Dry Eye Remedy Resources - Eye Drops
Advanced Eye Relief, Lotemax, and Alrex
Bausch & Lomb
1 Bausch & Lomb Place
Rochester, NY 14604
585-338-6000
www.bausch.com/en_US/consumer/consumer_home.aspx
Bausch & Lomb offers over-the-counter Advanced Eye Relief artificial tear
products and the low-potency topical steroid drops, Lotemax and Alrex.
Genteal and HypoTears
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
Customer Interaction Center
One Health Plaza
East Hanover, NJ 07936-1080
1-888-NOW-NOVA (1-888-669-6682)
www.us.novartisophthalmics.com/index.jsp
Novartis manufactures two brands of over-the-counter artificial tears, GenTeal and HypoTears. Most of the GenTeal products contain a disappearing preservative to minimize irritation; GenTeal PF is preservative-free.
MiniDrops Eye Therapy
Optics Laboratory Inc.
9480 Telstar Avenue, Suite 3
El Monte, CA 91731
800-968-6788
www.minidrops.com
MiniDrops are preservative-free artificial tears.
Nature’s Tears EyeMist
Nature’s Tears
Bio-Logics Aqua Technologies
PO Box 400
Grants Pass, OR 97528
800-367-6478
www.naturestears.com
Nature’s Tears is a non-allergenic, preservative-free spray moisturizer
for the eyes for those patients who are averse to using eye drops.
Restasis and Refresh
Allergan, Inc.
PO Box 19534
Irvine, CA 92623
714-246-4500
www.allergan.com
Allergan is the maker of prescription-only Restasis and all over-the-counter Refresh artificial tear products.
Soothe Emollient (Lubricant) Eye Drops
Alimera Sciences
6120 Windward Parkway, Suite 290
Alpharetta, GA 30005
678-990-5740
www.alimerasciences.com
Soothe is the first multi-dose lubricant eye drop to feature Restoryl, a unique lipid restorative that works to re-establish the lipid (oily)
layer of tears to last up to 8 hours!
Systane, Tears Naturale, and Bion
Alcon
6201 South Freeway
Fort Worth, TX 76134-2099
www.alconlabs.com
Alcon currently produces Systane, Tears Naturale, and Bion over-the-counter artificial tear products but is focusing primarily
on its newest line, Systane Lubricant Eye Drops, which is longer-lasting.
TheraTears
Advanced Vision Research
660 Main Street
Woburn, MA 01801
800-979-8327
www.theratears.com
TheraTears products contain a patented electrolyte composition that precisely
matches the human tear film.