Posted on 02/01/2023 7:13:22 AM PST by Red Badger
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is recommending that consumers and health care providers immediately stop using EzriCare Artificial Tears as it investigates a "multistate cluster" of infections that testing has linked to the eye drops. At least one death has been associated with the infections.
Infections have been found in 50 patients in 11 states, the CDC said, adding that most of them had used artificial tears and that the mostly commonly used brand was Ezricare.
Results in some patients included "permanent vision loss resulting from ocular infection, hospitalization and [the] death of one patient with bloodstream infection," the CDC said, noting that the bacterial infections are often resistant to antibiotics.
Ezricare Artificial Tears bottles
EZRICARE-INFO.COM
The CDC said it "recommends that clinicians and patients immediately discontinue the use of EzriCare Artificial Tears" until its probe and lab tests are complete. The agency is working with state and local health departments on the issue.
Ezricare said it hasn't received any consumer complaints or reports of adverse reactions related to the investigation or any word from any regulatory agencies about the probe, and it hasn't been asked to conduct a recall.
Still, the company said that "in an abundance of caution," it strongly emphasized that customers stop using "any portions of EzriCare Artificial Tears Lubricant Eye Drops you may have until we can discover more details about any potential safety concerns."
Ezricare noted that EzriCare Artificial Tears "was formulated, designed and imported by" Aru Pharma Inc and manufactured by Global Pharma Healthcare PVT LTD.
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The news gives me enough to cry about.
I typically buy whatever is available wherever I happen to be. I use Systane, Refresh, and Equate a lot. My doc recommended Systane Ultra, but I didn’t notice much difference. Even the cheapest drops work for me.
How about a warning to STOP GETTING THOSE FAKE VACCINES and BOOSTERS?
I’m in medical device packaging and we have to sample as I described.
Look at my username.
If it was a mRNA eyedrop there would be no problem especially if the manufacture tacked the word vaccine on it.
(From the article): The CDC recommends that "consumers and health care providers immediately stop using EzriCare Artificial Tears
as it investigates a "multistate cluster" of infections that testing has linked to the eye drops.
At least one death has been associated with the infections.
Infections have been found in 50 patients in 11 states, the CDC said, adding that most of them had used artificial tears
and that the mostly commonly used brand was Ezricare.
Results in some patients included "permanent vision loss resulting from ocular infection,
hospitalization and [the] death of one patient with bloodstream infection,"..."
Eye drops -> emergency alert
Vaccines, boosters and the VAERS database -> {crickets}
I guess bribes from eye drop makers aren't as big as those from Big Pharma.
CDC recommends immediate stop to using EzriCare Artificial Tears due to a cluster of infections and at least one death...
Eye drops -> emergency alert
Vaccines, boosters and the VAERS database -> {crickets}
Yep....I’d like to ask the CDC/FRAUDci/FRoctor$hot$hills just how many deaths are acceptable, to them, with the horrid china virus $hots....why is one death sufficient for flipping eye drops????
Omgoodness. I rely on artificial tears. But only use Systane.
This is terrible.
Thanks for the ping.
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