to wearers of Acuvue Oasys contacts

[traceymic]

Acuvue Oasys contacts cause blepharitis and corneal ulcers in some wearers. Most people don't realize it is this particular brand of lenses causing the problem. Discard the lenses and see your doctor. (It doesn't matter if they are a brand new pair. It is the material that they are made of that causes the body to react to them.)

[Uvapatient]

I had a corneal ulcer in my right eye two years ago now. I was blind in that eye for at least three months. I wore contacts since i was twelve and never had problems till i started wearing air optix lenses. I went to UVA hospital in Charlottesville, va. They have informed me now to never wear any contact that is not a daily contact. They have 1000"s of corneal ulcers come in. People should not visit optometrists but go to opthamologists. Optometrists do not actually go to near the amount of schooling as a opthamologist and do not treat corneal ulcers. Optometrists are in it for the money not actually telling you what is best for you and push air optix heavily. They should be pushing dailys. I know how bad it feels to have a corneal ulcer sir so yes they should be lookedinto by the FDA soon. peoples vision is at risk here. I could have ended up being blind and also it cost me alot of money treationg the ulcer. I had to go to the hospital everyday for two months to make sure it was not getting worse. The people who came in there with ulcers all used Air Optix brand contacts. There is defiantly a problem there. I was always told where there is smoke there is fire.

[Uvapatient]

I had a corneal ulcer in my right eye two years ago now. I was blind in that eye for at least three months. I wore contacts since i was twelve and never had problems till i started wearing air optix lenses. I went to UVA hospital in Charlottesville, va. They have informed me now to never wear any contact that is not a daily contact. They have 1000"s of corneal ulcers come in. People should not visit optometrists but go to opthamologists. Optometrists do not actually go to near the amount of schooling as a opthamologist and do not treat corneal ulcers. Optometrists are in it for the money not actually telling you what is best for you and push air optix heavily. They should be pushing dailys. I know how bad it feels to have a corneal ulcer sir so yes they should be lookedinto by the FDA soon. peoples vision is at risk here. I could have ended up being blind and also it cost me alot of money treationg the ulcer. I had to go to the hospital everyday for two months to make sure it was not getting worse. The people who came in there with ulcers all used Air Optix brand contacts. There is defiantly a problem there. I was always told where there is smoke there is fire.

[patbar]

I am suffering from blurred vision because of Acuvue Oasys lenses, but only in my right eye.. I have been a contact lens wearer for 37 yrs. My optometrist gave me them as a sample because my regular Acuvue 2 did not get shipped in time before leaving for vacation. After one day of wear I had blurred vision. My optometrist sent me to an eye specialist because he had no idea what was wrong with my eye, except it had some sort of Corneal glaze. The specialist prescribed Tobramycin, which I used for 3 weeks and it did nothing. I returned to specialist today, he is baffled how I got these semicircle rings in my cornea. He even called in his partner to look at my eye. Neither knew what it was. He prescribed a stronger steroid called Lotemax. Just started using the drops today. Before I left the office he told me to keep the lens I wore from Acuvue Oasys in case my eye does not clear up and I may have a lawsuit. This is from the specialist!

[cage133]

So why hasn't anything been done about this yet? Like so many of you I have been a contact weearer for decades and like so many of you I never had any problems UNTIL the Hydraclear.  Now if I wear my contact for even a few hours, I've got read eyes, pain behind the eyeball, and discharge (i can pull the mucus strand out from my eyelid.I'm glad some people have found relief by using a different contact rinse solution, but I think it's unacceptable that a health product should have this many complaints and not be addressed. You shouldn't need a work around solution for a medical product.

SO people, WHAT do we do about this?

[Jenn061994]

If you have Oasys contacts...get rid of them.  I wore contacts for 15 years with no problems, and switched to Oasys last year.  I wore them as prescribed and took care of them...yet I now have an infection.  It is very painful and I can not look at any light (thankfully I can dim my computer screen to be pretty dark so I can get some work done) and it feels like someone is burning my eye.  I went to the doctor on Friday and he is so concerned about my eye that I had to go back yesterday and I go back again this Friday.  He was not the one that prescribed the lenses to me, but he told me yesterday that he never prescribes these to patients "becuase it is not worth the infection risk".

[Hanaia]

I had Oasys for a week, I should have discarded them after I felt sth was wrong, i.e. on the third day of wearing. But no, stupid me kept them in because the ophtalmologist told me 'it's notmal when the eyes are getting used to new technology'. Now I have blepharitis in both eyes. I hope it subsides and I'll be able to wear normal contacts again, otherwise it means the stupid Oasys ruined my eyes. People, beware!