Visine eye drops were originally a product of Pfizer, the world's number one pharmaceutical company, and was acquired by Johnson & Johnson in December 2006. Visine is mainly sold in Europe and the United States, and is a common backup drug for many families, according to Statista, a total of 41.14 million Americans used Visine eye drops in 2017. Visine was also named a 2018 Eye Drops Star Brand in Canada and the U.S. by Brand Spark International.
Visine eye drops are plainly packaged with polyvinyl alcohol, tetrahydrozoline and chlorpheniramine, which are mainly vasoconstrictive and anti-allergic, and are used to cope with urban overuse and quickly reduce redness. In foreign countries, the best-selling series are also Visine Advanced and Visine Original, which eliminate redness in the eye area, which can quickly fade redness after a short period of use, but the effect will become weaker after long-term use, and the preservative ingredient also uses the traditional preservative ingredient benzalkonium chloride, which is not suitable for long-term frequent use.
Specially designed for people who wear contact lenses for a long time, Visine For Contacts eye drops use hypromellose and glycerin isotonic sterile solutions to assist tears to lubricate the eyes, eliminating the fatigue and dryness of long-term contact lens wear.
Visine DRY EYE Relief, an eye drop that is only used for dry eye syndrome, is preservatived with benzalkonium chloride and the main ingredient is hypromellose, which acts as an eye lubricant. The formula with similar main ingredients is Visine Tired Eye, which soothes tired eyes, and the antiseptic system is different, and polyquaternary ammonium salt with a higher safety factor is selected, which is more suitable for office workers to relieve visual fatigue.
It should be noted that Visine eye drops have not officially entered the Chinese market, and there are fewer purchase channels. Although the Youneng flagship store of Tmall in China is called Visine, it belongs to Qingdao Lishan Eye Care Products Co., Ltd., and there is no cooperative relationship with Visine eye drops under Johnson & Johnson, so consumers need to choose carefully when purchasing.