Bausch and Lomb (
www.Bausch.com) is one of the oldest vision care companies in America. Although B&L no longer makes
Rayban sunglasses (that was sold to
Luxottica Group years ago), nor the eyeglass lenses, and optical instruments the company was famous for, it was one of the first companies to offer soft contact lenses in the earlier 1970's and many of the company's contact lens designs are among the best. It is also in the pharmaceutical business, and fell on hard times when one of its products,ReNu Multipurpose Contact Lens Solution with MoistureLoc, became involved with an outbreak of fungal kerititis. The product was taken off the market in May, 2006, but not without severely tarnishing the companies image and profits. Despite this we find that they continue to make several excellent products.
In the summer of 2005 Bausch and Lomb started to make available its newest contact lens material, a
silicone hydrogel called
PureVision™ lenses, which transmits 4 to 5 times more oxygen than most earlier soft contact lens materials. It is in the same class as Ciba's
Night and Day™ contact lens and, like the
Night and Day™, has been approved by the FDA for 30 days of continuous wear. Although people sometimes find that the stiffer silicone based soft lenses are less comfortable initially, the long term benefits seem to favor these materials. The
PureVision™ contact lenses are less expensive than
Night and Day™, but slightly more than the older soft contact lens materials.
Rebates available for the
PureVision™ lenses, the comfort and vision of these lenses, and the aspheric design (which may add to visual acuity) makes this lens an attractive option for those wanting both extended (continuous) wear and daily wear of their contact lenses. The
PureVision™ Toric contact became available in December, 2005 in limited parameters for astigmatism, with more parameters to be added in the future. It is the only toric contact lens approved by the FDA for up to 30 days of continous wear. It is based on the design of Bausch and Lomb's successful
Soflens 66 Toric™. Bausch & Lomb also makes a 1 day disposable lens Soflens® Daily , which releases a moisturizing agent on each blink (similar to Ciba's Dailies contact lenses) and is competitively priced in boxes of 90 lenses. There are several rebates available on multiple boxes of the these lenses. With rebate an annual supply of lenses costs about 75 cents per day (37.67 cents per lens)!
BAUSCH AND LOMB CONTACT LENSES AVAILABLE ONLINE FROM 1800MyEyeDoc
For our patient's who prefer to purchase contact lenses on line we now offer the convenience of buying on line and having contact lenses shipped to them. When contact lenses are purchased from outside sources the patient has to give the contact lens seller not only his or her information but the doctor's information. By law the contact lens seller must contact the doctor to verify contact lens information before filling the order. When you order lenses from your doctor, he already has all the needed information and can dispense the lenses immediately if the Rx has not expired. When annual supplies of 30 day Purevision® Contact Lenses are purchased (4 boxes of 6 contact lenses), or Soflens® (8 boxes of 6 lenses) there is a discount over the cost of individual boxes, and if the contact lenses are purchased within 90 days of the annual eye exam, they are eligible for a manufacturer's rebate. Currently there is a $20 rebate on 2 boxes and $50 rebate on 4 boxes of Purevision®, and $30 rebates on 8 boxes of B&L Soflens®. We will send documentation needed for rebate when contact lenses are ordered from us. Prices shown are before rebate. Shipping is free on orders of $150 or greater. To order more than one type of contact lens click back button on browser. E-mails will be sent when orders are received and sent. Credit cards will not be charged until order is sent. Click "BUY NOW" next to Annual Supply of needed lens below for discount.
