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SNEC launches mobile MyEyeDrops App for Glaucoma patients

Sunday, February 24th, 2013

MyEyeDrops App helps Glaucoma patients and caregivers to “put the right drops in the right eye, at the right time”. The FREE app works with Android phones and Apple iPhones.

MyEyeDrops App is available FREE for Android phones on Google Play and Apple iPhones on the App Store.

MyEyeDrops App is available FREE for Android phones on Google Play and Apple iPhones on the App Store.

Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC) has launched what is believed to be Singapore’s and the world’s first free Glaucoma Eye Care App – MyEyeDrops.

Medications with pictures included.

Medications with pictures included.

Available from Google Play and the Apple App Store, the app takes away the hassle of remembering to apply eye drops at regular intervals throughout each day for patients for Glaucoma patients.

Elevated eye pressure is one of the main risk factor of glaucoma.

Regular compliance with the use of eye drops in controlling the eye pressure is critical to prevent deterioration of the disease condition which can lead to permanent loss of vision.

With this app, forgetting to apply eye drops will be a thing of the past.

In a cross-sectional population survey conducted in Singapore, the prevalence of glaucoma was found to be 3.2% in those 40 years and older.

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