Contact lenses including medicaments and methods of making and using same including stabilizers of labile components such as drugs

A packaged medical device, comprising:

• a) at least one drug delivery contact lens, comprising:
• i) at least one coating provided on at least one surface of said drug delivery contact lens;
• where said at least one coating comprises at least one emulsion;
• ii) at least one hydrophobic drug;
• wherein said at least one hydrophobic drug comprises at least one prostaglandin, at least one prostaglandin derivative, or a combination thereof;
• wherein said at least one coating comprises said at least one hydrophobic drug;
• wherein said at least one hydrophobic drug is subject to degradation by hydrolysis;
• further wherein said at least one hydrophobic drug is incorporated into at least one emulsion;
• b) at least one packaging solution, comprising:
• 1) said at least one hydrophobic drug;
• 2) at least one emulsion;
• c) at least one packaging, comprising:
• 1) said at least one drug delivery contact lens;
• and
• 2) said at least one packaging solution;
• d) further wherein said at least one hydrophobic drug is stabilized against hydrolysis in said at least one drug delivery contact lens, in said at least one packaging solution, or a combination thereof, under conditions of steam sterilization, heat, or a combination thereof, at temperatures of up to 100° C. or above.