Contact Lens Solutions


ALCON'S OPTIFREE REPLENISH

Recondition your lenses everyday!

OPTI-FREE® RepleniSH® retains moisture on the contact lens surface so your lenses feel fresh and moist throughout the day.

When contact lenses are soaked in OPTI-FREE® RepleniSH®, the surface of the lens is reconditioned every night by adsorbing a proprietary reconditioning system. This allows a thin layer of moisture from your natural tears to be maintained on the lens surface throughout the day.

OPTI-FREE® RepleniSH® allows for a continuous shield of moisture between the lens and the eye, providing comfort by keeping lenses moist. This shield of moisture on the surface of the lens may help maintain the appearance of white eyes (free from redness) in many patients.

Use of OPTI-FREE® RepleniSH® has been shown to increase comfort for wearers of the most common soft contact-lens material who experience discomfort. In addition, OPTI-FREE® RepleniSH® reconditions lenses to maintain surface moisture, allowing many patients to experience clearer vision at the end of the day.*

OPTI-FREE® RepleniSH® is a sterile, buffered, isotonic, aqueous solution containing sodium citrate, sodium chloride, sodium borate, propylene glycol, TearGlyde™, a proprietary dual-action reconditioning system (Tetronic® ** 1304, nonanoyl ethylenediaminetriacetic acid), with POLYQUAD® (polyquaternium-1) 0.001% and ALDOX® (myristamidopropyl dimethylamine) 0.0005% as preservatives.

AMO's COMPLETE MoisturePlus Multipurpose Solution has been RECALLED

UPDATE 05/25/2007: RECALLED! DO NOT USE THIS PRODUCT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE DUE TO RISK OF SERIOUS EYE INFECTIONS.  FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM AMO FOLLOW THIS LINK AND FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE CDC FOLLOW THIS LINK.

AMO's Blink-N-Clean for Rewetting Your Lenses

Dr. Quiring recommends AMO's Blink-N-Clean to all his patients to not only rewet their lenses but to help remove protein from their lenses while they wear them!

To lubricate and rewet your lenses to help prevent and remove protein build-up, apply one or two drops to each eye, up to four times per day, then blink several times.

If you require more frequent in-the-eye use of COMPLETE® Blink-N-Clean® Lens Drops to maintain comfortable lens wear, this may signify a condition that should be evaluated by your eye care practitioner.

Don't Mix Contact Lens Solutions

This information is provided by the American Optometric Association (AOA).

Contact lens wearers who use more than one brand of contact lens solution or who switch brands may be asking for trouble. Doing so could damage the lenses or cause eye irritations. The chemicals in different contact lens solutions may not mix. There's also the possibility that you could be allergic to something in a lens solution. The safest way is to stay with a family of products from one company. If you are having problems with a solution you are currently using or want to change solutions for another reason, check with your optometrist first. Also, if you are having any wearing problems, such as uncomfortable lenses or irritated eyes, take all of the solution products you are using with you to your optometrist's office. Even if you don't think a lens solution is the problem, it just might be.

For More Information: For more information on contact lenses, send a self-addressed, stamped business-size (#10) envelope to Communications Center, Dept. L20, American Optometric Association, 243 N. Lindbergh Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63141. If you want information on another eye care topic that is not in the Healthtouch library or on eye care for the whole family, please specify that topic when writing the American Optometric Association, which produces a wide range of consumer education materials on eye care.

Source: "Don't Mix Contact Lens Solutions," Article, American Optometric Association.