More than 2 dozen products could cause eye infections or blindness, after bacterial contamination and unsanitary conditions were found at a manufacturing facility, the agency said.
Please confirm that you would like to log out of Medscape. If you log out, you will be required to enter your username and password the next time you visit.People who use eye drops once again need to check whether their drops are on a newly issued recall list from the FDA.
The affected brands are carried by major retailers like CVS, Target, Amazon, and Walmart. They include CVS Health, Leader , Rugby , Rite Aid, Target up & up, and Velocity Pharma. The FDA has not received any reports of infections or blindness linked to these newly recalled 26 products. Other eye drops recalled this year were linked to four deaths, as well as vision loss in 14 people, according to the
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