saline solution

[sarah.w]

My mum has just come back from hunting for saline but she couldnt find it anywhere which is a bit worrying as i'm on my last bottle! Im going into college tomorrow so i'll have a search in my local town. I may have sourced some on the internet for £1.75 a bottle but im waiting for a reply from the company. I'll let you know if i have any luck!
I think maybe moorfields should be told to see if they can find out about this shortage?
i'll try to contact them tomorrow.

[Louise Pembroke]

You're a star Sarah [and your mum], let us know how it goes tommorow

[GarethB]

Post optice; http://www.postoptics.co.uk have always deliverd by the next day if I get an order in forst thing for no extra cost.

Oxysept saline 360ml from £2.65 (74p per 100ml)

Bauch & lomb Sensitive eyes 500ml £3.15 (63p per 100ml)

AMO Purite large 360 ml £2.71 (75p per 100ml)

AMO Purite small 120 ml £1.95 (163p per 100ml)

All available for dispatch within 24 hours, delivery is about £4, buy in bulk, the Bauch & lomb works out as the best deal when they are compared evenly.


Arghhhhhh, I am still in work mose and just normalised the prices for easy comparison

Will go away and pull the hood of my anorak on a bit further!!!!


Regards

Gareth

[Louise Pembroke]

Gareth, under that hood please place y-fronts on head, pencils up nose, you know the rest, x 50 please!

[sarah.w]

well my mum had another hunt around for me today and mangaed to buy the last 5 ciba vision saline's-hooray! I have found a website on the internet which does saline for £1.75 a bottle and p&p is £3 regardless of the order size. -
http://www.visiondirect.co.uk
I think im going to stock up with plenty of saline as i dont know how long asda will take to sort out these problems.
I hope this helps x

[Louise Pembroke]

Thanks Sarah

[sarah.w]

one last question before i order these salines. Does it matter if the saline isnt preservative free? i phoned vison direct and they said it had 1 preservative in it, but the guy said its saline to clense and rinse for all types of contact lenses. i guess it just depends on whether im sensitive to a particualr preservative as they are used to kill bacteria. i'll give it a try anyway!

[Louise Pembroke]

Most of the salines I've used are preservative free, but that doesn't mean it will neccessarily cause you a problem. If you have ever reacted to solutions before or to preservatives in solutions I'd be cautious. If you havn't ever experienced a reaction before then I'd give it a go, but just stop immediately if there were any hint of difficulty.
I use Opticrom in the spring for hayfever and that has preservatives, never caused me a problem and many years ago I did react to preservatives in solutions.
Give a go Sarah and let us know how you get on.

[GarethB]

Preservatives usually stop bugs growing in the saline. The preservative free ones are usually sterile until opend and should be used within a week of opening.

I react to the preservatives, so use the preservative free and keep it in the fridge once opend to stop bugs growing. Even though the solution many of us store our lenses in chemically sterilises our lenses.

The only way is to try it and see, I only use the saline from Bauch and Lomb, because it is the only one I do not react too.

[Louise Pembroke]

I didn't realise the preservative free had to be kept in the fridge, I've never done so, opps...