Xalatan

used along with other medicines to treat glaucoma and other problems related to high pressure within the eye.

Side Effects:

Blurred vision, burning and stinging, foreign body sensations, dry eye, lid crusting or discomfort can occur. Report these problems if they persist.

Notify your doctor if eye pain, red eye, itching, swelling or increased brown coloration of the eye (iris area) occur.

Also, a darkening of the eyelid or eyelash may occur.

Very unlikely but report rapid vision changes, flu symptoms, chest pain, rash or headaches.

Precautions:

Tell your doctor your medical history, especially of kidney or liver diseases, any allergies, high blood pressure problems or contact lens use.

This medication can slowly (years) change the color of the iris (become browned).

If only one eye is being treated, only one eye might darken.

The consequences of this are unknown.

Consult your eye doctor.

If you develop an eye infection, trauma or have eye surgery, check with your doctor about the continued use of the same dropper bottle.

This medication should be used only when clearly needed during pregnancy. Discuss the risks and benefits with your doctor.

It is unknown if this drug is excreted into breast milk.

Caution is advised if breast-feeding.

Consult your doctor.

Generic Name: Latanoprost

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Xalatan 0.005% Drops - Prescription

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XALATAN, patients, pigmentation, latanoprost, administration, iris, ophthalmic solution, eyelash, reports, dose, intraocular pressure.

Latanoprost is a colorless to slightly yellow oil that is very soluble in acetonitrile and freely soluble in acetone, ethanol, ethyl acetate, isopropanol, methanol and octanol.

XALATAN Sterile Ophthalmic Solution (latanoprost ophthalmic solution) is supplied as a sterile, isotonic, buffered aqueous solution of latanoprost with a pH of approximately 6.7 and an osmolality of approximately 267 mOsmol/kg.

The mechanism of increased pigmentation seems to be stimulation of melanin production in melanocytes of the iris, with no proliferative changes observed.

XALATAN Sterile Ophthalmic Solution is indicated for the reduction of elevated intraocular pressure in patients with open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension.

Xalatan

Xalatan, patients, pigmentation, latanoprost, administration, iris, eye, ophthalmic solution, dose, intraocular pressure, reports.

XALATAN Sterile Ophthalmic Solution is supplied as a sterile, isotonic, buffered aqueous solution of latanoprost with a pH of approximately 6.7 and an osmolality of approximately 267 mOsmol/kg.

The acid of latanoprost could be measured in aqueous humor during the first 4 hours, and in plasma only during the first hour after local administration.

The results from the preclinical program demonstrated that the increased pigmentation is unlikely to be associated with proliferation of melanocytes.

XALATAN Sterile Ophthalmic Solution is indicated for the reduction of elevated intraocular pressure in patients with open-angle glaucoma and ocular hypertension who are intolerant of other intraocular pressure lowering medications or insufficiently responsive (failed to achieve target IOP determined after multiple measurements over time) to another intraocular pressure lowering medication.

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