Optimmune use post cherry eye removalhttps://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/clinical-questions/30502/optimmune-use-post-cherry-eye-removal Hello. I have a new patient who has a history of longstanding bilateral cherry eye prolapse and concurrent dry eye bilaterally (STT was 0 bilaterally at first recording). Numerous attempts at replacement failed and now both nictitans glands have beenen-USTelligent Community 10RE: Optimmune use post cherry eye removalhttps://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/240043?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 30 Nov 2022 13:12:16 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:f694dd60-00bc-470a-b058-1cbc953933d3charlievelyn<p>Hi Rob, thank you so much for this, and such a speedy response! Greatly appreciated.&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>RE: Optimmune use post cherry eye removalhttps://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/240040?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 30 Nov 2022 12:30:30 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:8857af6f-bacc-47bf-b94c-ee54aad77e74Robert Lowe<p>Hi</p> <p>Nictitans gland is about 30-40% of the aqueous component so Optimmune or tacrolimus may still help. But the long standing nature of the dry eye and readings of 0 suggest that not much functional gland tissue remains so there may not be any improvement in this.&nbsp;</p> <p>Rob</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>