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drops have lowered my eye pressure, grew longer lashes, on the down side have recently had severe dryness in nasal passages, moved to mouth and now my throat, wonder if this medication is responsible? Any others with this side effect?

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Jim B. | 45-54 | Male | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
6/27/2023
Condition: Increased Pressure in the Eye
Overall rating 2.3
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I was given this medication to lower my IOP in both eyes. It is effective at doing it. However the side effects are brutal. After only a month on this medication, I experienced constant red eyes, blurry vision in the mornings, dry lips, visible hair loss, back pain, and terrible nightmares. I called my doctor and asked him to switch me out of these drops.

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djbrat | 55-64 | Female | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
6/23/2023
Condition: Increased Pressure in the Eye
Overall rating 3.7
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I've only taken this for three days and I kept complaining to my husband that I had a hair in my eye. Come to find out that this is a side effect - feeling like something is in your eye. This is terrible!! my eyes are so red too and now the one eye is twitching constantly. I sure hope this all goes away and my pressure goes down.

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Nancy | 65-74 | Female | On medication for 1 to 6 months | Patient
7/27/2022
Condition: Increased Pressure in the Eye
Overall rating 3.0
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Been on Lumigan for several months, have had side effects from the very beginning. Burning and stinging in eyes, extremely dry eyes, especially in AM, dizziness, joint pain, especially in shoulder and neck. Also darkening around eyes, shortness of breath and my upper eyelids have a droop, eyes feel tired and dry all the time! I also think a drop in my blood pressure and slow heart rate are one of the side effects. Stopping for a few days to see what happens. Can't deal with these side effects. Saw my cardiologist, ordered some tests, but I know its from the Lumigan. Feeling weak in AM also. I was taking the drops at night. My doctor away right now so will see what happens in the next few days.Read More Read Less

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Margaret | 65-74 | Female | On medication for 10 years or more | Patient
4/23/2022
Condition: Increased Pressure in the Eye
Overall rating 3.0
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I have been on lumigan for ten years. I have darkened eye lids. I have severely blocked ears and Neanderthal eye brows. I need to take an antihistamine every day to counter act even more swelling. But the antihistamine causes higher pressure in my eyes. I can’t drive at night because of ‘night blindness’, I have constant discomfort in my audio channels. Can’t even wear hearing aids, hearing loss caused by the congestion in my ears and swelling of my ear channels. All in all, not particularly people friendly. Tried antibiotics from Dr but to no avail. Now on Monopost. Hoping I will loose my side effects from Lumigan…Read More Read Less

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Goose | 55-64 | Male | On medication for 1 to 6 months | Patient
3/18/2022
Condition: Increased Pressure in the Eye
Overall rating 3.0
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Lowered eye pressure, but eyes were, always glassy, irriated and burny feeling. Had to stop for a day or two to get relief. Top outer eye lashes were getting really long, wife made fun of me. Had to take special eye drops to keep redness down.

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IamHealed | 45-54 | Female | On medication for 1 to 6 months | Patient
3/8/2022
Condition: Increased Pressure in the Eye
Overall rating 3.7
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Drops caused very red, discomfort in the eyes along w/shoulder and neck pain.

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Sheron | 55-64 | Other | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
2/17/2022
Condition: Wide-Angle Glaucoma
Overall rating 5.0
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Reduce my eye pressure from 17/18 to 11/12... however, ear congestion, swollen lymph nord and strange vain swollen below my tongue at the base of my mouth...all on the left side.

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Anonymous | 65-74 | Female | On medication for 2 to less than 5 years | Patient
9/1/2021
Condition: Increased Pressure in the Eye
Overall rating 5.0
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Nancy | 65-74 | Female | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
4/17/2021
Condition: Increased Pressure in the Eye
Overall rating 1.7
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I developed hypertension and severe right shoulder and arm pain after 3 weeks of administering the drops into my right eye. Both urgent care doctor and ophthalmologist say there is no causal relationship, but I, and apparently others disagree. Stopped 2 weeks ago and symptoms very slowly resolving. How long before I am back to normal?

