Do you wear contacts? This happened to me, where Patanol seemed to work then stopped. Well, turns out it was fungal keratitis from Bausch & Lomb Renu - and I needed and antibiotic drop - which worked completely.

KAri - I had red, burning, dry eyes with just a bit of itch and goopy discharge when I woke up in the morning. The junior eye doc kept saying allergies and giving me Patanol which helped at first, then stopped working. I went back again, same thing. Finally I asked to see the senior doc. I insisted something else was wrong as it had been 5 months and it was just getting worse. He looked in my eyes and gave me drops for fungal infection, told me to not use my contacts for 4 days. Almost immediately my eyes went from very red to pure white and burning/dryness/discharge vanished! I finished the bottle and have had no problems since. I also stopped using all Bausch & Lomb products and lenses, switched to O2Optix lenses. Good luck with that.

Hey!
I have serious eye allergies and if it is allergy related I too found that Patanol didn't work. Personally it made it worse. I'm from Canada so I don't know if the same drugs are available, but I would give an oral med called Arius a try and then a drop called Opticrom. I'm pretty sure you can buy that one on line.
All the best...I know eye problems totally suck and I wish you the best!

I am from Windsor Ontario.My doctor gave me some Patanol and it worked for about 5 days then the humid weather returned and now the eyes are dry again.I don't get the itching or the watery eyes but my sinus membranes become inflamed.My eye lids sting also.

Dry eyes and allergy eyes are two different things. I had both. Patanol is for allergy eyes which usually can be redness, itchy, watery. My eye dr. said to use it 2X/day for 2 weeks, if it if seems better.

Now, when I had dry eyes, my eyes were bloodshot red. It got back to normal eventually but went through a lot before I got better. Was sensitive to light, eyes were not watery or itchy, just felt horrible because I was going thru hormonal fluctuations (menopause) at the same time. If it's dry eyes you have, you might first try using over-the-counter eye drops that are preservative free (a must!) - the ones in the vials are the best. At first, I was bad so I had to use it every hour! The eye specialist also later put me on Restasis (prescription eye drop for dry eyes).

Hope this helps! If it's dry eyes you have, don't let it go untreated too long...it can affect your vision.

molly


[QUOTE=dee1610;3633161]I am from Windsor Ontario.My doctor gave me some Patanol and it worked for about 5 days then the humid weather returned and now the eyes are dry again.I don't get the itching or the watery eyes but my sinus membranes become inflamed.My eye lids sting also.