Guest guest Posted August 20, 2002 Report Share Posted August 20, 2002 Hi Everyone and please forgive the cross-posting: My son, Gerry, went to a behavioral optometrist today and was prescribed Patanol (olopatadine hydrochloride ophthalmic solution 0.1%) eye drops to help him with his eye allergies. Normally, when they get bad and he's rubbing his eyes too much we use benadry, which knocks him out. Does anyone know if this stuff is safe? I'm not about to trust what the doctor or FDA says after having my son poisoned by thimerosol. Also, the optometrist put drops in my son's eyes to dilate them. Too late I'm kicking myself for not asking what was in the drops. Were they safe, or did I drop the ball? TIA, Avril Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 21, 2002 Report Share Posted August 21, 2002 The dilating drops are pretty safe. Patanol is very popular, works pretty well, and has been out a few years now so if there are horror stories you can probably find them on the web quickly enough. Andy . . .. . . . . > Hi Everyone and please forgive the cross-posting: > > My son, Gerry, went to a behavioral optometrist today and was prescribed > Patanol (olopatadine hydrochloride ophthalmic solution 0.1%) eye drops to > help him with his eye allergies. Normally, when they get bad and he's > rubbing his eyes too much we use benadry, which knocks him out. Does > anyone know if this stuff is safe? I'm not about to trust what the doctor > or FDA says after having my son poisoned by thimerosol. > > Also, the optometrist put drops in my son's eyes to dilate them. Too late > I'm kicking myself for not asking what was in the drops. Were they safe, > or did I drop the ball? > > TIA, > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 21, 2002 Report Share Posted August 21, 2002 At 06:26 AM 8/21/2002 +0000, you wrote: >The dilating drops are pretty safe. > >Patanol is very popular, works pretty well, and has been out a few >years now so if there are horror stories you can probably find them on >the web quickly enough. > >Andy . . .. . . . . Andy, Thank you so much. I am so relieved. I haven't found any horror stories about Patanol yet and a friend of mine has been using it. She has only good things to say, so we tried it today and I saw no ill effect. Thank you again. Avril, a very grateful mom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 23, 2002 Report Share Posted August 23, 2002 In a message dated 8/20/02 6:49:44 PM Eastern Daylight Time, lorned@... writes: > Does > anyone know if this stuff is safe? I'm not about to trust what the doctor > or FDA says after having my son poisoned by thimerosol. > > Also, the optometrist put drops in my son's eyes to dilate them. Too late > I'm kicking myself for not asking what was in the drops. Were they safe, > or did I drop the ball? > > TIA, > > Avril > > Avril -- there's no Thimerisol in them -- the preservative used is benzalkonium chloride. Package info. says that they are harmful if swallowed and pregnant and nursing women should use caution -- standard warnings. Side effects most reported are headache and stinging in the eyes. They are " probably " safe (who knows anymore!). Did the over-the-counter antihistamine drops not work? You can get some drops now which are individually packaged in one-use containers that have no preservatives. Celia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 23, 2002 Report Share Posted August 23, 2002 > > >Avril -- there's no Thimerisol in them -- the preservative used is >benzalkonium chloride. Package info. says that they are harmful if swallowed >and pregnant >and nursing women should use caution -- standard warnings. Side effects most >reported are headache and stinging in the eyes. They are " probably " safe >(who >knows anymore!). Thanks, Celia. That's a relief. >Did the over-the-counter antihistamine drops not work? TBH, we never tried over-the-counter antihistamine drops. We would always resort to benedryl which knocked him out but also stopped him from rubbing his eyes to the extreme that he would. We really do avoid any drugs in this family. Chelation was a huge leap for us, and using prescription eye drops is also nerve wracking. The up side is that he seems much, much better allergy-wise now. Last spring and fall, he was house bound for about two weeks each season because the allergens outside affected his eyes so badly. I'm just grateful that it's only his eyes and sinuses and that he hasn't developed asthma like his father has. >You can get some >drops >now which are individually packaged in one-use containers that have no >preservatives. Are there any you can recommend? The prescription with co-pay was $35, ouch. Thanks again, Celia. Avril Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 25, 2002 Report Share Posted August 25, 2002 In a message dated 8/23/02 11:56:05 PM Eastern Daylight Time, lorned@... writes: > Are there any you can recommend? The prescription with co-pay was $35, > ouch. > > Thanks again, Celia. > > Avril > > Avril -- The drops without the preservatives that I've used have been nonprescription. But now that I think about it, they were the artificial tears. I'm not sure if you can get the antihistamine drops in that form -- maybe by prescription. You'd have to ask your doctor. You might check into the eyedrops sold at the health food store. Similasan Eye Drops #2 is for allergic eyes. It's a homeopathic preparation. Celia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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