Efficacy of combination of pranoprofen and artificial tears in treatment of dry eye syndrome after recovery from acute conjunctivitis / 中国医师杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To observe the efficacy of combination of pranoprofen and artificial tears in treatment of dry eye syndrome after recovery from acute conjunctivitis. Methods This study involved 206 eyes of 157 consecutive patients who had recovered from acute conjunctivitis after routine treatment between July 2008 and September 2010. All cases were randomly divided into artificial tears group (79cases,104eyes) artificial tears eye drops alone and combination group(78cases,102eyes) pranoprofen combined with application of artificial tears eye drops. All patients'symptoms, signs such as tear film break 2 up time (BUT ) ,Schirmer I test (SIT) , corneal fluoresce staining (FL) score at 3,7,14days after treatment Were observed. Results All patients finished the trial at the end of the follow-up duration. There were significant differences in symptoms, BUT and corneal fluoresce staining between the two groups after treatment,combination group was superior to artificial tears group in BUT and FL. Conclusion Pranoprofen combined with artificial tears eye drops is superior to artificial tears eye drops alone