• chuck@lemmy.ca
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    I donno at this point I’m doubting everything coming from the US. Maybe they work as advertised maybe they give you rectal cancer.

    FDA and other things like USDA aren’t trustworthy under the orange man. With all the cuts it’s a matter of time before we have another thalidomide released to pregnant ladies or mad cow outbreak in the beef supply.

    They aren’t going to learn over there. They onlylet Thier folks suffer over in the US and try to milk them for Thier labour and never earnings

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      Even without the US being involved, this sounds kinda sketchy since they’re basically just dumping some chemical on your eyes that doesn’t have real long-term studies AFAIK. I wouldn’t use something like that until it hasn’t been shown to eat your eyes or something over the course of 40 years.

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      Tend to agree. The FDA seems to have been too easily influenced by business interests in recent years. Until now FDA approval was like a gold standard in safety but I think I trust the EU to make these kinds of decisions now. In general the EU now seems to be first to ban chemicals on the basis of safety. It’s possible they are overly strict but I prefer too strict over too lax when it comes to things like this.

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    For the lazys

    VIZZ works by gently shrinking the pupil of the eye, using aceclidine. This creates a “pinhole effect” – like narrowing a camera lens — which helps bring nearby objects into sharper focus. Unlike older eye drops, this one does not significantly affect the eye’s focusing muscles, so it doesn’t blur your distance vision or cause that “zoomed-in” effect (aka a myopic shift).

    Ultimately, the drops offer improved reading vision for up to 10 hours, without the need for glasses and, importantly, without the side effects of older treatments.

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    Anyone considering this should wait until a serious country also says the drops are safe.