Ocuvite Eye Vitamin Adult 50+ Formula helps replenish essential eye protecting nutrients that you can lose as you age. This eye vitamin and mineral supplement contains antioxidants and nutrients, including Vitamin C, E, and Zinc, to help protect eye health.

This medication is a multivitamin product used to treat or prevent vitamin deficiency due to poor diet, certain illnesses, or during pregnancy. Vitamins are important building blocks of the body and help keep you in good health.

Take this medication by mouth with or without food as directed by your doctor, usually once or twice daily. If stomach upset occurs, it may help to take this product with food. Take this medication 2 to 3 hours before or after taking certain antibiotics (including tetracyclines, quinolones such as ciprofloxacin).

Serious side effects of Ocuvite Signs of an allergic reaction, like rash; hives; itching; red, swollen, blistered, or peeling skin with or without fever; wheezing; tightness in the chest or throat; trouble breathing, swallowing, or talking; unusual hoarseness; or swelling of the mouth, face, lips, tongue, or throat.

Here are the six top vitamins that promote eye health and the best ways to get them.

• Vitamin A (and beta carotene) Vitamin A is absolutely essential for vision, Johnson says.
• Vitamin E. Vitamin E is also essential for eye health.
• Vitamin C.
• Zinc.
• Omega-3 fatty acids.

• Best Zinc: Transparent Labs Immune.
• Best Omega-3 Fatty Acids: LifeForce Omega.
• Best Vitamin A: Pure Encapsulations Vitamin A + Carotenoids.
• Best Vitamin E: NatureMade Vitamin E.
• Best Vitamin C: Swanson Vitamin C Powder.
• Best Lutein and Zeaxanthin: PreserVision AREDS 2 Eye Vitamin & Mineral Supplement.

Ocuvite doses from 6.9 to 11.7 mg per day are considered safe doses with no adverse effects on the body. Lutein supplements were used safely in the study at doses up to 15 mg daily for 2 years. An overdose of Ocuvite can cause yellowish skin.

Tell your treating doctor and pharmacist if you are allergic to the drug or any of the excipients in the preparation that you use. ; Tell your treating doctor if you are allergic to any medications, including foods, dyes, preservatives and animals; Avoid use in children under 6 years of age unless directed by a doctor; ...

Recommended Intake Take 1 soft gel daily, in the morning with a full glass of water during a meal.

Here are the six top vitamins that promote eye health and the best ways to get them.

• Vitamin A (and beta carotene) Vitamin A is absolutely essential for vision, Johnson says.
• Vitamin E. Vitamin E is also essential for eye health.
• Vitamin C.
• Zinc.
• Omega-3 fatty acids.

While few studies support positive claims about supplements, the age-related eye disease study (AREDS) is an exception. The research showed a group getting a specialized blend of vitamin and mineral supplements had a 25 percent lower risk of worsening of age-related macular degeneration.

Vitamins A, C, and E are the most effective vitamins for reducing the risk of macular degeneration [13]. However, only vitamin A plays an essential role in the human retinal pigment epithelial cells, whereas vitamins C and E are known to act as antioxidants.