2023-05-16 06:17:55
Professor Kim Jae-yong “Patient burden increases when hyaluron is excluded”
Professor Kim Dong-hyun “Dry eye patients feel burden similar to depression and rheumatoid arthritis patients”
Regarding the need to maintain benefits for eye drops containing sodium hyaluronate, which is subject to a re-evaluation of benefits this year, related academic circles emphasized the need for continuous benefits, pointing out the maintenance of patients’ quality of life and economic burden.
Seo Dong-cheol, professor emeritus of the College of Pharmacy at Chung-Ang University, who meta-analyzed several studies to point out the current status of eye drop use, paradoxically emphasized the necessity of using eye drop, saying that the use of eye drop significantly increased ‘tears’.
At the ‘Health Insurance Policy Discussion on the Treatment of Eye Drops for Dry Eye Patients’ held at the 2nd Small Conference Room of the National Assembly Members’ Hall on the 16th, Professor Kim Jae-yong of Seoul Asan Medical Center said, “Dry eye causes instability of the tear film, hyperosmotic pressure of tears, damage and inflammation of the ocular surface, “It is difficult to cure dry eye, and if severe dry eye does not receive appropriate treatment for a long time, it causes irreversible damage to the ocular surface and permanent visual loss,” he said. can cause,” he explained.
Professor Kim said, “If you look at the studies of dry eye patients, they are accompanied by pain, discomfort, anxiety, depression, etc., and have a serious impact on the quality of life.” ” he introduced.
On this day, Professor Kim also revealed the results of a survey that measured the degree of economic burden of dry eye patients when health insurance for hyaluronic acid eye drops, a representative ingredient of eye drops, was discontinued.
In the survey, 78.6% of the patients responded that they had experienced dry eye syndrome, and 90.7% of them answered that they had used hyaluron eye drops.
In addition, 88% of those who had been diagnosed with dry eye syndrome responded that they had purchased eye drops with a prescription, and 42% of those who had not been diagnosed with dry eye syndrome responded that they had purchased eye drops at a pharmacy as recommended by a pharmacist.
85% of the respondents answered yes to the question of whether they would be financially burdened if health insurance coverage for hyaluronic acid eye drops was discontinued.
Professor Kim said, “In the survey, 87% of those diagnosed with dry eye responded that they needed benefits,” and “58% of those diagnosed responded that they wanted to expand financial support for treatment costs from health insurance.”
Next, Professor Kim Dong-hyun of Korea University College of Medicine, who gave a presentation on the topic of ‘Current Status of Guidelines for Healthy Eye Treatment’, said, “Dry eye is a multifactorial disease characterized by ocular discomfort and ocular surface abnormalities.” In a study on the quality of life of patients with dry eye, patients felt physical and mental burdens similar to those of depression, rheumatoid arthritis, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease due to their diseases.”
“Artificial tears are a safe and excellent drug that is recognized as the first-line treatment in various domestic and international guidelines,” he said. demonstrated its clinical efficacy.
“However, eye drops should be used under the supervision of doctors,” he reiterated.
Dong-chul Seo, professor emeritus of the College of Pharmacy at Chung-Ang University, gave a presentation on the topic of ‘Clinical usefulness of hyaluronic acid eye drops (meta-analysis)’ and said, “About 8.1% of Korean adults have been diagnosed with dry eye syndrome, and they experience a decrease in quality of life and falls. It is also one of the diseases that require treatment because of the high risk of depression, depression, and hip fracture.”
Professor Seo conducted a literature review and meta-analysis on the clinical usefulness of hyaluronic eye drops by examining 14 research papers in which hyaluron was administered to dry eye patients. introduced increased.
“However, through the study, hyaluron could not find a significant difference between hyaluronic acid and artificial tears because of the heterogeneity among studies and the insufficient number of studies in tear film breakup time, corneal fluorescence staining score, and ocular surface disease index, so additional research is needed. It is necessary,” he said, explaining the limitations of the study.
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