Livocab eye drops, 4 ml

Instructions for use for Livocab eye drops, 4 ml

Important notes (compulsory information):

Livocab eye drops Active substance: Levocabastin (present as levocabastine hydrochloride), application areas: for the treatment of allergic conjunctivitis.

For risks and side effects, read the package leaflet and ask your doctor or pharmacist!


LEAFLET: INFORMATION FOR THE USER

Livocab eye drops - 0.05% eye drops, suspension for applying children from 1 year, adolescents and adults
Active substance: active ingredient: Levocabastin (present as Levocabastinhydrochloride)

Read the entire leaflet carefully before starting using this medicine, because it contains important information. Always use this medicine as described in this leaflet or exactly after the statement of your doctor or pharmacist.

• Lift the package leaflet. You might want to read it again.
• Ask your pharmacist if you need more information or advice.
• If you notice side effects, contact your doctor or pharmacist. This also applies to side effects that are not indicated in this leaflet. See section 4.
• If you do not feel better after 2 days or even worse, contact your doctor.

What is in this leaflet:

1. What are Livocab eye drops and what is it used for?
2. What should you consider before using Livocab eye drops?
3. How are Livocab eye drops to apply?
4. WHAT SIDE EFFECTS ARE POSSIBLE?
5. How are Livocab eye drops to store?
6. Content of the pack and more information

1. What are Livocab eye drops and what is it used for?

Indication group: Antillergikum / Antihistaminic. Livocab eye drops is a medicine for the treatment of allergic conjunctivitis. Livocab eye drops are used to treat the complaints of allergic inflammation of the conjunctiva, e.g. Hay fever or the so-called spring catarrh.

2. What should you consider before using Livocab eye drops?

Livocab eye drops must not be used if they allergic against levocabastin or one of the section 6. other ingredients of this medicine are.

Warnings and Precautions:
Please talk to your doctor or pharmacist before applying Livocab eye drops. If you wear soft contact lenses: Avoid contact with soft contact lenses. Benzalkonium chloride (Another component of Livocab eye drops) can lead to discoloration of soft contact lenses. Contact lenses must be removed before using LIVOCAB eye drops and allowed to be 15 at the earliest Replace minutes after using Livocab eye drops.

Application of Livocab eye drops along with other medicines:
Inform your doctor or pharmacist if you take / apply other medicines, recently taken / applied / applied or intend to take / use other medicines.
So far, no interactions with other medicines are known.

Pregnancy and breast feeding period:
If you are pregnant or breastfeeding, or if you suspect to be pregnant or intend to become pregnant, ask your doctor or pharmacist for advice before applying this medicine.

Pregnancy:
Investigations on animals have not given any evidence of harmful effects for the development of embryo or fetus. For pregnant women, there are only limited data for the use of Livocab eye drops. The risk for humans is unknown. If you are pregnant or think you are pregnant, you should only use Livocab eye drops after consulting your doctor.

Latving:
If you are breastfeeding, you should only use Livocab Nasal Spray after consulting your doctor.

Roadness unD Using Machines:
When using Livocab eye drops, the vision can be influenced immediately after the application for a few minutes. Before you participate in road traffic without working secure hold or operate machines, wait until the impairment of vision is passed through fogging.

Livocab eye drops contain propylene glycol and benzalkonium chloride:
Propylene glycol and benzalkonium chloride can cause conjunctive irritation.

3. How are Livocab eye drops to apply?

Always use Livocab eye drops exactly as described in this leaflet or exactly after the arrangement made with your doctor or pharmacist. Ask your doctor or pharmacist if you are not sure.

Dosage for children from 1 year, adolescents and adults:
The recommended dosage is 2 times a day 1 drop of livocap eye drops per eye. The dosage can be increased in stronger discomfort to up to 4 times a day 1 drops per eye.

type of application

1. Before the first application of Livocab eye drops, completely remove the locking ring from the bottle.
2. Livocab eye drops is a suspension. Please shake the bottle before each application!
3. Bend your head backwards.
4. Drag the lower eyelid down and carefully drop a drop into the tethering bag by pressing the bottle. Do not bring the bottle into contact with the eye or the environment of the eye so that the remaining bottle content is not contaminated.
5. After dropping, slowly close the eye. The drop is automatically distributed over the entire eye by the lidship.

