Restasis in treatment of ocular rosacea

[GeorgeT]

Hi,

This article shows a better and safer alternative to doxycycline in ocular rosacea pts.

http://www.ophmanagement.com/article.aspx?article=86533

All best,

George

[Eli]

Thanks George-
Good find. I haven't seen that article before. I have ocular rosacea and have been using Restasis since March. Not really all that impressed, but perhaps it's helping to prevent the advancement of the condition.

Eli

[GeorgeT]

Hi Eli,

What treatment are you using?
Doxy? Plugs ? Lower ? Upper?

All best !!

George

PS Doxy works good for me.

[Eli]

George,
I use lower plugs, Restasis, Dr. Latkany's eye spa at least once per day, flax/fish oil and minocycline 50mg/day (down from 100mg). I also use Theratears in the morning to really "re-wet" my eyes and then Systane throughout the day. I have also given up coffee (really hard to do) and alcohol (not as hard) Despite all of this, I still feel the need to use drops as much as every hour. Can sometimes last 3 hours when its really humid and/or I'm really distracted for a while. I would have hoped to be able to go two hours consistently between drops by now, but I guess not. Maybe someday! I wonder if doxycyline works better than minocycline for some people? I am considering asking my doc about Oracea which is basically a special formulation of sub-antimicrobial doxycycline and apparently safe for long term use.

Regards,

Eli