eye drops
sodium cromoglycate BP 2% w/v
aqueous solution
Instructions and information
Please read this carefully before you start to use your medicine. If you have any questions or are not sure about anything ask your doctor or pharmacist.
The name of your medicine is Opticrom Aqueous eye drops. It is a 2% solution of sodium cromoglycate in water. It also contains benzalkonium chloride and disodium edetate. It is used to treat and prevent the eye symptoms of allergic conjunctivitis (such as hayfever eyes).
Things to remember about Opticrom Aqueous eye drops
When to use Opticrom Aqueous eye drops
How to use Opticrom Aqueous eye drops
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PRESCRIBING INFORMATION
Name of Product
Opticrom Aqueous eye drops
Presentation
A clear colourless aqueous solution of sodium cromoglycate BP 2% w/v (INN Cromoglicic acid) with benzalkonium chloride 0.01% w/v and disodium edetate 0.01% w/v.
Uses
For the relief and treatment of acute allergic conjunctivitis such as hayfever, chronic allergic conjunctivitis and vernal kerato-conjunctivitis.
Dosage and Administration
One or two drops into each eye four times daily.
Contra-indications
Opticrom is contra-indicated in patients who have shown hypersensitivity to sodium cromoglycate, benzalkonium chloride or disodium edetate.
Effects on ability to drive and to use machines
As with all eye drops, instillation of Opticrom may cause a transient blurring of vision.
Other undesirable effects
Transient stinging and burning may occur after instillation. Other symptoms of local irritation have been reported rarely.
Use in Pregnancy and Lactation
As with all medication, caution should be exercised especially during the first trimester of pregnancy. Cumulative experience with sodium cromoglycate suggests that it has no adverse effects on foetal development. It should be used in pregnancy only where there is a clear need.
It is not known whether sodium cromoglycate is excreted in human breast milk but on the basis of its physiochemical properties this is considered unlikely. There is no information to suggest the use of sodium cromoglycate has any undesirable effects on the baby.
Other special warnings and precautions
Store below 30°C. Protect from direct sunlight. Discard any remaining contents four weeks after opening the bottle. As with other ophthalmological solutions containing benzalkonium chloride, soft contact lenses should not be worn during the treatment period .
Overdose
No action other than medical observation should be necessary.
OPTICROM Aqueous eye drops are manufactured by Fisons plc - Pharmaceutical Division, Holmes Chapel, Cheshire, or Laboratoires Fisons S.A., Le Trait, France or The Boots Company plc., Nottingham.
OPTICROM and FISONS are Registered Trade Marks of FISONS plc.
REG/OPT/256/94
© Fisons plc 1995