Comparison of the effects of two different concentrations of ketorolac tromethamine solutions in patients with allergic conjunctivitis.

ABS TRACT Ob jec ti ve: To eva lu a te the cli ni cal ef fi cacy and si de ef fects of two dif fe rent con cen - tra ti ons of KT so lu ti ons (0.5% and 0.4%) in al ler gic con junc ti vi tis pa ti ents. Ma te ri al and Met hods: Thirty-six pa ti ents (20 females and 16 males) who did not ha ve any...

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Publicado en:Turkiye Klinikleri Journal of Medical Sciences Vol. 32; no. 1; pp. 124 - 130
Autores principales: Ulas, Fatih, Balbaba, Mehmet, Çankaya, Cem
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Publicado: Turkiye Klinikleri Feb2012
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          Ulas, Fatih
          Balbaba, Mehmet
          Çankaya, Cem
        affil: Göz Hastaliklari Klinigi, Malatya Devlet Hastanesi, Malatya
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          Conjunctivitis Drug Therapy
          Hypersensitivity Drug Therapy
          Ketorolac Administration and Dosage
          Adult
          Comparative Studies
          Descriptive Statistics
          Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
          Female
          Human
          Male
          Treatment Outcomes
          Adult: 19-44 years
          Female
          Male
      ab: ABS TRACT Ob jec ti ve: To eva lu a te the cli ni cal ef fi cacy and si de ef fects of two dif fe rent con cen - tra ti ons of KT so lu ti ons (0.5% and 0.4%) in al ler gic con junc ti vi tis pa ti ents. Ma te ri al and Met hods: Thirty-six pa ti ents (20 females and 16 males) who did not ha ve any ocu lar or syste mic di sor der ot her than al ler gic con junc ti vi tis we re en rol led in the study, ages of the pa ti ents ran ged from 24 to 35 ye ars. Pa ti ents ran domly re ce i ved tre at ment to one eye with KT 0.4% and to the ot her eye with KT 0.5%. Pa ti ents we re eva lu a ted af ter one we ek and symptoms, signs be fo re and af ter the tre at ment, drug re la ted ad ver se ef fects and in to le ran ce we re as ses sed. Re sults: Although the signs and symptoms of the al ler gic con junc ti vi tis in both eyes im pro ved sig ni fi cantly, it did not re co - ver comp le tely in 77.8% of the pa ti ents. Eit her con cen tra ti ons of the KT so lu ti ons did not ca u se any ad ver se ef fect or sig ni fi cant in to le ran ce that might ca u se ces sa ti on of tre at ment. Com pa rab - le mild drug in to le ran ce for both KT so lu ti ons, was reported by 41.7% of the cases while 50.0% of the pa ti ents re por ted bet ter to le ran ce for KT 0.4%, 8.3% of the pa ti ents re por ted bet ter to le - ran ce for KT 0.5%. Conc lu si on: Both con cen tra ti ons of the KT so lu ti ons pro vi ded par ti al cli ni cal im pro ve ment of al ler gic con junc ti vi tis but did not ca u se any ad ver se ef fect. This study sug gests that KT 0.4% has bet ter to le ran ce and is as ef fec ti ve as KT 0.5%; ho we ver drug in to le ran ce still re ma ins as an is su e.
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