Optase Dry Eye Intense (30 PF Vials)

May 2024

Four years after its US launch in multi-dose preservative-free bottles, Optase Dry Eye Intense is now available in single-use vials.

This follows a trend among major brands which launched a new drop as MDPF but found the market still clamoring for vials. There are many reasons for that, including the bottles being potentially harder to use if you have arthritis. So, it's good to have options. Click here for a reference list of which drops are sold in which packaging type.

Meantime, back to Optase Dry Eye Intense. I think of this drop as a hidden gem that deserves to be better known. In composition, it seems pretty similar to Oasis Tears Plus - similar amount of glycerin, and my understanding is that both have the higher molecular weight sodium hyaluronate that seems to matter for some of us more symptomatic types.

Now that Optase Intense is available in vials, I wouldn't hesitate to suggest that Oasis Tears Plus users try it (if you haven't ever before). While the bottle versions of Optase and Oasis are the same size, the vials are same type but filled to a different level. Optase has more (0.5mL compared to 0.3mL for Oasis). So, if you happened to like Optase Intense just as well, you might get a bit more bang for your buck. No offense to Oasis, of whom I am a huge fan.

OPTASE® Dry Eye Intense Drops are preservative free and provide the protection and hydration your eyes require to reduce symptoms of Dry Eye.

The special formulation of OPTASE® Intense provides comfort from moderate to severe dry eye including dry eye post operatively.

• Comes in 30 preservative free single-dose vials for on-the-go convenience.
• No ingredients of animal origin
• Contact lens compatible

Drug facts

Active Ingredients

Glycerin 0.2%

Purpose: Eye lubricant

Uses

• For use as a lubricant to prevent further irritation
• May be used as a protectant against further irritation
• To relieve dryness of the eye

Warnings

• For external use only.
• To avoid contamination, do not touch tip of container to any surface.
• If solution changes color or becomes cloudy, do not use.
• Do not use a damaged or punctured single-dose container.
• Wait at least 15 minutes between possible applications of other ophthalmic medication.
• Use immediately once opened.
• Do not reuse. Discard any remaining solution after use.
• Do not use if you are sensitive to any of the ingredients.
• Do not use after the expiry date shown on the pack.

Stop use and ask doctor if

• You feel eye pain
• Changes in vision occur
• Redness or irritation of the eye lasts
• Condition worsens or lasts more than 72 hours

Keep out of reach of children. If swallowed get medical help or contact a poison control center right away.

Directions

• Please wash your hands before use.
• Open the aluminum pouch and pull out the strip of single-dose containers.
• Remove one of the single-dose containers from the strip.
• Place the remaining single-dose containers back and close the pouch by folding the edge over.
• To open, twist and pull tab to remove.
• Do not touch the tip after opening the container.
• Put one or two drops in the affected eyes as needed.
• Use immediately once opened.
• Do not reuse.
• Discard the remaining solution after use.

Other information

• Use only if tamper evidence seal on the cap is intact.
• Do not store above 25C / 77F.

Inactive ingredients

Hydrochloric acid, sodium hyaluronate, sorbital, trometamol, water