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Don <rver…@mindspring.com> wrote in message <news:40820ECD.6701@mindspring.com>… > I just had cateract surgery along with a TRAB.  The Dr. has me on > Econopred every hour.  The original instructions were for a drop every > four hours but was changed to every hour.  What is the purpose of this > medication?  I won’t see my Dr. until next week and am curious what it > does.  The instructions that came with it has a warning that prolonged > use can cause glaucoma which has me a little concerned as well. > Don

Econopred is prednisolone acetate, a steroid, which is used postoperatively to decrease inflammation and to help slow healing after a trab (you don’t want the flap to heal down or it will stop the outflow of fluid, thus raising the eye pressure).  The reason your doc may have increased it to a more frequent dosing regimen may be that you had a little more inflammation than expected when your eye was seen in the office after surgery. –Rick Cohn, MD Glaucoma Specialist Winter Park, FL

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I just had cateract surgery along with a TRAB.  The Dr. has me on Econopred every hour.  The original instructions were for a drop every four hours but was changed to every hour.  What is the purpose of this medication?  I won’t see my Dr. until next week and am curious what it does.  The instructions that came with it has a warning that prolonged use can cause glaucoma which has me a little concerned as well. Don

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