Use of Topical Euphrasia, a Homeopathic Remedy in Ophthalmology
Status:
Withdrawn
Trial end date:
2016-03-25
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
The investigators plan to use an herbal eye drop, Euphrasia, aka Eyebright, for
post-operative inflammation for Peripheral Laser Iridotomy for the treatment of narrow angle
glaucoma. A peripheral Laser Iridotomy is a simple laser procedure with few complications if
the patient follows the post-operative instructions. In this procedure, a blue-green Argon
laser is used to create an orifice in the iris to open the angle by allowing the aqueous from
behind the iris to enter the anterior chamber. Rarely the procedure needs to be repeated. The
main complications from this surgery are postoperative inflammation, bleeding, and
postoperative pressure spikes.
The investigators will be using Weleda's Euphrasia D3 eye drops. The investigators plan to do
a double blinded randomized control trial to objectively measure ocular inflammation in the
same process that was used for the steroid eye drops that are currently out on the market.
Some patients will be receiving steroids, prednisolone acetate, others, the herbal eye drop.