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I ran out of contacts and need some new ones and my rx expired last month. I dont feel like getting my eyes tested again and know what I need. Does anyone know where I can order them w/out the prescription?

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I ran out of contacts and need some new ones and my rx expired last month. I dont feel like getting my eyes tested again and know what I need. Does anyone know where I can order them w/out the prescription?

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Mexico.

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it used to be easy, but they actually confirm now, must have cracked down or something. my roommate tried 5 different places last month and got shot down every time, wound up just getting a prescription.

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Eh I've been using the same prescription for like 15 years w 800contacts. Not even sure of the doctor's name, I got examined in a mall eyeglass store so I just put the store name as the doctor and the store phone number. Have never had a problem, just reordered last month in fact.

When do these prescriptions "expire", anyway? Guess I'm overdue for an exam.

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If you're between the ages of like 25-40 your eyesight shouldn't change much if at all. If you're like 17 and have bad eyes you need to get tested like every year or so.

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Eh I've been using the same prescription for like 15 years w 800contacts. Not even sure of the doctor's name, I got examined in a mall eyeglass store so I just put the store name as the doctor and the store phone number. Have never had a problem, just reordered last month in fact.

When do these prescriptions "expire", anyway? Guess I'm overdue for an exam.

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Apparently in some states there is a law that prescriptions must expire within a given period of time, in PA it is a year.

Whenever I try to order from 1800 Contacts, they send a request to my eye doctor, who replies with whether the the prescription is still good. The doctor wants the business, so he will always reject it if I haven't been there in a year. If you're still getting you orders filled, I imagine your doctor doesn't care and is saying the prescription is still fine. Last time I just ordered a two year supply six months after my last checkup so I would have to go back every year.

This all is relatively new though, 1800 Contacts didn't use to always check the prescription, I would get 2-year old prescriptions filled before.

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I know this probably isn't much use to you, but I am in the same position and use contactlens.co.uk

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Just get the test done and buy your contacts. Set up an e-mail reminder for 11.5 months from now and order a ton.

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Just get the test done and buy your contacts. Set up an e-mail reminder for 11.5 months from now and order a ton.

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that was the plan last year

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Just get the test done and buy your contacts. Set up an e-mail reminder for 11.5 months from now and order a ton.

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that was the plan last year

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well then don't be retarded and remember this year or else you'll be stuck posting on 2+2 again looking for an answer.


lots of health insurances cover one eye exam per year, whaty type do you have? just tell the place you only want to covered eye exam, none of that fitting crap.

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no insurance

clearly forgetting to do something makes me a retard

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lol at needing a prescription to buy contact lens in the usa. land of the free!

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you can still order them online, I use 1800contacts, they do ask for Dr Info, I give them my old Dr and there hasnt been a prob

pretty sure you could just choose any Dr from there list and things would be fine...

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lol at needing a prescription to buy contact lens in the usa. land of the free!

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Yeah I really don't understand why eye glasses and contacts require a prescription. It's not like you can abuse them like with medications.

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I used go-optic.com. Been a couple years since my last eye exam but this site let me order them without a problem.

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lol at needing a prescription to buy contact lens in the usa. land of the free!

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Yeah I really don't understand why eye glasses and contacts require a prescription. It's not like you can abuse them like with medications.

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Because some idiots will go years between exams and be using prescriptions that are no longer suited for them, further damaging their eyesight.

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lol at needing a prescription to buy contact lens in the usa. land of the free!

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Yeah I really don't understand why eye glasses and contacts require a prescription. It's not like you can abuse them like with medications.

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Because some idiots will go years between exams and be using prescriptions that are no longer suited for them, further damaging their eyesight.

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laws that protect idiots from themselves are dumb.

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lol at needing a prescription to buy contact lens in the usa. land of the free!

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Yeah I really don't understand why eye glasses and contacts require a prescription. It's not like you can abuse them like with medications.

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Because some idiots will go years between exams and be using prescriptions that are no longer suited for them, further damaging their eyesight.

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laws that protect idiots from themselves are dumb.

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Laws that protect idiots from things that they wouldn't or really shouldn't need to know, but a trained professional would know, aren't that dumb. Such as with prescription drugs, an idiot may think, "Hey, I'm still in pain, maybe I should take more". They don't really know at what point it's too much, but a trained professional does.

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lol at needing a prescription to buy contact lens in the usa. land of the free!

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Yeah I really don't understand why eye glasses and contacts require a prescription. It's not like you can abuse them like with medications.

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Because some idiots will go years between exams and be using prescriptions that are no longer suited for them, further damaging their eyesight.

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laws that protect idiots from themselves are dumb.

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Laws that protect idiots from things that they wouldn't or really shouldn't need to know, but a trained professional would know, aren't that dumb. Such as with prescription drugs, an idiot may think, "Hey, I'm still in pain, maybe I should take more". They don't really know at what point it's too much, but a trained professional does.

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Yeah but with glasses, it should be "hey now i can't see anything even with my glasses on, maybe i should get a new ones?"

its not like they are going to overdose on eyeglasses.

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lol at needing a prescription to buy contact lens in the usa. land of the free!

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Yeah I really don't understand why eye glasses and contacts require a prescription. It's not like you can abuse them like with medications.

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Because some idiots will go years between exams and be using prescriptions that are no longer suited for them, further damaging their eyesight.

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laws that protect idiots from themselves are dumb.

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Laws that protect idiots from things that they wouldn't or really shouldn't need to know, but a trained professional would know, aren't that dumb. Such as with prescription drugs, an idiot may think, "Hey, I'm still in pain, maybe I should take more". They don't really know at what point it's too much, but a trained professional does.

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Yeah but with glasses, it should be "hey now i can't see anything even with my glasses on, maybe i should get a new ones?"

its not like they are going to overdose on eyeglasses.

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With glasses, if you are at the "I can't see anything point", you are years late on an appointment. For example, I just went and got new eyeglasses a couple weeks back. My glasses were actaully like 2 or 2 1/2 years old (I only wear them at home, I wear contacts the rest of the time). I didn't even realize how bad that prescription sucked until I got my new glasses. I didn't even know the old ones were slightly blurry until I switched back and forth between glasses.

Eyesight going bad isn't an easily perceptable thing. It's so gradual you get used to crappy eyesight and assume it's good because you know no better.

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1800contacts refused to send me contacts without a prescription. After some searching, I found http://www.contactsland.com/ and had no problems.

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lol at needing a prescription to buy contact lens in the usa. land of the free!

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Yeah I really don't understand why eye glasses and contacts require a prescription. It's not like you can abuse them like with medications.

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Because some idiots will go years between exams and be using prescriptions that are no longer suited for them, further damaging their eyesight.

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I'm almost positive that wearing the wrong contacts or glasses won't damage your vision. OTOH, it could cause headaches, or cause you to have a car accident, and also, when they do an eye exam they also screen for glaucoma and other conditions that could cause you to lose your sight if untreated, so going for years and years without a retest isn't the smartest thing in the world.