Proparacaine HCl 0.5% ... Removal of foreign bodies and sutures, and for tonometry: 1–2 drops in each eye before operating. Short corneal and conjunctival procedures: 1 drop in each eye every ...

Patients were then randomly selected to receive either 0.05% (dilute) proparacaine or placebo eye drops as outpatient and followed up by a specific ophthalmologist.

Topical analgesics such as proparacaine are highly effective at treating superficial eye pain, however, these medications are also potentially toxic to the cornea at the standard concentrations ...