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In quiescent patients with history of herpetic keratouveitis with uncontrolled IOP on topicals, do you prescribe PGAs?

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Would you prescribe PGAs in patients with uncontrolled glaucoma and a distant hx of a flare of herpetic keratouveitis?

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Ophthalmology · Massachusetts Eye and Ear
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The evidence on prostaglandin analogues (PGAs) in the setting of herpetic anterior uveitis is nuanced. Traditionally, we have been taught to avoid PGAs in the setting of herpetic disease, given the theoretical concerns that these drugs could compromise the host's interferon defense system. But, more...

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