Online contacts

Why can't I buy contacts without an eye doc being in the loop? I find
this annoying. I have a fresh eyeglass prescription, and some contacts
I like in my old prescription. Now I need to pay someone to say it's
okay to get the contacts in the right Rx. Looks to me like the eye
docs must have lobbied congress to for this little perk...

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You also like the valium you had once, you can buy that online now
without a script. Who needs a stupid doctor anyway?

Dumb bastards, just ripping the public off.\

\dr grant

CatmanX wrote:

> You also like the valium you had once, you can buy that online now
> without a script. Who needs a stupid doctor anyway?
>
> Dumb bastards, just ripping the public off.\
>
> \dr grant

In what way is it even close to being the same thing?

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if your pescription expired, youll need to get another eye exam and a
new pescription. contacts are medical device class II so their sale is
regulated to a pescription. Glasses are in class I so its easy to get
them without a pescription as they arent controlled really.

This is far from being a perk...yhis is protection for the industry and
the consumer. Its the moron who continuously re-orders his contacts
without an eye health examination that gets the corneal ulcers and
erosions. The contact lens industry doesn't need a lot of sick eyes
running around out there any more than the doctor does.
Charles wrote:
> Why can't I buy contacts without an eye doc being in the loop? I find
> this annoying. I have a fresh eyeglass prescription, and some contacts
> I like in my old prescription. Now I need to pay someone to say it's
> okay to get the contacts in the right Rx. Looks to me like the eye
> docs must have lobbied congress to for this little perk...
>
> --

I'm just guessing, but do you buy a six pack of underwear and wear each
pair until they're gross? Thats what consumers often do with
contacts. Do you buy disposable razors and keep using the same one
until you have bled too many times? That's what overwear looks like in
contacts.

What sort of dumbass are you?

How is a prescription for contacts any different from a prescription
for Valium or Lithium? Would your doctor send you a script for drugs
without seeing you first?

Contact lenses are classified as a therapeutic agent by your FDA. They
are a prescription item, and the optometrist is liable for them. Online
providers are compelled to have a current script to dispense lenses.

Now where is that different from your valium and Lithium?

dr grant

Those two optometrists said it well. If you are too lazy to get an
updated contact pescription, stick to your glasses! The worst that can
happen is you wont see as well as you should due to outdated glasses,
but it wont damage your eyes like contacts

In article <(E-Mail Removed). com>,
"CatmanX" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> What sort of dumbass are you?


Someone who at least knows how to quote so we know who is being referred
to.


> How is a prescription for contacts any different from a prescription
> for Valium or Lithium? Would your doctor send you a script for drugs
> without seeing you first?


All the time. I put in an order yesterday on the web site. I expect
that my doctor will approve it and forward the prescription to the
pharmacy, which will then mail me my drugs. I believe that with some
exception, Valium is specifically excluded from this process.


> Contact lenses are classified as a therapeutic agent by your FDA. They
> are a prescription item, and the optometrist is liable for them. Online
> providers are compelled to have a current script to dispense lenses.
>
> Now where is that different from your valium and Lithium?


I still don't think prescriptions make a lot of sense, but then, many
things don't. I can buy all the reading glasses I want without a
prescription, but not minus lenses.

I worked with a woman for a long time who's father owned a pharmacy, and
she worked there when young. Perhaps Oz is more sensible, but despite
the fact that the normal dose of aspirin for an adult is 650mg, those
pills require a prescription. You can buy a bottle of a zillion 325mg
aspirin, and take two, which the label says is the normal dose, without
a prescription. Same thing with Motrin. I had some shoulder pain a
few years back. The doctor wrote a prescription for 600mg Motrin. I
asked him what the difference was between that and the OTC stuff. He
said that the prescription was covered under my drug plan and would cost
US$1.00 for a big bottle, and the OTC 200mg tablets would cost a lot of
money for a little bottle. The drug itself was the same. He asked if
I'd rather buy OTC, and I replied that, no, I was just curious. [note -
my information is quite old]

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Dan Abel
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Petaluma, California, USA

CatmanX wrote:

> What sort of dumbass are you?
>
> How is a prescription for contacts any different from a prescription
> for Valium or Lithium? Would your doctor send you a script for drugs
> without seeing you first?
>
> Contact lenses are classified as a therapeutic agent by your FDA. They
> are a prescription item, and the optometrist is liable for them.
> Online providers are compelled to have a current script to dispense
> lenses.
>
> Now where is that different from your valium and Lithium?
>
> dr grant

Do you think it's good advertising for your practice being such an ass
on a public forum?

I don't think contact lenses are even in the same ballpark as addicitve
and/or potentially fatal chemicals. What do you think my OD will do if
I go in there and pay him $100 do provide a contact lens Rx? He'll
hand me some off the shelf and tell me to come back and tell me how
they worked out. If I say they worked, he'll sell me a supply at a
premium price. If they don't work out, he'll try a different brand
until I say it's okay.

As far as I can tell, the entire prescription process boils down to the
subjective impressions of the patient.

Do you think you are protecting me from myself somehow by prohibiting
me from buying my own contacts? If so, how? Besides, what do you care
if I walk around with the wrong contacts anyway?

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