I got a blast from the OEBB list stating that a recall on CIBAVision's
O2 Optix was imminent. Anyone got the scoop?

I got a blast from the OEBB list stating that a recall on CIBAVision's
O2 Optix was imminent. Anyone got the scoop?

they were taking certain packages of them off the shelf yesterday at
work (Wal-Mart) because they were sent a memo from Bentonville saying
that some of them have some "ionic problem that could lead to lens
movement and corneal irritation" blah blah blah. that memo was sent to
the WalMart vision center staff only. I am a part-time doc there and I
was never sent anything. i went ahead and trialed a few people in 02
Optix anyway yesterday but i had some lingering doubts.
thats all i know. yeah, something is up but it doesn't appear to be
affect ALL powers of the lens just some lot numbers.

In article <1169039342.095974.190270@11g2000cwr.googlegroups.com>,
"retinula" <retinula@hotmail.com> wrote:

I wouldn't "blah blah blah" this.

You could do the sensible thing and stop fitting the lens until you have
the defective lots pulled from trial and revenue inventory.

LarryDoc wrote:
In article <1169039342.095974.190270@11g2000cwr.googlegroups.com>,
"retinula" <retinula@hotmail.com> wrote:

I wouldn't "blah blah blah" this.

i wrote "blah blah blah" in my post as a way to indicate I did not
recall the exact wording of the memo.

You could do the sensible thing and stop fitting the lens until you have
the defective lots pulled from trial and revenue inventory.

the problem affects some manufacturing lots of 02 Optix and not others.
i DID do the sensible thing and the people i fit that day were using
lens lots that were unaffected by the product. why would you think i
would do anything else?

why do you choose to assume the negative in what i wrote?

I got a blast from the OEBB list stating that a recall on
CIBAVision's O2 Optix was imminent. Anyone got the scoop?

My son has had nothing but problems since he has started using 02
Optix. His eyes have been frequently red, itchy, and generally
irritated. He has allergies anyway but even with the allergy
medication he takes, which helps with the bumps on back of eye lids,
he still has problems with these lens. I just found out about the
recall when I called his eye Dr's office to renew the prescription.
How can I find out what lot numbers are affected?


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In article <1169039342.095974.190...@11g2000cwr.googlegroups.com>,

"retinula" <retin...@hotmail.com> wrote:
they were taking certain packages of them off the shelf yesterday at
work (Wal-Mart) because they were sent a memo from Bentonville saying
that some of them have some "ionic problem that could lead to lens
movement and corneal irritation" blah blah blah. that memo was sent to
the WalMart vision center staff only. I am a part-time doc there and I
was never sent anything. i went ahead and trialed a few people in 02
Optix anyway yesterday but i had some lingering doubts.
thats all i know. yeah, something is up but it doesn't appear to be
affect ALL powers of the lens just some lot numbers. I wouldn't "blah blah blah" this. Surface defects in the lens can lead
to cornea abrasion, discomfort (obviously) and potentially infection.

You could do the sensible thing and stop fitting the lens until you have
the defective lots pulled from trial and revenue inventory. You and your
Wally wont be as affected as us private practice docs because in your
vast supply of lenses you'll still have salable multipacks. The rest of
us may be waiting months to get lenses from distributors.

LB

My son has had nothing but problems since he has started using 02
Optix. His eyes have been frequently red, itchy, and generally
irritated. He has allergies anyway but even with the allergy
medication he takes, which helps with the bumps on back of eye lids,
he still has problems with these lens. I just found out about the
recall when I called his eye Dr's office to renew the prescription.
How can I find out what lot numbers are affected?

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Anon E Muss wrote:
I got a blast from the OEBB list stating that a recall on
CIBAVision's O2 Optix was imminent. Anyone got the scoop?

My two remaining boxes of lenses are from lot numbers the recall
affects, and the symptoms described in the recall letter
(<URL:http://www.us.cibavision.com/docs/recall_letter.pdf>) help
explain a peculiar thing that happened to me last week. I have very
successfully worn the lenses on a five or six days in, one or two days
out schedule for going on two years
(<URL:http://groups.google.com/group/sci.med.vision/msg/e9347849f7843096>). I
put a fresh set in on Sunday and a few hours later the right lens
began to not reposition itself right, resulting in blurry vision. I
figured it'd fix itself overnight.

It didn't, and by midday Monday it was painful, like a foreign object
under the lens, with accompanying redness. I got home a little early,
took the lens out to see if I'd put it in backwards (I hadn't, of
course), rinsed it off with fresh saline, and put it back in. No luck:
The discomfort immediately returned. I gave up, took both lenses out,
and wore glasses for the rest of the week.

The redness vanished within a few days and I wore another set this
past week without incident before hearing about the recall, but only
tonight--after removing the lenses on schedule late last night--did I
check the lot numbers. Fortunately I have a single set from unaffected
lots I can wear next week while presumably awaiting new lenses,
whether from my mail-order lens dealer or from Ciba itself.

Should I bother trying to see my optometrist regarding this issue? If
it matters, my right eye is one that I've had issues from GPC and
blepharitis
(<URL:http://groups.google.com/group/sci.med.vision/msg/780b7a33ef2da19a>)
which I treat with Patanol drops twice a day on days when I don't wear
lenses and daily eye scrubs in the shower with a washcloth on days I
do. With this regimen the worst that happens that the right eyelashes
will every four or five weeks once or twice stick together a wee bit
in the far corner (as opposed to the massive crusting I've described
in the previous postings with different lenses and
pre-regimen). However, from the letter it didn't seem like I had much
to worry about given the lack of additional symptoms post-lens
removal. I have my yearly exam coming up in early February.