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Eyedrops from CVS, Rite Aid and others carry possible infection risk, FDA says (abcnews.go.com)

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[–] shreddy_scientist@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

The brands sold are:

CVS Health
Leader (Cardinal Health)
Rugby (Cardinal Health)
Rite Aid
Target Up&Up
Velocity Pharma

Looks like they all contain carboxymethylcellulose sodium, propylene glycol, polyethylene glycol, polyvinyl alcohol, hypromellose, and/or dextran. Heres the FDA info I sourced this from: https://www.fda.gov/drugs/drug-safety-and-availability/fda-warns-consumers-not-purchase-or-use-certain-eye-drops-several-major-brands-due-risk-eye#eyedrops