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Abstract
Ophthalmic solutions that include LUBRICANTS and WETTING AGENTS such as POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL; HYPROMELLOSE; GLYCEROL; PROPYLENE GLYCOL. They are used to treat conditions caused by deficient tear production such as DRY EYE SYNDROME.
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- Artificial Tear
- Artificial Tears
- Lubricant Eye Drop
- Lubricating Eye Drop
- Lubricating Eye Drops
- Tears, Artificial
- Drop, Lubricant Eye
- Drop, Lubricating Eye
- Drops, Lubricant Eye
- Drops, Lubricating Eye
- Eye Drop, Lubricant
- Eye Drop, Lubricating
- Eye Drops, Lubricant
- Eye Drops, Lubricating
- Tear, Artificial
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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, analysis, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity.
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History Note
2015; for TEARS, ARTIFICIAL use OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS 1992-2014
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- Ophthalmic Solutions (1967-2014)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Lubricant Eye Drops. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D065346. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D065346
- Lubricant Eye Drops. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_tears
- Lubricant Eye Drops. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1703024