Advanced Medical Optics Complete MoisturePLUS Recall

Source | U.S. Food & Drug Administration

Advanced Medical Optics Announces Voluntary Recall of 18 Lots of Complete(R) MoisturePLUS(TM) Contact Lens Care Products Distributed and Sold in the U.S. Includes Certain Lots of 12-Ounce Bottles and Active Packs

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — Santa Ana, CA — November 21, 2006 — Advanced Medical Optics, Inc., a global ophthalmic surgical and eye care products company, today announced a nationwide, voluntary recall of certain lots of its 12-ounce COMPLETE MoisturePLUS(TM) multipurpose contact lens care solution and Active Packs. Three lots sold in Japan were found to have bacterial contamination, which compromised sterility. Because of this production-line issue at its manufacturing plant in China, AMO is recalling 18 lots distributed in the U.S. that were manufactured on the same production lines during the same production period. Non-sterility of a contact lens solution may have serious health consequences, including eye infection and microbial keratitis. AMO has not received any reports of adverse health events associated with the recalled product lots in the U.S.

Lot numbers are located on the top of the product box and on the side of the product bottle. The recalled product lots include:

Contact lens users who experience symptoms of an eye infection such as redness, pain, tearing, increased light sensitivity, blurry vision, discharge or swelling, should remove their lenses and consult their eye care provider immediately.

What You Can Do & How We Can Help

If you or a loved one have used Complete MoisturePLUS and developed a serious side effect like microbial keratitis or corneal infection, you should contact us immediately. You may be entitled to compensation and we can help.