This isn’t the first eye drop recall this year
Earlier this year, the FDA warned against using certain lubricating drops from LightEyez and Dr. Berne’s due to contamination from fungus or bacteria. It was found that the drops contained methylsulfonylmethane, or MSM, a naturally occurring compound in alternative and complementary medicine, as the active ingredient.
According to the FDA, samples of LightEyez MSM Eye Drops – Eye Repair were discovered to have four types of bacteria in them.
But that’s not all; in February, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urged doctors and patients to avoid using EzriCare lubricating drops after an investigation into bacterial contamination that had led to over 80 infections across 18 US states.
The eye drop recall was issued immediately, as the infections involved a rare strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a drug-resistant bacteria that had never before been identified in our country. Four deaths were reported, along with 14 cases of vision loss and four instances in which eyeballs had to be surgically removed.
