Loteprednol Etabonate Eye Drops 0.5%w/v

Loteprednol Etabonate Eye Drop is used to help reduce swelling and pain after eye surgery. Pain is a bad feeling and emotional reaction that happens when your body is hurt. Inflammation is how the body’s defence system reacts to harm or sickness. Loteprednol Etabonate Eye Drop is used to help with redness and swelling in the eye.

Loteprednol Etabonate Eye Drop has the ingredient Loteprednol etabonate. It is a type of medicine called a corticosteroid that helps by stopping chemicals in the brain that cause pain and swelling. Loteprednol Etabonate helps reduce swelling and pain.

Directions for Use

• Wash your hands well with soap and water.
• If you’re using the eye drops, shake the bottle for at least 3 seconds. If you are using the gel, turn the closed bottle upside down and shake it once.
• Look at the dropper tip to make sure it isn’t broken or damaged.
• Keep the eye drops and dropper clean.
• While leaning your head back, use your index finger to gently pull down the bottom eyelid to create a small pocket.
• Hold the dropper with the tip facing down in your other hand, close to your eye but don’t touch it.
• Press the other fingers of that hand against your face.
• While looking up, gently press the dropper to let one drop fall into the space created by your lower eyelid. 
• Shut your eyes for 2 to 3 minutes and lean your head down like you’re looking at the ground. Try to keep your eyes open and don’t blink.
• Put your finger on the tear duct and press lightly.
• Use a tissue to remove any extra liquid or gel from your face.
• If you need to use more than one drop in the same eye, wait at least 5 minutes before putting in the next drop.
• Put the cap back on the dropper bottle and make sure it’s tight. Don’t clean or wash the tip of the dropper.

Advantages

Loteprednol Etabonate has Loteprednol etabonate in it. Loteprednol Etabonate is used to help with eye swelling and pain after eye surgery. It’s a type of medicine that helps reduce inflammation and swelling by stopping certain chemicals in the brain that cause these problems. Using Loteprednol Etabonate helps lower swelling and pain.

Side Effects

• Eye irritation
• Itchy eyes
• Feeling like something is stuck in your eye or another part of your body.

Precautions

• Let your doctor and pharmacist know if you are allergic to loteprednol, any other medications, or anything in loteprednol eye drops, gel, or ointment. Talk to your pharmacist and ask for a list of what’s in the medicine.
• Let your doctor and pharmacist know about any other medicines, vitamins, supplements, and herbal products you are using or plan to use. Your doctor might need to adjust how much medicine you take or watch you closely for any side effects.
• Let your doctor know if you have an eye infection right now. Your doctor might advise you not to use loteprednol eye drops.
• Let your doctor know if you have ever had glaucoma (a condition that can cause vision problems due to high pressure in the eye), any other eye problems, or herpes simplex virus (a virus that can lead to sores on the face, lips, genitals, and rectum, and can also infect the eyes).
• Let your doctor know if you are pregnant, planning to get pregnant, or breastfeeding. If you get pregnant while using ophthalmic loteprednol, please call your doctor.
• Let your doctor know if you use contact lenses. Your doctor might advise you not to use contact lenses while you are being treated with loteprednol eye drops. If your doctor says you can wear contact lenses while being treated, remember that loteprednol eye drops have a substance called benzalkonium chloride, which can get into soft contact lenses. Take out your soft contact lenses before using the eye drops, and put them back in after waiting for 10 to 15 minutes. Don’t wear contact lenses while you are using loteprednol gel or ointment.
• If you are using loteprednol after surgery, be aware that it might make healing slower, raise the risk of problems after cataract surgery, and increase your chances of getting an eye infection or making an existing infection worse. Call your doctor right away if you start to feel new eye pain, or if your current eye pain, redness, itching, or swelling gets worse or doesn’t get better after 2 days.
• If you are using loteprednol eye drops for seasonal allergies or to reduce eye swelling from other issues, contact your doctor if you don’t feel better after 2 days.