Eyedrops Running Out Too Quickly? Nanodropper Is An Eyedrop Dispenser That Can Help
Yes, your eyedrops are too large for your eyes. Nanodropper is an eyedrop dispenser that will help you reduce waste and save money on your eyedrops!
The consequences brought about by oversized eyedrops are worth acknowledging, so here is a look at why eyedrop waste is such a big deal…and what Nanodropper is doing to fix it.
Wait, I’m Wasting How Much?
Your current bottles of prescription and over-the-counter drops typically put out drops that are 4 to 5 times too large for the human eye to absorb. This inevitably leads to roughly 80% of your drops being wasted, either by flooding out of your eye when you first instill them, or depleting down your throat where you end up tasting them, because the waste gets swallowed! Aside from causing your eyedrop supply to run out much faster than it should (and costing you more money as a result), excess runoff heading down your throat poses the risk of adverse side effects.
And this is all assuming you don’t miss with your eyedrops, either.
Artificial tears for dry eyes are generally inexpensive and relatively harmless in large amounts, so while dwindling supply might not be an issue, the preservatives in artificial tears can be harmful in large quantities. Prescription eyedrops, however, are another story.
Not only are medicated eyedrops typically expensive, they’re also vital to maintaining good vision and the overall health of your eyes if you’re diagnosed with an ocular disease. Prescription eyedrops are most commonly used for conditions such as glaucoma, but they can also treat conjunctival infections (like pink eye), reduce inflammation after surgery, and more. Eye doctors also rely on dilating and numbing eyedrops to conduct eye exams and procedures on patients.
Medical waste is already a big issue in the healthcare world, with healthcare waste in the US estimated to cost $760 billion to $935 billion each year. Eyedrop bottles are certainly not helping to get these figures any lower.
Even the history behind why drug companies make eye drops too big seems wrought with misaligned intentions.
How the Nanodropper Adaptor Cuts Back Eyedrop Waste
Nanodropper decided to take a different approach to the eyedrop waste issue.
Instead of fixing the eyedrop bottles themselves, they created a special eye drop dispenser that attaches onto the most commonly used bottles and minimizes drop output to the correct size for ocular absorption. It’s simple: after an eyedrop passes through the bottle’s dropper, it must then pass through the even smaller Nanodropper before falling onto your eye. The Nanodropper Adaptor reduces eyedrop size by more than 60% on average, tripling the lifetime of a single eyedrop bottle.
The drop size created by the Nanodropper Adaptor is perfect for the intake of the eye and is much less likely to be wasted. With a more appropriate amount of solution entering your eye, it is properly absorbed by the eye’s surface instead of flushing down your tear ducts; likewise, you can also have greater precision when instilling the drops in the first place. And if you miss? Once again, less solution is lost. If you’re unsure about what to do, always consult your eye doctor for advice! Or contact Nanodropper with any questions about the adaptor.
Overall, the Nanodropper Adaptor provides a cost-effective solution for eliminating eyedrop waste while also potentially lessening the likelihood of encountering negative side effects from ingesting too many drops. It’s currently the best solution to the “large eyedrop” problem and is available to patients, doctors, and anyone who wants to optimize their eyedrop experience.
So no matter whether you’re a frequent user of artificial tears for nagging dry eye or currently use prescription drops under the supervision of your doctor to treat an eye disease, the Nanodropper Adaptor can save on your health, wallet, and all of those extra trips to the pharmacy. Waste not!
For more information on the Nanodropper Adaptor, be sure to visit the store page here. If you’re interested in learning more about the science and application of the device itself, there are also plenty of research and in-progress clinical trials to review.
