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 Yeah_ the way that these materials work is
 by increasing an enzyme called cholinesterase, and of
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 courses if you suppress chollnesterase enough_ then
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 you're in real bad troubles So it can cause=-
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 that's why it's only used at I_25 percent.
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 Okay. Agaln_ even with these rlsks_
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 doctors are able to use these drugs relatively
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 safely?
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 E Pho_phollne iodlde_ since the word came
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 outs since the work came out -- excuse me -- in
 ll relation to the cataract formatlon_ phospholine
 12 iodide has been used less and less, I believe. I
 ]3 don't have prescriptions written or anything like
 14 that_ but _ believe it has been _sed lesso
 15 _ Okay. I Just have two more areas to get
 16 into with regard to drugs and su.rgeryF and then we'll
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 see what we do next_
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 Epinephrlne?
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 E Eplnephrlne.
 20 _ Epinephrine.. What percentage of drop in
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 eye pressure is typical with that drug?
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 You're asking questions which are veryw
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 very hard to answer, but on the general population
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 basis agaln_ X'll go with my standard 20 percents
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 Okay.
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