Latanoprost ophthalmic and Cough: What Users Say

• Mai...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• February 2, 2020

For Glaucoma, Open Angle "Ended up at Ophthalmologist with high eye pressure and prescribed latanoprost. First night, I had a fast heartbeat. I have been fighting a strange tiredness that I can barely do anything during the day. No motivation for projects or general chores. I feel anxious most times and never did before. I have trouble catching my breath and had small trouble before but nothing like this (not a smoker). Coughing all the time. Why would an eye drop to lower pressure cause all these problems with general overall well-being? I am not myself and cannot live in this state of unrest and sickness. Why does it affect all these other aspects of my health? Eyes are important, but so is staying healthy and being happy. I feel I will have to get off of it now to save myself from these issues."

• jaz...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• March 27, 2020

For Glaucoma, Open Angle "I was prescribed this a few months ago and have been experiencing terrible side effects. First, my vision seems to be strange, not focusing right. I had a small amount of floaters, and now they are so many and much more often. My eyes sting and are red, even was brownish in the corner one morning, that scared me. I have coughing, shortness of breath, overall tiredness, and lack of motivation. I feel anxious all the time, never felt like this before unless I was ill. I am quitting this drug and taking my chances on high pressure instead. I can't believe they prescribe this to small animals that can't tell you how horrible they must feel since many are only 12 pounds, whereas a person is 150 or so. They will push these drugs on anyone and anything to make a buck."

• Amn...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• February 7, 2022

For Glaucoma, Open Angle "Doctors should warn people before prescribing this. I think the side effects and incidents of side effects of this and even other drugs are underreported. When people stop a medication due to side effects, doctors should be required to log this with the manufacturer. My case with this drug. Within a few days of use, I started to have a runny nose. After a few weeks, this worsened such that I felt like I had a head cold all the time. Runny nose, sore throat, and cough. Very hard to get any good sleep. In addition, it lightened the iris color in both my eyes. At least they both were lightened equally. However, I used to have very dark brown, almost black, eyes, and now they are medium brown. I stopped using these drops a few days ago. The runny nose is getting a little better but still persists. I am hoping the cold symptoms will eventually go away, but now I read that the iris color change can be permanent."

• cgr...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• July 6, 2021

For Glaucoma, Open Angle "I've been using Lumigan and dorzolamide for 5 years with no problem, but the Dr. wanted less pressure for my right eye, so prescribed Rocklatan, which is half latanoprost: only one drop of Rocklatan in one eye per day and only for the past 5 days. Such a tiny amount, but it has had a huge effect! I am a healthy and active 70-year-old -- swim every other day for 30 laps. Today I thought I had COVID (I've been vaccinated). Yesterday and today, I had an episode of a retching dry cough until I had to sit down. Today it was kind of scary -- it was hard to catch my breath because I was coughing so hard. This was after a swim. Latanoprost increases cough sensitivity -- look it up. I rarely have anxiety -- but I've had a dread kind of anxiety for 3 days. This morning when I woke up and tried to look at the weather report on my tablet in bed, I could not read it -- vision too blurry! I have put four freaking drops in one eye -- that is all. This medication is too strong for me."

• CCG...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• April 11, 2022

For Glaucoma, Open Angle "Very similar to many of the negative reviews here. This is my second time using it, so I knew there could be side effects. A repetition of things I had experienced before, but this time with the addition of a cough so persistent and annoying that I thought I might have COVID. A PCR test came back negative, and that confirmed my suspicion. I also noticed that the coughing was really a reaction to the post-nasal drip, an almost constant running in the inside of my nose. The tiredness and muscle pain is such that it makes me lose interest in everything, a mental state very close to depression. This was after a few months of using them. I’d rather go blind, hahaha, there is no point in seeing if your mental state makes you an invalid. I’m still in two minds as to whether to give them another try, I might go back and stop at the first signs, which this time was the post-nasal drip. Or I might just not bother, the return of my general well-being is rather a relief."

• Gre...
• January 23, 2022

For Intraocular Hypertension "I use latanoprost at bedtime. My concern is that shortly after application, I have congestion and have to cough until the congestion is gone. Is this a beta-blocker? I have congenital mitral valve prolapse, functional."