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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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Ophthalmology · Massachusetts Eye and Ear

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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