Latanoprost

Drug Status in USA : Approved
Drug Status in Canada : Approved

Indication : Why is this medication prescribed?

Reduction of elevated intra-ocular pressure in patients with primary open glaucoma and ocular hypertension.

Contraindication: What are the special precautions to be followed?

Under following conditions, use of this medication is inadvisable. Its use should be withhold as it would cause harm to the patient
Hypersensitivity.

Other Precaution to be observed while taking this medication

Do not use with 5 minutes of thiomersal-containing preparations. Aphakia or pseudophakia with tom posterior lens cap or anterior chamber lenses, risk factors for cystoid macular oedema, brittle or severe asthma, history of intraocular inflammation, inflammatory, neovascular, angle-closure or congenital glaucoma, pregnancy, lactation. Remove contact lenses during use.

What are possible side effects of this medication ?

Brown pigmentation particularly in those with mixed colour irides, blepharitis, ocular irritation and pain, darkening, thickening and lengthening of eyelashes, localised oedema, conjunctival hyperaemia, transient punctate epithelial erosions, dyspnoea, exacerbation of asthma, local skin reactions, iritis, uveitis, darkening of palpebral skin.

Drug Category/Class

  • Prostaglandin Analogues
  • Antiglaucoma Preparations and Miotics
  • Ophthalmologicals
  • Sensory Organs
  • Prostaglandin analogues
Prescribed For the reduction of elevated intraocular pressure in patients with open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension.
Weight :432.5928
Structure Latanoprost
Generic Drug Latanoprost prescribed For the reduction of elevated intraocular pressure in patients with open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension.
Formula

C26H40O5

Latanoprost has 9 Brands listed


9 PM (Eye) (2.5 ml)Ioprost (Eye) (2.5 ml)
Lacoma (Eye) (2.5 ml)Laprost (Eye) (3 ml)
Last Time (Eye) (2.5 ml)Latochek (Eye) (2.5 ml)
Latodrops (Eye) (3 ml)Latoprost (Eye) (2.5 ml)
Xalatan (Eye) (2.5 ml)

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