Duration of application:
The time between two applications is determined by the effect of Livocab eye drops. Use Livocab eye drops at the first characters of an allergic irritation of the conjunctiva. This achieves the best treatment results. The duration of the application depends on the type and course of the complaints. You do not have to consider time limitation. If the recommended dosage is insufficient, you should consult your doctor. Please talk to your doctor or pharmacist if you have the impression that the effect of LIVOCAB eye drops is too strong or too weak.

If you have used a larger amount of Livocab eye drops than you should:
If you accidentally swallow the bottle content of Livocab eye drops, you can feel sleepy. Please contact a doctor in this case and drink a lot of water.

If you forget the application of Livocab eye drops:
Do not apply twice the dose if you forget the previous application. Continue treatment with LIVOCAB eye drops as described in the dosage.
If you have further questions about the application of the medicine, ask your doctor or pharmacist.

4. Which side effects are possible?

Like all medicines, this medicine can also have side effects, but they do not have to occur each other.

Possible side effects:
Very often (can concern more than 1 of 10 treated):

• Irritation of the eyes

Frequently (can concern up to 1 of 10 treated):

• Eye pain and blurred See
• Headache

Occasionally (can concern up to 1 of 100 treated):

• Swelling of the eyelids

Very rare (can concern up to 1 of 10,000 treated):

• Hautical inflammation, swelling of the eyes, eyelid inflammation, swelling of the letters of the conjunctiva (red eye)
• Complaints on the administration site, which are perceived as burning, redness, pain, swelling, itching, tearing eyes or blurred viewing
• One certain form of allergic reaction (angioedema) with swelling of lips, tongue and eyelids, hives and respiratory distress; Hypersensitivity
• Skin inflammation, hives

Unknown (frequency based on the available data not estimable):

• Allergic reaction to the circulatory failure (Anaphylaxis)
• Palpitate

Other possible side effects:

• In very rare cases, patients developed with pronounced corneal defects under therapy with phosphate-containing eye drop turbidity of the cornea by the formation of calcium phosphate.

Message of side effects:
If you notice side effects, contact your doctor or pharmacist. This also applies to side effects that are not indicated in this leaflet. You can also share effects directly
Federal Institute for Pharmaceuticals and Medical Products
Dept. Pharmacovigilance
Kurt-Georg-Kiesinger-Allee 3
D-53175 Bonn
Website: http://www.bfarm.de
Show. By reporting side effects, you can help to provide more information about the security of this medicine.

5. What are Livocab eye drops to keep?

Keep this medicine inaccessible to children. You may not use the medicinal product after the expiration date specified on the bottle and the outer carton to "usable until". The expiration date refers to the last day of the specified month. Do not store more than 25 ° C.

After breaking the bottle, Livocab eye drops are durable one month, but maximum until the end of the specified expiration date.
Disposal of medicines should be carried out in accordance with the respective regional specifications. Ask your pharmacist how to dispose of the medicine if you do not apply it anymore. You help to protect our environment.

6. Content of the pack and more information

What Livocab Eye Drops contain:
The active ingredient is: Levocabastin (present as levocabastinhydrochloride). 1 ml suspension contains 0.5 mg of levocabastin corresponding to 0.54 mg of levocabastin hydrochloride. 1 Drop contains about 0.015 mg levocabastin. The other ingredients are: water for injection, propylene glycol, disodium hydrogen phosphate, sodium dihydrogen phosphate 1 H2O, hypromellosis, polysorbate 80, benzalkonium chloride solution, sodium date (pH. EUR.).

Like Livocab eye drops look and content of the pack:
Livocab eye drops are available in plastic bottles with 4 ml white sterile suspension.

More information:
The typical complaints of allergic inflammation of the conjunctival are: itching, redness of the eyes, tear flow, swelling of the conjunctivation and eyelids. Even if you suffer from green star, you can apply Livocab eye drops.

Pharmaceutic entrepreneur:
McNeil GmbH & Co. OHG
Mailbox 210411
41430 Neuss
Tel.: 00800 260 260 00 (free of charge)

Manufacturer:
Famar S.A.
Agiou Dimitriou 63
Alimos Attiki
17456
Greece

This information information was last revised in July 2013.

Source: Information of the leaflet
Status: 08/2015