5 Things You May Not Know About Cataracts
We are always surprised by how unfamiliar many patients are with cataracts. Even though it is a fairly common eye disease, most patients know almost nothing about the risk factors and warning signs of cataracts. Cataracts develop when proteins form in your eyes, causing the lens of the eye to become cloudy, resulting in […]
Flomax (Tamsulosin) and Intraoperative Floppy Iris Syndrome (IFIS)
Intermittently, doctors (and sometimes patients) ask about the effects of the medication Flomax (usually taken by men over 50 with enlarged prostates) on cataract surgery. Actually, two patients from today were very good examples of how we deal with these situations. The gist is, Flomax (Tamsulosin) affects the muscle tone of the iris (colored part […]
