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Taking Care of Your Eyes

The Importance of Making Your Own Tears

When your eyes are healthy, they make enough tears. This creates a healthy tear film that protects and nourishes the eye. When your eyes do not make enough tears, this can upset the balance of the tear film, allowing it to break down rapidly and create dry spots on the cornea, the clear front surface of the eye.

That's why, if you have the type of Chronic Dry Eye where your eyes don't make enough tears, you should consider talking to your doctor. It's worth your while to take care of your eyes. Don't wait until your next annual checkup. Call your eye doctor and make an appointment today.

If you have been diagnosed with a certain type of Chronic Dry Eye and have been prescribed RESTASIS^® Ophthalmic Emulsion, stay with your therapy. RESTASIS^® helps increase your eyes' natural ability to produce tears, which may be reduced by inflammation due to Chronic Dry Eye. RESTASIS^® Ophthalmic Emulsion did not increase tear production in patients using anti-inflammatory eye drops or tear duct plugs.

Indication:

RESTASIS^® Ophthalmic Emulsion helps increase your eyes’ natural ability to produce tears, which may be reduced by inflammation due to Chronic Dry Eye. RESTASIS^® did not increase tear production in patients using anti-inflammatory eye drops or tear duct plugs.

Important Safety Information:

RESTASIS^® Ophthalmic Emulsion should not be used by patients with active eye infections and has not been studied in patients with a history of herpes viral infections of the eye. RESTASIS^® should not be used while wearing contact lenses. If contact lenses are worn, they should be removed prior to use.

The most common side effect is a temporary burning sensation. Other side effects include eye redness, discharge, watery eyes, eye pain, foreign body sensation, itching, stinging, and blurred vision.

Please see product information for RESTASIS^® Ophthalmic Emulsion.

You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA. Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch, or call 1-800-FDA-1088.

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