Eye drop schedule planner

About this calculator

Enter your usual wake-up time and bedtime and the drops you use, and get a printable daily schedule that spreads each drop across the day and keeps different drops apart.

What you need

• Your usual wake-up time and bedtime
• Each drop’s name, how often you use it and which eye

How it is calculated

Once-daily drops go at wake-up or bedtime as chosen. Twice-daily doses are 12 hours apart (or at bedtime if sooner). Three and four daily doses are spaced evenly from wake-up to bedtime. Times are rounded to 5 minutes, and a different drop due at the same time moves 5 minutes later.

What the result can and cannot tell you

If one of your drops is a gel or ointment, use it last. The plan uses the number of doses you entered and does not change your prescription; if your label or eye doctor gives specific times, follow those.

References

1. BrightFocus Foundation: 10 tips for using glaucoma eye drops
2. Netra Eye Institute: Glaucoma

Related

• Eye drop refill planner
• Glaucoma guide
• All eye calculators

For information only. These tools explain numbers and do not replace an eye examination or your eye doctor’s advice. Values you enter stay in your browser.