Artificial tears, allergy eye drops, and antibiotic eye drops may help relieve symptoms of pink eye. In some cases, people may require antiviral eye drops.

Herpes simplex eye infection: Early symptoms of this virus may include a painful sore on your eye surface or eyelid, and an inflamed cornea. Prompt treatment with antiviral eye drops or gel can ...

For viral conjunctivitis, antiviral eye drops like ganciclovir and trifluridine may be prescribed. Steroid eye drops like prednisolone can be used to reduce inflammation in severe cases.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Famvir (famciclovir; SmithKline Beecham) three times per day has been shown to be effective in the treatment of ophthalmic herpes zoster, a disease that affects approximately ...

Treatment options for ocular herpes can include using antiviral eye drops or pills and steroid eye drops. An ophthalmologist may also scrape away damaged cells from a person’s eyes.