over the counter eye drops for 17month old - can you help?

[pecanpie]

My 17 month old dd had conjunctivitis last year and so did a friend's baby. Her doctor/doctor friend told her that the prescription eye drops given are exactly the same as over the counter. So conjunctivitis is going round dd's nursery and when I picked her up she looked a bit gunky eyed. I called DH to see if he could pick up some eye drops on the way home, but say DD is 2 years old otherwise they won't give them over the counter.
He got the eye drops but said they were for me. Now I'm stressing because I don't know if children and adults have the same strength drops - does anyone know?

Eye drops only come in one strength over the counter

My ds was prescribed eye drops when he had it at 14 months, and then I got it and bought eye drops thinking they would be different.... they were exactly the same. However it was a mission trying to get them in his eye, so it cleared up by himself in the end.