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Long term use of Moxifloaxin eye drops
I had lasik after which I accidentally used moxifloaxin eye drops for 3 months, around 15 ml. Will it cause any side effects to my eyes? My eye vision and IOP is normal.
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It will only cause some dryness in your eye. Nothing to worry
Please use lubricating eye drop 3 to 4 times a day
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Nothing to worry. it just causes mild dryness. IOP doesn't get affected.
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Dr. A Raja Prasanna Kumar
Pulmonologist
46 yrs exp
Hyderabad
Pl do not worry. Only Dryness will occur. Pl use Refresh tears eye drops,2drops 3times a day.pl consult ophthalmologist for further evaluation and treatment.
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Dr. Rutvi Parikh
Ophthalmologist/ Eye Surgeon
11 yrs exp
Vadodara
Nothing to worry
It might lead to dryness only
Now start lubricant drops 💧
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Dr. Ravi Chandna
Ophthalmologist/ Eye Surgeon
9 yrs exp
Bhopal
Long term use of moxifloxacin generally only causes dryness which gets automatically corrected when you stop the drop.
So nothing to worry.
As lo g as you've stopped the drops, you should be fine.
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