Re:1 day acuvue
From: John


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Is it possible to disinfect and re-use 1 day acuvue? Surely this is as safe as standard acuvue

Re: Re-Using 1 day acuvue

From: Contactlenses.co.uk

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Hi John,

Clinical studies have shown that wearing new, sterile lenses every day is the healthiest way to wear contact lenses.

In addition you never have to clean, disinfect, or enzyme your lenses -- so you'll avoid the expense and hassle of using multiple lens care products.

I would recommend using the lenses as they were intended to be used.

Regards Contactlenses.co.uk

Post Script:

An appellate panel last week (7th Jan 1999) ruled that a consumer fraud lawsuit against New Jersey-based Johnson & Johnson can proceed as a class action, reports the Bergen Record. The lawsuit alleges that J&J charges five times as much for its Acuvue lenses as for 1-Day Acuvue, even though the products are "interchangeable."

Last week's ruling upheld a previous ruling that class- action status be granted; J&J had appealed. Now millions of people who purchased lenses since 1993 can join together in a single lawsuit against the company, says the newspaper account. The plaintiff's attorneys claim losses of over $1 billion, says the paper's report, because Acuvue wearers could have purchased the less expensive 1-Day, or 1-Day users could have worn their lenses for weeks.

J&J emphasized that although the lenses are of the same material, they are not interchangeable -- having different base curves, diameters, and power ranges. The company feels the suit is without merit, says the report.

In 1994, Bausch & Lomb faced a similar suit. B&L settled for $68 million, and later paid an additional $1.7 million to settle investigations by 17 state Attorneys General.