Talk:Artificial tears

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[edit] Citation duplication

Ok, I dont know about quoting standards in the english wikipedia - but quoting seems a bit excessive in this article - every single sentence is quoted - and mostly with the same document... Should that really be visible to everyone (is it common practice have quotes visible only in the source?) 199.74.98.146 05:16, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Keratoconjunctivitis_sicca#Citation_duplication with regards to this. --AB 19:56, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Unsourced claim about dependency

I'm moving the following text from the article to here because there a source has not been provided to verify it.

There is a chance that habitual use of artificial tears, especially when they are not needed, may cause a dependency.^{[citation needed]} Like most dependencies, the body may learn that it no longer needs to produce the same quantity or quality of tears on its own, since they are supplied for it.^{[citation needed]}

--AB (talk) 06:51, 10 April 2008 (UTC)