Expert: Tonja Wells - 12/25/2008

Question
I had chronic dry eyes.  I went to the eye doctor he prescribed Restasis eye drops to produce tears.  However, I was so dizzy  (one of the side effects) from the Restasis that I stopped using it.  I asked my pharmacist could she recommend anything to cure my dry eyes and she told me about Omega-3. I started to use Omega-3 one capsule three times a day and it is really helping a lot.  In addition I am using a nighttime ointment when I go to sleep until the Omega-3 really cures me.  But my question is Omega-3 the only supplement I can take to cure dry eyes and can you recommend anything for me to use at night when I go to sleep.

Answer
Hello Debbie,

Vitamin A&D can be beneficial here as well. I would not go to the store to get it as these are synthetic.

The eyes also relate to the liver so the liver may need to be supported as well but I would need to do a full consult to know that.

Thyroid can also be involved so looking at complete thryoid/liver blood work can be helpful to see if these need to be suported.

This can also be an issue of not breaking down fats. Hi-Lipase can help here and looking to see if there is a history of gallbladder issues as this can be the beginning of needing to flush the gallbladder.

This can also be a dry issues in the body and if this is the case I would use Chinese HY-C.  If the whole body is dry, HY-C can help and we would want to look at stress issues and include a quality B complex.

Mercury Free Omega 3 is a great place to start but all of the above need to be considered.  I do offer phone consults as well.

You can find all these herbals and more at my web site at
www.yourherbalhealthsolutions.com

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