Don’t use ‘amniotic fluid’ eye drops, FDA warns

Folks mustn’t use eye drops marketed as in the event that they include amniotic fluid, the fluid that surrounds and cushions a creating fetus within the womb, the Meals and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned. The sale of those eye drops, none of which have been accepted by the FDA, raises “potential important security considerations,” the company wrote in an announcement (opens in new tab) issued April 10. 

As no eye drops of this description have been FDA-approved, any such eye drops would must be prescribed beneath an investigational new drug (IND) software. As well as, the affected person must signal a consent kind acknowledging that the product was used beneath an IND software. Nevertheless, the FDA’s public security notification was prompted by merchandise being bought on to shoppers on-line, in response to the company’s assertion.