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Are contacts supposed to be removed from eye to add rewetting drops?
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Depends on drops: Strictly depends on the rewetting drop you're trying to use. Most over-the-counter rewetting drops are not approved to use with contact lenses. Therefore, if you use them, you must remove the contact lens & wait 20 minutes before you put them back in. There are very few that are approved and meant to be used with the contacts in the eyes. So be careful. Optive (not optive refresh) is a good one.
Answered 5/30/2013
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