{"id":1211154,"date":"2023-12-12T17:52:57","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T22:52:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1211154"},"modified":"2023-12-12T17:52:57","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T22:52:57","slug":"every-homeopathic-eye-drop-should-be-pulled-off-the-market-fda-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1211154","title":{"rendered":"Every homeopathic eye drop should be pulled off the market, FDA says"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"rss-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"intro-image intro-left\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/GettyImages-129375242-800x532-1.jpe\" alt=\"Young man applying eye drops.\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\" style=\"font-size:0.8em\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GettyImages-129375242-scaled.jpeg\" class=\"enlarge-link\" data-height=\"1703\" data-width=\"2560\">Enlarge<\/a> (credit: <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"caption-link\" href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/wp\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=1914592&amp;action=edit\">Getty | UniversalImagesGroup<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div><a name=\"page-1\" \/><\/div>\n<p>This year has been marked by many terrifying things, but perhaps the most surprising of the 2023 horrors was \u2026 eye drops.<\/p>\n<p>The seemingly innocuous teeny squeeze bottle made for alarming headlines numerous times during our current revolution around the sun, with <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/health\/2023\/10\/fda-warns-of-infection-risk-from-26-big-brand-eye-drops-stop-using-immediately\/\">lengthy lists of recalls<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/health\/2023\/11\/barefoot-workers-bacteria-found-at-factory-that-made-big-brand-eye-drops\/\">startling factory inspections<\/a>, and ghastly reports of people developing <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/science\/2023\/02\/extremely-drug-resistant-germ-found-in-eye-drops-infects-55-in-12-states-1-dead\/\">near-untreatable bacterial infections<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/science\/2023\/03\/more-people-lose-eyeballs-in-outbreak-linked-to-eye-drops\/\">losing their eyes and vision<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/science\/2023\/03\/two-more-dead-as-patients-report-horrifying-details-of-eye-drop-outbreak\/\">dying<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Recapping this unexpected threat to health, the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday released an advisory titled &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/drugs\/buying-using-medicine-safely\/what-you-should-know-about-eye-drops\">What You Should Know about Eye Drops<\/a>&#8221; in hopes of keeping the dangers of this year from leaking into the next. Among the notable points from the regulator was this stark pronouncement: No one should ever use any homeopathic ophthalmic products, and every single such product should be pulled off the market.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1990624#p3\">Read 6 remaining paragraphs<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1990624&amp;comments=1\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource: Ars Technica &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1990624\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Every homeopathic eye drop should be pulled off the market, FDA says<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enlarge (credit: Getty | UniversalImagesGroup) This year has been marked by many terrifying things, but perhaps the most surprising of the 2023 horrors was \u2026 eye drops. 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