brostrider

brostrider t1_jct6ziy wrote

If you are using eye drops many times a day, it isn't safe to use the kind with preservatives because they will cause a lot of irritation and burning. To my knowledge there is no safe preservative that can go into the eye many times a day. People with chronic dry eye need to use the preservative free drops that are in single use vials.

I have mild dry eye from a medication I took in the past. While on it I needed eye drops 4 or 5 times a day and preservative free was my only option.

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