Last updated: June 23, 2025
If you are having a hard time finding the lubricant eye ointment of your choice due to manufacturer backorders or recalls, here is a list of the name brand ointments sold in the US that you may want to consider.
Ointments
Brand (Company) |
Active ingredients |
Inactive ingredients |
Notes |
| Genteal Tears Night-Time Ointment (Alcon) | Mineral oil 3% White petrolatum 94% |
Anhydrous liquid lanolin | |
| Optase Hylo Night (Scope) | White petrolatum (90%) Lanolin (6.9%) |
Retinol palmitate (Vitamin A), light liquid paraffin, may contain peanut oil | |
| Refresh PM (Abbvie) | Mineral oil 42.5% White petrolatum 57.3% |
Lanolin alcohols | |
| Soothe Nighttime (Bausch & Lomb) | Mineral oil 20% White petrolatum 80% |
n/a | |
| Systane Nighttime (Alcon) | Mineral oil 3% White petrolatum 94% |
Anhydrous liquid lanolin 3% |
Following are the lubricant gels (i.e. thick but not greasy):
Gels
Brand (Company) |
Active ingredients |
Inactive ingredients |
Known |
| Genteal Gel (Alcon) - preserved tube | Hypromellose 0.3% | carbopol 980, phosphonic acid, purified water, sodium hydroxide, sodium perborate, and sorbitol | MANUFACTURER RECALL |
| Ivizia Severe (Thea) - PF vials | Povidone 0.5% | Carbomer, purified water, sodium hyaluronate, sodiumhydroxide, sorbital, trehalose | |
| Refresh Celluvisc (Abbvie) - PF vials | Carboxymethylcellulose Sodium (1%) | Calcium chloride; potassium chloride; purified water; sodium chloride; and sodium lactate | |
| Systane Gel (Alcon) - preserved tube | Hypromellose 0.3% | carbopol 980, phosphonic acid, purified water, sodium perborate and sorbitol. May contain sodium hydroxide to adjust pH. | MANUFACTURER RECALL |