User Reviews for Rhopressa ophthalmic (eye)

I had to hide behind a pair of sunglasses my eyes were so red. Used ropressa for 1year i hated my bloody red eyes. The cost was ridiculous, eyes watered so much i had to dab my eyes constantly while doing everything driving ,cooking ,watching ,tv ,visiting friends. Finally went to new medicine today Can’t wait to see some white to my eyes. We are not experiments to be used that is a horrible drug!!!!

Extreme red eye and loss of visual acuity last all day

After several months, my eyesight was blurry. I thought it was my new eyeglasses. Even though I told my ophthalmologist, she kept me on them. Another 8 months went by and my eyesight worsened. Then I read the insert and saw reviews from the Mayo Clinic Ophthalmology Dept about the negative side effects. Last night I got off of Rhopressa, and today I'm seeing much better. Finally. Be very cautious with this glaucoma eye drop.

Tried for a few weeks but the red, burning, itching, crusting, extreme light sensitivity was awful and barely lowered OAG pressure. I closed blinds, curtains, wore a cap, sun glasses and cold compresses inside trying to keep from clawing my eyes out. When you are scared of going blind, you try what they tell ya. I fought insurance for the chance to try it based on doctor recommendation and then Dr wanted to prescribe meds to help the symptoms, but didn't believe it was as bad as I felt. The STROKE a few days later left me wishing I had already quit this awful stuff. (I'm not the only one to experience this chain of events either. ) It might help some folks but they did NO research on SENIORS! One day I will fill out the FDA side effect forms for what little good it will do.Read More Read Less

Does lower eye pressure significantly but also causes redness and itching. Way too expensive. One huge problem is the tiny soft-sided bottle with a hard plastic lid that is larger than the bottle. Almost impossible to open the first time without squeezing out half of the very expensive liquid. Simply inexcusable. Developers clearly have not ever had to use these containers.

I have been taking Simbrinza and Lantanoprost but the doctor wanted my pressure down more from 19. It took the pressure down to 17 but after 8 weeks I have red eyes, yellow crusting around the eye lids, itching and blurred vision. No more I stopped taking it. Waiting for the next eye drop or laser or surgery.

My doctor added this to once daily Timolol. It decreased my IOP from 19 to 15, but by the third bottle, I am experiencing extremely intolerable side effects of nearing constant seeping, extreme redness and constant burning, crusting of eyelids and skin around eyes burning. I am stopping it as of today and doctor has prescribed a steroid drop to ease these symptoms. Plus, it was also so expensive even with my insurance.

Day one, I woke up and looked hungover. Extreme redness that frightened everyone. I was told by the lunkhead that works in my ophthalmologist's office,"Oh, you're just overreacting, keep taking it and the effects will go away." Thanks a padload, Einstein! So, I was prescribed Lumify to deal with the redness which, of course, insurance doesn't cover. I did this for oh, about four months. Lumify would clear things up for about 90 minutes, so when I had to, you know, see human beings, I had to take it several times, to which Lunkhead said, "You can't take it that often." No doy. It all came to a head when I was doing something really risky: watching TV. My eyes were just BURNING. The missus came by and said, "Why do you have an ice pack on your face? This is February." I looked into the imaginary camera, smiled like a supermodel and said, "I take Rhopressa!" Cue inspirational music and film of me planting a community garden or doing pottery with seniors, with the long-@ss list of precautions being spoken in a voiceover. I'll say this: it lowered my IOP. And when I asked to please get me off this crap, my ophthalmologist (can you write that without spellcheck? I can't) complied immediately. Of course, the next medicine (Alphagan) didn't work, and she pushed Timolol again, which made me dizzy and breathless after about five sidewalk squares of extremely slow jogging. So, rather than have freaking cataract surgery at age 49 and with 20/20 vision...I may have to shell out $200 a pop so I can look like Charles Bukowski on a good day. I'm moving to Canada. Make some room and don't be scared off by my eyes..."I take Rhopressa!"Read More Read Less

Extreme light sensitivity, crusting, irritation, eye pain. Apparently be then had a mild stroke and came home blind. (Vision was poor other causes) Not adequate testing on seniors.

The medication is very effective, added to latanaprost and timolol, but the bottle lids are so tight that my wife could not open this last one without using two wrenches, and most of the liquid seeped out. She could hear the liquid before getting the lid off, but not afterward. This medication is costing $90 per small 2.5ml bottle under our insurance plan.

I have open angle pigmented glaucoma. Brought pressure down from 19 to 13. Take Timolo with it. Mild side effects.

Brought pressure down from 19 to 13 in just 5 days. Using Timolol twice a day with it. Timolol wasn't keeping pressure down by it self. Side effects after two weeks aren't too bad. Eyes a little red, water sometimes and acuity off just a small bit, but not worth stopping for that. My nerve has a lot of damage so if this will keep pressure down I can deal with these small side effects. Better then going blind.

I was given Rhopressa about 6 months ago along with my other 3 drops (using 6 times a day) when my pressure was higher than the doctor wanted. From the beginning I experience the watering eyes and was told it is one of the side effects but would stop after a couple weeks. When it didn't I chalked it up to allergies but now that this much time has past and I don't have allergies in off season, I began looking into the fact the it is still the cause of the Rhopressa. I have been surprised at how many of the reviews I have read that are so similar to what I am experiencing. I have an appointment with my doctor next week and intend to have a conversation with her to hopefully eliminate the use any longer. Does it help the pressure? Hard to say because it still appears to go up and down. I'm tired of my eyes watering, itching and being puffy all the time. Very unpleasant side effects. And don't even get me started on how it has been to even get a prescription filled for it. Don't recommend it at all.Read More Read Less

I was taking Bimatoprost drops nightly and Diamox tablets twice daily, then added Rhopressa in place of Diamox at night. It kept the pressure down well but after about 90 days I started tearing up badly and seeing double. Went back to Diamox twice daily and things cleared up in a couple of weeks.

Made eyes scratchy and Red

Redness, Blurriness, Eye Pain

Extremely red eyes Bluriness Diziness

I experienced sty like symptoms with redness itching my doctor said to keep taking it the symptoms will subside but so far for 2 month still hard to up up with. No improvement in redness or itching

My doctor added Rhopressa to my regimen of drops in an effort to get my pressures lower. The drug was somewhat effective and lowered pressures by about 2-3 points. However, after about four months on Rhopressa, I began to to experience severe redness, near-constant severe itching of the eyelids, excessing tearing and crushing of the eyelids. It became unbearable. Stopped the Rhopressa and treated the eyes with a steroid drop until the problem went away. After a couple of months, tried restarting the Rhopressa and the adverse effects returned within two days. So unfortunately, I cannot continue to use it. It seems as if I might be allergic to the drug or its preservative. Read More Read Less