Travoprost 40 micrograms/ml eye drops, solution

• Keep this leaflet. You may need to read it again.
• If you have any further questions, ask your doctor or pharmacist.
• This medicine has been prescribed for you only. Do not pass it on to others. It may harm them, even if their signs of illness are the same as yours.
• If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor or pharmacist. This includes any possible side effects not listed in this leaflet. See section 4.

1. What Travoprost is and what it is used for
2. What you need to know before you use Travoprost
3. How to use Travoprost
4. Possible side effects
5. How to store Travoprost
6. Contents of the pack and other information

• if you are allergic to travoprost or any of the other ingredients of this medicine (listed in section 6).

Ask your doctor for advice if this applies to you.

Talk to your doctor or pharmacist before using Travoprost.

• Travoprost may increase the length, thickness, colour and/or number of your eyelashes.
  Changes in the eyelids including unusual hair growth or in the tissues around the eye have also been observed.
• Travoprost may change the colour of your iris (the coloured part of your eye). This change may be permanent. A change in the colour of the skin around the eye may also occur.
• If you have had cataract surgery, talk to your doctor before you use Travoprost.
• If you have current or previous history of an eye inflammation (iritis and uveitis), talk to your doctor before you use Travoprost.
• Travoprost may rarely cause breathlessness or wheezing or increase the symptoms of asthma. If you are concerned about changes in your breathing pattern when using this medicine talk to your doctor as soon as possible.
• Travoprost may be absorbed through the skin. If any of the medicine comes into contact with the skin it should be washed off straight away. This is especially important in women who are pregnant or are attempting to become pregnant.
• If you wear soft contact lenses, do not use the drops with your lenses in. After using the drops wait 15 minutes before putting your lenses back in.

Travoprost can be used in children from 2 months up to 18 years at the same dose as for adults. Use of Travoprost is not recommended to those children under 2 months of age.

Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking, have recently taken or might take any other medicines.

Do not use Travoprost if you are pregnant.

If you think that you may be pregnant speak with your doctor right away. If you could become pregnant you must use adequate contraception whilst you use this medicine.

Do not use Travoprost if you are breast-feeding.

This medicine may pass into your milk.

If you are pregnant or breast-feeding, think you may be pregnant or are planning to have a baby, ask your doctor for advice before using this medicine.

You may find that your vision is blurred for a time just after you use Travoprost. Do not drive or use machines until this has worn off.

This medicine contains 150 micrograms benzalkonium chloride in each ml of solution.

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.

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.

This medicine contains macrogolglycerol hydroxystearate 40, which may cause skin reactions.

One drop in the affected eye or eyes, once a day – in the evening. Only use Travoprost in both eyes if your doctor told you to. Use this medicine for as long as your doctor or the doctor treating your child told you to.

• Immediately before using a bottle for the first time, tear-off the overwrap pouch (picture 1). Take out the bottle and write the date of opening on the label in the space provided.
• Get the medicine bottle and a mirror.
• Wash your hands.
• Twist off the cap.
• Hold the bottle, pointing down, between your thumb and fingers.
• Tilt your head or your child’s head back. Pull down the eyelid with a clean finger, until there is a ‘pocket’ between the eyelid and the eye. The drop will go in here (picture 2).
• Bring the bottle tip close to the eye. Use the mirror if it helps.
• Do not touch the eye or eyelid, surrounding areas or other surfaces with the dropper. It could infect the drops.
• Gently squeeze the bottle to release one drop of medicine at a time (picture 3).
• After using the medicine, press a finger into the corner of the eye, by the nose (picture 4). This helps to stop the medicine getting into the rest of the body.
• If you use drops in both eyes, repeat these same steps for the other eye.
• Close the bottle cap firmly immediately after use.
• Only use one bottle of medicine at a time. Do not open the pouch until you need to use the bottle.
• You must throw away the bottle 4 weeks after you first opened it, to prevent infections, and use a new bottle.

If a drop misses the eye, try again.

Rinse all medicine out of the eye with warm water. Do not put in any more drops until it is time for the next regular dose.

Continue with the next dose as planned. Do not use a double dose to make up for a forgotten dose. Never use more than one drop in the affected eye(s) in a single day.

Do not stop using this medicine without first speaking to your doctor or the doctor treating your child. This is because the pressure in your eye or your child’s eye will not be controlled which could lead to loss of sight.

Wait for at least 5 minutes between putting in Travoprost and the other eye preparations.

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 (website: 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.

• The active substance is travoprost. This medicine contains 40 micrograms/ml of travoprost.
• The other ingredients are benzalkonium chloride, macrogolglycerol hydroxystearate 40, trometamol, disodium edetate, boric acid (E284), mannitol (E421), sodium hydroxide for pH adjustment and water for injections or purified water.

Travoprost is a clear, colourless solution supplied in packs containing translucent polypropylene 5ml bottle(s) with transparent low density polyethylene (LDPE) dropper and white high density polyethylene (HPDE) tamper-proof screw cap packaged in overwrap pouch. Each bottle contains 2.5ml solution.

The product is available in the following pack sizes:

Cartons containing 1 or 3 bottles.

Not all pack sizes may be marketed.

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