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 listed 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.

In 2022:

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™.

In 2023:

The CDC linked a generic OTC eye drop sold on Amazon to 4 deaths and 18 cases of vision loss.

In September, we reported to the FDA >200 OTC eye drops due to potential safety issues.

Some are in unsafe bottles. Most are not listed with the FDA - so no one knows where, let alone how, they are manufactured.

Since 2023:

The FDA has issued Warning Letters to 7 manufacturers and 10 distributors referencing 58 OTC eye drops.

The FDA has issued 6 public warnings about 43 OTC eye drops.

66 OTC eye drops have been recalled.

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.