CDC: Recalled eye drops linked to vision loss, eye removal, death

WFSB ^ | 3/18/23 | CNN Newsource staff

[DallasBiff]

(CNN) - Recalled eye drops have been linked to dozens of dangerous infections and at least one death.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention identified 68 patients in 16 states with infections from Global Pharma Healthcare’s Artificial Tears Lubricant Eye Drops.

The artificial tears, distributed by Ezricare and Delsam Pharma, were first recalled in February.

According to the CDC, patients were infected by a rare strain of drug-resistant bacteria never before reported in the U.S.

Eight patients reported losing vision, and four had to have eyeballs surgically removed.

One person died.

The CDC says anyone who has used Ezricare or Delsam Pharma’s artificial tears and has signs of an eye infection should seek medical care immediately

[DallasBiff]

Never heard of this back in the day, with Visine.

[crusty old prospector]

Gets the red out, not your eyeball.

[BipolarBob]

Who’s going to jail?

[dynachrome]

Where are they made is the question.

[Billthedrill]

Death is only a side effect.

[Allegra]

Global Pharma Healthcare…

I’d be wary of anything bearing such a name.

[MikeSteelBe]

Better keep an eye out for it!

[nuconvert]

Company is located in India

[nuconvert]

Let’s call it an adverse side effect

[eastforker]

Address: 2A, 3rd floor, Ganga Nagar 4thStreet, Kodambakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600024, India

[nuconvert]

More info here
https://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/chennai-based-global-pharma-healthcare-s-eye-drops-contaminated-report-123020301787_1.html

[DallasBiff]

Gets the red out, not your eyeball

In the 70's, every late teenage and collegite car had Visine, in the glove box.

[thinden]

bbb. Check it out

[no-to-illegals]

FDA approved to be perfectly safe like the covid vaccines

[wrench]

“As of January 31, 2023, CDC identified 55 patients in 12 states with infections”

And yet, crickets on an untested jab that is killing and maiming thousands and thousands in the US alone.

Way to prioritize CDC.

[OrangeHoof]

Let me guess...made in Wuhan?

[38special]

I always preferred Clear Eyes

[Tijeras_Slim]

I guess that Ganges water has some sort of contaminant in it.

[x]

Surely there is enough in the world to cry real tears about ...

[Angelino97]

Store your eyedrops in a refrigerator. Cold kills bacteria.