Minims® Cyclopentolate Eye Drops Cyclopentolate Hydrochloride Eye Drops

Consumer Medicine Information

What is in this leaflet Ask your doctor if you have any Do not use this medicine after the questions about why this medicine expiry date printed on the pack or This leaflet answers some common has been prescribed to you. if the packaging is torn or shows signs of tampering. questions about Minims Your doctor may have prescribed it Cyclopentolate Eye Drops, including for another reason. If it has expired or is damaged, return how to use the eye drops. it to your pharmacist for disposal. It does not contain all the available If you are not sure whether you information. It does not take the should start using this medicine, place of talking to your doctor or Before you use Minims talk to your doctor. pharmacist. Cyclopentolate Eye Drops All medicines have benefits and Before you start to use it risks. Your doctor has weighed the When you must not use it Tell your doctor if you have had an risks of you using Minims allergy to any other medicines, Cyclopentolate Eye Drops against Do not use Minims Cyclopentolate foods, preservatives or dyes. the benefits they expect it will have Eye Drops if you have an allergy for you. Tell your doctor if you have or to: have had any of the following If you have any concerns about * Any medicine containing medical conditions: using this medicine, ask your cyclopentolate * (high pressure in the doctor or pharmacist. * Any of the ingredients listed at eye) Keep this leaflet with the medicine. the end of this leaflet. * Down's syndrome You may need to read it again. Some of the symptoms of an allergic If this medicine has been prescribed reaction may include: for your child, tell your doctor if * Shortness of breath he/she has: * Wheezing or difficulty breathing * Brain damage What Minims * Swelling of the face, lips, tongue * Spastic paralysis Cyclopentolate Eye or other parts of the body Drops is used for Tell your doctor if you are * Rash, itching or hives on the skin pregnant or are breast-feeding. Do not use Minims Cyclopentolate Minims Cyclopentolate Eye Drops Your doctor will discuss with you Eye Drops if you have or suspect belongs to a class of medicines called the risks and benefits involved. you have angle closure glaucoma antimuscarinic agents. It is used to (high pressure in the eye). If you have not told your doctor dilate (enlarge) the pupil of the eye about any of the above, tell Cyclopentolate can increase the and to temporarily paralyse the lens him/her before you start using pressure in the eye. so that your doctor can examine your Minims Cyclopentolate Eye Drops. eye(s). It is usually used at the Do not use this medicine in beginning of an . neonates or infants less than 3 months old.

MINIMS® CYCLOPENTOLATE EYE DROPS 1 Taking other medicines How to use it If you use too much (overdose) Tell your doctor if you are taking Your doctor will normally instil any other medicines, including any the drops into your eyes for you. If Overdose or accidental swallowing that you buy without a you are instilling your own drops, of the solution may possibly cause then follow the directions below. prescription from your pharmacy, side effects due to absorption, supermarket or health food shop. You may find it easier to put drops in particularly in infants or young Some medicines and Minims your eye while you are sitting or children. If you think that Cyclopentolate Eye Drops may lying down. someone may have swallowed any or all of the contents of the interfere with each other. These If you are wearing contact lenses, container of Minims include: remove them before putting the Cyclopentolate Eye Drops, drops in your eye. * Medicines to treat glaucoma immediately telephone your doctor If you are instilling your own * Similar drugs (such as , or Poisons Information Centre drops, then follow these steps to (Australia 13 11 26, New Zealand hyoscine and ) that use the eye drops. 0800 764 766) for advice. are used to treat conditions that 1. Wash your hands well with soap affect the body rather than just the eye. and water. 2. Shake the container. These medicines may be affected by While you are using Minims Cyclopentolate Eye Drops or 3. Break the seal. Minims Cyclopentolate may affect how well it works. You 4. Hold the container upside down Eye Drops may need different amounts of your in one hand between your thumb medicines, or you may need to use and forefinger. different medicines. 5. Using your other hand, gently Things you must do pull down your lower eyelid to Your doctor and pharmacist will If you experience any irritation, form a pouch/pocket. have more information on medicines pain, swelling, excessive tear to be careful with or avoid while 6. Tilt your head back and look up. production or light-sensitivity using Minims Cyclopentolate Eye 7. Put the tip of the container close while using the eye drops, flush the Drops. to your lower eyelid. Do not let treated eye(s) with lots of water it touch your eye. (room temperature) for at least 15 minutes. 8. Release the required number of drops into the pouch/pocket Stop using the eye drops and How to use Minims formed between your eye and contact your doctor if these Cyclopentolate Eye eyelid by gently squeezing the symptoms persist. Drops container. 9. Close your eye. Do not blink or Things you must not do rub your eye. Follow all directions given to you Do not use this medicine to treat 10. While your eye is closed, place by your doctor carefully. any other complaints unless your your index finger against the doctor tells you to. They may differ from the inside corner of your eye and information contained in this leaflet. press against your nose for about Do not give this medicine to If you do not understand the two minutes. This is very anyone else, even if you think they have the same condition as you. instructions on the label, ask your important when administering to doctor for help. children. This will help to stop the medicine from draining Things to be careful of through the tear duct to the nose How much to use Be careful driving or operating and throat, from where it can be machinery until you know how Use Minims Cyclopentolate Eye absorbed into other parts of your Drops only when prescribed by Minims Cyclopentolate Eye Drops body. affects you. your doctor. Your doctor will tell 11. Repeat steps 4-10 for the other you how often to use the eye drops This medicine generally does not eye if needed. and how many drops to use each cause any problems with your ability 12. Throw away any eye drops left in time. to drive a car or operate machinery. the container. The usual dose is one or two drops However, it may cause transient instilled into the eye(s). 13. Wait 15 minutes before replacing blurred vision at the time of your contact lenses. application and sufficient time

