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Re: eyedrops question
From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 5 Jan 2002 14:02:52 -0600 (CST)
Visine, the kind that "gets the red out" contains tetrahydrozoline.
There is info on overdose at
http://my.webmd.com/content/asset/adam_poison_visine_overdose
Call your local poison control center and ask if a couple drops is
dangerous.
At Fri, 4 Jan 2002, R. Daniel Braun, MD wrote:
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>At Thu, 3 Jan 2002, Kat wrote:
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>>This really has nothing to do with an obgyn question, but is still
>>important. My girlfriend has been dating a guy who tends to drink to
>>much alcohol and acts like an idiot, so when she thinks he has had
>>enough she puts a couple drops of viasine (eyedrops) in his drink and it
>>makes him sick to his stomach, so he stops drinking. i really don't
>>think this can possibley be safe, is this hurting him in any way???
>>Thank you
>
>??? I have no idea what is in visine. But they advertise that it is the
>same thing as tears. That should not be harmful or make him sick.
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>R.Daniel Braun, MD FACOG FOG
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