Mermaid Tears™:
The only FDA-listed eye drop for underwater vision.
See clearly underwater without goggles or contacts.
Protect your eyes from salt water irritation.
Wait… What?
Is Mermaid Tears™ for real?
The FDA appears to think so.
Mermaid Tears™ is officially registered with the FDA.
It’s in the NIH drug database, searchable on DailyMed - since May 2023.
Here are the drug label details that apparently passed muster with the FDA.
Why we made Mermaid Tears™ :
OTC eye drop safety is a problem.
Last year:
We discovered 3 unapproved biologic eye drops sold in unsafe bottles.
One stopped after FDA action. The other two are still successfully masquerading as OTC eye drops, just like Mermaid Tears™.
So far this year:
The CDC has linked a generic OTC eye drop sold on Amazon to 4 deaths and 18 cases of vision loss.
The FDA has issued 18 public warnings about 78 OTC eye drops, including Recall Notices and Warning Letters.
Also this year:
We have reported to the FDA >200 OTC eye drops due to potential safety issues.
Some are in unsafe bottles. Most are not registered with the FDA - so no one knows where, let alone how, they are manufactured.
Learn more at eyedropsafety.org
Is anyone in charge?
The FDA’s “honor system” regulation of over-the-counter eye drops is ineffective in the e-commerce age.
More and more companies are VIOLATING, MANIPULATING or just plain IGNORING the FDA’s laws and regulations for OTC drugs.