What is Fluress?

Fluress (fluorescein sodium and benoxinate hydrochloride) is a sterile ophthalmic solution combining a disclosing agent with an anesthetic agent used for eye procedures requiring a disclosing agent in combination with an anesthetic agent such as tonometry, gonioscopy, removal of corneal foreign bodies and other short …

What is Fluress drops?

What is Fluress and how is it used? Fluress is a prescription medicine used to as an anesthetic of your eye for short corneal and conjunctival procedures. Fluress may be used alone or with other medications. Fluress belongs to a class of drugs called Anesthetics, Ophthalmic; Diagnostics, Ophthalmics.

How safe is fluorescein?

Conclusion: Fluorescein has been used for many years in medicine for diagnostic purposes and is widely safe, albeit intravenous bolus injection may cause serious adverse reactions.

Is fluorescein toxic?

Fluoresceinating sodium salt (which will be referred to as “fluorescein”) is a non-toxic dye that produces an intense green fluorescence colour when dissolved in water. It has been safely used to detect ophthalmic lesions including ulcers and degeneration of the cornea in humans [4], [5], [6], [7].

Can you be allergic to fluorescein?

The most common adverse reactions to intravenous fluorescein are nausea and vomiting, but anaphylactoid reactions resulting in death have also been reported.

How long does it take for numbing eye drops to wear off?

The drops take about 15 to 30 minutes to work and the effect may last for up to six hours.

When should you not use fluorescein?

Contraindications / Precautions

  1. Extravasation, intraarterial administration, intramuscular administration, intrathecal administration.
  2. Asthma, eczema, urticaria.
  3. Contact lenses.
  4. Cardiac disease, dialysis, myocardial infarction, renal impairment, stroke.
  5. Pregnancy.
  6. Breast-feeding.

Can you drink fluorescein?

Thus, it is therefore reasonable to assume that orally administered fluorescein is less dangerous than IV fluorescein in terms of allergic reactions. Moreover, oral administration of the fluorescein does not require the discomfort and the risks of venipuncture.