I had my first chemotherapy treatment on Wednesday I’ve woken up with dry eyes this morning (Saturday) can I get over the counter eye drops or do I have to get a prescription for specific ones because of chemotherapy
thankyou
I would ask your oncologist, not helpful on a Saturday but you want to run anything past them during chemo.
I had this problem, was so sore, I went to my optician after the BCN just said yes it’s normal, yeah thanks! Anyway he have me visuaXL Gel and Theloz Duo. I used both and it’s resolved the problem although either on their own will work. The cheaper eye drops weren’t working for me x
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