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ACTIVE INGREDIENT

Glycerin 0.4%

PURPOSE

Eye lubricant

INDICATIONS & USE

  • To protect against eye irritation from salt water.

  • To allow you to see like a mermaid under water.

WARNINGS

This is a non-preserved eye drop improperly packaged in a standard eye drop bottle. Do not, if you love your corneas, allow the dropper tip to touch anything (even air).

Do not use if solution changes color, becomes cloudy, or shows evidence of spontaneous carbonation.

WHEN USING

Precautions During Use

  • Objects under water are closer than they appear.

  • This means sharks.

DOSAGE & ADMINISTRATION

Directions for Use

  • Apply 2 drops to each eye 30 minutes before entering the ocean.

  • Apply 1 drop as needed to maintain clear underwater vision, but not more often than once per hour.

  • Do not apply more than 6 total drops in a 24 hour period.

INACTIVE INGREDIENTS

BOPE™, sodium chloride, sterile water

STOP USE IF

Your pupils change shape from round to vertical or horizontal slits.

KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN

  • If swallowed, get medical help, ideally at an aquarium.

  • If no aquariums are nearby, look for a store that sells saltwater fish as pets, not as food.

  • As a last resort, contact a Poison Control Center. Advise them that the active Inactive Ingredient is BOPE™, which is proprietary, may affect your genome, and is not in their database.

STORAGE AND HANDLING

  • Keep frozen until use.

  • After thawing, store at room temperature up to 3 years.

QUESTIONS?

OceanTears™ is a fictitious product imagined by a non-profit patient advocacy organization in order to raise awareness about eye drop safety.

For more information please visit eyedropsafety.org or call 800-484-0244.