MINIMS® CYCLOPENTOLATE EYE DROPS 2 should be allowed to regain clear * Disorientation. cyclopentolate hydrochloride as the vision before driving or operating * Convulsion active ingredient. hazardous machinery. * Bloody diarrhoea with stomach Your eyes may be sensitive to light pain and while using this medicine. It is The above list includes very serious recommended that you protect your side effects. You may need urgent eyes from light e.g. by wearing medical attention or hospitalisation. sunglasses. These side effects are rare. Other side effects not listed above may also occur in some patients. Tell your doctor if you notice any Side effects other effects.

Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you do not feel well while you are using Minims Cyclopentolate Eye Drops. After using Minims Cyclopentolate Eye This medicine helps most people but Drops it may have unwanted effects in a few people. All medicines can have side effects. Sometimes they are Storage serious, most of the time they are not. You may need medical attention if Keep the unopened eye drops in a you get some of the side effects. refrigerator (2-8°C) where children cannot reach them. Do not Do not be alarmed by the following freeze the eye drops or expose lists of side effects. them to strong light. You may not experience any of them. Discard each single dose unit and Tell your doctor or pharmacist if any remaining solution in it you notice any of the following and immediately after use. Do not save they worry you: unused contents. * Blurred vision and / or problems seeing clearly Disposal * Local irritation or stinging or If your doctor tells you to stop feeling of having something in using the eye drops or they have the eye passed their expiry date, ask your * Burning sensation pharmacist what to do with any * Red eyes remaining containers. * Sensitivity to light The above list includes the more common side effects of your Product description medicine. Please note that they may also be symptoms of an allergic reaction (allergic ). What it looks like Tell your doctor immediately or visit Accident and Emergency at Minims Cyclopentolate Eye Drops your nearest hospital if you notice comes in single dose units containing any of the following: 0.5mL of a clear, colourless solution. * Behavioural changes. These are Each carton contains 20 single dose more common in children. units. * Restlessness * Ingredients * or fits Minims Cyclopentolate Eye Drops contains 0.5%w/v or 1.0%w/v of MINIMS® CYCLOPENTOLATE EYE DROPS 3 It also contains: * Water - Purified * Hydrochloric acid The eye drops do not contain any preservatives.

Manufacturer/Supplier

In Australia Minims Cyclopentolate Eye Drops is supplied by: iNova Pharmaceuticals (Australia) Pty Ltd Level 10, 12 Help Street, Chatswood, NSW 2067 Phone: (02) 8918 6322

Minims Cyclopentolate Eye Drops 0.5% AUST R 32265 Minims Cyclopentolate Eye Drops 1.0% AUST R 32267

In New Zealand Minims Cyclopentolate Eye Drops is supplied by: Bausch & Lomb (NZ) Ltd c/- Bell Gully Auckland Vero Centre 48 Shortland Street Auckland 1140 New Zealand

Toll free number: 0508375394

Date of preparation This leaflet was prepared in April 2017

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