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I heard that some glaucoma medicines can change the eye color. can someone who is healthy take it?
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Not a great idea: Prostaglandin analogs: xalatan, (latanoprost) lumigan, and travatan z have few systemic side effects but are associated with changes to the eye itself, including change in iris color and growth of eyelashes. Drinking a bottle will probably not hurt you, but i don't recommend it. Drinking these medications will not change your eye color or grow your eye lashes.
Answered 4/18/2013
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Take if needed: There is a class of anti-glaucoma drugs which can turn hazel and light brown eyes into a darker color. This has no interaction with the effectveness of the drug to lower eye pressure. If you need the drug to protect your eye for elevated pressure, then don't worry about the color.
Answered 5/30/2015
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