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Old 05-25-2011, 09:02 PM
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Default Advance discontinued?

I heard that Acuvue Advance is being discontinued. Anybody confirm or deny?
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Old 05-26-2011, 01:56 PM
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I heard that Acuvue advance is being discontinued. Anybody confirm or deny?
I haven't heard anything about Acuvue Advance contact lenses being discontinued. I did a Google search and didn't find anything there. In fact, Google didn't find anything at all when I searched for "acuvue advance discontinued."

I'm not saying that's the final word on the subject, I just couldn't find anything when I searched.
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Old 05-26-2011, 03:38 PM
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I haven't heard anything about Acuvue Advance contact lenses being discontinued. I did a Google search and didn't find anything there. In fact, Google didn't find anything at all when I searched for "acuvue advance discontinued."

I'm not saying that's the final word on the subject, I just couldn't find anything when I searched.
Thanks for sparing me the Google search, Orionebula.
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Old 06-24-2011, 02:23 PM
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Hi there. My sister works for a contact company and i asked her this since my doctor gave me a sample of the Accuvue Advanced. She said they are discontinuing the Accuvue Advanced but keeping the Ac. Advanced Plus. So there must be a difference between the two.
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Old 06-24-2011, 02:26 PM
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Hi there. My sister works for a contact company and i asked her this since my doctor gave me a sample of the Accuvue Advanced. She said they are discontinuing the Accuvue Advanced but keeping the Ac. Advanced Plus. So there must be a difference between the two.
Welcome nikkipell31. That's interesting news you bring us. Any word on when the Acuvue Advance will go away so we can start hoarding them?

I've never heard of Acuvue Advanced Plus, though. How long have those been around?
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Old 06-24-2011, 02:29 PM
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I will find out and get back to you after i ask her. She works for Cooper vision and Accuvue is their competitor. So when i told her they put me in Ac. Advanced she was shocked since she told me they were being discontinued.
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Old 06-24-2011, 03:27 PM
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I will find out and get back to you after i ask her. She works for Cooper vision and Accuvue is their competitor.
Hmmm, she wouldn't be spreading false rumors about the competition, would she? If she's not, I'll do it.

Acuvue lenses are going away. You should buy Coopervision lenses from now on.

How was that?
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Old 07-12-2011, 09:56 AM
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Hmmm, she wouldn't be spreading false rumors about the competition, would she? If she's not, I'll do it.

Acuvue lenses are going away. You should buy Coopervision lenses from now on.

How was that?
How is this response helpful?

A number of lens mfg are deleting a number of their older, less popular lenses. I don't know if Accuvue Advance is one such lens. You have no idea.

It's certainly possible an employee of a competitor might have an idea.

Accuvue Adavance and Accuvue Advance Plus are made of the same material and have the same water content. I wouldn't be surprised if one got deleted
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Old 07-12-2011, 10:22 AM
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Default Acuvue Advanced Plus Parameters

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Welcome nikkipell31. That's interesting news you bring us. Any word on when the Acuvue Advance will go away so we can start hoarding them?

I've never heard of Acuvue Advanced Plus, though. How long have those been around?
Here's what the Acuvue website says:

Introducing ACUVUE® ADVANCE® Plus. This innovative lens features HYDRACLEAR® Technology** for exceptional comfort and is made using our new ULTRA-CLEAN™ Technology that actually helps resist the buildup of deposits on the lens. And, since you use a new pair every two weeks, there's even less time for that stuff to stick around. Plus, a 24-lens package makes it easier to get your annual supply at an affordable price.

I couldn't find anything that told me how long they've been around, though. Maybe someone else can help with that.

As for materials, both hare made of galyfilcon A, and Lens.com says that both are 47% H2O, so they appear to be the same lens, but the Plus lenses have that ULTRA-CLEAN™ Technology thing going.
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Old 07-12-2011, 02:15 PM
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How is this response helpful?
It was somewhat humorous, I guess. It also gives us a look at how silly rumors look on this forum.
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Old 07-13-2011, 10:11 AM
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It was somewhat humorous, I guess. It also gives us a look at how silly rumors look on this forum.
What's silly is the response by posters to rumors. A number of posters had an issue when a poster reported being told by his eye doctor their lenses were being discontinued. Posters couldn't believe the doctors might be given information prior to it being posted on the public website.

J&J has 2 nearly identical lenses. Doesn't sound silly to think J&J willl drop the older lens.
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Old 07-13-2011, 10:18 AM
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What's silly is the response by posters to rumors. A number of posters had an issue when a poster reported being told by his eye doctor their lenses were being discontinued. Posters couldn't believe the doctors might be given information prior to it being posted on the public website.

