How can I get a refill on expired Optical prescription.

[Gregory20]

I've ruined my necessary prescription glasses. I am an essential worker. My prescription is expired from 3 years ago. No one on the face of the planet is doing eye exams so I cant get a new prescription. What can I do.

[JohnHaganMD]

OMG I did the same thing, fortunately I have a back-up pair.  1. Do you have a written copy of the glasses RX?   2. If you do you MIGHT be able to order a pair on the Internet.  Generally internet glasses are junk from China and I don't recommend them but these are strange times due to the corona virus from China.     The only other thing would be if you can find a one hour place like Lenscrafters or Lensmasters they could use an instrument (lensometer) to pull the RX off the lens you have. Normally they would not fill the RX unless they had a prescription from a OD or MD less than a year old, but in a crisis like this they might make you a copy of your old glasses.   If you do have a copy of your old glasses please post it.