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What is Xalatan?

Xalatan® is a brand name for the drug latanoprost, an ophthalmic agent used to reduce elevated intraocular pressure in patients with open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken
# of patients Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell 		# of patients evaluated by
Glaucoma 10 2
Other 3 1
glaucoma both eyes 1 1
pre-glaucoma 1 0
narrow (closed) angle glaucoma left eye 1 0

See all 15 patients currently taking Xalatan

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
2 50%
Mild
1 25%
None
1 25%

Most commonly reported side effects

Eye fluid high pressure
1 33%
Blurred Vision
1 33%
Dry eyes
1 33%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

  0.005% daily 0.005 g daily 1 other daily
  4 Number of Patients: 4 10 Number of Patients: 10 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Xalatan (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice
1 100% Doctor's advice: 100%

See all 1 patient who’ve stopped taking Xalatan

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Xalatan

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0

Stopped Taking Xalatan

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
0
0

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
3 75%
Usually
1 25%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
0 0%
Not at all
4 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
2 50%

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Report created on March 21, 2010.