Latanoprost Timolol Eye Drops, 2.5ML

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  • Active ingredients: latanoprost and timolol.
  • Treatment of Glaucoma
  • Alternate name: Xalacom
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  • Active ingredients: latanoprost and timolol.
  • Treatment of Glaucoma
  • Alternate name: Xalacom
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  • Active ingredients: latanoprost and timolol.
  • Treatment of Glaucoma
  • Alternate name: Xalacom

Latanoprost Timolol Eye Drops, 2.5ML

What Latanoprost Timolol Eye Drops are and what they are used for?

Latanoprost Timolol Eye Drops contain two active ingredients: latanoprost and timolol.
Latanoprost belongs to a group of medicines known as prostaglandin analogues. It increases the natural outflow of fluid from the eye into the bloodstream.
Timolol belongs to a group of medicines known as beta-blockers. It slows down the production of the fluid in the eye.

Latanoprost Timolol Eye Drops is used to reduce the pressure in your eye if you have conditions known as open angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension. Both these conditions are linked to an increase in the pressure within your eye, eventually affecting your eyesight. Your doctor will usually prescribe you these eye drops when other medicines have not worked adequately

latanoprost timolol eye drops also known as Xalacom

What is Glaucoma?

Glaucoma is a common eye condition where the optic nerve, which connects the eye to the brain, becomes damaged.

It’s usually caused by fluid building up in the front part of the eye, which increases pressure inside the eye.

Your eye contains a clear, watery liquid that feeds the inside of the eye. Liquid is constantly being drained out of the eye and new liquid is made to replace this. If the liquid cannot drain out quickly enough, the pressure inside the eye builds up. This medicine works by increasing the amount of liquid that is drained. This reduces the pressure inside the eye. If the high pressure is not reduced, it could lead to a disease called glaucoma and eventually damage your sight.

Glaucoma can lead to loss of vision if it’s not diagnosed and treated early.

It can affect people of all ages, but is most common in adults in their 70s and 80s.

Glaucoma does not usually cause any symptoms to begin with.

It tends to develop slowly over many years and affects the edges of your vision (peripheral vision) first.

For this reason, many people do not realise they have glaucoma, and it’s often only picked up during a routine eye test.

If you do notice any symptoms, they might include blurred vision, or seeing rainbow-coloured circles around bright lights.

Both eyes are usually affected, although it may be worse in 1 eye.

Very occasionally, glaucoma can develop suddenly and cause:

  • intense eye pain
  • nausea and vomiting
  • red eye
  • headache
  • tenderness around the eyes
  • seeing rings around lights
  • blurred vision

Visit an opticians or a GP if you have any concerns about your vision.

If you have glaucoma, early diagnosis and treatment can help stop your vision getting worse.

Without treatment, glaucoma can eventually lead to blindness.

If you develop symptoms of glaucoma suddenly, go to your nearest eye casualty unit or A&E as soon as possible.

This is a medical emergency that may require immediate treatment.

There are several different types of glaucoma.

The most common is called primary open angle glaucoma. This tends to develop slowly over many years.

It’s caused by the drainage channels in the eye becoming gradually clogged over time.

Other types of glaucoma include:

  • acute angle closure glaucoma – an uncommon type caused by the drainage in the eye becoming suddenly blocked, which can raise the pressure inside the eye very quickly
  • secondary glaucoma – caused by an underlying eye condition, such as inflammation of the eye (uveitis)
  • childhood glaucoma (congenital glaucoma) – a rare type that occurs in very young children, caused by an abnormality of the eye

Glaucoma can occur for a number of reasons.

Most cases are caused by a build-up of pressure in the eye when fluid is unable to drain properly.

This increase in pressure then damages the nerve that connects the eye to the brain (optic nerve).

It’s often unclear why this happens, although certain things can increase the risk, including:

  • your age – glaucoma becomes more common as you get older
  • your ethnicity – people of African, Caribbean or Asian origin are at a higher risk
  • your family history – you’re more likely to develop glaucoma if you have a parent or sibling with the condition
  • other medical conditions – such as short-sightednesslong-sightedness and diabetes

It’s not clear whether you can do anything to prevent glaucoma, but having regular eye tests should pick it up as early as possible.

The treatment recommended for you will depend on the type of glaucoma you have, but the options are:

  • eyedrops – to reduce the pressure in your eyes
  • laser treatment – to open up the blocked drainage tubes or reduce the production of fluid in your eyes
  • surgery – to improve the drainage of fluid

You’ll also probably need regular appointments to monitor your condition and check the treatment is working.

