It is important that your family doctor check your progress at regular appointments to make sure that this drug is help you and is not causing unwanted effects.
If itching, redness, swelling, or other signs of eye or eyelid irritation occur, check with your family doctor. These signs may mean that you are allergic to bimatoprost.
Check with your family doctor if you get an injury or infection in your eye or if you are scheduled to have eye surgery. Your family doctor may want you to use a fresh bottle of bimatoprost eye drops in case the present bottle of eye drops has become contaminated during use.
This drug may cause some people to have blurred vision for a short time after each use Make sure you know how you react to this drug before you drive, use machines, or do anything else that could be dangerous if you can't see properly.
While you are using bimatoprost, the iris - colored part of your treated eye - s may slowly become more brown in color . The change in color of the iris is noticeable usually within few months or years from the start of treat with bimatoprost In addition, there may be a darkening of eyelid skin color. Always your eyelashes may become longer, thicker and darker. These changes to the iris, eyelid, and lashes may be permanent even if you stop using bimatoprost. Always these changes to the iris, eyelid and lashes will effect only the eye being treated with bimatoprost. Therefore, if only one eye is being treated, only that eye may develop darker iris, eyelid and eyelashes and other changes to the eyelashes, and you may have variously appearing eyes . Check with your family doctor if you have any questions about this.
Bimatoprost may cause your eyes to become more sensitive to light than they are normally. Wearing sunglasses and avoiding too much exposure to bright light may help lessen the discomfort.