This a very important topic because lots of patients in India are self-medicating because many occasions drugs are easily got from the counter and pharmacy without physicians prescription. Say somebody has red eye in many circumstances some eye drops are put by some eye drops got from the pharmacy or some friends advice. The most severe scenario is the self-medication of strong topical steroid drops without the consultation of an ophthalmologist.
I have seen some cases of v k conjunctivitis on prolonged topical self-medication of steroid drops going into steroid-induced glaucoma. So it is very important that strong law has to be applied so that no drug is dispensed without the prescription of physician and patients to be educated not to self-medicate ophthalmic drugs. Share your views.