Further Information on Glaucoma

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Price of  Latanoprost Timolol Eye Drops in UK

Where to buy Latanoprost Timolol Eye Drops

Latanoprost Timolol Eye Dropsis available to buy with a prescription at Dock Pharmacy Essex UK, UK Online Pharmacy.

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You can buy Latanoprost Timolol Eye Drops Uk with a private prescription or with a vets prescription.

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How To Use

Always use these eye drops exactly as your doctor or pharmacist has told you. Check with your
doctor or pharmacist if you are not sure.
The recommended dose for adults (including the elderly) is one drop once a day in each affected eye(s).
Do not use these eye drops more than once a day, because the effectiveness of the treatment can be reduced if you administer it more often.
Use these eye drops as instructed by your doctor until your doctor tells you to stop.
Your doctor may want you to have extra checks on your heart and circulation if you use these eye drops.
Contact lens wearers
If you have contact lenses, do not use these eye drops while your contact lenses are in your eyes, remove your contact lenses before using these eye drops, wait at least 15 minutes after using
these eye drops before putting your contact lenses back in.
Instructions for use:
1. First wash your hands and sit or stand comfortably
2. Remove your contact lenses
3. If you are using the bottle for the first time, snap off the protective cover by turning it clockwise to
break the seal.
4. Unscrew the cap
5. Tilt your head back and look at the ceiling
6. Pull the lower eyelid gently downwards
7. Hold the bottle upside down above the eye and gently squeeze the bottle to release a drop into your eye
8. Avoid touching the eye (or any other surface) with the tip of the bottle

Delivery Options

Delivery options

All deliveries are subject to the availability of the product and product sale conditions been met.

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UK Delivery

Standard Delivery within the UK £3.50 Delivery time 3-4 days
First Class Delivery within the UK £5.90 Delivery time 1-2 days
Priority Delivery within the UK £7.10. Next day delivery by 1pm. Order must be placed by 1pm. Priority delivery is only available Monday to Thursday.

Europe Delivery

Standard Delivery within EEC from £12.50 Delivery time up to 5 days depending on the local delivery service within your country.
Expedited Delivery within EEC £39.50 Delivery time 2 days. Delivery by DHL, UPS or TNT.

Rest of the World

Standard Delivery Rest of the World from £16.10 Delivery Time 10 – 15 Days
Expedited Delivery Rest of the World £55.09 Delivery 5 days. Delivery service by DHL, TNT or UPS

