Question 1

does visine tears work?

Accepted Answer

Lubrication: Visine tears will help provide temporary lubrication.   If that is your definition of work, then your answer is yes.

Question 2

is visine safe to use with contacts?

Accepted Answer

Depends: Visine tears are okay but visine allergy (the get the red out stuff) is not.

Question 3

does visine have long term consequences?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Visine temporarily blanches the blood vessels on the white of the eye by constricting them. The effect lasts about 15-30 minutes at first, but with prolonged use it wears off faster. People then have to use the drops more frequently. Overuse can irritate the eye, does not treat the actual cause of the redness, and if too much of the chemical is absorbed into the body it may raise blood pressure.

Question 4

can i make contact solution with visine?

Accepted Answer

NO!: Why would you consider such a thing?  You cannot make contact lens solution; you have to buy it.  There have been very serious eye infections in people who made their own contact lens solutions.

Question 5

could contact solution be used as visine?

Accepted Answer

No: It is not advisable to put contact lens solution directly into your eyes.  Most of them are disinfectants.  Use artificial tears instead.  They are readily available over the counter.

Question 6

why is it bad to put visine on your contacts?

Accepted Answer

No!: The chemicals in visine embed into the matrix of the contact lens.  Don't do it.

Question 7

is it okay to use visine after it was in dryer?

Accepted Answer

No: Not good anyway to use Visine long term. get another type of drop if it for allergies or dryness.

Question 8

what is the definition or description of: visine?

Accepted Answer

Eye lubricant drop: This is a commercial name for a line of eyedrops which includes those that supplement tears when deficient and those that temporarily get the red out for pictures and such.

Question 9

contact solution in substitute for visine, is that okay?

Accepted Answer

No: Contact lens solution should not be used in the eyes.  It contains harsh chemicals to disinfect the contacts.  The little amount that goes into your eye with contact insertion is okay.  If you need to rewet your eyes, use contact lens rewetting drops that are available over the counter.

Question 10

can visine rewetting drops for contacts be used with opti-free solution?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Both may be used for soft contact lenses. Of course they have different functions. Opti-free is used to clean, disinfect, & store soft contact lenses. Visine rewetting drops are used to re lubricant contact lenses after they are removed, and then replaced back on the eye's cornea. This is done to help relieve dry eyes.

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Is it okay to use visine after it was in dryer?

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