Dry eye is a disease that is driven by inflammation. Inflammation that comes into your eye will create the feelings and sensations of dryness. Patients who suffer from chronic inflammatory conditions are more prone to having dry eye symptoms.  These conditions are often autoimmune disorders like Sjogren’s syndrome and arthritis.

 

Reducing the amount of inflammation inside the eye can be achieved topically with eyedrops. There are several prescription eyedrops that were designed specifically to bring down the inflammation of dry eye.

 

There are three prescription medications on the market currently that are specifically designed to bring down chronic inflammation inside of the eye. These medications are prescription and include Restasis, Cequa, and Xiidra. These prescription medicatio...