Bifocal Soft Contacts

 

People above 40 often start losing their near vision.  Bifocal soft contacts have been available for over 20 years, but new designs have made fitting patients easier. The idea is to give both far and near vision.  Acuvue Oasys and Bausch and Lomb PureVision are two of these.  Cooper Vision came out with Biofinity, which seems to give both far and near vision.  

These lenses can accomodate 80% of your vision needs, but usually need to be supplemented with occasional use of reading glasses.

Some of these contact lens manufacturers offer rebates that aren't available through websites or other third party distributors, so give our office a call to learn more. 

Spring Allergies

It is allergy season, and many patients are suffering with red and itchy eyes. Medications to help these symptoms include steroids, anti-histamines, and histamine blockers. Zaditor (Ketotifin) is a histamine blocker that is now over-the-counter. It is taken twice per day and symptoms may improve in a few hours. 

There are other medications for allergy sufferers available by prescription including steroids, anti-histamines and mast cell inhibitory drugs. You can get prescriptions for these drugs with a short office visit at LVC.

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