Tropicamide Tropicamide Eye Drops
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Minims® Tropicamide Tropicamide Eye Drops Consumer Medicine Information Tell your doctor if you have or What is in this leaflet Before you use Minims have had any of the following Tropicamide This leaflet answers some common medical conditions: questions about Minims * glaucoma (high pressure in the Tropicamide, including how to use When you must not use it eye) the eye drops. * fast heartbeat or any heart Do not use Minims Tropicamide if It does not contain all the available condition or had heart surgery. you have an allergy to: information. It does not take the Tell your doctor if you are place of talking to your doctor or * any medicine containing pregnant or are breast-feeding. pharmacist. tropicamide Your doctor will discuss with you * any of the ingredients listed at the All medicines have benefits and the risks and benefits involved. risks. Your doctor has weighed the end of this leaflet. Tell your doctor if you wear risks of you using Minims Some of the symptoms of an allergic contact lenses. Tropicamide against the benefits they reaction may include: You should not wear contact lenses expect it will have for you. * shortness of breath while using this medicine. If you have any concerns about * wheezing or difficulty breathing using this medicine, ask your * swelling of the face, lips, tongue If you have not told your doctor doctor or pharmacist. about any of the above, tell or other parts of the body him/her before you start using Keep this leaflet with the medicine. * rash, itching or hives on the skin. Minims Tropicamide. You may need to read it again. Do not use Minims Tropicamide if you have narrow angle glaucoma Taking other medicines (high pressure in the eye). Tell your doctor if you are taking Tropicamide can increase the any other medicines, including any pressure in the eye. What Minims that you buy without a Tropicamide is used Do not use this medicine after the prescription from your pharmacy, for expiry date printed on the pack or supermarket or health food shop. if the packaging is torn or shows Some medicines and Minims Minims Tropicamide belongs to a signs of tampering. Tropicamide may interfere with each class of medicines called If it has expired or is damaged, return other. In particular if you are using antimuscarinic agents. It is used to it to your pharmacist for disposal. other eye drops. enlarge the pupil of the eye and to temporarily paralyse the lens so that If you are not sure whether you These medicines may be affected by your doctor can examine your eye. It should start using this medicine, Minims Tropicamide or may affect is usually used at the beginning of an talk to your doctor. how well it works. You may need eye examination. different amounts of your medicines, Before you start to use it or you may need to use different Ask your doctor if you have any medicines. questions about why this medicine Tell your doctor if you have had an Your doctor and pharmacist will has been prescribed to you. allergy to any other medicines, have more information on medicines Your doctor may have prescribed it foods, preservatives or dyes. to be careful with or avoid while for another reason. using this medicine. MINIMS® TROPICAMIDE EYE DROPS 1 8. Release one or two drops into the Stop using the eye drops and How to use Minims contact your doctor if these Tropicamide pouch/pocket formed between your eye and eyelid by gently symptoms persist. squeezing the container. Follow all directions given to you If you are to have or have had eye by your doctor carefully. 9. Close your eye. Do not blink or surgery tell your doctor. rub your eye. They may differ from the Your doctor may advise you to stop 10. While your eye is closed, place information contained in this leaflet. your treatment with Minims your index finger against the Tropicamide. If you do not understand the inside corner of your eye and instructions on the label, ask your press against your nose for about Things you must not do doctor for help. two minutes. This is very important when administering to Do not use this medicine to treat How much to use children. This will help to stop any other complaints unless your the medicine from draining doctor tells you to. Use Minims Tropicamide only through the tear duct to the nose when prescribed by your doctor. Do not give this medicine to and throat, from where it can be Your doctor will tell you how often anyone else, even if you think they absorbed into other parts of your to use the eye drops and how many have the same condition as you. drops to use each time. body. 11. Repeat steps 4-10 for the other The usual dose is one drop instilled Things to be careful of eye if needed. into the eye followed by a second 12. Throw away any eye drops left in Be careful driving or operating drop after an interval of 5 minutes. If machinery until you know how the container. necessary, a further one drop may be Minims Tropicamide affects you. instilled after 30 minutes. 