https://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/clinical-questions/23205/topical-ocular-anaesthetic-advice Is there an eye-drop presentation available either on prescription or via a wholesaler - what do you practitioners do nowadays for (non-complicated) foreign bodies etc. in the eye? I remember the days of &#39;Opthaine&#39; in the 80&#39;s/90&#39;s, what happened toen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/141656?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 19 Aug 2015 11:46:57 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:79d3ed39-85a8-4acf-888b-a119c84e105dRobert Lowe<p>[quote user=&quot;Martin Atkinson&quot;]Interesting but I&#39;ve found proxymetacane works when it has been on the shelf at room temperature for several days.[/quote]</p> <p>Quite right Martin. My bad - it was 2 weeks in the article rather than 8 hours (in my defence I hadn&#39;t reread the paper since it was published in 2001).</p> <p>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11722785</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/141649?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 19 Aug 2015 10:33:32 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:08e13937-5e4d-4c0c-afb1-689265a6a0b8Martin Atkinson<p>[quote user=&quot;Robert Lowe&quot;]There is a paper showing proparacaine/proxymetacaine loses efficacy when at room temp for more than (I think) 8 hours.[/quote]Interesting but I&#39;ve found proxymetacane works when it has been on the shelf at room temperature for several days.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/141631?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 18 Aug 2015 20:58:30 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:8e0fcab3-68d4-4d31-b069-db39b98b8254Robert Lowe<p>There is a paper showing proparacaine/proxymetacaine loses efficacy when at room temp for more than (I think) 8 hours. I advise tetracaine for the car but can cause more conjunctival chemosis and proxymetacaine for the practice as causes less reaction.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/141598?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 17 Aug 2015 17:51:41 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:43a492e1-f562-4cac-902f-ba6040909846Michael Woodhouse<p>[quote user=&quot;Bob Russell&quot;]We use minims proxymetacaine. Seems to smart very little when it goes into eyes.[/quote]</p> <p>That&#39;s the one we used to use. Need to be kept refrigerated and I keep some in the car. Clinically never noticed a difference, but be interested to know if the ophthalmologists say they are different! </p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/141597?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 17 Aug 2015 17:47:46 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:04535352-1e01-43a1-9f5f-4da81c9492d9Bob Russell<p>We use minims proxymetacaine. Seems to smart very little when it goes into eyes.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/141596?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 17 Aug 2015 17:38:34 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:3cd723e5-ba68-4cb0-bbf3-8d09b3ce7e13Michael Woodhouse<p>We use the Minims Tetracaine Hydrochloride in the individual vials. Can be kept at room temperature - some of the local drops need refrigerating IIRC.</p> <p>Found it works OK - I&#39;ve even used it on myself......</p> <p>Available from the wholesalers, but we get ours via a human medical supplier as much cheaper. </p> <p></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>