Article: Squeeze, spray, or drop: medicines for the eyes and nose. (includes tips on use, and preventing eye irritation)

Article: Overuse of eye drops wasteful
Dayton Daily News;  September 22, 2006 ;     413 words ...Overusing eye drops can be wasteful and even ... labels of many prescription eye drops may even encourage overuse ... corner of the eye, into the nose and finally into the bloodstream ... It takes some time to use eye drops properly. During this allergy ...

Article: Pedia trick: easing eye drops.(Brief Article)
Pediatrics for Parents;  October 1, 2004 ;     610 words ...Getting eye drops in a child's eyes can be torture for ... area between the bridge of your child's nose and the inner aspect of the eye. Then ... her eyes while staying on her back. The eye drops will gently flow into her eye with minimal ...

Article: BEWARE OF THE ELDERLY EYE DROPS.
The Daily Mail (London, England);  April 22, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... grow. 'You should be careful with anything you use up your nose, in your eye or on awound, as these areas can easily let in ... risk: Headlice become resistant and infestation increases. EYE DROPS Typical shelf life: Throw out four weeks after opening. Will ...

Article: Getting focused; Test here shows eye drops can ...
Sunday News Lancaster, PA;  April 28, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... screen. His mother, Pam Yeager, said A.J. sat with his nose to the television screen, but his left eye wandered. The wandering ... teasing from other children. So researchers wanted to see if eye drops called atropine, which dilate or enlarge the pupil and blur ...

Article: Probe into use of eye drops.(News)
Coventry Evening Telegraph (England);  June 20, 2000 ;     410 words ... ... suffer from the painful complaint are prescribed antibiotic eye drops but experts at the University of Southampton believe patients ... resistance, but when you put drops into the eye it goes down the nose and throat where resistant organisms can develop."

Article: Irritating visitor expected to stay until mid-June: Doctors say ...
Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA);  April 24, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... air of nagging tree pollen, keeping itchy eyes and twitchy noses to a minimum. The bad news is that the grass is coming on ... Denmead says. "We have good medicines -- oral antihistamines, eye drops and nasal sprays, allergy shots -- so people can live a normal ...

Article: Direct delivery: drops may spare vision without side effects. ...
Prevention;  February 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... simply means that they want you to put your finger in the depression at the edge of your eye near the nose. This blocks the drops from getting to the nose and having easy access to the bloodstream. Keep your finger over that duct and keep your eyes closed ...