Clear Eyes Eye Drops: Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Precautions and Alternates

Quick overview

Clear Eyes Eye Drops combine naphazoline, an alpha agonist that shrinks blood vessels in the eye, with glycerin, a lubricant that keeps the eye moist. This over-the-counter eye drop is used for short-term relief of eye redness and dryness. It is generally well-tolerated and should not be used for more than 3 days without talking to an eye doctor.

What is Clear Eyes Eye Drops

Clear Eyes is an over-the-counter eye drop that contains naphazoline, which shrinks blood vessels in the eye, and glycerin, which lubricates the eye. It is used for short-term relief of eye redness and dryness.

Clear Eyes Eye Drops uses

• Eye redness due to minor eye irritations
• Eye burning and irritation due to dry eye
• Protection against further eye irritation
• Relieving eye redness from irritants, wind, sun, or dry eyes

Benefits of Clear Eyes Eye Drops

• Combines two active ingredients into one eye drop for convenience, helping with dry eye and eye redness at the same time
• Generally well-tolerated
• Soothing comfort can last for several hours

How Clear Eyes Eye Drops works

One ingredient narrows the blood vessels in the eye to reduce redness, while the other ingredient acts as a lubricant to keep the eye moist and comfortable.

Clear Eyes Eye Drops dosage

Wash your hands before using the eye drops. Don't let the tip of the bottle touch your eye or other surfaces. Don't use the drops if the solution changes color or becomes cloudy. Take out contact lenses before using the drops and wait 10 to 15 minutes before putting them back in.

Pull down your lower eyelid, tilt your head back, and place the drop into your eye, then close your eye and press gently on the corner near your nose for about a minute. Don't use the drops more often than directed on the package. If using other eye drop medications, wait a few minutes between each one so they can be absorbed properly. Don't use for more than 3 days without talking to your eye doctor. Use only in the eyes — do not put the drops in your nose, mouth, or ears.

Available forms and strengths

• Solution eye drop

Side effects of Clear Eyes Eye Drops

Common

• Mild eye burning or irritation
• Itching or redness of the eyes
• Watery eyes
• Blurred vision
• Sensitivity to light
• Dilated pupils

Serious

• Severe burning, stinging, or eye irritation after use
• Eye pain
• Vision changes
• Signs of a serious allergic reaction such as hives, swelling of the face, lips, tongue, or throat, or difficulty breathing

Warnings and precautions

• If you have a history of narrow-angle glaucoma or high eye pressure, check with your eye doctor before using this medicine, since it can briefly widen the pupil and raise eye pressure.
• Using the drops for too long can cause your eyes to become even redder from overuse, known as rebound redness. Don't use for more than 3 days without talking to your doctor.
• Only use this medicine in the eyes. Do not put it in the nose, mouth, or ears.
• This medicine will not treat or prevent an eye infection.
• It isn't known if this medicine can affect pregnancy or harm an unborn baby. Tell your health care provider if you are pregnant.
• It isn't known if this medicine passes into breast milk. Tell your health care provider if you are breastfeeding.
• Clear Eyes eye drops generally have minimal systemic absorption, so no routine kidney dose adjustment is usually required. If you have severe kidney disease or are using other medicines that affect blood pressure, ask a doctor or pharmacist before frequent use.
• No routine liver-specific dose adjustment is generally required because systemic absorption from ophthalmic use is low. With significant liver disease, use only as directed and seek medical advice if using the drops frequently or for a prolonged period.
• It isn't known whether drinking alcohol affects this medicine.
• This medicine may cause blurred vision. Avoid driving or doing anything that requires clear vision until you know how it affects you.

Storage

• Store at room temperature away from moisture and heat.

When to see a doctor

• Get emergency help right away if you have signs of a serious allergic reaction, such as hives, trouble breathing, or swelling of the face, lips, tongue, or throat.
• Stop using the drops and contact your doctor if you have eye pain, vision changes, or worsening eye symptoms.
• Stop using the drops and seek care if your eye redness or irritation gets worse or lasts longer than 3 days.
• Seek emergency medical attention right away if a child accidentally swallows the eye drops.

Alternatives

• Artificial
• Carboxymethylcellulose
• Polyethylene
• Ketotifen eye drops