Miebo vs Evotears
Good morning, all! Last month my doc prescribed me Miebo, thinking it would help me significantly with my evaporative dry eye. I was shocked when the ticket price was 250 per month and will go up to 750 after I exhaust the "coupon cost" in 3 months. I read on here that Evotears is the exact same thing, so I ordered off eBay for 35 dollars. Asked my ophthalmologist and he said it looked like the exact same thing. Anyway, after using both, it seems to me that the Miebo has a much more oily feel to it, which I like. I can feel the oiliness under my eye after use, whereas I don't feel the same thing with the Evotears. My question is : are we sure the two exactly the same? Same strength? Are both equally effective? I swear the Miebo was better but maybe I'm subconsciously equating "more expensive" with "better"?
***The above post was found on Reddit***
Just be aware that the FDA is much more strict in the US. They require at least 2 clinical studies for drug approval and are very stringent with packaging for prescription medications and the manufacturing facilities.
The question you need to ask yourself is do you really want to risk your health and vision with all of the recent reports in the news of deaths from toxic and contaminated off-brand artificial tears/eye drops?