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A post for DF – but a Q too ;)

Question:

I went to my eye-doctor the other day, and for the first time that either of us can remember, he was able to check my pressure without any trouble at all! Usually my eyes water and I can’t keep them open and it can take ages to get it – and he always gets grumpy at me :) Anyway the pressure in my eyes was 18 in both, which isn’t too bad for me, although he said if I was older he’d want it a bit lower, and I also only have glaucoma in my right eye. Actually one thing I’ve been wondering occasionally, but forgot to ask him – does the pressure in my right eye affect the pressure in my left?  IE if I get the pressure down in my right eye will it drop the pressure in my left?  Or are they completely unrelated?  (remembering I only use drops in my right eye). I use Timoptol XE and Azopt – I *did* remember to ask him this time about how long you can keep the drops, because it *does* say on the bottle that you should throw it out 30 days after opening. Doc said that the active ingredients in the drops will still work fine, even after say six months, it will still take the pressure down.  But the reason you should replace them each month is that the preservatives stop working and so microscopic stuff can like grow in the drops (ew!). I remember some chat in here recently about storing drops, and was wondering if they *should* be stored in the fridge, or if it doesn’t matter (hehe, coming into winter here I guess it *doesn’t* matter at the moment :)  Are they more effective?  Is it just other drops that should be refridgerated?  The doc’s never said anything about it, and I’ve never asked… Just curious… Regards OgO — My BIG Win9x Cursors: http://qjc.cjb.net/cursors.html Blind Cricket: http://qjc.cjb.net/cricket.html ICQ: 12889482 – AIM/Yahoo: quentisl – MSN: quent…@mail.com I left my Glasses in my email – you better take them out!

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In alt.support.glaucoma, on 22 May 2002, Donald Singleton announced: > OgO, >     In response to a past query, Dr. Rich (founder of the >     forum) advised > a poster to go ahead and refrigerate his Xalatan.  I’m > pretty sure the package insert says refrigeration is not > necessary after the seal is broken, but Dr. Rich said a > beneficial side effect of refrigeration is that when the > medicine is chilled, one can easily tell that the drop has > landed in the eye.

Yes, I recall that being said about Xalatan, but since I use different drops was wondering about them – if they were *supposed* to be refrigerated.  I’m pretty sure they don’t have to be.  But that knowing that the drop has landed in the eye is a good reason, although I’m still trying to think of a way of ‘lining it up’ in the dark so I don’t *need* a cold drop to tell where it’s gone ;) My doc’s unhappy that I can’t take the Xalatan, but it makes my eyes so extremely sensative to light, that I can’t even stand to be in a lit room with BOTH eyes closed – it even affects my good eye – I get such bad pain, which was lasting for increasingly long periods of time, up to several hours (then I stopped taking the Xalatan). Regards OgO — My BIG Win9x Cursors: http://qjc.cjb.net/cursors.html Blind Cricket: http://qjc.cjb.net/cricket.html ICQ: 12889482 – AIM/Yahoo: quentisl – MSN: quent…@mail.com I left my Glasses in my email – you better take them out!

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OgO,     In response to a past query, Dr. Rich (founder of the forum) advised a poster to go ahead and refrigerate his Xalatan.  I’m pretty sure the package insert says refrigeration is not necessary after the seal is broken, but Dr. Rich said a beneficial side effect of refrigeration is that when the medicine is chilled, one can easily tell that the drop has landed in the eye. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -OgO wrote: > I went to my eye-doctor the other day, and for the first time > that either of us can remember, he was able to check my pressure > without any trouble at all! > Usually my eyes water and I can’t keep them open and it can take > ages to get it – and he always gets grumpy at me :) > Anyway the pressure in my eyes was 18 in both, which isn’t too > bad for me, although he said if I was older he’d want it a bit > lower, and I also only have glaucoma in my right eye. > Actually one thing I’ve been wondering occasionally, but forgot > to ask him – does the pressure in my right eye affect the > pressure in my left?  IE if I get the pressure down in my right > eye will it drop the pressure in my left?  Or are they completely > unrelated?  (remembering I only use drops in my right eye). > I use Timoptol XE and Azopt – I *did* remember to ask him this > time about how long you can keep the drops, because it *does* say > on the bottle that you should throw it out 30 days after opening. > Doc said that the active ingredients in the drops will still work > fine, even after say six months, it will still take the pressure > down.  But the reason you should replace them each month is that > the preservatives stop working and so microscopic stuff can like > grow in the drops (ew!). > I remember some chat in here recently about storing drops, and > was wondering if they *should* be stored in the fridge, or if it > doesn’t matter (hehe, coming into winter here I guess it > *doesn’t* matter at the moment :)  Are they more effective?  Is > it just other drops that should be refridgerated?  The doc’s > never said anything about it, and I’ve never asked… > Just curious… > Regards > OgO > — > My BIG Win9x Cursors: http://qjc.cjb.net/cursors.html > Blind Cricket: http://qjc.cjb.net/cricket.html > ICQ: 12889482 – AIM/Yahoo: quentisl – MSN: quent…@mail.com > I left my Glasses in my email – you better take them out!

Response:

I started Xalatan yesterday. The sample bottle that the Dr gave me to try was not refrigerated – they took it out of a cabinet where they kept their samples. The folder with the med says to store between 36 and 77 degrees F. I normally keep my meds in the fridge for the "cold drop" effect. I better do a little more checking on the need to refrigerate before opening. — Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.363 / Virus Database: 201 – Release Date: 5/21/02

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