Bad times for contact-lens wearers

This blog entry is about the only resource for people who use CibaVision contact-lens solutions in the face of the incredible silence coming from the firm. This article is telling, especially the part about "we didn't want our competitors to find out".

Of course, people's options were made even fewer when Bausch and Lomb got themselves in trouble with fungal contamination.

( Rant... )

I picked up a small bottle of Opti-Free No-Rub which was the only solution that came in a smaller bottle. I'm a bit leery of using just any solution but I have to have something to clean my lenses right now and my eye care professional is certainly sound asleep back in Rochester.

If this solution works I am not going back. Production problems are one thing but trying to cover up complete unavailability of your product without providing an alternative is unconscionable. Conversely, if switching solutions causes any damage I'm sure their former customers -- hopefully myself not included -- will end up suing them into oblivion.

Like Brownie, CibaVision, is doing a heck of a job. Bleagh.