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ZIMED (R) PRESERVATIVE FREE is a brand name for Bimatoprost. The medicine, its uses, side effects and dosage are the same regardless of brand.
Used for: Reduction of elevated intraocular pressure in chronic open-angle glaucoma and ocular hypertension in adults (as monotherapy or as adjunctive therapy to beta-blockers).
Verbatim from this product's MHRA label. Tap a section to expand.
Posology The recommended dose is one drop in the affected eye(s) once daily, administered in the evening. The dose should not exceed once daily as more frequent administration may lessen the intraocular pressure lowering effect. 2 Paediatric population The safety and efficacy of bimatoprost in children aged 0 to 18 years has not yet been established.
Patients with hepatic and renal impairment Bimatoprost has not been studied in patients with renal or moderate to severe hepatic impairment and should therefore be used with caution in such patients. 3 mg/mL containing benzalconium chloride as a preservative had no adverse effect on liver function over 24 months.
Method of administration If more than one topical ophthalmic medicinal product is being used, each one should be administered at least 5 minutes apart.
3 mg/mL eye drops, solution without preservative experienced adverse reactions. The most frequently reported adverse reactions were conjunctival hyperaemia (mostly trace to mild and of a non-inflammatory nature) occurring in 24% of patients, and eye pruritis occurring in 4% of patients.
3 mg/mL eye drops, solution without preservative group discontinued due to any adverse event in the 3 month study. 3 mg/mL eye drops, solution without preservative or in the post- marketing period.
Most were ocular, mild and none was serious:
Very common (≥1/10); common (≥1/100 to <1/10); uncommon (≥1/1,000 to <1/100); rare (≥1/10,000 to <1/1,000); very rare (<1/10,000) and not known (cannot be estimated from available data) adverse reactions are presented according to System Organ Class in Table 1.
Within each frequency grouping, undesirable effects are presented in order of decreasing seriousness. 3 mg/mL, eye drops, solution can induce periorbital lipodystrophic changes which can lead to deepening of the eyelid sulcus, 6 ptosis, enophthalmos, eyelid retraction, involution of dermatochalasis and inferior scleral show.
3 mg/mL, eye drops, solution, and may cause impaired field of vision even in the absence of patient recognition. PAP is also associated with periocular skin hyperpigmentation or discoloration and hypertrichosis. All changes have been noted to be partially or fully reversible upon discontinuation or switch to alternative treatments.
Iris hyperpigmentation Increased iris pigmentation is likely to be permanent. The pigmentation change is due to increased melanin content in the melanocytes rather than to an increase in the number of melanocytes. The long-term effects of increased iris pigmentation are not known.
Iris colour changes seen with ophthalmic administration of bimatoprost may not be noticeable for several months to years. Typically, the brown pigmentation around the pupil spreads concentrically towards the periphery of the iris and the entire iris or parts become more brownish.
Ocular Before treatment is initiated, patients should be informed of the possibility of prostaglandin analogue periorbitopathy (PAP) and increased iris pigmentation, since these have been observed during treatment with bimatoprost.
Some of these changes may be permanent, and may lead to impaired field of vision and differences in appearance between the eyes when only one eye is treated. 3 mg/mL eye drops, solution containing benzalkonium chloride as a preservative.
g. aphakic patients, pseudophakic patients with a torn posterior lens capsule). 3 mg/mL eye drops, solution containing benzalkonium chloride as a preservative. g. herpes simplex) or uveitis/iritis. Bimatoprost has not been studied in patients with inflammatory ocular conditions, neovascular, inflammatory, angle-closure glaucoma, congenital glaucoma or narrow- angle glaucoma.
Skin 3 There is a potential for hair growth to occur in areas where bimatoprost comes repeatedly in contact with the skin surface. Thus, it is important to apply bimatoprost as instructed and avoid it running onto the cheek or other skin areas.
Respiratory Bimatoprost has not been studied in patients with compromised respiratory function. While there is limited information available on patients with a history of asthma or COPD, there have been reports of exacerbation of asthma, dyspnoea and COPD, as well as reports of asthma, in post marketing experience.
The frequency of these symptoms is not known. Patients with COPD, asthma or compromised respiratory function due to other conditions should be treated with caution. Cardiovascular Bimatoprost has not been studied in patients with heart block more severe than first degree or uncontrolled congestive heart failure.
3 mg/mL eye drops, solution containing benzalkonium chloride as a preservative. Bimatoprost should be used with caution in patients predisposed to low heart rate or low blood pressure. 3 mg/mL eye drops, solution in patients with glaucoma or ocular hypertension, it has been shown that the more frequent exposure of the eye to more than one dose of bimatoprost daily may decrease the IOP-lowering effect.
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Neither naevi nor freckles of the iris appear to be affected by the treatment. 5%. 8 Table 2) and did not increase following 3 years treatment. 3 mg/mL eye drops, solution containing benzalkonium chloride as a preservative. 3 mg/mL eye drops, solution containing benzalkonium chloride as a preservative usage, the most frequently reported adverse reactions were: • growth of eyelashes in up to 45% in the first year with the incidence of new reports decreasing to 7% at 2 years and 2% at 3 years • conjunctival hyperaemia (mostly trace to mild and thought to be of a non- inflammatory nature) in up to 44% in the first year with the incidence of new reports decreasing to 13% at 2 years and 12% at 3 years • ocular pruritus in up to 14% of patients in the first year with the incidence of new reports decreasing to 3% at 2 years and 0% at 3 years.
Less than 9% of patients discontinued due to any adverse event in the first year with the incidence of additional patient discontinuations being 3% at both 2 and 3 years. 3 mg/mL eye drops, solution without preservative. Most were ocular, mild to moderate, and none were serious.
3 mg/mL eye drops, solution containing benzalkonium chloride as a preservative. Most […]
Patients using bimatoprost with other prostaglandin analogues should be monitored for changes to their intraocular pressure. Patients with a history of contact hypersensitivity to silver should not use this product as dispensed drops may contain traces of silver.
Bimatoprost has not been studied in patients wearing contact lenses. Contact lenses should be removed prior to instillation and may be reinserted 15 minutes following administration.