Ben Casella, O.D.
Glaucoma: Going Beyond IOP
The glaucomas are a multifactorial family of optic neuropathies. The traditional approach is the lowering of IOP. To that end, no therapeutic approach has proven worthy of coming before current treatment of IOP. There are therapeutic approaches coming to light in glaucoma labs and in the world’s literature which highlight the need for and existence of glaucoma treatment modalities which go beyond lowering IOP. Several of these will be discussed in this course.
Orals & the Eye
This one hour course will serve to educate the Optometrist on proper protocol, prescribing and contraindications for the most commonly prescribed oral medications for the eye and adnexa. This course will briefly refresh the clinician on the pharmacology of these medications, but it will mainly focus on contemporary prescribing considerations through the use of clinical case presentations.
Opioids in Eye Care
Opioids have and will continue to have their place in primary eye care. Prescribing these addictive medications comes with great responsibility on the part of the prescriber. This course will update the clinician on proper prescribing protocol for narcotic analgesic medications, including common indications, contraindications, dosage amounts, and pregnancy considerations. There will be case presentations for audience participation interspersed within.