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  • #16
    You can purchase it online from the Ocusoft website. They are the ones that also sell the popular lidscrub product.
    Rebecca Petris
    The Dry Eye Foundation
    dryeyefoundation.org
    800-484-0244

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    • #17
      Using clarymist

      I have been using Clarymist for about 5 days now. I'm not going to say good/bad or works/doesn't work as I don't think any treatment like this is going to be a miracle cure. However it does seem to give a longer term relief than any drops ive been using - which is an achievement considering the very dry (30%) humidity in this office I'm in. I'll will be continuing to use the product.
      I do have some questions for Tony-
      1 - How does the fluid migrate from the outside of eyelid and eye margins to the ocular surface (it is sprayed on a closed eye)?.
      2 - Have there been clinical trials?

      Also started on theralife supplements as recommened by optician - they have made my pee go green.
      Occupation - Optimistologist

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      • #18
        Hi Bruce,

        To answer your questions (in reverse order!) - yes, there have been 3 clinical trials, all of which confirm Clarymists function and effect for evaporative dry eye. The third one has literally only just recently been translated, and I haven't had chance to put up on the Clarymist site, so here are links for all of them:

        Study 1 (pdf)
        Study 2 (doc)
        Study 3 (pdf)

        With regards to how it reaches the eye, here are some pictures from the 3rd study. They added Flourescein to the Clarymist to monitor it's movement:

        Before spraying:



        After spraying on closed eye:



        A few moments/blinks after spraying on closed eye, Flourescein is seen in tear meniscus:



        As you continue blinking, you will draw more in.

        As the amounts needed are amazingly low (detailed in the first study), this is all that it takes to restabilise the lipid layer.

        I'm glad you say that it seems to be working so far - depending on the extent of your dry eye you will get better/worse initial results. As you'll see in the first study, everything points to an actual improvement of the syndrome over time - meaning that if it works for you, over time you will need to use less.

        As an aside I would suggest if you are trying 2 new therapies to just go with one or the other for a while - could save you buying 2 remedies all the time when one was sufficient!!

        Hope this is of some help, let me know if you want any more info.

        Cheers

        Tony

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