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Alice | 19-24 | Female | On medication for 2 to less than 5 years | Patient
10/16/2020
Condition: Increased Pressure in the Eye
Overall rating 4.3
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Lumigan has helped bring my pressure down well, although at the beginning it irritated my eyes a little bit recently it’s been painful to put the eye drops in and it has been making my eyes sore and sensitive with occasional sharp pains which is unusual because I’ve been on the medication for multiple years now and this has only recently started in the past month

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Heidi | 65-74 | On medication for 1 to 6 months | Patient
3/29/2018
Condition: Wide-Angle Glaucoma
Overall rating 4.3
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Wakes me up at night with EXTREMELY dry eyes, nose and throat - The other day I experienced a very scary episode of vertigo or dizziness - and within an hour of that, a â??cloudâ? around my line of sight. Going to have a talk with my eye doc....

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Anonymous | 65-74 | Male | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
3/3/2018
Condition: Increased Pressure in the Eye
Overall rating 3.3
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has anyone experienced muscle/shoulder pain from Lumigan - only been taking it a few weeks

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*** | 45-54 | Female | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
9/25/2017
Condition: Increased Pressure in the Eye
Overall rating 2.3
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I took this drug twice and it caused chest pain, shortness of breath, shakiness, eye pain, redness and dizziness. It reduced the pressure in my eyes but the other symptoms not worth the pain associated with the medicine. Went to more natural measures to reduce pressure in my eyes...works without the side effects from these drops.

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lisa | 55-64 | Female | On medication for 2 to less than 5 years | Patient
3/14/2017
Condition: Wide-Angle Glaucoma
Overall rating 4.0
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Been on luimigan for 5 years. it does lower the eye pressure. BUT. Longer eyelashes, yes indeed. Unfortunately they are growing the wrong way! leaning towards the nose. But only the new ones! the last month, my skin is turning red where the lumigan drips out of the eyes and touches it...looks like the miracle of saint whatever where she bleeds from her eyes..really disgusting.

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Lisa | 45-54 | On medication for 1 to 6 months | Patient
4/9/2016
Condition: Increased Pressure in the Eye
Overall rating 4.7
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I have been on Lumigan for 5 months now. Previously was on Xalatan for 5 yrs. My pressure is great at 16. The main side effect that bothers me is rapid eye movement, mainly after I install the drops. My dr told me it is probably a preservative. I install the drops 1 hr before bed. Haven't seen anyone else complain about the rapid eye movement but I would rather be on Xalatan.

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unknown | 55-64 | On medication for 1 to less than 2 years | Patient
3/25/2016
Condition: Increased Pressure in the Eye
Overall rating 4.0
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I have been using Lumigan for glaucoma for 21 months. It has been effective at reducing my IOP, although I've had to add a second type of drop to lower it further. For side effects I had red, irritated eyes for the first couple weeks, but it has subsided. I've also had very pronounced eyelash growth from about the 3rd month onward.

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Lisa | 45-54 | Female | On medication for 1 to 6 months | Patient
3/19/2016
Condition: Increased Pressure in the Eye
Overall rating 4.3
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I was previously on Xalatan for 5 yrs now I have a different dr & he gave me Lumigan. I prefer Xalatan however the lumigan lowered my pressure even better than xalatan. I do have a dark spot under one eye & worried about my low sugar with lumigan. I believe cost wise they are about the same.

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val | 55-64 | On medication for 1 to 6 months | Patient
3/16/2016
Condition: Wide-Angle Glaucoma
Overall rating 1.0
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with in 6 weeks of using lumigan eye drops i now have the following side effects light sensitive, blurred vision and increase blood pressure. 2 months after stop taking these drops I still having the same symptoms. I thank this drug should be taken off the marker.

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Sandy C | 55-64 | On medication for 1 to 6 months | Patient
2/19/2016
Condition: Wide-Angle Glaucoma
Overall rating 5.0
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Had been using both Azopt and Alphagan, and Lumigan was added for one eye that was worse than the other. This addition was completely effective in bringing pressure down to target.

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dardar | 65-74 | Female | On medication for 1 to 6 months | Patient
2/2/2016
Condition: Increased Pressure in the Eye
Overall rating 2.3
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After the first use, my eyes were red and blood shot. Looked like I had been on a bender. Did not help any with pressure

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