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Glad you asked.  I suffered for 6 weeks thinking I had a seasonal allergy. I had the typical sneezing, coughing, watery, red, itchy eyes.  It suddenly occurred to me that it could be one of the meds I was on.  I am using Pilocarpine and Iopidine.  I went online and researched it and found that Iopidine causes allergy in some people.  Called for an appointment to see my Optometrist.  He checked and then called his wife in (they are a husband and wife team).  They both were pretty sure it was a medication allergy but wanted my Opthamologist to check it.  He was coming in the next day.  We live in a small town and he comes over from Reno once a month.  He confirmed it was probably being caused by the Iopidine and told me to quit using it and continue with just the Pilo.  I will see him again in 3 weeks.  He said it would take about a week to clear up.  Right now my eyes are tearing profusely.  Maybe that is part of the healing process.  It has been a nuisance, especially when I went anywhere.  Everyone would ask "what’s wrong with your eyes?"  They were very red and puffy and looked like I had been crying for days.  I hope this input has helped you.  By the way that is how I found this NG, one thing led to another on my search for information. L & S King wrote in message <6rmldc$jo…@news2.ispnews.com>… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->Hi everyone, >I’ve just found this newsgroup today and have a question. >Has anyone out there developed an allergy to glaucoma medications? >I’d appreciate hearing from you. >Shirley >king…@garden.net

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In article <6rmldc$jo…@news2.ispnews.com>, "L & S King" <king…@garden.net> wrote: >Hi everyone, >I’ve just found this newsgroup today and have a question. >Has anyone out there developed an allergy to glaucoma medications?

– Shirley: First of all, welcome to glaucomatown! I don’t think it qualifies as an "allergy", but I developed a reaction to epinephrine when I was taking that drug.  Epi tends to cause some pigmentation to the inside of the eyelid with long-term use. Today we have "Propine" (TM) (dipivefrin hydrochloride) which is a "pro-drug" for epinephrine.  That is, it is converted to epinephrine after it enters the eye through the cornea, thereby avoiding some of the side effects. I have also taken pilocarpine, Trusopt (TM), Xalatan (TM), Alphagan (TM), and several of the beta blockers, including Betoptic (TM), Timoptic (TM), etc. I have had no reactions to any of those. Pilocarpine tends to sting a bit and gives me a bit of a "brow ache", but that is a very minor complication. Good luck! earle —                __             __/_            /_/_/              /_/_   earle               /_/   jones We want our Internet back!  Get rid of Spam.    See http://www.cauce.org

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Hi everyone, I’ve just found this newsgroup today and have a question. Has anyone out there developed an allergy to glaucoma medications? I’d appreciate hearing from you. Shirley king…@garden.net

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Hi Shirley, When I first started trying meds, Iwas on betagan and was short of breath outside, not an allergy just a side effect.  But I did have a typical allergic reaction to atropine.  Around my eye it was crusty and dry, so much so it was bleeding.  But need the drug to keep my IOP down so I was put on half strenght.   Vivian "L & S King" <king…@garden.net> wrote: – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->Hi everyone, >I’ve just found this newsgroup today and have a question. >Has anyone out there developed an allergy to glaucoma medications? >I’d appreciate hearing from you. >Shirley >king…@garden.net

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