# Saline solution **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 13, 2007, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saline-solution/407851 "2007-06-13T14:36:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saline-solution/407851/1 "2007-06-13T14:36:54Z")
Where has the saline solution gone? The bottled stuff for rinsing contact lenses — the solution that doesn’t cost per ounce the equivalent of fine wine. All I find in the store these days is the “multi-purpose” contact lens solution. Fine stuff, but wasteful to pour down the drain if I just want to rinse my contact lenses. Have bottles of saline solution disappeared from your area? ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saline-solution/407851/2 "2007-06-13T14:51:48Z")
Yep. The pharmacist told me they were just out of stock at Target, but they’ve been out of stock for six weeks now. You can still get “Sensitive Eyes” saline-ish stuff, but it costs four times as much. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saline-solution/407851/3 "2007-06-13T15:14:29Z")
My local Target has been out of B&L Sensitive Eyes Plus for 2 weeks now, but I was still able to get it at CVS (at 1.5x the price).