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Reviewer: 35-44 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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This medication is ALWAYS the best option for our family when it comes to pink eye. Our insurance covers the expense, thankfully. My eye doctor calls it "Liquid Gold," and it definitely lives up to it's name!
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Reviewer: 25-34 on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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These drops cost me $170 with insurance and do not work at all. 72 hours into the prescription and my eye is only getting worse, the swelling has now doubled in size and pain is radiating up from my eye to my temple. I need to go to the doctor again asap and probably pay another $200 for that visit plus another $150 for different drops. I'm 29, eat extremely healthy and workout regularly, t
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Reviewer: RosieS, 25-34 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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Although most reviews said it cleared the pain and redness of pink eye in 2-3 days, It took me the full week to look passably normal again. the results were slow, but steady, redness went down dramatically after 2 days. the drops helped a bit with pain right away, but caused intense light sensitivity. the drops did nothing for swelling but cleaning out the eye with a cloth soaked in cold water, ic
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Reviewer: Ikku, 45-54 on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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If you are healthy, you just need to take fruit diet along with the medication for 2 days. Avoid meat and other heavy food. For best results, eat Only fruits and drink lots of water along with the medication. Within 2 days your system will be clear and the pinkeye becomes white and the discharge stops.I have tried it today 17 th June and am successful.NB : I'm a naturopathy man I have full be
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Reviewer: Remy123, 45-54 on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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This is a great product. I always have extreme reactions to eye drops. I discovered it's because most have a preservative called benzalkonium chloride. Vigamox does not use this preservative. These drops were wonderful! Vigamox did not burn or irritate my eyes one bit. Thank god. It cleared up the pink eye very quickly. My insurance charged me $35. It was worth it to be able to use something
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