|Articles|March 1, 2007

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Many patients have difficulty with self-administration of eyedrops. Refrigerating the eyedrops may help them determine whether they have instilled the drops appropriately: they will be able to feel where the cold drops land. Tell patients who worry about "overdosing" that the conjunctival fornix cannot hold more than 1 drop.

-Theodoros Filippopoulos, MD
Providence, RI

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