Glaucoma is a disease which nobody wants to experience because it is associated with vision, and vision is very very important to every person. Glaucoma is an impairment of the eye wherein the optic nerve is damaged leading to progressive, irreversible loss of vision. Is an often time due to the increased pressure of the fluid in the eye. Untreated glaucoma can lead to permanent damage of the optic nerve and may result to visual loss and ultimately to blindness.
I am certain you do not want to experience difficulty in your vision especially if it will lead to your blindness. Even how much treasure you have if you lost your sight, you will feel the emptiness.
Lumigan Eye Drops with a generic name of Benzalkonium Chloride is now in the market to treat your glaucoma. One ml of Lumigan eye drops contains 0.3 mg bimatoprost. Lumigan is a new class of glaucoma drugs called prostamides. Prostamides are produced naturally in our body. In your eye one particular prostamides has been shown to help the fluid in the eye flow out. This is done by opening alternative drainage canal which keep the eye pressure from become elevated. When Lumigan is used to treat glaucoma, it works similarly to this prostaglandin. It is believed that Lumigan can increase the fluid out flow through the secondary drainage system.
Lumigan can reduce the elevated intraocular pressure i(IOP) in chronic open angle glaucoma and ocular hypertension. Lumigan eye drops is a once- a- day treatment. It is recommended that this should be administered in the evening before bedtime. When you apply Lumigan eye drops to your affected eye/s make sure that you have cleaned your hands if not it may again cause another eye problem. If you have contact lenses see to it that you have removed them before administering Lumigan eye drops and wait for at least fifteen minutes to have them placed again. When you use Lumigan eye drop you should strictly follow the instruction because more frequent administration may lessen the intraocular pressure lowering effect. Best effect of Lumigan can occur when it is used properly and regularly. If you are a patient using another ophthalmic medicine aside from Lumigan eye drops, you should not administer them at the same time. You may administer Lumigan eye drops first, then after five or ten minutes you can have the other medicine. Lumigan eye drops are not yet recommended to be used by children below 18 years old.
Lumigan is an ophthalmic medicine approved by the Food and Drug Administration, It is available in different drugstores all over the world. However it is always safe to sit down with your eye doctor and discuss your plan to use Lumigan eye drops. Your doctor knows best for eyes.