Complete adverse effect profile including incidence rates and management
Important Safety Information
This is not a complete list of all possible side effects. Contact your healthcare provider if you experience any unexpected symptoms. For serious or life-threatening side effects, seek emergency medical attention immediately.
ADVERSE REACTIONS Although the relationship, if any, of retinal detachment to the administration of echothiophate iodide for ophthalmic solution has not been established, retinal detachment has been reported in a few cases during the use of echothiophate iodide for ophthalmic solution in adult patients without a previous history of this disorder.
Stinging, burning, lacrimation, lid muscle twitching, conjunctival and ciliary redness, browache, induced myopia with visual blurring may occur.
Activation of latent iritis or uveitis may occur.
Iris cysts may form, and if treatment is continued, may enlarge and obscure vision.
This occurrence is more frequent in children.
The cysts usually shrink upon discontinuance of the medication or by reducing the frequency of instillation.
Rarely, they may rupture or break free into the aqueous.
Regular examinations are advisable when the drug is being prescribed for the treatment of accommodative esotropia.
Prolonged use may cause conjunctival thickening, obstruction of nasolacrimal canals.
Lens opacities have been reported with echothiophate iodide.
WARNINGS Succinylcholine should be administered only with great caution, if at all, prior to or during general anesthesia to patients receiving anticholinesterase medication because of possible respiratory or cardiovascular collapse.
Caution should be observed in treating elevated IOP with echothiophate iodide for ophthalmic solution in patients who are at the same time undergoing treatment with systemic anticholinesterase medications, because of possible adverse additive effects.
Like all medications, Phospholine Iodide can cause side effects. However, not everyone who takes this medication will experience them. Many side effects are dose-dependent and may improve as your body adjusts to the medication. Others may require dose adjustment or medical attention.
Contact your healthcare provider promptly if you experience:
Seek immediate emergency medical care if you experience signs of: