A 64-year-old female asked:
been on combigan for years. just added lantaprost. eyes now dry. pressure 12 in medicated eye. can i stop lantaprost since it has made dry eye worse?
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Dr. Richard Carlin answered
50 years experience Ophthalmology
Ask your doctor: Your doctor obviously added latanaprost for a reason, probably because your eye pressure was too high. So, if you just stop it, you will be back where you started. Ask your doctor about maybe switching to another eye drop instead.
Answered on Mar 11, 2015
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