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Re: Contact Lens Prescription and Fitting

Posted on July 2, 2009, 3:19 pm by Dr Carol Doman

Posted in Contact Lenses, Fitting, Prescriptions

Serdar wrote:

Hi, I have a question regarding legality. This is my first time I'm buying contact lenses. My opto told me that I need a training period. I did this 2 months ago and I paid $55 for this training since my lenses are customized toric. Then I had to go out of town for about 1.5 months. When I came back and I asked the price of lenses for 6 boxes, they told me a higher number. So, I asked them for my lens prescription in order to get advice from another opto but they didn’t give me my lens prescription. I only have my eyeglasses prescription, which I know little bit different than contact lens prescription. Are they allowed not to give me my prescription? Do I have to buy from that optometrist? Thanks

Dr Carol Doman's response:

Hi Serdar, Customized toric lenses are a specialized product and do cost more than regular disposable contact lenses. Generally if the contact lens fitting is completed then the prescription for contact lenses can be released. However if the fitting was not completed then the contact lens prescription is not released as there is no final prescription. To have the fitting complete all of the follow up visits must be attended to and the contact lens fit and vision through them need to be satisfactory to the optometrist. If all of these things were not completed the fit is not finalized. If you are going to visit another optometrist they are likely going to do a new fitting on you, as they will want to ensure that everything is satisfactory with the contact lenses before you purchase them. You would just need your glasses prescription in that case. Dr. Doman

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