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I have open angle glaucoma and my consultant has recently changed my eye drops to cosopt & lumigan. since starting these i have been suffering from mild headaches and nausea. how long should it take my body to adjust to this new medication.
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Glaucoma : Cosopt contains the drugs dorzolamide and timolol. Timolol is a Beta blocker class and dorzolamide is a carbonic anhydrase inhibor. Timolol effects the muscles that pull on your iris and the dorzolamide decreases fluid in the eye. Lumigan is a prostaglandin analog that increases aqueous flow. All three medications have eye or headache pain in 3 to 10 % of people taking as adverse reaction.
Answered 2/13/2020
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