Dorzolamide Hydrochloride Eye Drops IP 2%w/v

When the pressure in your eye goes up, it can hurt the optic nerve at the back of your eye. When this happens, it’s called glaucoma. If glaucoma is not treated, it can cause you to lose your eyesight. If the pressure in your eye is higher than normal but your optic nerve is okay, it’s called ocular hypertension. People with high eye pressure are more likely to get glaucoma later on. Dorzolamide Hydrochloride eye drops help lower eye pressure in people with high eye pressure and can stop more damage to the eyes in those with glaucoma.

Dorzolamide works by stopping a chemical called carbonic anhydrase from working. Blocking this enzyme decreases the fluid made in the front part of your eye (called aqueous humor), which helps lower the pressure in your eye.

Sometimes, you need more than one kind of eye drop to keep the pressure in your eye down. If this is true for you, you might need to use two different eye drops, or you might get drops that have more than one type in them. Dorzolamide comes in eye drops mixed with a beta-blocker called timolol. 

Before using Dorzolamide Hydrochloride eye drops

Some medicines aren’t safe for people with certain health problems, and sometimes a medicine can be used, but only if careful steps are followed. For these reasons, it’s important to tell your doctor before you start using the drops:

• If you use soft contact lenses.
• If you are expecting a baby or feeding a baby with your milk.
• If you have any issues with your kidneys or have ever had kidney stones.
• If you have any issues with how your liver is working.
• If you have a problem where your blood is too acidic, it’s called hyperchloraemic acidosis.
• If you have dry eyes or are using eye drops for them.
• If you are using any medicines. This includes any over-the-counter medicines you are using, as well as herbal and alternative medicines.
• If you have ever had an allergy to a medication. It’s very important to tell your doctor if you have ever had a bad reaction to any eye drops or a type of medicine called ‘sulfonamide’.

How to use Dorzolamide Hydrochloride eye drops?

• Clean your hands before you use the drops.
• Take off the cap (or the tip if you are using a single-dose unit).
• Lean your head back a bit and gently pull down your lower eyelid to create a small space.
• Turn the bottle (or single-dose unit) upside down and hold it close to your eye. Be careful not to touch your eye while you do this.
• Gently squeeze the container to release one drop into your eye. Use a second drop only if the first one didn’t get into your eye.
• Close your eyes for a minute or two and gently press on the side of your nose where it meets the corner of your eye. This helps keep the drop from sliding out and keeps it in your eye.
• Do the same thing in your other eye if your doctor said to use the drops in both eyes.
• Put on a new cap (or if you are using a single-dose unit, throw it away).

Precautions

• Before you use the eye drops, read the information guide that comes with the package. It will give you more details about the eye drops and a complete list of side effects you might have from using them.
• Put one drop in the affected eye (or eyes). You use the drops two or three times a day, depending on whether you’re using other drops too. Your doctor will let you know how many times a day you should take it, and the amount you need will be written on the package label.
• Make sure to use the drops on time and don’t skip any doses. If you forget to use the drops, put them in as soon as you remember. But don’t put in extra drops to make up for what you missed.
• Be careful not to let the end of the dropper touch your eye, fingers, or anything else. This is to keep the drops clean.
• If you are using other eye drops, wait 5-10 minutes between using each one. This is to stop too much liquid from getting into your eye. If you don’t do it this way, the eye drops will spill out of your eye and won’t work properly.
• When you first use eye drops, they might make your eyes watery and sometimes make your vision blurry. If this happens, it should be gone soon. Make sure you can see well again before you drive or use tools and machines.
• Only wear soft contact lenses if your doctor tells you to. This is because eye drop bottles have preservatives that can harm soft contact lenses. The one-time-use packs do not have any preservatives.
• Make sure to visit your doctor and eye clinic regularly to check how you are doing.
• If you are having surgery or medical treatment, please let the doctor or nurse know that you are using dorzolamide eye drops.