Eye Drops With Oxymetazoline (Page 5)

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replacement for Visine LR

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Makes sense. The Afrin/Water 50/50 works perfectly for me. One bottle Afrin will give you TWO bottles Visine Long Lasting. Been doing for a year and works fine.

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Here are the 3 other eye drops on the market that contain oxymetazoline:

1. Zoamet - It sometimes stings during application but works similar to VLR. It is selling on eBay now for $36.00 but I got mine for $28.00. You only get a 5ml bottle (VLR is a 15ml bottle) so you will need 3 bottles to equal one bottle of VLR. It doesn't seem to last ALL DAY like VLR did but it does the trick!

2. Allergex - It comes in a 15ml bottle and it's on sale on ebay right now for about $50.00. I've only tried it twice so far but I've had positive results. I'd say that Allergex is the most similar to VLR and the best replacement given the price for the quantity!

3. Cendo Asthenof - It comes in a 5ml bottle and is selling on ebay for about $42.00 after shipping and thus will cost close to $130.00 for 15ml. I have not tried this yet because I'm hesitant due to how the listing worded the description as "Genuine Eye Drops (5 ml) -Similar to Cendo Asthenof...Non irritating & sterile eye tonic in special Cendo dropper bottle." This wording leads me to believe that the eye drops might not be genuine Cendo Asthenof eye drops but rather are a tonic imitation in a Cendo Asthenof bottle (probably nose spray and eye drops).

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Tried the Afrin (generic) diluted with Refresh tears. Not a great combo imo. I've done better with straight Afrin without dilution. No burning on instill. The only way I'd dilute with straight water is to boil it first. You don't want tap water hanging around for 6 mos while you go through a couple oz's of the mix. Overall very happy with the Afrin. Will check out the Allerex listed below.

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I called Johnson and Johnson today and got the same, discontinued...I asked for the formula so that I could take it to my local compounding pharmacist (they will make anything if they have the exact ingredients and % of ingredients of formula and they said they would never release that to the public...I asked why, if they were not going to market it themselves, why would they keep it from a public that wants the product....we can pay once to make the formula and then keep ordering it after that? Not within her paygrade to respons to it.

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The folks at Johnson and Johnson are just plain stupid. Can't ever get a straight answer from them. Not giving out the formula for something you won't make is further evidence of their stupidity. Here... I have this wonderful pie, I don't want to eat it but I don't want you to eat it either, so I'll throw it off this cliff.

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I used OCU Clear for years and since it was D/C I have been using Opcon-A and Naphcon A, neither was as good as OCU Clear. I live in Japan and tried to find oxymetazoline drops here but no luck, only Rx. Going to try the AFRIN and the Allergex too (even though it cost $50....ouch)

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Just simply mix half afrin/half distilled water in VISINE bottle and works same. Been doing it for almost 1 year. Now you're paying HALF as much as Visine Long Lasting cost!

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I've been using 1/2 Afrin and 1/2 distilled water for about 2 months now as Mark suggested. Burns like hell to start with but seems to be working pretty good. (Instead of Afrin I bought Life brand Nasil mist Decongestant, same type of thing as Afrin).

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That's odd. Doesn't burn me at all, works like magic. Feels exactly same as long lasting felt when applied.

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I tried the Afrin/Distilled water and Afrin/Sustain. Both burned like hell. You must have no nerve endings in your eyes, Mark. Lol

I still have a small stash of the Visine Long Lasting but at some point next year I'll go back to the Afrin mix. Seems to work. Burning goes away pretty quick.

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I actually felt I HAD to have the Visine LR and even tried the Afrin mix route as well. I started using Clear Eyes Maximum Redness Relief and find that I like them even better than the Visine LR, even though there is a different ingredient for redness removal!

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David, glad the other product worked for you. The vast majority of us have tried everything else on the market with no effectiveness. There are generally 3 or 4 active ingredients that all of the dozens of eye drop companies use. Oxymetazoline is the only one that works for me. Count yourself lucky.

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Ditto. I've been using drops for 25 years Steve, you're probably right....No nerve endings left!

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I thought about that too... Have you tried the nasal? What was the outcome?

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Hello.
Have you hear from this company yet????

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Please resume Visine with oxymetazoline..works great...

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Heard that India will win the contract and start making eye drops with it in it. But it won't be overnight and we'll lose more jobs and research to that section of the world. We will be losing lots of stuff we like. But that's what we want, a 3rd world socialized world. Vote more Obama's in ..... just the beginning of the end. In a 3rd world country nobody cares if your eyes are red. There's only very rich and very poor.

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Not for me Afrin 5% Oxymetazoline mixed with distilled water 50/50 is ONLY think that works for me. Been using it almost 2 years now, works same as Visine Long Lasting did.

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Haven't heard a thing from Vizine.

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I'm with Mark, the only thing that's worked for me is half nazal spray with Oxy and half distilled water. Still burns like hell but only for about 10 seconds or so. Not sure of the risks with using this but it works for me.

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