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Uveitis and Iritis Treatment:
- Once the diagnosis is suspected or made ensure that the patient has ophthamology followup.
- Antibiotics are not needed as this is not an infectious process.
- Pain control is the painstay of therapy (no not narcoletics) but cycloplegics like:
- Cyclopentolate 0.5-2% 1 gtt TID
- Homatropine 2-5% 1 gtt TID
- This will relieve pain and photophobia symptoms
- Topical steroid can be initiated to decrease inflammation but should be done in consultation with the ophthamologist
- Prednisolone 1% 1 gtt every 1-6 hours.