OTC Pink Eye Relief

[Jo]

I have been seeing ads on TV for Similasan Homeopathic Medications for Pink Eye.

http://www.healthyrelief.com/products.cfm?pname=PER

Warningshttp://www.healthyrelief.com/images/bulletpoint.gifFor external use only.http://www.healthyrelief.com/images/bulletpoint.gifChildren under 2 should be seen by a physician. http://www.healthyrelief.com/images/bulletpoint.gifInitial exacerbation of symptoms may occur.http://www.healthyrelief.com/images/bulletpoint.gifUse only if bottle seal is intact. Contact wearers: consult a physician prior to using.http://www.healthyrelief.com/images/bulletpoint.gifReplace cap tightly after every use.http://www.healthyrelief.com/images/bulletpoint.gifTo avoid contamination, do not touch the tip of the container to any surface.http://www.healthyrelief.com/images/bulletpoint.gifDiscard open bottle after 30 days.http://www.healthyrelief.com/images/bulletpoint.gifContact wearers: consult a physician prior to using.Is this asking for trouble and further CL non-compliance? The Warnings assume that contact lens patients will call their doctors; however, they don't mention anything about not wearing contacts and cross contamination.

[chip anderson]

Jo: I am afraid that today's contact lens wearers do much worse than this.
Now that lenses have practicly become OTC, patients will swap lenses/solution,etc with sibblings and friends.

And I must confess that I have seen many, many cases of grungitus recurr and recurr because the doctor treating the patient wasn't smart enough to telll the patient to clean and sterilize (or replace) case and contact lenses.

Chp

[Chris Ryser]

Is this asking for trouble and further CL non-compliance? The Warnings assume that contact lens patients will call their doctors; however, they don't mention anything about not wearing contacts and cross contamination.

As a chemical products manufacturer we are used to issue MSDS (material safety data sheets)

As the last part of an MSDS sheet we and everybody else makes a statement like: wear proper clothing, wear safety goggles, protect yourself against every possible hazard, even if the product is totally harmless and could be ingested without any harm.

This is meant not only for protection of the user but also for protection of the manufacturer against being sued by anybody that has misused the product.

[Jacqui]

As well as being the cheif lab rat here, I'm also an RN and work with the local volunteer ambulance service. We see several cases per month where people put medications in their eyes without taking the contacts out. Really wish some people would learn. :cry: