GLAUCOMA PATIENTS
ASSOCIATION (SINGAPORE)
ASSOCIATION (SINGAPORE)
Eye Drops
Tips for Remembering to put your drops in:
* Have a daily routine and stick to it.
* Post a note to remind yourself.
* Use drops in an order, for example, smallest to biggest or by color.
* Use your snooze alarm to time your morning drops.
* Store your drops near your toothbrush.
* Store your drops near your coffee pot.
* Number your bottles, ie: #1, #2, #3.
Tips for telling the difference between bottles of eye drops if you have
decreased vision:
* Use rubber bands around the bottles to distinguish them.
* Remember the shape and size of the bottles.
Tips for instilling eye drops:
* Take your eye drops as prescribed by your doctor.
* Check your local pharmacy for aids to help put drops in.
* Keep drops cooled so you can feel them go in the eye.
* Keep the dropper clean and do not touch it with any part of your eye.
* Wash your hands first.
* Stand in front of the mirror.
* Use a handkerchief if tissues are too rough.
* Use your finger as a guide.
* Rest your hand on your face to help steady your hand.
* Make a pocket in your lower lid and instill the drop into the pocket.
* Occlude your tear duct by gently pressing the tear duct closed where the inner eye
meets the nose for at least one minute.
* Don't pinch, since pinching could squeeze out the drops.
* Sing a nursery rhyme that will take you at least one minute while you occlude.
* Wait ten minutes between drops.
Tips for instilling eye drops in children:
* Have child place their hands on your shoulders and look up into your face.
* Have child choose favorite song to sing while caregiver opens their eye to administer
drops.
Tips for Remembering to put your drops in:
* Have a daily routine and stick to it.
* Post a note to remind yourself.
* Use drops in an order, for example, smallest to biggest or by color.
* Use your snooze alarm to time your morning drops.
* Store your drops near your toothbrush.
* Store your drops near your coffee pot.
* Number your bottles, ie: #1, #2, #3.
Tips for telling the difference between bottles of eye drops if you have
decreased vision:
* Use rubber bands around the bottles to distinguish them.
* Remember the shape and size of the bottles.
Tips for instilling eye drops:
* Take your eye drops as prescribed by your doctor.
* Check your local pharmacy for aids to help put drops in.
* Keep drops cooled so you can feel them go in the eye.
* Keep the dropper clean and do not touch it with any part of your eye.
* Wash your hands first.
* Stand in front of the mirror.
* Use a handkerchief if tissues are too rough.
* Use your finger as a guide.
* Rest your hand on your face to help steady your hand.
* Make a pocket in your lower lid and instill the drop into the pocket.
* Occlude your tear duct by gently pressing the tear duct closed where the inner eye
meets the nose for at least one minute.
* Don't pinch, since pinching could squeeze out the drops.
* Sing a nursery rhyme that will take you at least one minute while you occlude.
* Wait ten minutes between drops.
Tips for instilling eye drops in children:
* Have child place their hands on your shoulders and look up into your face.
* Have child choose favorite song to sing while caregiver opens their eye to administer
drops.
Glauco Tips from WillsGlaucoma