Latan 0.005% drops 2.5ml

Warnings

Pregnancy
The medicine is contraindicated in pregnant females.

Lactation
This medicine is contraindicated or not recommended in lactating females.

Driving
Please avoid driving when taking this medicine as it may affect your ability to drive.

Precautions
Its use is specially cautioned in inflammatory neovascular (sight-threatening complication), angle closure or congenital glaucoma, pigmentary glaucoma, open angle glaucoma in pseudophakia (false lens) patients, severe asthma, risk factors for iritis (inflammation of iris), uveitis (inflammation of uvea) or cystoid macular oedema (painless disorder affecting central retina), period of cataract surgery & having history of herpetic keratitis (viral infection of eye).

Expert Advice

This medicine is indicated for ocular hypertension (poor drainage of a fluid inside the eye) and open angle glaucoma (a form of eye disease) where other treatments have either failed or not tolerated.

Side Effects

Its side effects include darkening of mixed colored irises (inform patient of this); growth of darker, longer & thicker lashes; blurred vision, conjunctival hyperemia (conjunctival reaction), foreign body sensation, eye irritation, blepharitis (inflammation of eyelids), eye pain, photophobia (light sensitivity), conjunctivitis. However, this is not a complete list of all side effects. Always seek medical help when the condition worsens.