Abbvie

About AbbVie eye care

AbbVie is the company behind Refresh, and this page gathers its eye care products in one place instead of splitting them across formats. That makes it a useful page to browse if you already know the brand and want to see the whole shelf at once.

What you will find

• Preservative free vials across the Refresh line, including Plus, Optive, Optive Advanced, Optive Mega-3, Relieva and Celluvisc
• Preservative free bottles, including Refresh Tears PF, Relieva PF and Relieva PF Xtra
• Preserved bottles such as Refresh Relieva and Refresh Digital
• Gels and nighttime ointments, including Refresh Optive Gel Drops, Refresh PM and Lacri-Lube
• A contact lens formula, Refresh Relieva for Contacts
• Lastacaft, an eye allergy itch relief drop, in a single bottle and a twin pack

How to choose

Three questions narrow the shelf down quickly. How often will you reach for it, since frequent use is where preservative free packaging earns its place? Do you wear contact lenses, since only some formulas are labeled for use with lenses in? And is this for daytime or overnight, since ointments and gels are thicker, stay put longer and blur vision while they do, which is why they are usually kept for bedtime.

Allergy drops sit in a different group from lubricants and the two are not interchangeable. If itching is the main thing you are noticing, or nothing in the lubricant range is fitting how you use it, an eye care professional is the sensible next step.