Eye problem is NOT herpes but dry eye and another ,as yet unknown
reason for small "things "that are there
I have been given CLINITAS drops this time ,and they are making
me cough .Is anyone using this product ,and having side effects with it ??
Yes using clinitas, they just make my vision blurry
and mine , as well as it hurting ,Just phoned the clinic and was told to
stop using it .so It's back to good old optrex until I see the consultant'
Whenever !!!
Thanks for telling me .I have a bad reaction to most drugs, this is
another one to add to the list
Are you still using Clinitas???
"Things"? What kind of things?
Are these tiny white spots on the corner giving you a feeling of sawdust?
I have a bad reaction to most chemicals, my optician suggested trying Hyco san. The one drop bottle takes a little practice but it has helped and works out less expensive than the individual preservative phials used previously.
Yes but nearly finished them. Funny about your cough. I sneeze more than normal.
Tiny marks that are invisible without the dye.Three of them sitting on
the edge of the cornea .They have now ruled out herpes, and have been referred to a consultant, who may know !!!!!
All I know is that it feels as though there is a razor blade under my eye lid They gave me the Clinitas because ,they said , I had dry eyes
I used one capsule that made my eye burn for over two hours ,so i
phoned the clinic and was told to stop them .Have not used anything since, except Paracetamol, which has really helped
So, now it's a waiting job,and I am not going to use any more drops
as all of them have made it worse
Is it like Optrex, , non chemical Seemingly I react to the preservatives
in the druggy ones ,but saying that ,the Clinitas is supposed not to
have any preservative, and they were worse than the other two'
I will see the chemist, I prefer their advice to the G P's
Thank you
Ok
Are you in the UK? Try Hydro-Colom or Hydro-Tears. Also VitA-Pos.
Optive is also hypoallergenic.
Like you I went thru 6 different drops before I could feel comfortable. Another is CellUVisc.
None of these contain preservaties, but it's normal to have to shop around even among these.
Good luck. Dry eye's a bummer!
Hello. yes I am in the U.K Thank you for the list .Chemist or Holland
& B ?
Is this a lifelong thing to be lived with ? Iv'e had it approx 6 weeks.
The original diagnosis was herpes 5 weeks ago the dry eyes got
added on last week. How can you have dry eyes when the tears
flow and have a snotty nose of a two year old?
Your handle is very appropriate for this forum.
Do you find wearing sun glasses help ?.
Forgot to ask ,do you get pain wiyh Dry eyes??
Hi Jacqueline.
All these should be available in your chemist, none are 'health' products as such. Although you've reminded me of one I used to use, but don't know if you can get it in the UK. It's made in Germany and called Cineraria Maritima, a homeopathic eye drop, also hypoallergenic.
Allergic reactions to preservatives in eye drops are quite common and the manufacturers know that. Optive is made by Allergan, for eg.
I do wear sunglasses – all the time, partly because I live in a hot climate with heaps of bright sunlight, but aso to protect the eys from dust. Mine have 'blinkers".... an extra piece on the side for extra protection. Dont know how much difference it makes, but any protection helps.
Mine, rather brilliantly, go over the other glasses, so they slot over each other making for double protection.
Got them online and the generic term is overglasses.
Do I get pain? Well yes indeed I do. I sometimes feel as if I've someone's just chucked a bucket of sawdust at me, they burn so much.
I have an added thing called keratitis, which is partly related to having dry eyes, so if my experience is anything to go by, I would suggest you use the drops and gels as often as you feel you need, rather than limit yourself to what they tell you. As long as there's no infection and you're not using cortisone drops, which must be limited to three days or whatever the eye doctor prescribes, most eyes drops are harmless.
The only danger is they create dependency and possible encourage the body to be lazy in producing its own tears.
Just my guess.
My case was so extreme that the ophthalmologist almost yelped when he looked at the result of the test, so I donlt wait to feel bad, I use them as soon as the first sign of discomfort arises.
The other secret is to use different drops/gels at different times of the day. Mix and match works best.
Hope this helps...
H Pamela.
Is that Hycosan 'one drop' bottle the sort you pump so it produces only one drop at a time? – a bit more expensive than the others but lasts really long...?
Hydro-Colom or Hydro Tears is like that too. It's actually the one most dependably good for me, but I use didfferent drops throughout the day.
Those 'indivdual phials' you talk about... Celluvisc is one of those. They tell you to chuck it after one use, but actually you don't need to if you keep them in the fridge. The little cap you sort of break off to open it can actually be clicked back in place with a bit of experimentation and Ive managed to reuse each phial one more time.
Cuts the cost by half!
Hi. you may like to know that it's snowy ,and freezing, and I have not opened an outside door at all. Been watching weepy Christmas films, so
I made a few tears, which surprisingly soothed the pain ,maybe the salt
had something to do with it Must confess I am not normally a weeper ,but probably feeling sorry for myself.
The first swab said I had the Kerititus viral infection then , another one
read the notes and said no it wasn't, but they gave medrops for the
herpes, no wonder nothing happened except pian when I used them
My G.P gave me one for dry eyes which didn't help just more pain soI went back to the clinic and the decision was ,that they didn't know
what the marks were so, I have a referal However they sent me home with the Clinitas which made my throat and nose feel raw after 2 hrs
from the first drop. So using nothing since Wednesday,At least I can
see clearly now, and the nose and throat are back to normal.
I think I will take your list to the chemist on Monday morning
and take it from there. Don't suppose the appt with the consultant
will be that soon.
AAAHH for some sunshine
Very glad you hit this forum.
Yes it is the pump action bottle which can be used for 28 days. I agree with you though that the body should do it's own work so try not to use artificial aids more than necessary. My optician thinks that I may have an allergic reaction to Chloramphenicol which is an antitbiotic often prescribed for eye infections.For me it was supposed to be a preventative post cataract operations and I will see a consultant in December. What this space!
Lots of sun where I am now. Hot too!
So maybe I can send you some cheery sunrays!
Remember we are those for whom tears are really good.... although I believe in tears for all sorts of things, actually, not just the eyes....
Chin up!
Have to tell you,, that the eye is back to normal, no pain, no swollen
eyelid.white is white again,
maybe I just got an eyeful of bits, that's why they couldn't put a
label on the marks
Can you send the sunshine first class .. we need it
Terrific!
Here comes the sun!
Hello. me and my big mouth!!!!!! the party's over .This morning
everything came back big time
Went to the biggest retail chemist , and had words with a pharmacist
who also suffered from dry eye so I was guided by what she used
no preservatives at all Had three shots up to now and it is settling
down. I also rang the clinic and asked how long it would be before
I got to the top of the list NEW YEAR, so I said I couldn't wait so long
as I was in mega pain. so she gave the booking number. Tomorrow I
ring. Does yours (the pain,) come and go, ????