Contact Lens Solution
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Lens-Solution Interactions

Contact lenses made from various materials used in conjunction with some lens care products may lead to some unintended consequences.

Examples of Corneal Staining

Smile staining
"Smile" staining
Smile staining
Central staining
Dense Diffuse staining
Dense Diffuse
Moderate diffuse staining
Moderate Diffuse
Doughnut staining
"Doughnut" staining

When switching daily wear patients from conventional hydrogel contact lenses to silicone hydrogels, consider whether the patient's current lens care system is biocompatible with the new lens material. Patients using the same lens care regimen with new lenses may blame any discomfort on the new lens material rather than the interaction between the material and the lens care solution.

There have been reports citing corneal staining issues when certain silicone-hydrogel lenses were used in combination with ReNu MultiPlus* when the lens is worn on a daily basis.1,2

OPTI-FREE® RepleniSH® MPDS has received FDA clearance for use with silicone hydrogel and soft lenses. OPTI-FREE® RepleniSH® is a biguanide-free multi-purpose disinfecting solution!

  1. Garofalo RJ, Dassanayake N, Carey C, Stein J, Stone R, David R. Corneal response of chemical agents released by hydrogel and silicone-hydrogel lenses as a function of time. Alcon Research Ltd., Ft. Worth, TX ARVO 2004.
  2. Jones L., MacDougall N, Sorbara GL, Asymptomatic corneal staining associated with the use of balafilcon silicone hydrogel contact lenses disinfected with a polyaminopropyl biguanide-preserved care regimen. Optcom Vis Sci. 2002;79:753-761.