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It seems Restasis has been banned in Sweden, I used to get it but for some reason it's no longer prescribed here anymore, we now get Ikervis, I guess it's the same in other EU countries.
I was fine with Restasis, didn't burn for me at all pretty much, this new Ikervis burns like hell, makes my eyes really red and they start tearing and feel bad. I don't know if it's because of the increased cyclosporine concentration or because of the cetalkonium chloride.
I'm very suspicious about them adding Cetalkonium chloride, from what I've read it's not there to act as a preservative but to increase drug delivery, from my limited understanding it messes with the cells to let the drugs penetrate better..
They say it's not to act as a preservative, but isn't it very convenient how Cetalkonium chloride increases the shelf life of Ikervis to 3 years instead of 6 months like restasis?! Ikervis also has a higher concentration and I'm supposed to only take it 1x before bed, instead of restasis 2x/day, guess that makes it cheaper for them.
What's so wrong with the completely unpreserved restasis that they had to stop using it where I live in favour of Ikervis? I would guess cost pretty much, and this coming from the industry that puts BAC in their eyedrops I'm pretty scared about taking Ikervis with its Cetalkonium chloride in it.
What do you guys think? Should I keep taking Ikervis? Do you think I can get some kind of other drop from my doctors, it seemed like they stopped prescribing restasis but maybe some kind of compounded stuff, does that exist in Sweden?
I was fine with Restasis, didn't burn for me at all pretty much, this new Ikervis burns like hell, makes my eyes really red and they start tearing and feel bad. I don't know if it's because of the increased cyclosporine concentration or because of the cetalkonium chloride.
I'm very suspicious about them adding Cetalkonium chloride, from what I've read it's not there to act as a preservative but to increase drug delivery, from my limited understanding it messes with the cells to let the drugs penetrate better..
They say it's not to act as a preservative, but isn't it very convenient how Cetalkonium chloride increases the shelf life of Ikervis to 3 years instead of 6 months like restasis?! Ikervis also has a higher concentration and I'm supposed to only take it 1x before bed, instead of restasis 2x/day, guess that makes it cheaper for them.
What's so wrong with the completely unpreserved restasis that they had to stop using it where I live in favour of Ikervis? I would guess cost pretty much, and this coming from the industry that puts BAC in their eyedrops I'm pretty scared about taking Ikervis with its Cetalkonium chloride in it.
What do you guys think? Should I keep taking Ikervis? Do you think I can get some kind of other drop from my doctors, it seemed like they stopped prescribing restasis but maybe some kind of compounded stuff, does that exist in Sweden?