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Reviewer: 65-74 on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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The Optometrist used this med while examining my eyes. - It caused a very unsettling feeling of interior head/eye pressure for about 15 hrs. later before the sensation stopped. My vision seems to have been negatively affected permanently. (Do not allow your eye Dr. to use this med in your eyes under any circumstances.) - Is it a flawed med being allowed to be used by big Pharma and our broken FDA
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Reviewer: Teals, 45-54 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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It burned my eyes. The side effect were supposed to wear off after 4 to 6 hours. That was Friday. As I write this, it is the following Monday and just about 72 hours after the drops were administered. My eyes are still burning and my vision is blurry. I was just getting a routine eye exam. The doctor used Altafluor because the machine that blows the eye to check for cataracts wasn't working pr
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Reviewer: 75 or over Male on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Caregiver)
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Ophthalmic drop burns most of my patients
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