You know what they say about head size?🤣
Anybody buy prescription glasses online?
- Thread starter Fan In Black
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Honestly, never understood why a person has to have a prescription to get glasses.
Why can’t I just get the prescription from the eye doctor lady and just type that into an eye glass store and get what I want? Why do I have to have any actual copy or documentation of the eye prescription? I can’t illegally sell my prescription glasses, I can’t hurt anyone with them, in fact they hurt one’s head in the form of a headache if they are wearing the wrong prescription glasses.
Also isn’t there a machine where all I have to do is look into and it gives the recommended prescription….why hasn’t wal mart or Amazon got to the point where you can look into the machine and instantly be able to buy glasses for you needs? Skip all that middleman junk.
Why can’t I just get the prescription from the eye doctor lady and just type that into an eye glass store and get what I want? Why do I have to have any actual copy or documentation of the eye prescription? I can’t illegally sell my prescription glasses, I can’t hurt anyone with them, in fact they hurt one’s head in the form of a headache if they are wearing the wrong prescription glasses.
Also isn’t there a machine where all I have to do is look into and it gives the recommended prescription….why hasn’t wal mart or Amazon got to the point where you can look into the machine and instantly be able to buy glasses for you needs? Skip all that middleman junk.
THIS.. I've gone through them several times.
A New Pharmacological Vitreolysis through the Supplement of Mixed Fruit Enzymes for Patients with Ocular Floaters or Vitreous Hemorrhage-Induced Floaters - PubMed
Purpose: Ocular floaters caused by vitreous degeneration or blood clots may interfere with various visual functions. Our study investigated the pharmacologic effects of oral supplementation of mixed fruit enzymes (MFEs) for treating spontaneous symptomatic vitreous opacities (SVOs) and those...
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Had to look up the supplement doses...
This study did 1-, 2- or 3- capsules; results were dose-dependent.
190/380/570 mg bromelain
95/190/285 mg papain
95/190/285 mg ficin
So, 500-600 mg bromelain would be the minimum dose you'd want.
But, supplements are listed in "GDUs/g", so not seeing how to correctly convert here.
I'd guess you'd want higher GDU enzyme activity per capsule, but do you know how to properly interpret?
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Damn, supplement stuff makes for confusion "dose" calculations.
Which of these would be the higher/best doses (that study listed bromelain, papain and ficin and mostly just seeing bromelain for these)
600 GDU/g and 500 mg = 300 GDU here (I think) - per 1 tablet
www.amazon.com/Best-Naturals-Bromelain-Proteolytic-Supplements/dp/B00HESL2DU/
400 GDU/g and 1700 mg = 680 GDU - per 2 capsules, so really 340 GDU/capsule
www.amazon.com/Carlyle-Bromelain-Capsules-Pineapple-Supplement/dp/B0C299LCDR/
2400 GDU/serving and 2000 mg - per 4 capsules, so really 600 GDU/capsule? (highest of the three?)
www.amazon.com/Bromelain-Supplement-Digestive-Proteolytic-Anti-Inflammatory/dp/B09BDHTR2H/
???
Found one more, also has papain 2M PU/g from papaya
2400 GDU/serving, per 2 capsules, so maybe 1200 GDU/capsule?
I'm guessing a capsule is 500 mg, so this may really be 600 GDU/capsule here?
Which of these would be the higher/best doses (that study listed bromelain, papain and ficin and mostly just seeing bromelain for these)
600 GDU/g and 500 mg = 300 GDU here (I think) - per 1 tablet
www.amazon.com/Best-Naturals-Bromelain-Proteolytic-Supplements/dp/B00HESL2DU/
400 GDU/g and 1700 mg = 680 GDU - per 2 capsules, so really 340 GDU/capsule
www.amazon.com/Carlyle-Bromelain-Capsules-Pineapple-Supplement/dp/B0C299LCDR/
2400 GDU/serving and 2000 mg - per 4 capsules, so really 600 GDU/capsule? (highest of the three?)
www.amazon.com/Bromelain-Supplement-Digestive-Proteolytic-Anti-Inflammatory/dp/B09BDHTR2H/
???
Found one more, also has papain 2M PU/g from papaya
2400 GDU/serving, per 2 capsules, so maybe 1200 GDU/capsule?
I'm guessing a capsule is 500 mg, so this may really be 600 GDU/capsule here?
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Just an FYI on Costo and VSP insurance
2018 I did not renew eye insurance and paid out of pocket.
2018 costs:
Eye exam: $120
Costco Frames: $60
Progressive lenses: $130
High index 1.67 lens upgrade: $30
($160 total for the lenses)
So, glasses ($220) plus exam ($120) cost me $340 total
2024 costs:
VSP basic plan coverage: $140
Eye exam copay: $15
Retinal scan: $40
(so, $55 for total eye exam)
Costco frames: $0 ($65 list, so $5 higher than 2018, but covered within allowance, basically same frames I had last time that I liked and were very durable)
Progressive lenses & same high index lenses: $163
Insurance benefit: -$115
Lenses were $3 higher than in 2018, frames were $5 more, but I paid $32 less than 2018 for essentially the same end-product.
$140+$55+$65+$163-$113 = $310
Paying for the VSP plan saved me ~$40 overall.
With my VSP insurance I picked up a pair of progressives and a pair of computer glasses at costco for less than $150
I read this right after I read the Sopranos thread, and I gotta know. Are you Paulie?
I've bought a few pair from them for backups, but for the quality you're better off at costco
To a certain extent this is true. However mistakes happen..periodically. Mistakes = delays= $$.
Find a dependable retailer. Especially if you have had eye surgery of any sort. (Cataracts)
It is moderately true
There is a substantial difference in some places lens quality.
Last pair I bought from an optometrist's office got a scratch on them (bad one) within 1 week.
I quit buying glasses from those places.
Current Costco pair I have got an edge scratch after >5 yrs, and it's not even that bad. Won't buy lenses from anywhere else, anymore.
Last TWO pair of lenses my bride has bought from Costco have had to be returned as they were completely the wrong RX lense. Two lenses….3 years apart…. Bizarre….We have found the Costco glasses very good for the most part…..I have had good luck with a couple lenses I have bought from a discounter on the east side…and I have had cataract surgery and have an astigmatism….Its a lot of “luck of the draw” I suppose.
I verify my correction with them 2x before walking away.
Particularly if you have a prior prescription that can be mixed up.
No problems so far.
Do you get regular progressives with them, or the HD type that has a far wider view area w/ less distortion?
The progressives w/ regular lenses I got from an optometrist's office (insurance allowed extra pair for cheap) absolutely sucked, and they gave me a headache wearing them.
HD style I get from Costco are a billion times better and I have very little side-view distortion from them. That style I believe is "standard" at Costco, not even an "upgrade".
I never wore that extra pair I got from the optometrist's office; they were junk.
