I'll try to be brief. A new customer came in with a pair of Hoya CD lenses that she got elsewhere and said they made her dizzy and sick. I neutralized them and found that the OD read -.75 with a 1.50 add. The OS was -.25 with an add of 1.50, but the lens was cut crooked.
She didn't have her Rx with her, so I couldn't tell if they'd been made to the correct power, but when I told her that the left lens was crooked, she said that didn't matter because she has almost no vision in that eye.
She sent me her Rx today: OD -.50 add 2.50; OS Balance
She was under the impression that she was wearing poly & thinks she asked for it. But the CD was in CR39.
I said I didn't think any decent optician would fill her Rx with something other than poly or Trivex, given that "balance" means (to me at least) that the patient has only one good eye. But I don't know if "balance" legally requires the safest lenses to be used.
What do y'all think about this?
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