The Change Is Coming

Some giants, such as Allergan, have been longstanding dry eye partners with products like Restasis and now new offerings in dry eye treatment with the TrueTear device (pictured).

By Dr. Jerry Robben
Journal of Dry Eye and Ocular Surface Disease

​As the new year starts I sense a change occurring in eye care that many of us have been eagerly waiting for. Dry eye disease is finally starting to get the acknowledgement and understanding that it deserves. This acknowledgement is beginning to span the eye care world, not just thought leaders and early adopters are turning on to the fact that dry eye is real and deserves treatment; but more and more, the every-day eye care provider is beginning to actively hunt for dry eye disease and treat it in more and more sophisticated ways. Intelligent discussion about dry eye is becoming more commonplace. Dry eye is not as regularly excused as just a waste-bucket diagnosis. The change is coming, where ECPs, who are not as well equipped to treat a dry eye patient, will actively refer that patient to a more specialized clinic for shared care, similar to patients with a severe corneal ulcer. The change is coming; we are not there yet, but it is starting. Take a look around the eye care world and you will see the signs.

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