Latanoprost Eye Drops 50mcg/1ml

What is Latanoprost Eye Drops

Latanoprost eye drops ( Xalatan generic )belongs to a group of medicines known as prostaglandin analogues

What is Latanoprost Eye Drops Used For

Latanoprost Eye Drops lowers the pressure within your eye by increasing the natural flow of fluid from inside the eye into the bloodstream.
Latanoprost eye drops is used to treat adults with open-angle glaucoma and ocular hypertension.
These conditions are linked with an increase in the pressure within your eye. If they are not treated
they may affect your eyesight.

How to use Latanoprost eye drops

The recommended dose for adults (including elderly) and the children is one drop once a day in
the affected eye(s). The best time to do this is in the evening.
Do not use Latanoprost eye drops more than once a day, because the effectiveness of the treatment
can be reduced if you administer it more often.

Side Effects Of Latanoprost Eye Drops

Like all medicines, this Latanoprost eye drops can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them.
The following are known side effects of using Latanoprost eye drops:
Very common (may affect more than 1 in 10 people):
• A gradual change in your eye colour by increasing the amount of brown pigment in the
coloured part of the eye known as the iris. If you have mixed-colour 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 colour (blue, grey, green or brown eyes). Any changes in your eye
colour may develop gradually although it is normally seen within 8 months of treatment.
The colour change may be permanent and may be more noticeable if you use Latanoprost
eye drops in only one eye. There appears to be no problems associated with the change in
eye colour. The eye colour change does not continue after Latanoprost eye drops treatment
is stopped.
• Redness of the eye
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• Eye irritation (a feeling of burning, grittiness, itching, stinging or the sensation of a

For more information please read the Patient Information Leaflet

You can buy Latanoprost eye drops UK online with a valid prescription.

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