Bimatoprost

Do not use Bimatoprost if you are allergic or hypersensitive to any of its components. Inform your doctor about all the prescription and non-prescription medications you are taking, especially eye medications and products that contain aspirin and vitamins. If you have a kidney problem, uveitis, macular oedema, or are pregnant or breastfeeding, inform your doctor before starting Bimatoprost, and dose adjustment may be required. If you are taking other eye medication, please tell your doctor beforehand. If you wear contact lenses, remove them before using Bimatoprost, and you can put them back 15 minutes after using Bimatoprost. Wash your hands properly before using Bimatoprost to avoid any infection.

Drug-Drug Interactions: Bimatoprost may interact with other prostaglandins ophthalmic medications like latanoprost, tafluprost, travoprost, and unoprostone.

Drug-Food Interactions: Bimatoprost interacts with non-prescription medications, vitamins, nutritional supplements, and herbal products you are taking or plan to take.

Drug-Disease Interactions: Inform your doctor if you have or ever had liver or kidney disease, uveitis (eye inflammation), or macular oedema (building up of fluid in the eye leading to swelling.

• Avoid intake of baked foods such as cakes, cookies, doughnuts or fried items such as French fries and stick margarine as these foods may worsen glaucoma and damage the optic nerve.

• Cut down your coffee intake as it may increase pressure in the eye, and replace coffee with green tea.

• Avoid exercises such as any position where the head is lower than the body, like an inverted yoga pose, as it may increase pressure in the eye. Doing selective exercises is advised for glaucoma patients.