Your patient’s medicine cabinet could be the reason their contacts aren’t working. Prescription drugs, herbal supplements, and even everyday cosmetics and skin care products can affect the eye and contact lens wear in ways that are easy to miss. This course covers how they impact the cornea, tear film, pupil, and accommodation; the ocular side effects to watch for by drug family; rare but serious reactions like Stevens-Johnson syndrome; and the lens discolorations certain medications can cause.

NCLE · 2 Hours