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Which preservative may I find in which eye drops?

We made this chart to facilitate your research based on reports than we have received so far. However, please always read the insert from the package of the eye drop or the gel/ointment in any case to confirm that the mentioned preservative is still used (remember that the same drop may exist in without preservative, unfortunately that's seldom the case). We only mention dry eye (and wound healing), glaucoma and allergy drops in this chart.

 

Preservative (check synomyns)	Eye Drop
Benzalkonium chloride, BAK, BAC	Acular*, Allergodil, Azopt, Betagan, Betoptic, brimonidine .2%, Euronac, Combigan, Cosopt HypoTears, Duotrav, Iopidine, Kunstig tårevæske PVA (Optha- Norway), Lacrinorm, Liquifilm, Livostin, Lumigan, Oculac (Norway)*, Opatanol (Europe), Patanol (US/Canada), Pataday™,  Pilopine-HS, Propine, Purivist, Travatan, Timolol, Timoptol, Trusopt, Visine Tears, Vexol, Xalatan*, Xalacom, Xibrom, Zaditen*, Zaditor*, etc
Cetremide or Cetrimonium Chloride	Civigel, Lacrifluid, Lacrigel, Viscotears
Chlorobutanol	Lacrilube, Tears Plus
EDTA (or Na2EDTA, ededate disodium)	Acular*, Betagan, Clinitas ultra 3, Dakrina, Dwelle, Euronac, Purivist,
Polexitonium (polyquarternium-42)	Clinitas ultra 3, Dakrina, Dwelle, Freshkote,
Polyhexamethylene Biguanide (PHMB)	Soothe
Polyquad	Tears Naturale [!],Systane*
Purite, SOC	Refresh Tears
Silver sulfate	Similasan°
Sodium perborate or GenAqua®	Thera Tears, GenTeal*
Thiomersal	Pilocarpine

* exists in preservative-free vials in some countries to our current knowledge.

° Depending on the drop a PF version may be available or not, pink eye, computer  and stye eye relief (no PF), dry eye and allergy relief (PF version). Some drop expiring before 2008, contain another preservative: Sodium silver chloride complex

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This is what we call the 'Preservative Paradox!

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