not eye drops.

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After our 3.30 a.m. finish, the ensuing daylight hours started with a couple of eye drops but pretty soon, the intrepid Talk Asia team was dashing off to our next interview with Bollywood hot shot director and chat show host, Karan Johar.

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If you've tried to remove the lens only once or twice and your eye is not irritated, it may be helpful to put rewetting drops in the eye and wait several minutes before trying to remove the lens again.

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