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MINIMS LIDOCAINE & FLUORESCEIN is a brand name for Lidocaine (also known as Lignocaine). The medicine, its uses, side effects and dosage are the same regardless of brand.
Used for: As a diagnostic stain and topical anaesthetic combined. Minims Lidocaine & Fluorescein can be used in the measurement of intraocular pressure by Goldmann tonometry.
Verbatim from this product's MHRA label. Tap a section to expand.
Adults (including the elderly):
One or more drops, as required.
Children:
As directed by the physician.
ADRs are very rare (<1/10,000),including isolated reports. Symptoms of allergic-type reactions and anaphylaxis have been reported following topical ophthalmic administration of Fluorescein sodium and may manifest as: Eye disorders: allergic conjunctivitis, peri-orbital oedema Immune system disorders: anaphylactic reaction Skin and subcutaneous tissue disorders: urticaria, rash
The anaesthetised eye should be protected from foreign body contamination, particularly in elderly patients in whom the duration of anaesthesia may exceed 30 minutes. Use with caution in an inflamed eye as hyperaemia greatly increases the rate of systemic absorption through the conjunctiva.
Systemic absorption may be reduced by compressing the lacrimal sac at the medial canthus for a minute during and following the instillation of the drops. (This blocks the passage of the drops via the naso-lacrimal duct to the wide absorptive area of the nasal and pharyngeal mucosa.
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Do not use in patients with a known hypersensitivity to fluorescein or Lidocaine and other amide-type local anaesthetics.
Not medical advice. Always read the patient information leaflet and follow your prescriber or pharmacist.
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