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Prostan Eye Drops – Latanoprost Eye Drops, 2.5ml
Prostan Eye Drops are a medication used to treat open angle glaucoma and ocular hypertension. The active ingredient, latanoprost, works by increasing the natural flow of fluid from inside the eye into the blood stream. This lowers the pressure within the eye, helping to prevent vision loss. Prostan Eye Drops are easy to use, and come in a convenient, portable bottle. They can be used once or twice daily, depending on your doctor’s instructions. With regular use, Prostan Eye Drops can help you maintain healthy eyesight and protect your vision for the long term.
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.
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:
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-sightedness, long-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.
Can someone who is pregnant or breastfeeding use Prostan Eye Drops?
Do not use Prostan eye drops if you are pregnant, planning to become pregnant or are breast-feeding
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What is the price of Prostan Eye Drops in Nigeria?
The price of Prostan Eye Drops is N5,750
Where can you buy Prostan Eye Drops In Nigeria?
You can Buy Prostan Eye Drops at Asset Pharmacy Lagos Nigeria, Nigeria’s Largest Online Pharmacy.
Prostan Eye Drops is a prescription drug that legally requires a medical prescription to be dispensed.
To order this product you confirm that you are under the care of your doctor or consultant and have been given permission by them for purchase, fulfillment & use in treatment with their written consent.
You will be required to send Asset Pharmacy your prescription
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How to Use
How to use Prostan Eye Drops – Latanoprost Eye Drops
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.
Contact lens wearers
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.
Using with other eye drops:
If you have to use other eye drops you should wait for at least five minutes before using them.
How to use Latanoprost eye drops
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 use more Latanoprost eye drops than you should
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 use Latanoprost eye drops
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.
If you stop using Latanoprost eye drops
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.
Product Details
Product Information of Prostan Eye Drops – Latanoprost Eye Drops
What you need to know before you use Latanoprost eye drops
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).
Do not use Latanoprost eye drops
- if you are allergic (hypersensitive) to latanoprost or any of the other ingredients of Latanoprost eye drops (listed in section 6)
- if you are pregnant or trying to become pregnant
- if you are breast-feeding.
Warning and precautions
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:
- If you or your child are about to have or have had eye surgery (including cataract surgery)
- If you or your child suffer from eye problems (such as eye pain, irritation or inflammation, blurred vision)
- If you or your child suffer from dry eyes
- If you or your child have severe asthma or the asthma is not well controlled
- If you or your child wear contact lenses. You can still use Latanoprost eye drops, but follow the instruction for contact lens wearers in Section 3
- If you have suffered or are currently suffering from a viral infection of the eye caused by the herpes simplex virus (HSV).
Other medicines and Latanoprost eye drops
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).
Pregnancy and breast-feeding
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.
Driving and using machines
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 Benzalkonium chloride
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
Side Effects
Side Effects of Prostan Eye Drops – Latanoprost Eye Drops
Possible side effects
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):
- 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 develop gradually although it is normally seen within 8 months of treatment. The colour change may be permanent and may be more noticeable if you use Latanoprost 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 Latanoprost eye drops treatment is stopped.
- Redness of the eye
- Eye irritation (a feeling of burning, grittiness, itching, stinging or the sensation of a foreign body in the eye)
- A gradual change to eyelashes of the treated eye and the fine hairs around the treated eye, seen mostly in people of Japanese origin. These changes involve an increase of the colour (darkening), length, thickness and number of your eye lashes and other hair near the eye.
Common (may affect up to 1 in 10 people):
- Irritation or disruption to the surface of the eye, eyelid inflammation (blepharitis), eye pain and light sensitivity (photophobia).
Uncommon (may affect up to 1 in 100 people):
- Eyelid swelling, dryness of the eye, inflammation or irritation of the surface of the eye (keratitis), blurred vision, conjunctivitis
- Skin rash.
Rare (may affect up to 1 in 1,000 people):
- Inflammation of the iris, the coloured part of your eye (iritis/uveitis); swelling of the retina (macular oedema), symptoms of swelling or scratching/damage to the surface of the eye, swelling around the eye (periorbital oedema), misdirected eyelashes or an extra row of eyelashes
- Skin reactions on the eyelids, darkening of the skin of the eyelids
- Asthma, worsening of asthma and shortness of breath (dyspnoea).
Very rare (may affect up to 1 in 10,000 people):
- Chest pain, worsening of angina in patients who also have heart disease, sunken eye appearance (eye sulcus deepening).
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.
Reporting of side effects
If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor, pharmacist or nurse. This includes any possible side effects not listed in this leaflet.
Ingredients
Product Ingredients of Prostan Eye Drops – Latanoprost Eye Drops
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.
How to store
How to store Prostan Eye Drops – Latanoprost Eye Drops
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.
Patient Information Leaflet
Click here for the Patient Information Leaflet of Prostan Eye Drops – Latanoprost Eye Drops
Prescription Product
This product requires a prescription from your Doctor.
Please follow the instruction received from the pharmacy on how to forward your prescription to the pharmacy after you have paid for the medicine.
A prescription drug is a pharmaceutical medication that legally requires a medical prescription to be dispensed.
To order this product you confirm that you are under the care of your doctor or consultant and have been given permission by them for purchase, fulfillment & use in treatment with their written consent
Delivery
Delievry time are estimates. Can vary due to the time of day you order.
Delivery time estimate are subject to the courier company.
Shipping to Lagos cost starts from N1850 Next day delivery
Shipping to Rest Of Nigeria – 2-3 days cost starts from N2000
Shipping to Rest of Africa – 5-7 working days Cost starts from N12000
Shipping to Europe 7 – 14 working days Cost srats from N18000
Shipping to Rest of the world – 7 – 14 days Cost starts from N18000
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