Important Safety Information
Like all medicines, XALATAN can have side effects. These side effects
are usually mild and tolerable and may include blurred vision, burning
and stinging, eye redness, the feeling of something in the eye, eye
itching, increased pigmentation (darkening) of eye color, or irritation
of the clear front surface of the eye.
XALATAN may slowly cause darkening of the eye color due to increased
brown color, darkening of the eyelid and eyelashes, and increased
growth and thickness of eyelashes. Color changes can increase as long
as XALATAN is administered and eye color changes are likely to be
permanent.
The recommended dosage is one drop (1.5 µg) in the affected
eye(s) once daily in the evening. If one dose is missed, treatment
should continue with the next dose as normal.
There have been reports of bacterial keratitis associated with the use
of multiple-dose containers of topical ophthalmic products.