Patient Leaflet Updated 08-Jun-2022 | Martindale Pharma, an Ethypharm Group Company
Latanoprost 0.005% w/v eye drops solution
Latanoprost 0.005% w/v eye drops solution
1. What Latanoprost eye drops is and what it is used for
2. What you need to know before you use Latanoprost eye drops
3. How to use Latanoprost eye drops
4. Possible side effects
5. How to store Latanoprost eye drops
6. Contents of the pack and other information
Latanoprost eye drops belongs to a group of medicines known as prostaglandin analogues. It lowers the pressure within your eye by increasing the natural flow of fluid from inside the eye into the blood stream.
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.
Latanoprost eye drops is also used to treat increased eye pressure and glaucoma in all ages of children and babies.
Latanoprost eye drops can be used in adults (including the elderly) and in children from birth to 18 years of age.
Latanoprost eye drops has not been investigated in prematurely born infants (less than 36 weeks gestation).
Take special care with Latanoprost eye drops:
Talk to your doctor or the doctor treating your child or your pharmacist before you take Latanoprost eye drops or before you give this medicine to your child if you think any of the following apply to you or your child:
Tell your doctor, the doctor treating your child or pharmacist if you or your child are taking or have taken any other medicines (including eye drops).
If you are pregnant or breast-feeding, think you may be pregnant or are planning to have a baby, ask your doctor for advice. Do not use Latanoprost eye drops when you are pregnant or breast-feeding.
As with other eye drops, if your vision is blurred when you first put your drops in, wait until this wears off before you drive or operate machinery.
Latanoprost eye drops 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 discolour soft contact lenses. Therefore, avoid contact with soft contact lenses.
If you or your child wear contact lenses, you should remove these before using Latanoprost eye drops. See the instructions for contact lens wearers in Section 3.
Always use Latanoprost eye drops exactly as your doctor or the doctor treating your child has told you until they tell you to stop. Check with your doctor or pharmacist if you are not sure.
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.
If you or your child wear contact lenses, you should remove these before using Latanoprost eye drops. After using Latanoprost eye drops you should wait 15 minutes before putting the contact lenses back into the eyes.
If you have to use other eye drops you should wait for at least five minutes before using them.
Follow the steps below to help you use Latanoprost eye drops properly:
1. Wash your hands and sit or stand comfortably.
2. Unscrew the protective cap (which should be retained).
3. Use your finger to gently pull down the lower eyelid of your affected eye.
4. Place the tip of the bottle close to, but not touching your eye.
5. Squeeze the bottle gently so that only one drop goes into your eye and then release the lower eyelid.
6. Press a finger against the corner of the affected eye by the nose. Hold for 1 minute whilst keeping the eye closed.
7. Repeat in your other eye if your doctor has told you to do this.
8. Put the cap back on the bottle.
If you put too many drops in your eye, you may feel some slight irritation in the eye and the eyes may water and turn red. If you are worried, contact your doctor or the doctor treating your child for advice.
Contact your doctor as soon as possible if you or your child swallows Latanoprost eye drops accidentally.
If you forget to apply your drops at the usual time, just skip that dose. Do not apply a double dose to make up for the missed dose. Instead, just wait until the next time you are supposed to apply it, and then apply your normal dose.
You should speak to your doctor or the doctor treating your child if you want to stop using Latanoprost eye drops.
If you have any further questions on the use of this product, ask your doctor or pharmacist.
Like all medicines, this medicine 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):
Common (may affect up to 1 in 10 people):
Uncommon (may affect up to 1 in 100 people):
Rare (may affect up to 1 in 1,000 people):
Very rare (may affect up to 1 in 10,000 people):
Patients have also reported the following side-effects: fluid filled area within the coloured part of the eye (iris cyst), headache, dizziness, awareness of heart rhythm (palpitations), muscle pain, joint pain and developing a viral infection of the eye caused by the herpes simplex virus (HSV).
Side effects seen more often in children compared to adults are runny itchy nose and fever.
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.
If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor, pharmacist or nurse. 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.
Keep this medicine out of the sight and reach of children.
Do not use Latanoprost eye drops after the expiry date which is stated on the carton and bottle. The expiry date refers to the last day of that month.
Store the unopened bottle in a refrigerator (2°C - 8°C). After opening: do not store above 25°C and use within 4 weeks.
Keep the bottle in the outer carton in order to protect from light.
Do not throw away any medicines via wastewater. Ask your pharmacist how to throw away medicines you no longer use. These measures will help to protect the environment.
The active substance is latanoprost 0.005% w/v (50 micrograms in one ml).
The other ingredients are: sodium chloride, benzalkonium chloride, sodium dihydrogen phosphate, anhydrous disodium phosphate, water for injections.
Latanoprost eye drops is a clear colourless solution in a dropper polyethylene container of 5 ml with tamper evident polyethylene screw cap.
Each bottle contains 2.5 ml eye drops solution corresponding to approximately 80 drops of solution.
Pack sizes: 1 x 2.5 ml
3 x 2.5ml
Not all packaging sizes may be marketed.
This medicinal product is authorised in the Member States of the EEA under the following names:
Italy: lopize 0,005% collirio, soluzione
Spain: Latanoprost cinfa 50 microgramos/ml colirio en solución
UK: Latanoprost 0.005% w/v eye drops solution.
This leaflet was last revised in March 2022
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