Special Warning : אזהרת שימוש

4.4   Special warnings and precautions for use

Before treatment is initiated, patients should be informed of the possibility of eyelash growth, darkening of the eyelid skin and increased iris pigmentation. Some of these changes may be permanent, and may lead to differences in appearance between the eyes when only one eye is treated.

The change in iris pigmentation occurs slowly and may not be noticeable for several months. The change in eye colour has predominantly been seen in patients with mixed coloured irises, e.g. blue-brown, grey-brown, yellow-brown and green-brown.
The risk of lifelong heterochromia between the eyes in unilateral cases is obvious.

There is a potential for hair growth to occur in areas where tafluprost solution comes repeatedly in contact with the skin surface.

There is no experience with tafluprost in neovascular, angle-closure, narrow-angle or congenital glaucoma. There is only limited experience with tafluprost in aphakic patients and in pigmentary or pseudoexfoliative glaucoma.

Caution is recommended when using tafluprost in aphakic patients, pseudophakic patients with torn posterior lens capsule or anterior chamber lenses, or in patients with known risk factors for cystoid macular oedema or iritis/uveitis.

There is no experience in patients with severe asthma. Such patients should therefore be treated with caution.

Effects on Driving

4.7   Effects on ability to drive and use machines

Tafluprost has minor influence on the ability to drive and use machines., if transient blurred vision occurs at instillation, the patient should wait until the vision clears before driving or using machinery.