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.
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My are very infected from one of the eye drops on the list the FDA recalled.
Why did you not name the 27 drops ? People want to know the names so they can avoid buying those products. Thank you.
I agree
I have been using other eye drops for itchy eyes, dry eyes etc…I have seen my left eye getting worse. I have used Refresh, Pataday and others
Thank you for the article very informative
Since the last recall on eye drops I have been afraid to buy any eye drops
We’re the list.
So the list is on the FDA website on the first page. That gives you the list.
Is Zaditor and Systane ok?
What are the names of the eye drops NOT to use. Please send me the list.
Thank you
My husband’s eyes were in pretty good shape for his age, fast forward 8 months later, suddenly had glaucoma in both his eyes after using the CVS brand re-wet drops, never realizing that something was wrong until after I used the same drops a few months later, then one of my eyes started to mess up as if my retina was trying to tear away from my eye when my eyes were in good shape just four or five months prior to me using the Cvs brand rewet single eye drops, now I’m at a dilemma. How can I prove that it was these drops that’s causing these problems in our eyes. Of course we stop using the drops a long time ago, but I still have them just in case I find out where to have them tested. I need figure out how to prove that these drops messed up our eyes. I didn’t know there was a recall on them. Please reach out if you have information on who I should reach out to. Thank you so much in advance.
Please send me the list of the 27 eyedrops that has been recall.