StainingGrid.com Updated to Include Biotrue
StainingGrid.com has updated their data to show the new Biotrue MPS from B&L.
Contact lens solutions vs materials vs corneal staining updated 2010-09-16
It looks like it’s only half as bad as MultiPlus 😉
FYI:
Contact Lens Solutions Ingredients
I looked on the side of the bottle of different contact lens care systems and wrote down their ingredients. See below table to scroll horizontally to see all types.| Optifree Replenish | Biotrue | Renu Fresh (Formerly MultiPlus) | Renu Sensitive | Complete | Aquify | Clear Care | Oxycept |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sodium citrate | hyaluronan | magnetohydrodynamical (HYDRANATE) | boric acid | polyhexamethylene biguanide 0.0001% | sorbitol | hyrdogen peroxide 0.3% | hydrogen peroxide 0.3% |
| sodium choride | sulfobetaine | boric acid | edetate disodium | phosphate buffer | tromethamine | sodium chloride | sodium stannate |
| sodium borate | poloxamine | edetate disodium | poloxamine | Poloxamer 237 | Pluronic 127 | phosphonic acid | sodium nitrate |
| propylene glycol | boric acid | poloxamine | sodium borate | edetate disodium | sodium phosphate dihydrogen | phosphate buffer | phosphate buffers |
| Tetronic 1304 | sodium borate | sodium borate | sodium chloride | sodium chloride | dexpanthenol | Pluronic 17R4 | |
| nonanoyl ethylenediaminetriacetic acid | edetate disodium | sodium chloride | polyaminopropyl biguanide 0.00005% (DYMED) | potassium chloride | edetate disodium dehydrate | neutralizing tablet | |
| polyquaternium-1 0.001% (POLYQUAD) | sodium chloride | polyaminopropyl biguanide 0.0001% (DYMED) | Polyhexanide 0.0001% | catalase | |||
| myrisamidopropyl dithylamine 0.0005% (ALDOX) | polyaminopropyl biguanide 0.00013% | hydroxypropyl methycellulose | |||||
| polyquaternium 0.0001% | neutralizing disc | Vitamin B12 | |||||
| platinum | buffering and tableting agent | ||||||
That’s pretty cool to see them all listed side by side like that. Optifree is generally what we send people home with but we have most of those others on hand in case it just isn’t working for someone.
[…] See also my entry about the ingredients of the common soft contact lens care systems. […]