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Glucoma in the eyes.

2021-06-30 14:56:30
My mom has been diagnosed with glucoma and prescribed lantoprost, after giving the med she is experiencing redness of eyes, the blood vessel of eyes getting red and it is getting better on the next morning... what to do? Should it be discontinued.
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Hi...some redness is expected with these drops ..u can try for at least 2 weeks to see if she is able to tolerate this. You can try putting Refresh liquegel before putting these drops . If  she is not able to tolerate , then the doctor can change it to something else.

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