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Product Details

What you need to know before you use these eye drops
These eye drops 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.
Do not use these eye drops
• if you are allergic (hypersensitive) to Latanoprost or Timolol, beta- blockers or any of the other ingredients of these eye drops
• if you have now or have had in the past respiratory problems such as asthma, severe chronic obstructive bronchitis (severe lung disease which may cause wheeziness, difficulty in breathing
and/or long-standing cough).
• if you have serious heart problems or heart rhythm disorders.
• if you are pregnant (or trying to become pregnant)
• if you are breast feeding
Warnings and precaution
Talk to your doctor or pharmacist before using these eye drops if you have now or have had in the past:
• coronary heart disease (symptoms can include chest pain or tightness, breathlessness or choking), heart failure, low blood pressure
• disturbances of heart rate such as slow heartbeat
• breathing problems, asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
• poor blood circulation disease (such as Raynaud’s disease or Raynaud’s syndrome)
• diabetes, as timolol may mask signs and symptoms of low blood sugar
• over activity of the thyroid gland as timolol may mask signs and symptoms
• you are about to have any kind of eye surgery (including cataract surgery) or have had any kind of eye surgery in the past.
• you suffer from eye problems (such as eye pain, eye irritation, eye inflammation or blurred vision)
• you know that you suffer from dry eyes
• you wear contact lenses. You can still use these eye drops but follow the instructions for contact lens wearers in Section 3
• you know that you suffer from angina (particularly a type known as Prinzmetal angina)
• you know that you suffer from severe allergic reactions that would usually require hospital treatment
• you have suffered or are currently suffering from a viral infection of the eye caused by the herpes simplex virus (HSV)
Tell your doctor before you have an operation that you are using these eye drops as timolol may change effects of some medicines used during anaesthesia.
Other medicines and these eye drops
Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking, have recently taken or might take any other medicines, including using eye drops and medicines obtained without a prescription.
These eye drops can affect or be affected by other medicines you are using, including other eye drops for the treatment of glaucoma. Tell your doctor if you are using or intend to use medicines to lower blood pressure, heart medicines or medicines to treat diabetes.
In particular, speak to your doctor or pharmacist if you know that you are taking any of the following types of medicine:
• Prostaglandins, prostaglandin analogues or prostaglandin derivates
• Beta-blockers
• Epinephrine
• Drugs used to treat high blood pressure such as oral calcium channel blockers, guanethidine, antiarrhythmics, digitalis glycosides or parasympathomimetics
• Quinidine (used to treat heart conditions and some types of malaria)
• Antidepressants known as fluoxetine and paroxetine
These eye drops with food and drink
Normal meals, food or drink have no effects on when or how you should use these eye drops.
Pregnancy, breast-feeding and fertility
Pregnancy
Do not use these eye drops if you are pregnant unless your doctor considers it necessary. Tell your doctor immediately if you are pregnant, think you are pregnant or planning to become
pregnant.
Breast-feeding
Do not use these eye drops if you are breast-feeding. These eye drops may get into your milk.
Ask your doctor for advice before taking any medicine during breast-feeding.
Fertility
Latanoprost and timolol have been found no effect on male or female fertility in animal studies.
Driving and using machines
When you use these eye drops your vision may become blurred for a short time. If this happens to you, do not drive or use any tools or machines until your vision becomes clear again.
These eye drops contains benzalkonium chloride and phosphate buffers
These eye drops contains 0.2mg/ml (0.006mg per drop)benzalkonium chloride as preservative. Benzalkonium chloride may be absorbed by soft contact lenses and may change the colour of the contact lenses. You should remove contact lenses before using this medicine and put them back 15 minutes afterwards. See the instructions for contact lens wearers in section 3.
Benzalkonium chloride may also cause eye irritation, especially if you have dry eyes or disorders of the cornea (the clear layer at the front of the eye). If you feel abnormal eye sensation, stinging
or pain in the eye after using this medicine, talk to your doctor. These eye drops contains 6.3 mg
phosphates in each milliliter which is equivalent to 0.2 mg per drop.
If you suffer from severe damage to the clear layer at the front of the eye (the cornea), phosphates may cause in very rare cases cloudy patches on the cornea due to calcium build-up
during treatment.

