they were taking certain packages of them off the shelf yesterday at
work (Wal-Mart) because they were sent a memo from Bentonville saying
that some of them have some "ionic problem that could lead to lens
movement and corneal irritation" blah blah blah.  that memo was sent to
the WalMart vision center staff only.  I am a part-time doc there and I
was never sent anything.  i went ahead and trialed a few people in 02
Optix anyway yesterday but i had some lingering doubts.

thats all i know.  yeah, something is up but it doesn't appear to be
affect ALL powers of the lens just some lot numbers.  i believe a
similar screw-up has been the cause of the slow release of their toric
lenses too.  and to think that CIBA had the whole silicone hydrogel
thing to themselves for years and now they've just botched it up good.

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I got a blast from the OEBB list stating that a recall on CIBAVision's
O2 Optix was imminent.  Anyone got the scoop?