NON-STEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS (NSAIDS) IN OPHTHALMOLOGY

This is a review article; we have collected data from PubMed through the available articles. NSAIDS are very commonly prescribed drugs in ophthalmology administered topically and also, used orally. They have analgesic, antipyretic, and anti-inflammatory properties. They inhibit cyclooxygenase enzyme and decrease the synthesis of prostaglandins which can disturb the blood ocular barrier. NSAIDS have a wide variety of uses in post operative cystoid macular oedema, scleritis, allergic conjunctivitis, as analgesic after refractive surgeries, central serous chorioretinopathy and in wet ARMD etc. We have summarized all this information in this review article.