New medicated contact lens aims to ease pain after laser eye surgery
NCT ID NCT06085352
First seen Nov 01, 2025 · Last updated Apr 30, 2026 · Updated 22 times
Summary
This early-stage study tested a special contact lens that slowly releases a numbing medicine (tetracaine) to manage pain after PRK eye surgery. Ten adults wore the medicated lens in one eye and a standard lens in the other for 6 days. Researchers tracked how much pain medication they needed and how well their eyes healed.
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Vance Thompson Vision
Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 57108, United States
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