13. Wait 15 minutes before replacing your contact lenses. This medicine generally does not cause any problems with your ability How to use it to drive a car or operate machinery. If you use too much However, it may cause transient You may find it easier to put drops in (overdose) your eye while you are sitting or blurred vision at the time of lying down. Accidental swallowing of the application and sufficient time solution is unlikely to cause any should be allowed to regain clear If you are wearing contact lenses, bad side effects due to the low vision before driving or operating remove them before putting the content of Tropicamide. If you hazardous machinery. drops in your eye. think that an infant or young child Your doctor will normally instil may have swallowed any or all of the drops into your eyes for you. If the contents of the container of you are instilling your own drops, Minims Tropicamide, immediately then follow these steps to use the telephone your doctor or Poisons Side effects eye drops. Information Centre (Australia 13 11 26, New Zealand 0800 764 766) Tell your doctor or pharmacist if 1. Wash your hands well with soap for advice. you do not feel well while you are and water. using Minims Tropicamide. 2. Shake the container. This medicine helps most people but 3. Break the seal. it may have unwanted effects in a 4. Hold the container upside down While you are using few people. All medicines can have in one hand between your thumb Minims Tropicamide side effects. Sometimes they are and forefinger. serious, most of the time they are not. 5. Using your other hand, gently You may need medical attention if pull down your lower eyelid to Things you must do you get some of the side effects. form a pouch/pocket. If you have any irritation, pain, Do not be alarmed by the following 6. Tilt your head back and look up. swelling, excessive tear production lists of side effects. 7. Put the tip of the container close or light-sensitivity occur while You may not experience any of them. to your lower eyelid. Do not let using the eye drops, flush the it touch your eye. treated eye(s) with lots of water (room temperature) for at least 15 minutes. MINIMS® TROPICAMIDE EYE DROPS 2 Tell your doctor or pharmacist if Discard each single dose unit and In New Zealand Minims you notice any of the following and any remaining solution in it Tropicamide is supplied by: they worry you: immediately after use. Do not save Bausch & Lomb (NZ) Ltd unused contents. * blurred vision and/or problems c/- Bell Gully seeing clearly Auckland Vero Centre * local irritation or stinging or Disposal 48 Shortland Street feeling of having something in Auckland 1140 If your doctor tells you to stop New Zealand the eye using the eye drops or they have * discomfort in the eye(s) due to passed their expiry date, ask your Toll free number: 0508375394 sensitivity to light. This may pharmacist what to do with any remaining containers. also involve some discolouration Date of preparation of the front of the eye. The above list includes the more This leaflet was prepared in April common side effects of your 2015 medicine. Product description Tell your doctor immediately or visit Accident and Emergency at What it looks like your nearest hospital if you notice any of the following: Minims Tropicamide comes in single * thirst, dryness of the mouth dose units containing 0.5mL of a clear, colourless solution. * rash or flushing * increased sweating Each carton contains 20 single dose units. * behavioural changes. These are more common in children. Ingredients * drowsiness and sedation * slow, fast or irregular heart beat Minims Tropicamide contains * constipation 0.5%w/v or 1.0%w/v of Tropicamide as the active ingredient. * nausea or vomiting. It also contains: The above list includes very serious side effects. You may need urgent * Water - Purified medical attention or hospitalisation. * Sodium hydroxide These side effects are rare. * Hydrochloric acid Other side effects not listed above The eye drops do not contain any may also occur in some patients. preservatives. Tell your doctor if you notice any other effects. Manufacturer/Supplier In Australia Minims Tropicamide is supplied by: After using Minims iNova Pharmaceuticals (Australia) Tropicamide Pty Ltd Level 10, 12 Help Street, Chatswood, NSW 2067 Storage Phone: (02) 8918 6322 Keep the unopened eye drops in a refrigerator (2-8°C) where Minims Tropicamide 0.5% children cannot reach them.