Side Effects

Like all medicines, these eye drops can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them.
You can usually carry on taking the drops, unless the effects are serious. If you’re worried, talk to a
doctor or pharmacist. Do not stop using these eye drops without speaking to your doctor.
Listed below are known side effects of these eye drops. The most important side-effect is the possibility
of a gradual, permanent change in your eye colour. It is also possible that these eye drops might cause
serious changes in the way your heart works. If you notice changes in your heart rate or heart function
you should speak to a doctor and tell them you have been using these eye drops.
The following are the known side effects of using this 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 take years to develop. The colour
change may be permanent and may be more noticeable if you use these 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 these eye drops are stopped.
Common- (may affect up to 1 in 10 people)
• Eye irritation (a feeling of burning, grittiness, itching, stinging or the sensation of a foreign body in
the eye) and eye pain.
Uncommon- (may affect up to 1 in 100 people)
• Headache.
• Redness of the eye, eye infection (conjunctivitis), blurred vision, watery eyes, swelling
(inflammation) of the eyelids, irritation or disruption of the surface of the eye
• Skin rashes or itching (pruritus)
Other side effects
Although not seen with these eye drops, the following additional side effects have been seen with
Latanoprost and Timolol, which are in these eye drops. They might occur when you use these eye drops.
The following side effects have been seen with latanoprost:
Infections and Infestations:
• Developing a viral infection of the eye caused by the herpes simplex virus (HSV).
Immune System Disorders:
• Symptoms of allergic reaction (swelling and redness of the skin and rash).
Psychiatric Disorders:
• Depression, memory loss, decreased sex drive, inability to sleep, nightmares.
Nervous System Disorders:
• Dizziness, tingling or numbness in the skin, changes in blood flow to the brain,
worsening of symptoms of myasthenia gravis (if you already suffer from this condition),
sudden fainting or feeling you may faint (syncope).
Eye Disorders:
• Changes to the eyelashes and fine hairs around the eye (increased number, length,
thickness and darkening), changes to the direction of eyelash growth, swelling around the
eye, swelling of the coloured part of the eye (iritis/uveitus), scarring of the surface of the eye.
swelling at the back of the eye (macular oedema), inflammation/irritation of the surface of the eye
(keratitis), dryeyes, fluid filled cyst within the coloured part of the eye (iris cyst), light sensitivity
(photophobia), sunken eye appearance (deepening of the eye sulcus).
Ear Disorders:
• Whistling/ringing in the ears (tinnitus).
Heart (Cardiac) Disorders:
• Angina, Worsening of angina, awareness of heart rhythm (palpitations).
Breathing (Respiratory) Disorders:
• Asthma, worsening of asthma, shortness of breath.
Skin Disorders:
• Darkening of the skin around the eyes.
Muscle and Skeletal Disorders:
• Joint pain, muscle pain
General Disorders:
• Chest pain
Like other medicines applied into the eyes, these eye drops are absorbed into the blood. The timolol
portion of this combination may cause similar side effects as seen with intravenous and/ or oral betablocking agents. Incidence of side effects after topical ophthalmic administration is lower than when
medicines are, for example, taken by mouth or injected. Listed side effects include reactions seen within
the class of beta-blockers when used for treating eye conditions:
• Generalised allergic reactions including swelling beneath the skin that can occur in areas such as the
face and limbs and can obstruct the airway which may cause difficulty swallowing or breathing, hives
or itchy rash, localised and generalised rash, itchiness, severe sudden life-threatening allergic
reaction.
• Low blood glucose levels
• Depression, memory loss, difficulty sleeping (insomnia), nightmares, hallucinations.
• Fainting, stroke, reduced blood supply to the brain, increases in signs and symptoms of myasthenia
gravis (muscle disorder), dizziness, unusual sensations like pins and needles and headache
• Signs and symptoms of eye irritation (e.g. burning, stinging, itching, tearing, redness), inflammation
of eyelid, inflammation in the cornea, blurred vision and detachment of the layer below the retina that
contains blood vessels following filtration surgery which may cause visual disturbances, decreased
corneal sensitivity, dry eyes, corneal erosion (damage to the front layer of the eyeball), drooping of
the upper eyelid (making the eye stay half closed), double vision.
• Slow heart rate, chest pains, awareness of heart beat (palpitations), oedema (fluid buildup), changes in
rhythm or speed of the heartbeat and congestive heart failure (heart disease with shortness of breath
and swelling of the feet and legs due to fluid buildup), a type of heart rhythm disorder, heart attack,
heart failure
• Low blood pressure, Raynaud’s phenomenon and cold hands and feet
• Difficulty breathing, cough, constriction of the airways in the lungs (predominantly in patients with
pre- existing disease)
• Feeling sick (nausea), diarrhoea, dry mouth, taste disturbances, indigestion, abdominal pain,
vomiting
• hair loss/baldness, skin rash, skin rash with white silvery coloured appearance (psoriasiform rash) or
worsening of psoriasis
• Muscle pain not caused by exercise
• Muscle weakness/ tiredness
• Sexual dysfunction, decreased libido
In very rare cases, some patients with severe damage to the clear layer at the front of the eye (the cornea)
have developed cloudy patches on the cornea due to calcium build-up during treatment.
Reporting of side effects
If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor or pharmacist. This includes any possible side effects not
listed in this leaflet. You can also report side effects directly via the Yellow Card Scheme at
www.mhra.gov.uk/yellowcard or search for MHRA Yellow Card in the Google Play or Apple App Store.
By reporting side effects you can help provide more information on the safety of this medicine.

How to store these eye drops
Keep this medicine out of the sight and reach of children.
Do not use these eye drops after the expiry date which is stated on the carton and bottle label after EXP.
The expiry date refers to the last day of that month.
Store the unopened bottle of eye drops in a refrigerator (between 2°C and 8°C).
After opening the bottle it is not necessary to store it in a refrigerator but do not store it above 25°C.
After opening do not use the eye drops in this bottle for more than 4 weeks.
When you are not using these eye drops, keep the bottle in the outer carton, in order to protect from light.
Do not throw away any medicines via wastewater or household waste. Ask your pharmacist how to throw
away medicines you no longer use. These measures will help protect the environment

Ingredients

What Latanoprost Timolol Eye Drops contain
The active substances are latanoprost and timolol
Each ml contains 50 micrograms latanoprost and 5 mg timolol (as 6.8 mg timolol maleate)
The other ingredients (excipients) are:
Sodium chloride, Benzalkonium chloride, Sodium dihydrogen phosphate monohydrate, Disodium phosphate anhydrous, Hydrochloric acid solution and Sodium hydroxide solution (for pH
adjustment), Water for injections.

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