Suggestions needed for putting eye drops in

Hi all,

We've had a query from a lady who does not have access to the internet asking for suggestions for putting eye drops in. Her hands are bad and she is finding it difficult to use the little squeezy bottle to administer the drops. Has anyone got any useful tips for her?

Thanks

Beverley (NRAS Helpline)

[kizzy12]

i would ask chemist if they can decant it into a dropper bottle

[Hidden in reply to kizzy12]

Thanks kizzy12

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I was advised to rest the bottle across the bridge of my nose, with the open end just above the eye. A gentle squeeze should make enough drip out into the eye. x

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Thanks poemsgalore1,

these are all great suggestions for her.

[kizzy12]

amazon.co.uk/Homecraft-AA99...

[angel-delight]

I had to stop using the eye drops for the same reason. Someone suggested asking the chemist who sold me a eye dropper that will help. I'm sorry to say it didn't work for me. I will try asking the chemist to dispense my next prescription as was suggested by Kizzy12. Sounds like a good idea. Sue

[nomoreheels]

They can be fiddly. Maybe this one would do the job. amazon.co.uk/AutoSqueeze-Er...

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Thank-you everyone. Have a good week-end

Beverley

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Hello Beverley,

If you cannot use a dropper,

Use a tissue or cotton wool. Put drops on the end of twisted cotton wool/tissue, then lightly rub the eye lashes with the drops on from the area of the nose to the side of the face leaving the drops on the eye lashes, of course you can use the dropper direct into the eye. When getting you eyes checked they use a paper like grease proof and drop the eye drop down the paper into the eye, like a helter skeltor.

BOB

[earthwitch]

I have the same problems, but I have also discovered that some bottles are much harder than others to squeeze. The one I got last time is particularly difficult. I'm going to have to ask for a different sort of dropper because my optician wants me to use them four or five times a day and I am having difficulty doing it once.

[Smiler53]

Yes I agree with Kizzy12.

[sandybrown]

AS this person do not have access to Internet can the administration help in getting one from Amazon?

[Hidden]

Hi Beverly - my husband works in a care home for the elderly and noticed one resident was much better off with Hylo Forte pump action drops than the sweeze type - which I struggle with too. So these are the kind I now get on prescription and they suit my hands far more. They should always be preservative free my optician told me. I also use lacrilube at night when I remember.

[magglen]

I have just had a cataract op and found it difficult to put the various drops in several times a day. Those plastic bottles are useless! I wonder if the chemist can dispense them into the old fashioned bottles. I will be very interested to know for when I have the next eye done. I did tell the nurse at my post op assessment.

[sandybrown in reply to magglen]

Hello,

Yes, eye drops are very difficult. I had both eyes done few years ago 4 weeks a part. The left eye was ok but the right eye few hours after the operation I experienced some discomfort !

Please use dark glasses as the sun is very bright now days. Please do not go swimming for at least 6 months.

For some people after the operation a this film can develop in the eye and need laser, I had this on my right eye and had the laser last month. Now both my eyes are good.

Good luck with the second operation.

[magglen in reply to sandybrown]

Gosh, you were lucky to have the other eye done so quickly but maybe the cataract was worse than mine. Actually I wear sun glasses a lot as, being near the sea, the light is very bright here. Also I suffer from some sort of allergy in the Spring which makes my eyes water badly. They also protect me from the constant sea breeze! Thank you for your helpful advice xx

[Ali_H]

I use hylo-forte which comes in a chunky bottle that I rest on my thumb and use two fingers on top. The thumb holds the bottle steady and the two fingers squeeze down to dispense the drops.

Sometimes I put my lacri-lube on my eye lids as it will slowly seep through to moisten the eyes throughout the morning/afternoon.

Ali

(I tried to paste a picture of the hylo-forte to this message but I couldn't get it to happen!)

[beauty96]

I was given Hylo and still having trouble. I got back to visco tears that I use by putting on a clean finger. BUT it has preservative in it. That in itself can cause problems. I just am weary for trying.

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Good morning all,

thank you all for your very excellent suggestions. I shall pass them on to the lady in question. Hope you all had good weekends,

Beverley