Comments on: Turning a blind eye from CIBA Vision

By: Ameceguy

Ameceguy — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 12:05:52 +0000

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By: Steven

Steven — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 12:54:03 +0000

I do not want to offend anyone here but I always get mad when children are harmed because of greed, stupidity or pure ignorance. And the worst is kids cant help themselves. They rely on someone else to take care of them. And if this someone is not capable of reading instructions for medicaments or is believing every money-hungry scammer he should not take care of children or at least get himself some help. I myself am still young and my step father took care of me. When I tried out lenses he bought me some products without knowing what it is and without even properly reading the instructions. Needless to say that it ended in a disaster and my eyes hurt so bad. The only thing he could come up with was “I guess it supposed to burn like this”.
So for everyone who takes care of a child: You are responsible for his health so you must inform yourself before doing anything.

By: Johnny

Johnny — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 07:38:46 +0000

My son was at soccer camp last week and he had some bad eye problems because of his allergies, so he kept taking his eye solution and eye drops as recommended and then one of his eyes got super damaged.

We thought it was because of some dirt but it ended up being the product itself, it’s pretty rough and the medical insurance is tough. We tried using some natural remedies to help him out since we don’t have the money to cover the health costs and so far he’s doing a lot better. This was a helpful website if anyone else has had the same problem

http://visioncorrectionexercises.com

By: Richard Fishbein

Richard Fishbein — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:13:05 +0000

3 years later: I am trying to somehow find Quickcare finishing solution….it’s the thing that worked best for me, I lost my glasses and realized nothing works like that, but I know it was pulled from shelves years ago. Anyplace to get it, or any GOOD alternative? Rich

By: Nuada

Nuada — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 08:23:56 +0000

Another post-script on Softwear saline: The suspected ingredient causing the discomfort is phosphoric acid, which I know as the stuff in cola drinks that dissolves nails overnight. (The label says that the patent on this ingredient as a stabilizer is pending in the US and the product is now being manufactured in Canada.)

Wikipedia has a comprehensive overview at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphoric_acid What is most disturbing is that phosphoric acid binds with magnesium and calcium in the digestive tract to form salts that are not absorbed. I’m wondering what it does when taken in through the eyes. I don’t drink soda and my body has little tolerance for the stuff. I hope they don’t get FDA approval and have to use something else.

By: Nuada

Nuada — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 03:02:58 +0000

To Jim and ST:

Clear Care works better without a saline rinse prior to lens insertion. I used to get the same reaction but when Softwear was off the market I did without the separate rinse and used the neutralized Clear Care..which becomes plain saline after a 6 hour or longer soak.. to rinse the lenses an there was no such reaction. Unusually enough, I’m not sure that the Softwear I just purchased is the same as it used to be. I used some to rinse my lenses and re-insert them the way I did with the same product 1 1/2 years ago and noticed a slight discomfort..not quite a stinging, just slight. I’ll have to see if I get used to it or not. I was using Opti-Free Replenish in the interim and it did the same thing first time. I finally got used to that so maybe I’ll get used to this again.

Also: Clear Care now has big red warnings on the bottle label as well as a detachable cardboard warning to prevent people from putting it directly into their eyes, so some communication must have gotten through.

By: Nuada

Nuada — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 02:46:06 +0000

Almost 1 1/2 years later Softwear Saline is again available at Fred Meyer stores in Portland, OR. I’m wondering why no other manufacturers stepped in to fill the gaps..does CIBA really have the only US patent on peroxide-based saline?

By: Michael T. Conway, Esq.

Michael T. Conway, Esq. — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 19:51:04 +0000

Dear Luke,

Hell of a good website. I am pursing Ciba Vision in Federal Court in Northern District Ohio after its product burned my client’s eyes and then my client was told not to get medical attention by a Ciba Vision rep because she was wrongfully told the product was harmless. If there are any other folks out there who can relate to this, please contact me at my e-mail address. I would be willing to consider joining them to the lawsuit as plaintiffs if they contact me and make such a request.

By: Kristine

Kristine — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 02:18:24 +0000

Please watch your use of the product. I am highly allergic to the new contents in Clear Care and needed to discontinue the use of the product. I had severe eye pain, redness, blurred vision. I even had to drive home from the eye docters without wearing glasses because I could see better. Also the solution made my corneas so swollen I couldn’t wear contacts for weeks and I could not read or see every well with glasses. This product needs to be re-evaluated.

By: Jordana

Jordana — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 21:48:18 +0000

Well, if Ray is an idiot, then so am I! The same exact thing happened to me last week. I went to buy some lens solution and picked up a bottle that was on sale. The bottle happened to be Clear Care by Ciba vision. I am not loyal to any particular brand. Now, i’ve been wearing contacts for 10 years and always have used “no rub” solutions. Never in my life have I had to read the bottle for instrutions on how to use the solution. However, when i saw the strange case that comes with this solution, i did, in fact read the packaging to find out what this strange case was. Due to the fact that i must be an idiot, I didn’t see the tiny wording on the bottle that apparently tells you not to rinse your contacts with Clear Care. Notice that i said, “wording” instead of “warning”. It was far from a warning! So, I put the contact in my eye after rinsing it with the Clear Care stuff and i have never felt such a terrible burning sensation in my life! It was in my eye for about 10 seconds, just like Ray’s daughter, and my eye was severely irritated to the point it literally looked like a chemical burn. it lasted and entire week until finally, the redness started to go away. So, whoever called Ray an “idiot” should be ashamed of themselves! It is the manufacturer’s responsibility to ensure that a warning be prominently displayed on the outside packaging. The law requires such a warning be in larger lettering and in bold if the consequences are of this magnitude! Ray, i hope your daughter has recovered from this terrible incident.