The CDC is putting out an urgent warning about contaminated eyedrops after three people have died and others suffered extensive vision loss linked to EzriCare Artificial Tears eyedrops. NBC’s Erika Edwards reports.
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#Eyedrops #Vision #EzriCare
This sounds like something the “penguin would do in a Batman movie”😂
Joker did that in the first one with makeup, not eye drops
Did the store take it of the shelves
Okay so where are these drops distributed to.?????
Probably all of North America if not worldwide.
@Robert Jarecki What name would they fall under then do they have all different names
This is completely nuts I have a fungal infection in my mouth I believe I got it from the dentist office. The CDC said that is going around it’s pretty much on the western side I saw the map it’s not only the western
Eyes removed 😮
😡😡😡😡😥😥😥😥😥
Jesus
Eye drop gain of function research
Yeah um that new meat market connection is weakening day by day
Just put honey on your eyes.
Inexcusable.
What!!
So who’s going to jail for this?
Artificial tears 😭😿. U 🤍 people’s always urged about artificials i don’t why
U 🤍 people’s have genuine nature then why need artificial
Some of us don’t produce tears.
So we need the artificial ones to keep our eyes moist and prevent secondary conditions.
Without artificial tears it’s sometimes hard for me to even blink properly because everything is dry💔
@Darling Darkowaah correct darling but the daring thing is we don’t realise the truth
Well I am never going to use eye drops after this. Some people had to have their eyes removed 😱😱
I make sure to check where it is manufactured. India Ganges River eye drops no thanks.
Good Lord! How horrible!
Are other eye drops safe??
Someone said it’s better to use the ones with preservatives in them unless told otherwise by a doctor
As someone who is dependent on artificial tears, I’m glad this popped up in my recommendations.
@Master Blaster bet
There were antibiotic eye drops recalled, last week 😫
Let me ask you this: Have you tried Restasis? Or even Xiidra? They have been an absolute lifesaver for me. No more artificial tears, no more blurry vision, no more watering eyes (people don’t understand unless they’ve lived it), and my contacts feel normal again.
I produce tears!
I had vision correction (PRK) in 2005 (it lasted 11 years), but my eyes have been horribly dry since. The Restasis is great, and the regular/original one has a generic, and you can get 3 doses out of the one dose vial, because the little twist off will go back on the tip like a lid. 😉
@TinaRN Hi♥️♥️
I’ve tried Restasis, gave me a sensation of something being in my eyes, very gritty.
Currently I’m on Systear and I occasionally take Vitamin A supplements 25,000.
@TinaRN These ones were OTC. Restasis is rx only.
@XerxesGammon yes, and It’s definitely worth asking for a prescription. Most insurances cover them with a prior authorization from the doctor. ♥️
Now do the 💉💉
This happened a while back. Dont really know why its being reported on now. It really boils down to these dumb indian guys who decided to put preservative free formulation in a regular eye drop dispenser….preservative free eye drops go in a special type of bottle that prevents bacteria or dispensed fluid from entering the enclosure once it leaves the tip. Those bottles are quite abit more expensive. These guys tried to make a quick buck. Should be sued into non-existance but they have many shell companies so nothing will happen to them. Stay away from anything eye related made in india or china. Their quality control is basically ZERO.
Corporate: Profit always first, human life 2th and employees 3th
That’s scary! I’m gonna be leary of eye drops forever more. When I worked pediatric home health w kids w brain injuries, some of them couldn’t make tears so every 1-2 hrs we had to apply eye drops through the day and gel drops for nighttime so it’s scary to think of not only all the healthy ppl who use them but the vulnerable children who have to have them! How did this happen?!
Father heal and restore all vision lost in Jesus Christ name Amen.
Their eyes have already been removed…. Jesus won’t do anything
@WhatIsThis what a terrible thing to say.. regardless of what you feel about religion..
@Lindsay Nash its facts though, her saying “heal and restore all vision lost” is basically being delusional. There is no restoring permanent loss of vision, thats why its called ‘Permanent’. No matter how sad you feel about it, its just reality check. This isn’t a fantasy world, this is real life
This is like a horror story. Those poor people having this happen
Lots of eye drops recalled, this year! Many prescription drops from India had bacteria in them.
Wouldn’t be surprised India has bad hygienic conditions. Most antibiotics bacteria come from there too.
@Aphro♡Dite yes, you are right. In fact, they make a lot of our generic medications. It’s funny how the FDA approves all these things, and slack on their random quality checks.
My mom, a friend, and I were all on Bactrim, in January 2000, same pharmacy, same week. Each of us had some type of reaction that’s hard to explain. All three of us became hostile and enraged, with no explanation and little to no memory of it. That was NOT our usual nature, and it was scary to us and our family.
Instead of just calling the pharmacy and the FDA, I emailed Anant Pharmaceuticals in India. Within hours, they began calling. They left several messages, but I didn’t return the calls, because the representative’s English was horrible! Their voice had urgency, though. There was never a recall, but I highly suspect those pills were tainted.
Wow, the CDC is all over this, but say something about covid19 and it’s just silent.
Eyes… removed…
Two words that don’t get along.
U$ healthcare, best for-profit medical system on the planet. Now people need cornea transplants, cha-Ching $$$
So just this brand
Very scary just heard ab it on the radio
I swear ,I get this feeling ,it’s like America is under attack.
