Acuvue Advance with hydraclear (galyfilcon A) wear life

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Meagan - 06 Jun 2005 21:07 GMT

After struggling with gas perms for years, I am currently using these soft 2
week disposable lenses and find them to be work very well for me. As soon as
my doctor gets the ones that have astigmatism correction, I am going to try
those because these only correct the hyperopia. My doctor told me that with
the hydrogen peroxide cleaning system, I can probably get them to last about
a month instead of just 2 weeks using just the No Rub solutions. I have been
using the current pair of lenses for about 35 days and they still feel fine
and vision with them is no different than when they were new. So, my
question is, should I still ditch them for a new pair after a specific
number of days even if they are still working well? I do not want to ruin my
eyes but it is hard to just toss them (I think I am stuck in the gas perm
mentality of not throwing "good" lenses away). Thanks for opinions.

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Dr. Leukoma - 06 Jun 2005 21:18 GMT

The Acuvue Advance Toric lenses are not yet available in plus
(hyperopic) prescription.

Acuvue Advance is marketed as a two-week disposable lens. How many
people dispose of their two week lenses after two weeks is anybody's
guess. Personally, I don't keep track of the date I put my lenses in,
and only change them when I think about it, i.e. when either the
comfort or vision seems to have degraded. I get my lenses "free."

I am back to wearing Purevision at the moment, having tried Acuvue
Advance, Focus N&D, and O2Optix. Those are all of the
silicone-hydrogel lenses currently available in the U.S.

DrG

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LarryDoc - 07 Jun 2005 00:55 GMT

> The Acuvue Advance Toric lenses are not yet available in plus
> (hyperopic) prescription.
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> DrG

Ah, another "let me the judge of that!" kind of guy.

I, too have tried them all (although not the O2Optix in my Rx as CIBA
doesn't seem to think hyperopes matter.) I back to wearing Tangent
Streak aspheric multifocals, mostly because I crave the vision quality
and put up with the variable comfort.

Having tried all the si-hydros (thus far!), I feel the N&D has the best
overall optics with the best aspheric optics (for my non-corrected ATR
because they don't care about astigmats, either). Purevision is very
close second, Optix a little less (but not a very valid test) and
Advance a distant runner-up.

I can't wait for the Purevision Multifocal. That should be a dynamite
lens! Think I'm asking too much for a toric multifocal si-hydro?

What I can't understand is all the trade "journals" are touting the nice
growth of si-hydros which is pretty amazing considering the poor
marketing, lack of inventory, limited parameters that exisits today. If
si-hydros are so important, why aren't the manufacturers bending over
backwards to have them ready for the masses? I've got over 40 patients
waiting for lens parameters not available----and I'm a puny little
practice.

--LB, O.D.

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Dr. Leukoma - 07 Jun 2005 01:14 GMT

Oh, I hope I don't come off that way. It's just that I wear contact
lenses, and I always try the "latest and greatest" myself. You and I
have the benefit of trying these products out on large numbers of
patients, and can derive some sense of how well they work, or don't
work as a result.

When Purevision was pulled off the market, I had no choice but to
switch to Focus N&D, and I did so successfully....to the point really
of having concluded that there really was no difference. In the
meantime, I also flirted with Acuvue Advance, and then with O2Optix.
Well, I'm back in Purevision for the moment. I doubt that Ciba would
ever hire me.

DrG

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Charles - 07 Jun 2005 01:41 GMT

> I can't wait for the Purevision Multifocal. That should be a dynamite
> lens!

Soon I hope? Know anything about them? Any info on when?

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