Read if you have vision problems.

[Bird]

Yep, I think I've had my share of eye problems:

10/13/2011, cataract surgery on the left eye.
11/15/2011, cataract surgery on the right eye.
12/30/2011, retina surgery on the left eye.
01/20/2012, retina surgery on the right eye.
12/08/2015, strabismus surgery on the right eye.

At the time of the first retina surgery, the specialist told me to use Bausch & Lomb PreserVision AREDS, so I did; 2 a day. On one of my follow-up visits a few years later, the (nurse?) gave me a flyer from another company and said one of their reps would be calling me. Sure enough a rep called and she wanted to sell me her brand of pills for a little more than double what I pay for the Bausch & Lomb PreserVision AREDS. So by then, Bausch & Lomb had come out with the AREDS 2. It didn't take a great deal of searching on the Internet to learn that the Bausch & Lomb PreserVision AREDS 2 is exactly the same formula as the high priced stuff that other company was selling. I've gotten lots of coupons for $2 off the Bausch & Lomb, but I buy mine at Sam's Club, which does not take coupons, but is cheaper than anywhere else even with the coupons.

I haven't looked at prices elsewhere lately, but I've been paying $29.98 for 180 AREDS 2 at Sam's Club, and of course I take 2 a day.

 

[newbury]

Amazon Bausch & Lomb PreserVision Eye Vitamin & Mineral Supplement, Areds, 240 Tablets $23.44 w/ prime
wrong - that's the basic areds

 

[RSKY]

That Amazon price is the best I've seen anywhere. Thanks for the info.

 

[turnkey4099]

When I was a kid, several times I drank enough beer to see double. Wonder if a little less would make you just see better?

Dunno about that but women look better after a few

 

[kidr]

And threesoms are possible.

 

[Bird]

Amazon Bausch & Lomb PreserVision Eye Vitamin & Mineral Supplement, Areds, 240 Tablets $23.44 w/ prime

That's for the AREDS but not the AREDS 2, which is considerably more: Amazon.com: areds 2

Don't forget to read the "quantity" (number of pills) on the bottle.

 

[newbury]

That's for the AREDS but not the AREDS 2, which is considerably more: Amazon.com: areds 2

Don't forget to read the "quantity" (number of pills) on the bottle.

Yes, your right, I just caught that this morning.

 

[dmccarty]

I just met a man involved in a trial for a drug injected into the eye in order to see if it helps restore some vision. He said he gets the shot every 30 days, and if not for the drug he could barely see. His eye doctor wanted him to eat some leafy greens, but due to his history of severe kidney stones, he must avoid oxalic acid.

I have two family members getting the shot and it works. I just read of a man who has been sailing for many years in the western Pacific who is also getting the shot.

My family members and I are also taking the AREDS-2 vitamins. A guy we know who was in the UK last year was taking AREDS-2 vitamins from a different brand from the UK so it is not just the US that is paying attention to the studies.

Just looking at what is in the AREDS-2 vitamin I think one could a vitamin mix to get the same levels that is in the single pill. I am not doing this but I have though about it because the brand I am buying are pretty expensive even from Costco.

Later,
Dan