J&J has 2 nearly identical lenses. Doesn't sound silly to think J&J willl drop the older lens.
So can you answer the question that started this thread? What is the status of Acuvue Advance contact lenses?
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Old 08-02-2011, 06:02 PM
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Default Advance - Discontinued

Advance has been discontinued and you will no longer be able to get it at the end of Sept - However it is being replaced with Advance plus which is an upgrade to the old Advance.
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Old 08-03-2011, 09:26 AM
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Default End of September

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Advance has been discontinued and you will no longer be able to get it at the end of Sept - However it is being replaced with Advance plus which is an upgrade to the old Advance.
Thanks tootles34. I hope that settles the matter.
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Old 08-03-2011, 10:09 AM
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Advance has been discontinued and you will no longer be able to get it at the end of Sept - However it is being replaced with Advance plus which is an upgrade to the old Advance.
Thank you tootles34.
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Old 08-15-2011, 09:44 AM
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Default I Found `em Both

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Advance has been discontinued and you will no longer be able to get it at the end of Sept - However it is being replaced with Advance plus which is an upgrade to the old Advance.
I was able to find both Advance and Advance Plus on line.
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Old 08-22-2011, 03:47 PM
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I was able to find both Advance and Advance Plus on line.
We'll see what happens come October.
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Old 08-31-2011, 03:42 PM
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I was able to find both Advance and Advance Plus on line.
Good work, Teddikitty. Well done.
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Old 09-08-2011, 04:48 PM
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We'll see what happens come October.
Just about three weeks to go!
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Old 09-09-2011, 10:49 AM
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Just about three weeks to go!
Shall we do a countdown?
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Old 09-21-2011, 04:11 PM
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Shall we do a countdown?
Woah. Cool countdown clock, Lee!

It appears that Acuvue Advance contact lenses still haven't taken off yet.
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Old 11-03-2011, 03:49 PM
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Shall we do a countdown?
Strange. In that picture the countdown clock is at T-15 minutes, but the service structure is still surrounding the shuttle. I wonder why that is? They usually retract that several hours before launch.

Sorry. I'm geeking out again. Catch you later.
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Old 11-23-2011, 12:27 PM
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Strange. In that picture the countdown clock is at T-15 minutes, but the service structure is still surrounding the shuttle. I wonder why that is? They usually retract that several hours before launch.

Sorry. I'm geeking out again. Catch you later.
Maybe they scrubbed the launch and T-15 minutes and will pick it up again another day at that point. Can they do that?

It might just be a combination of two pictures taken on different days.
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Old 12-20-2011, 02:42 AM
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I was able to find both Advance and Advance Plus on line.
acuvue advance plus has a higher concentration of Hydraclear, their proprietary internal wetting agent.
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Old 12-20-2011, 10:09 AM
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acuvue advance plus has a higher concentration of Hydraclear, their proprietary internal wetting agent.
I guess that extra wetting agent is the "plus" part then.
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Maybe they scrubbed the launch and T-15 minutes and will pick it up again another day at that point. Can they do that?

It might just be a combination of two pictures taken on different days.
Not to turn this into a space shuttle forum, but in 1995 the space shuttle Endeavour had a launch abort at T-1.9 seconds due to "the discharge temperature on MPS Main Engine #3 High Pressure Oxidizer Turbopump (HPOT) exceeded its redline value."
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Default Not the High Pressure Oxidizer Turbopump Again!

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Not to turn this into a space shuttle forum, but in 1995 the space shuttle Endeavour had a launch abort at T-1.9 seconds due to "the discharge temperature on MPS Main Engine #3 High Pressure Oxidizer Turbopump (HPOT) exceeded its redline value."
I hate it when that happens.
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Old 12-20-2011, 12:48 PM
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I guess that extra wetting agent is the "plus" part then.
from personal experience fitting my patients with acuvue lenses with the hydraclear agent.....I have noticed a few things.....patients that have dry eyes, the hydraclear agent causes rapid protein buildup. they are tighter fitting lenses. and finally can cause a non moving lens that is stuck..


does anyone have this experience?
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Old 12-20-2011, 02:54 PM
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acuvue advance plus has a higher concentration of Hydraclear, their proprietary internal wetting agent.
How much higher is the concentration of Hydraclear?
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Old 12-21-2011, 12:38 PM
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How much higher is the concentration of Hydraclear?
Dont know as that is proprietary info....!
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Don't know as that is proprietary info....!
So the percentage of the wetting agent is a secret as well as the actual identity of the agent itself?
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So the percentage of the wetting agent is a secret as well as the actual identity of the agent itself?
Yeah, like the Colonel's Secret Recipe of eleven herbs and spices.
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Old 01-31-2012, 05:39 PM
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Yeah, like the Colonel's Secret Recipe of eleven herbs and spices.
I found a website called exprsscontacts.com that explains it like this:

HYDRACLEAR™ is the "science" inside this lens... a remarkable moisture rich element that acts as an internal wetting agent at the surface and throughout the interior of the lens resulting in exceptional long lasting comfort for our patients.

Does that help at all?

You know, even if a list of actual ingredients is actually given, they would probably have names like "hydrosolicomethylethylsufaliminide." So what good would that do? They probably invented some new ingredients too, and they would have names like "SoftygenTM" or something.
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