Xalatan

Brand: XALATAN

XALATAN belongs to a group of medicines known as prostaglandin analogues. It works by increasing the natural outflow of fluid from inside the eye into the bloodstream.

XALATAN is used to treat conditions known as open angle glaucoma and ocular hypertension.  Both of these conditions are linked with an increase in the pressure within your eye, eventually affecting your eye sight.

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MEDICATION GUIDE

  Xalatan Medication Guide (147.5 KiB, 30 hits)

SAFETY INFORMATION

►Do not use XALATAN if you are:

• Allergic (hypersensitive) to latanoprost or any of the other ingredients of XALATAN
• Pregnant or trying to become pregnant
• Breast-feeding

►Before using XALATAN, take note that:

• XALATAN can be used in adult men and women (including the elderly) but is not recommended for use if you are less than 18 years of age.

►Take special care with XALATAN

Talk to your doctor or pharmacist before you take XALATAN if you think any of the following apply to you:

• If you are about to have or have had eye surgery (including cataract surgery)
• If you suffer from eye problems (such eye pain, irritation or inflammation, blurred vision)
• If you know that you suffer from dry eyes
• If you have severe asthma or your asthma is not well controlled
• If you wear contact lenses.  If you wear contact lenses, you should remove them before using XALATAN. After using XALATAN you should wait 15 minutes before putting your contact lenses back in.

►Pregnancy

Do not use XALATAN when you are pregnant.  Tell your doctor immediately if you are pregnant, think you are pregnant, or are planning to become pregnant.

►Breast-feeding

Do not use XALATAN when you are breast-feeding.

►Driving and using machines

When you use XALATAN you might have blurred vision, for a short time.  If this happens toyou, do not drive or use any tools or machines until your vision becomes clear again.

►Important information about some of the ingredients of XALATAN

XALATAN contains a preservative called benzalkonium chloride.  This preservative may cause eye irritation or disruption to the surface of the eye.  Benzalkonium chloride can be absorbed by contact lenses and is known to discolor soft contact lenses. Therefore, avoid contact with soft contact lenses.

If you wear contact lenses, you should remove them before using XALATAN.  After using XALATAN you should wait 15 minutes before putting your contact lenses back in.

►If you use XALATAN with other eye drops

Wait at least 5 minutes between using XALATAN and taking other eye drops

POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS

Like all medicines, XALATAN can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them.

►VERY COMMON SIDE EFFECTS (likely to affect more than 1 in 10 people):

• A gradual change in your eye color by increasing the amount of brown pigment in the colored part of the eye known as the iris.  If you have mixed-color eyes (blue-brown,  grey-brown, yellow-brown or green-brown) you are more likely to see this change than if you have eyes of one color (blue, grey, green or brown eyes).  Any changes in your eye color may take years to develop although it is normally seen within 8 months of treatment.  The color change may be permanent and may be more noticeable if you use XALATAN in only one eye.  There appears to be no problems associated with the change in eye color.  The eye color change does not continue after XALATAN treatment is stopped.
• Redness of the eye
• Eye irritation (a feeling of burning, grittiness, itching, stinging or the sensation of a foreign body in the eye)
• A gradual change to eyelashes of the treated eye and the fine hairs around the treated eye, seen mostly in people of Japanese origin.  These changes involve an increase of the color (darkening), length, thickness and number of your eye lashes.

►COMMON SIDE EFFECTS (likely to affect less than 1 in 10 people):

• Irritation or disruption to the surface of the eye
• Eyelid inflammation (blepharitis) and eye pain.

►UNCOMMON SIDE EFFECTS (likely to affect less than 1 in every 100 people):

• Eyelid swelling
• Dryness of the eye
• Inflammation or irritation of the surface of the eye (keratitis)
• Blurred vision
• Conjunctivitis
• Skin rash.

►RARE SIDE EFFECTS (likely to affect less than 1 in every 1000 people):

• Inflammation of the iris, the colored part of the eye (iritis/uveitis); swelling of the retina (macular oedema), symptoms of swelling or scratching/damage to the surface of the eye, swelling around the eye (periorbital oedema) misdirected eyelashes or an extra row of eyelashes.
• Skin reactions on the eyelids, darkening of the skin of the eyelids.
• Asthma, worsening of asthma and shortness of breath (dyspnoea).

►OTHER SIDE EFFECTS:

• headache
• dizziness
• palpitations
• muscle pain and joint pain.

If any of the side effects become serious, or if you notice any side effects not listed, please contact you doctor or pharmacist.

DRUG INTERACTION

XALATAN may interact with other medicines.  Please tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking or have taken any other medicines including those medicines (or eye drops) obtained without a prescription.