SN instructed patient about Latanoprost ophthalmic. This is used to treat glaucoma ( a condition in which increased pressure in the eye
can lead to gradual loss of vision ) and ocular hypertension ( a condition which causes increased pressure in the eye
). Latanoprost is in a class of medications called prostaglandin analogs. It lowers pressure in the eye
by increasing the flow of natural eye
fluids out of the eye
. Nurse instructed more frequents side effects of latanoprost ( stinging, burning, itching, watering or swelling of the eye
, redness of the eye
lids irritation, dry eye
s, among others ).