Celluvisc is used by a lot of people as a thick dry eye drop (best suited to overnight use as it will blur your vision). As such, it's fine - preferences for these things vary, and this is as good as or better than other gel drops. However, for those who need better overnight protection, you may want to consider an actual gel (and I do mean gel, as opposed to ointment, if possible).
FIRST, please read this obligatory mini-lecture on "Off-Label" use of products: Manufacturers sell pharmaceutical products for specific uses and by law their label information specifies those uses only. People use products sometimes for additional purposes, and doctors also often recommend products for purposes beyond the scope of their labeled purposes. Manufacturers, however, cannot advertise their products for these "off-label" purposes, for obvious reasons!
I sometimes exercise my free speech rights in this shop to identify and explain common off-label uses if I think they are important uses for patients to be aware of because they could be helpful to them. Nevertheless I'm depending on you, the intelligent, rational reader, to understand what "off-label" is and discuss any ophthalmic pharmaceutical product use with your doctor. Incidentally, there's a whole 'nuther backstory to why no dry eye drops say, on the label, that they're okay to use with contacts, relating to the fact that lubricants are regulated as drugs, while contact lens wetting drops are technically considered medical devices. But I've bored you enough - back to our regularly scheduled programming now!
WHAT and WHY: For a great many years now, Refresh Celluvisc has been popular amongst PROSE and scleral lens users as a supplement to the preservative free saline they fill their devices/lenses with. I remember this personally from more than 10 years ago when some PROSE users who had chronic problems with mucous buildup inside their lenses were starting to use it. Today, one of the most frequent questions I see coming up in the Facebook groups is troubleshooting lens fogging, and many others are responding that they address this with Celluvisc.
PLEASE NOTE that both mucous and fogging can be due to a number of causes, from lens fit to your cleaning and disinfection regimen, or they may be specific to eye diseases you have. So it is very, very important that you fully brief your doctor on any such things going on so they can help you resolve it. Here, I'm just pointing out what so many people already know, that Celluvisc for some users seems to successfully address these issues.
HOW TO USE IT: I suspect it's different for every user. Some people put a drop of Celluvisc in the bowl of their lens and top it up with saline, some do the opposite. Some use nothing but Celluvisc. Some do half and half. Consult your doctor first and foremost, and if they OK it, experiment.
HOW IT WORKS: I have no idea. Obviously it raises the pH and increases the viscosity, but I can't explain the actual mechanics. It's simply one of those things that just works.
Our thickest gel formula provides extra-strength moisturizing relief and protection in a preservative-free gel-like formula for sensitive, dry eyes day or night. REFRESH® CELLUVISC® is a preservative-free artificial tear that comes in sterile, single-use vials.
Safe to use as often as needed. Remove contact lenses prior to use.
Stop use and ask a doctor if you experience eye pain, changes in vision, continued redness or irritation of the eye, or if the condition worsens or persists for more than 72 hours.
Keep out of reach of children. If swallowed, get medical help or contact a Poison Control Center right away.
To open, TWIST AND PULL TAB TO REMOVE. Instill 1 or 2 drops in the affected eye(s) as needed and discard container.
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Glad I found them.
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Use this product every day with my scleral lenses. Doctor recommended putting 3 drops in each lens before insertion. They eliminate the fogging which I had a problem with before using this product this way.
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This product seems to help me when I use it overnight, compared to no drops at night. My dry eye disease is relatively mild compared to some, so take that into consideration. My tip for this product is that each "single-serving container" has four drops in it, and I get two uses out of each one, so a box of 30 lasts me for two months. How I keep it safe for the second day: I have a small, narrow, liqueur glass, that I keep upside down on top of a kleenex inside my medicine cabinet. After I've used the first two drops, I tilt the liqueur glass and stand the drop container on its non-open side, and then carefully lower the glass so the container stays standing up with the open end upwards, inside the glass.
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Thanks for sharing!
I think I need to post an obligatory caution here though - we do not recommend keeping single use vials open for more than a day at a time. Here's a practical article on the topic in case it's helpful:
https://www.dryeyezone.com/drbs-blog/recapping-single-use-eye-drop-vials
Great to use with Scleral lens while wearing them during day, I use one drop on each lens along with solution … lens feels more comfortable, helps prevent fogging as well!
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Helps with inserting to keep bubbles from developing.
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