CONTACT LENSES TODAY

November 27, 2005

Contact Lenses Today® is edited by Dr. Joseph T. Barr and the staff of Contact Lens Spectrum. This week CLToday® reaches more than 12,000 readers in 74 countries.

Happy Thanksgiving
There will be no CLToday this week due to the holiday. Have a safe and wonderful holiday weekend!

Sincerely,
The CLToday Staff

ACUVUE® ADVANCE™ Brand Contact Lenses for ASTIGMATISM are now available in a much wider range of parameters.
As of mid July, this expansion of parameters is wide enough to match the prescriptions of approximately 98% of astigmatic patients. The roll out is as follows:

JULY PARAMETER ROLL-OUT 2190 skus = Approx. 98% of Astigmatic fits
Powers	Cylinders
Plano to -6.00D in 0.25D steps	0.75, -1.25, -1.75; Axis: 10 to 180, 10 degree steps
-6.50D to -9.00D in .50D steps	-1.25, -1.75; Axis: 90 & 180 +/- 20 (no obliques)
+0.25 to +6.00D in 0.25D steps	-0.75, -1.25, -1.75; Axis: 90 & 180 +/- 20 (no obliques)

Check http://www.ecp.acuvue.com for details.
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This month at http://www.siliconehydrogels.org, learn about the benefits of using silicone hydrogels as a vehicle for sustained ocular drug delivery and as post-PRK bandage lenses, investigate the significance of lens thickness and oxygen permeability in combination lens systems, and learn about the extent to which silicone hydrogels absorb common anti-inflammatory agents.

Report adverse contact lens reactions here: http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/medwatch/ or call (800) FDA-1088.

Access a reporting form for complications you've seen that were a result of contact lenses dispensed without a valid prescription at the Association of Regulatory Boards of Optometry's (ARBO's) Web site: http://www.arbo.org/arbo.asp?dt=R&doc=Complications. Complete and send the form online or print it out and fax it to (866) 886-6164.

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