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Can docs please explain are contact lens solution better without thimerosal?
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Mostly: Thimerosol is long obsolete as a preservative for eye preparations. It was quite effective but had a degree of allergy and toxicity not found with current preservatives, so it has been totally replaced in the first world.
Answered 5/8/2016
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