FDA Issues Warnings With Lasik Surgery

If you're considering surgery to fix your eyesight, you'll want to hear what the FDA has to say before going. Under drafted guidance from the FDA, reported by the new york Times outlines potential side effects patients should be warned about before getting LASIK surgery. Those side effects include double vision, dry eyes, difficulty driving at night, rare cases, persistent eye pain as well. Surgeons and medical device manufacturers are accusing the FDA of needlessly frightening patients. More than 500,000 adults undergo LASIK surgery to correct poor vision every single year.