{"id":3186,"date":"2023-05-03T18:48:48","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T18:48:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/?p=3186"},"modified":"2023-05-03T18:48:49","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T18:48:49","slug":"dont-use-amniotic-fluid-eye-drops-fda-warns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/?p=3186","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Use &#8216;Amniotic Fluid&#8217; Eye Drops, FDA Warns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Amniotic fluid&#8221; eye drops aren&#8217;t approved and could be harmful, the Food and Drug Administration warned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-22-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-3187\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-22-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-22-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-22-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-22-770x433.png 770w, https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-22-293x165.png 293w, https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-22-390x219.png 390w, https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-22.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>The Food and Drug Administration has warned that some companies are selling unapproved eye drops that could be harmful.\u00a0(Image credit: UniversalImagesGroup \/ Contributor via Getty Images)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">People should not use eye drops marketed as if they contain amniotic fluid, the fluid that surrounds and cushions a developing fetus in the womb, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned. The sale of these eye drops, none of which have been approved by the FDA, raises &#8220;potential significant safety concerns,&#8221;\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/vaccines-blood-biologics\/safety-availability-biologics\/public-safety-notification-amniotic-fluid-eyedrops\" target=\"_blank\">the agency wrote in a statement<\/a>(opens in new tab)\u00a0issued April 10.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/health\/medicine-drugs\/dont-use-amniotic-fluid-eye-drops-fda-warns\">https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/health\/medicine-drugs\/dont-use-amniotic-fluid-eye-drops-fda-warns<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Amniotic fluid&#8221; eye drops aren&#8217;t approved and could be harmful, the Food and Drug Administration warned. People should not use eye drops marketed as if they contain amniotic fluid, the fluid that surrounds and cushions a developing fetus in the womb, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned. The sale of these eye drops, none of which have been approved by the FDA, raises &#8220;potential significant safety concerns,&#8221;\u00a0the agency wrote in a statement(opens in new tab)\u00a0issued April 10.\u00a0 Read [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-medication"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3186"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3188,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3186\/revisions\/3188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}