Watch out for MERCURY in EYE DROPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Guest guest]

Just a quick post about our recent experience with my daughter Teddy,

she's the one who threatened autism at 18 months, got biomed, got

therapy and at 4 is now nowhere near the spectrum, unlike my son -

Teddy gets eye infections a lot - she has a weepy eye due to a

congenital condition for which she will need a couple of surgeries to

sort out, if we are lucky - anyway, TWICE in the last fortnight, she

had to see a doctor about her eyes - two different doctors, and they

both handed me scripts for eyedrops which, it turned out, contained

thimersol or other mercury additives. Blew my mind.

If you suspect your child may be mercury sensitive, best be careful

and read labels if they get conjunctivitis or something. The nurse

claimed there was no mercury in the drops - I HAD TO TELL HER

THIMERSOL WAS MERCURY.

A friend tells me some versions have mercury and some do not. FWIW

we used an over the counter ointment called Golden Eye, and it worked

after 4 days. It is sterile when you open it but you have to throw

it away after a week or so, but just speaking personally, I'd rather

have to buy a new tube than risk using thimersol.

Just FYI

Steph (Alasdair and Teddy's mum)