No surprise
I don’t understand how everyone doesn’t see what you see
Yes, blinding us one by one!!
Seems like something that was deliberately done. Probably not by the company themselves but probably by an individual with something against the company.
Nothing on the vaccines though, huh?
I’m going to start making viruises in my basement for fun just like the govorment
As long as govorment price is use the eye drops I don’t care
Wow how they do this and not know
Probably made in China 🇨🇳.
OMG!!! How tragic smh
As usual, high on hype, low on helpful information. What’s the causative organism? Surely, you could pay someone who could pronounce it! “Associated with healthcare” but no mention of how? Eye surgery? Eye exams? Were these professional samples?
It would be a great time to have faith in honest health related reporting, but that ship has sailed 😢
Literally how is that even possible to mess eyedrops up that bad to the point it kills people. Americans being peak American
Oh man I just used these thidjcjdk kchd jx b jb jfiens
Funny. EzriCare states they are in New Jersey yet EzriCare and parent company Global Pharma Healthcare is in INDIA. How exactly did an antibiotic resistant strain of deadly bacteria get into the eye drops in the first place?🤬🤬🤬
What lab it came from??
Wow. If you believe that mistakes are as bad as their consequences, this one’s pretty bad.
Thank you for the warning. It would be helpful to know if these are prescription or OTC meds.
3 months later we get a news warning?
😢🙏
Wtf
Sue!!!!
SUE. SUE. SUE.
Wth
WHAT!!!! Died from using eye drops?!!!! Omg… I can’t even imagine what the families must be feeling
Life already gives me real tears so I’m good
This is why I just use Ben Stein drops!
Nofap saves eyeballs
Sounds like an attack. What is the FDA doing
All made in India.
Imagine dying from eyedrops.
RIP to the guy who was just trying to clear his eyes up before work 💨💨💨
Was the product made in China?
Please try to buy USA if T all possible
Nah it came from the Ganges River in India.
I shed a tear for thoes affected 😢
And this company will get hit with a fine and then act like it never happened. Just the cost of business.
Decompression Chamber!
All India made pharmaceuticals should be banned. That country is filthy.
Well done FDA…
Can you imagine having to have your ” eyes removed ” from using artificial tears. My God , my heart goes out to those people .
I used to use drops like this then life made me cry more. Thx life. Just got a notification that there were wood chips in my chicken nuggets. Thanks America
Do not buy preservative free drops!
I hope they mercilessly prosecute every single person at the company that made this, from the C-suite all the way down to the workers on the factory floor.
So the CDC takes accountability for eyedrops but nothing else huh?
Wdym? CDC didn’t make these eyedrops. What they probably did was help link up the cases around the US and identify the common cause, the bad eyedrops.
Did a worker pee in the bottles. How this happen?
Fake… CDC wants you afraid of bacteria
Now you can’t even take eye drops what next
Earlier this year
2022
Half the comments are just fake af
“The EzriCare Artificial Tears product is manufactured in India by Global Pharma Healthcare PVT Limited and imported into the United States by Aru Pharma Inc. EzriCare, LLC’s only role in introducing the product to the market was to design an exterior label and to market it to our customers.” As soon as they mentioned antibiotic resistance I figured they had to have come from India. Between this and deaths from Indian products in Uzbekistan and Gambia, it would probably be in the best interest of consumers to highly regulate and/or ban the importation of OTC and prescription drugs originating there.
Was it made in China?
Hygiene storage in America little half last six yah..
Give people real advice who could be using this product…. something along the lines of don’t trash it if you have the bad batch, keep it for your records and evidence and probably start looking for a receipt or bank statement…
Every victim deserves at least $5 million dollars ❗ This stupid company ruined lives
As a person that always put eyes drops before smokeing the zaza now I’m scared on putting eyes drops
Just dont put it on red eyes are good, if theres people around just dont smoke until you’re alone
Artificial tears? At first i thought this is what the actors are using if they need to produce tears in a scene
Omg, I been using them. Purchase via amazon for over a year. 😮😲
Sue these dumbasses
Possibly the wrong test of equipment got mislabeled with the wrong name brand 🤷🏽♂️ my condolences to the one’s who lost their lives to this incident. Their employees company should be more careful.
Yikes! This is terrifying
The FDA is asleep at the wheel. This product is manufactured in India and given the recent history of multiple drug recalls for products manufactured in India, why does the FDA continue to allow importation of drugs from India and putting American lives at risk?
A friend that works in the pharmaceutical industry has told me of the shoddy manufacturing and quality control practices in India but obviously the FDA doesn’t care.
We should not be getting any food or medications from there. They dont have much quality control principals.
If CDC put out an urgent warning in January, why are they reporting it now?
How did this happen? Is no one accountable?
I wouldn’t say this is pretty scary , I would say this is horrific and extremely scary.
4 had to have eyes removed completely? Like dude wtf
Welp, it was already my biggest phobia, that someone would put super glue in my visine. I only ever get the sealed, single shots of it, now. And now I’m never getting it, again.
Who could have seen this coming? (Pun intended).
😱
Im pretty sure you wouldn’t be able to watch anything if your eyes are gone
It was Gina fault Trump 2024
Shut down the company?
Wtf?!!