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Allergic reaction to Glaucoma eye drops?
Eye Conditions | Last Active: Apr 1 9:01am | Replies (24)Comment receiving replies
Wow, I do understand. Timol wasn't lowering my pressure so my Eye Dr. put me on Brimonidine tartrate. It cut the pressure in haft but after 3 months I had a horrific reaction to it. Itching, burning, swollen watering eyes. I spoke with my Primary care Doc about it and she had the same reaction. It would be nice if Doctors advised patients of the possible side effects when prescribing meds. Yes, we can read, but a heads up would be appreciated. I am currently applying an eye steroid to get back to normal, then we'll discuss a new med. I have noticed I now have a slight redness around my eyes and bags...which I NEVER had before. The medical community likes to ascribe that when something happens after a certain age it is age related. NO, that is not always the case.
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Are you seeing a good eye doctor - one who specializes in glaucoma? Or a neuro eye doctor who has equipment to examine your optic nerve condition?
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I'm sorry you had a bad reaction, so far my glaucoma meds have not been an issue. But after a reaction to an antibiotic, I learned to read that fine print brochure or to at least look up the medication on WebMD. It turns out only 1% of people react like I did, so it probably didn't occur to the doc to mention it.
There is another issue with meds and cautions about side effects - every day I answer people here who are refusing to take prescribed medication because of potential side effects, sometimes things that rarely happen. So doctors walk a fine line between giving enough information to keep people safe, and giving too much about rare or annoying possibilities.