MINIMS® LIDOCAINE 4% w/v & FLUORESCEIN 0.25% w/v Eye Drops, Solution

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Contains: Lidocaine Hydrochloride 4% w/v and Fluorescein Sodium 0.25% w/v.

Main Indications, Dosage and Administration: As a diagnostic stain and topical anaesthetic combined Minims Lidocaine & Fluorescein can be used in the measurement of intraocular pressure by Goldmann tonometry. Adults (including the elderly): One or more drops, as required. Children: As directed by the physician.

Contraindications, Precautions and Warnings: Do not use in patients with a known hypersensitivity to fluorescein or lidocaine and other amide-type local anaesthetics. The anaesthetised eye should be protected from foreign body contamination, particularly in elderly patients in whom the duration of anaesthesia may exceed 30 minutes. Use with caution in an inflamed eye as hyperaemia greatly increases the rate of systemic absorption through the conjunctiva. Systemic absorption may be reduced by compressing the lacrimal sac at the medial canthus for a minute during and following the instillation of the drops. (This blocks the passage of the drops via the naso-lacrimal duct to the wide absorptive area of the nasal and pharyngeal mucosa. It is especially advisable in children.)

Pregnancy and lactation: use only when considered essential by a physician. This combination has been used for a number of years without apparent ill-consequence.

Undesirable effects: Symptoms of allergic-type reactions and anaphylaxis have been reported following topical ophthalmic administration of Fluorescein sodium (Eye disorders: allergic conjunctivitis, peri-orbital oedema. Immune system disorders: anaphylactic reaction. Skin and subcutaneous tissue disorders: urticaria, rash).

Legal Category: POM

UK PL No: 03468/0075 Basic NHS Price: £ 12.88

Marketing Authorisation Holder: Bausch & Lomb UK Limited, Bausch & Lomb House, 106 London Road, Kingston-Upon, Thames, Surrey, UK, KT2 6TN

Date of Revision: March 2023

Exemption Code: Not Available For Optometry Use

Evocative Code: LID FLN

PIP Code: 015-6141