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Reviewer: Brantab, 35-44 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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I was given this to clear up my pink eye. Seven days later they are much worse. Dr prescribed another antibiotic and in four hours I had relief and my eyes look better. This antibiotic dies not work and more expensive then second antibiotic.
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Reviewer: 25-34 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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I am on my second round of the drops and seems exactly the same as last time. The redness goes away within 24 hours, but by day 4, my eyes are itchy and I'm waking up with crust again. Last time, I took the drops for 5 days, but continued to have crust on my eyelids in the AM for at least another week until finally it seemed to go away on its own. A month later, I mistakenly used contaminated
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Reviewer: jriley2716@yahoo.com, 55-64 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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Eyes burn, red, tired & unhealthy look & feel.
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Reviewer: annalee, 45-54 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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Used two series of this drug with no relief at all.
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Reviewer: 55-64 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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I've been using this stuff for 7 days and my eye is still a mess!! When I wake up it looks a little better, but after working for several hours it looks worse than it did when I started using it.
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