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Optician puts a popular dry eye preparation, Systane, through its paces in an air-conditioned office environment

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Systane Lubricating Eye Drops (Figure 1) are supplied by many eye care practitioners to help to relieve such symptoms. As of June 1 this year, they are also available from general practitioners on prescription. Although this may seem a double-edged sword to those who currently supply the drops privately from their practice and who fear a loss of revenue, the counter argument is that this will establish the Systane brand in the market to an extent which will likely lead to more patients asking about it in practice.

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