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Branded vs generics: You make the call in dry eye

Eye care experts review differences between branded and generic medications and their relevance for patient care.

EP. 1: Generic vs. Branded Ophthalmic Medications

ByGretchyn M. Bailey, NCLC, FAAO, Editor in Chief, Content Channel Director

December 17th 2019

Eye care experts compare the direct and indirect costs of branded and generic medications.

EP. 2: Cost and Substitution Issues

ByGretchyn M. Bailey, NCLC, FAAO, Editor in Chief, Content Channel Director

December 17th 2019

Eye care experts share their approaches for counseling patients about generic versus branded medications.

EP. 3: Patient Counseling on Generic vs. Branded

ByGretchyn M. Bailey, NCLC, FAAO, Editor in Chief, Content Channel Director

December 17th 2019

Eye care experts review the epidemiology of dry eye disease and why it is changing.

EP. 4: Dry Eye Disease Epidemiology

ByGretchyn M. Bailey, NCLC, FAAO, Editor in Chief, Content Channel Director

December 17th 2019

Eye care experts discuss the impact of dry eye disease on surgical outcomes and their approaches for screening patients for dry eye disease.

EP. 5: Impact of Dry Eye on Surgical Outcome; Patient Screening

ByGretchyn M. Bailey, NCLC, FAAO, Editor in Chief, Content Channel Director

December 17th 2019

EP. 6: Glaucoma Medications and Dry Eye Disease

ByGretchyn M. Bailey, NCLC, FAAO, Editor in Chief, Content Channel Director

December 17th 2019

Eye care experts offer their perspectives on initiating anti-inflammatory/immunomodulatory treatment for dry eye disease.

EP. 7: Initiating Anti-Inflammatory/Immunomodulatory Therapy

ByGretchyn M. Bailey, NCLC, FAAO, Editor in Chief, Content Channel Director

December 17th 2019

Dr Donnenfeld reviews the challenges of formulating topical cyclosporine.

EP. 8: Cyclosporine Formulation Challenges

ByGretchyn M. Bailey, NCLC, FAAO, Editor in Chief, Content Channel Director

December 17th 2019

Experts discuss their experience with lifitegrast and share their patient counseling conversations.

EP. 9: Lifitegrast Experience and Patient Counseling

ByGretchyn M. Bailey, NCLC, FAAO, Editor in Chief, Content Channel Director

December 17th 2019

Experts discuss the value of utilizing technicians to screen for dry eye disease and the importance of educating all office staff who interact with patients about dry eye disease.

EP. 10: Role of the Technician

ByGretchyn M. Bailey, NCLC, FAAO, Editor in Chief, Content Channel Director

December 17th 2019

Ileana Abreu describes approaches taken by OCLI technicians for dry eye screening, counseling patients about branded versus generic medications, and addressing medication cost and substitution concerns.

EP. 11: The Technician’s Role

ByGretchyn M. Bailey, NCLC, FAAO, Editor in Chief, Content Channel Director

December 17th 2019

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