RESTASIS Reviews

If you truly have dry eye this product should work for you-most of the time. If I didn't have it I would be in so much pain! Restasis keeps me level. It varies day to day, as to whether or not I am faithful in using. 12 hrs apart and weather also plays a roll. I do have headaches, tooth pain, and ear pain. My DR's tell me there is nothing wrong with my ears. But recently had 2 ear infections in which I have not had one since I was a child. I have pain behind the eye ball and tired burning red eyes if they are over worked from straining to read. Cannot read or look at computer for very long without pain, and I have pretty good vision 20/40. All I know after all the doctors I've seen, without restasis I would be in big trouble!!!!! The rest will come in time. Don't give up until you get an answer

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Eye, head, gum and ear pressure pain on left side. Burning in eyes and redness of eyes.

I have been using Restasis for over 8 years off and on. It worked miracles in the beginning. I stopped the medicine last summer, because I felt so great but my dry eye came on full force, worse than ever. Immediately I went back on the medicine, per doctor's order. He said my eyes were extremely dry and to not stop the restasis or I would have to get the plugs. So I started back up, but the pain got worse from that point on and never stopped. My left eye had blood in it, twice for an entire week. My eye doctor saw a little improvement but can't help with the pressure pain so he referred me out. I saw a million doctors and my dentist, they pass me around. I did CT Scans and MRI's, and nothing. Sinus and brain clear. No cavities. They think I am crazy. So now it's been over a year with this pain and my eyes feel dry as can be, I am confused and frustrated. Then, all of a sudden it hit me to google side effects, so I did but nothing appeared abnormal. I was looking on the restasis web site though. So tonight I googled restasis and headaches and boom, all these dissatisfied comments appeared with people having the same symptoms I have. I quit starting today. If I feel better in a month or two, I will know it's the restasis. I will keep everyone updated.
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Worked well the first few months. I began taking this before my LASIK procedure. Now, all of a sudden, I am experiencing many side effects. I having itchy, burning eyes, blurred vision and rashes around my face. At first I thought maybe it was something else and that all of these symptoms were unrelated but it seems more apparent that it is from the restasis. I am going back to my OTC eye drops. These were expensive and should probably be removed from the market based on all the complaints. I am now concerned that this drug may have impacted my vision permanently. The FDA needs to investigate this drug further.

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Using as directed. 3rd week Seems a bit better. Each vile contains far more than 2 drops.. OK to save opened vile in refrigerator for next treatment ? expensive to waste

Beet red eyes , headache started after day 3, swollen eye lids, painful burning eyes all day. Crust eyelids in am.

I put one drop in one eye, only , because I am a professional artist, I need to see to work, and I feared the burning they warned me about. The initial burning was nothing. But, this is day three. I now have inflammation in that one eye, and all around it, a stiff neck, a fever, and a Headache. My visions is still blurry, and I can't work. All, from ONE drop.

I wonder if doctors are being told to push this drug when they ignore the side effects. Let him try it!!!
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burning after installed, extreme burning and soreness when I wake up, eye pain, stiff neck, headaches

I went to my eye doctor today for pain behind my right eye and he scheduled me for an MRI to rule out ocular neuritis but said its probably my sinuses. My MRI is scheduled for a few days from now, but I don't think I need one now that I've read all of these awful things about restasis. I now know that my neck and eye pain are related to this. I am so done with it. How could my doctor not put two and two together? Also I have not noticed any improvement with my dry eyes.

Constant nausea, sinus drainage, and runny nose.

After stopping Restasis it took two months to get over nausea. I still have a runny nose after stopping Restasis 4 years ago.

migraine headache, sinus pressure, stomach upset, nausea, but I didn't have the burning side effect when applying the drops. Not taking it anymore didn't even help with my dry eyes. My eye dr. seems to disagree that it's the eye drops but I don't like this feeling so I'm am stopping it simply from reading other peoples exact same complaints.

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I am loosing my eye lashes. They have thinned out and I am not taking any new medicines.

Head pain, head pressure, neck pain, migraine, ear pressure

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Severe headaches at the base of my neck. I have gone on and off this medication and can't handle the headaches.

I used the eye drops for about a year and the dry eye was improved. However, I seemed to develop an intolerance and suffered rashes around the eyes, forehead and then legs.

I think the side effects are not well publicized. No one mentioned the skin rashes around the eyes, eyelids, forehead, etc. The rashes spread to my legs and it took me a long time to connect this to the eye drops. I assumed it was a food allergy or environmental. But when I stopped Restasis and then started again it was clear that this drug was causing my problems. My eye doctor is not convinced, but I am. The drops appeared to help with my dry eye, but over time my body can't tolerate them. I take no other perscriptions. Consumer, beware!

burning, did not work

Used this as prescribed BEFORE laser eye surgery. Had ZERO effect. My eyes were painfully dry after the surgery. Had tear duct plugs put in and haven't had problems since. The doctor that prescribed them is the same doctor that does the commercials. Seemed like a conflict of interest to me to start me on this regimen before hand. Wish I would have had the plugs instead.

My eyes felt like they had a rim of fire over them all day. I developed a really bad tooth ache directly under the spot where I inserted the drops, mid eye. Not sure if tooth is infected but a month ago my xrays said my teeth were fine. I have osteopenia. The burning of my eyes were horrible and limited my beloved joy of reading. They made my eyes feel tired all day long. I did not do my night dose last night and the tooth pain is still there but much better and less aggravated. Seeing dentist today for another check up. The tooth pain was absolutely horrible. My face is swollen and a part of my lung hurts.

Sodium Hydroxide is LYE people. Why would they cut an eye drop with lye? It is poisonous.

Restasis briefly improved my dry eye symptoms so I could wear my contact lenses again. The results were short-lived, though, and when my opthamologist inserted plugs in my tear ducts in addition to continued usage of the Restasis drops, the results were disasterous. Not only did the plugs become infected, but my vision has been permanently damaged. I can no longer wear contacts and my vision is far worse than it ever was. I regret ever using Restasis.

I completely agree with others' comments about Restatis being doled out like candy with little regard for possible permanent side-effects and damage.
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My dry eyes did improve some but after 6 months I began to have skin problems but never related it to Restassis until now. Severe itching of lower legs, clusters of skin rashes that have small blisters that ooze and drain and itch severely, nasal drainage, severe episodes of sneezing, occasional eye pain, I checked with several professionals and they say the skin problems not related to Restassis but I think differently, & now after stopping the eye med I still battle the side effect although they have improved over time. Furthermore my vision changed considerably the point of needing prisms in my vision eye glass prescription.

Severe migraine headache, nausea, stiff neck

I did not experience the burning sensation in my eyes, but the headache started on day two. Didn't immeidately associate it with restatis...but on day 4 I knew! Stopped immediately.
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Sometimes burning, especially in worst eye. In the beginning it was severe burning but that became less over time.

After 7 months I was able to cry with real tears and vision was better. Now, after 2.5 years I can drive at night. Occassional burning in exchange for better vision is a so worth it. Stick with it.

Made my eyes red and vision worse. It most definitely made my vision worse over time. I have stopped taking it. Would love to hear what natural treatments have worked for others

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