Here's one that irks me. Guy comes in wearing glasses, says he sees double with them. Didn't get them from me. Turns out they're +1.75 readers.
Now, he's not wearing them as readers, his distance rx (for contacts, not sure about for glasses, so possible uncorrected astigmatism as well) is +1.75 OU. Yes, he's wearing them as his distance correction and claims his ophthalmologist told him to. Readers usually have a pd of 60, sometimes 62. His pd is 72. Bad advice if indeed it came from the doc.
I see stuff like this pretty often and it really p!$$es me off. People standing in front of a rack of readers, self refracting, or worse, docs telling them to.
Docs, please say it aint so. I've been here long enough to know that none of the posters here advocate such things. It's been my experience that this forum is a group of the best and brightest, and also the most passionate about their profession. It's also been my experience that the bad apples far outnumber the good ones.
Who else thinks OTC readers should be illegal to avoid situations like these?
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