Homebrew saline for Contact Lenses

[Shawn C. Baker]

In article <388iqa$kka at cerberus-138.wustl.edu>
riesenbe at medicine (Brad Riesenberger) writes:

>    On a related topic, many of us use a peroxide sterilization method;
>    the stuff seems to be oddly expensive. What's wrong with using
>    plain old 3% USP peroxide available at any grocery/pharmacy
>    for 50 cents a bottle?
> 
>    I've wondered this for a long time but never tried it.
> 
>    Thanks and regards.
>    Brad Riesenberger   riesenbe at medicine.wustl.edu
> 

I have been using "drugstore" peroxide for several years now for
sterilizing my contacts and have not noticed any adverse effects. (Of
course, my vision is horrendous;i.e., roughly 20/1000.  Would I really
be able to notice any adverse effects?)  The only difference seems to
be that the  peroxide sterilization solution is in a buffered saline
solution.


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