Monopost Side Effects

Like all medicines, this medicine can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them.
The following are known side effects of using MONOPOST: Very common: may affect more than 1 in 10 people: A gradual change in the eye colour by increasing the amount of brown pigment in the coloured part of the eye known as the iris.
This change is more likely visible in patients with mixed-coloured eyes (blue-brown, grey-brown, yellow-brown or green-brown), than in single-coloured eye patients (blue, grey, green or brown eyes).
Any changes in the eye colour may take years to develop although it is normally seen within 8 months of treatment.
The colour change may be permanent and may be more noticeable if MONOPOST is used in one eye only.
There appears to be no problems associated with the change in eye colour.
The eye colour change does not continue after MONOPOST treatment is stopped.
Redness of the eye.
Eye irritation (a feeling of burning, grittiness, itching, stinging or the sensation of a foreign body in the eye).
A gradual change in the eyelashes of the treated eye and the fine hairs around the treated eye, seen mostly in people of Japanese origin. These changes involve an increase of the colour (darkening), length, thickness and number of the eye lashes.
Common: may affect up to 1 in 10 people: Irritation or disruption to the surface of the eye, eyelid inflammation (blepharitis), eye pain and light sensitivity (photophobia).
Uncommon: may affect up to 1 in 100 people: Eyelid swelling, dryness of the eye, inflammation or irritation of the surface of the eye (keratitis), blurred vision and conjunctivitis; Skin rash.
Rare: may affect up to 1 in 1,000 people: Inflammation of the iris, the coloured part of the eye (iritis/uveitis), swelling of the retina (macular oedema), symptoms of swelling or scratching/damage to the surface of the eye, swelling around the eye (periorbital oedema), misdirected eyelashes or an extra row of eyelashes.
Skin reactions on the eyelids, darkening of the skin of the eyelids.
Asthma, worsening of asthma and shortness of breath (dyspnoea).
Very rare: may affect up to 1 in 10,000 people: Worsening of angina in patients who also have heart disease; Chest pain; Sunken eye appearance (eye sulcus deepening).
Patients have also reported the following side-effects: fluid filled area within the coloured part of the eye (iris cyst), headache, dizziness, awareness of the heart rhythm (palpitations), muscle pain, joint pain and developing a viral infection of the eye caused by the herpes simplex virus (HSV).
Reporting of side effects: If the patient gets any side effects, talk to the doctor, or pharmacist or nurse. This includes any possible side effects not previously listed.
Reporting side effects can help provide more information on the safety of this medicine.