RESTASIS Reviews (CYCLOSPORINE)

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RESTASIS  (CYCLOSPORINE):  Cyclosporine eye drops are used to treat a certain type of dry eyes. They work by increasing the amount of tears you make.   FDA Approval Date: 2016-10-27 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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 1  Dry Eyes I developed a sinus headache, teeth pain and jaw pain by my ear last Monday. I saw the Optometrist who put me on it and stated it was conjunctivis but no medication. On Tuesday I saw an Opthamologist who stated it was conjunctivitis, no medication on Wednesday I saw another Opthamologist who put me on an antibiotic and steroid in one. My eyes were terrible swollen, very red and I developed styes. On Friday I went to my ENT to ensure my sinuses were not infected. The doctor stated my sinuses did not have any evidence of infection however, due to the condition of my eye he put me on 500 mg. of Biaxin as a precautionary meansure. I went back to the Ophthamologist on Monday to check my progress he told me my cornea was swollen and prescribed two different medications such as steriod and cipro for eyes antibiotic. Going back to the doctor tomorrow and hoping the cornea is back to normal. My eyes have gotten a little better but the lid is still swollen and my eyes are still red. It effected F 64 14 days
0.05% 2X day
11/22/2016
 2  Dry Eyes Burning, redness of eyes, swollen, pain in eyes The pharmacist said it takes at least a month to see any results. I gave it 3 months but had to quit. I looked like I'd been hit in the eyes and felt like I had too. F 70 3 months
2X day
11/19/2016
 1  dry eye Sinus pain, headache, eye pain. Time for the drug companies to be honest and our doctors as well. I guess there are not many physicians when prescribing this Rx are going to admit that, oh by the way this is a component of a chemo. derivative compound.LOL F 69 45 days
2X day
11/12/2016
 1  Chronic dry eyes Chronic headaches ear congestion, stiff neck, muscle ache just terrible. I feel taking restasis was one of the worst decisions I ever made F 53 3 months
30
10/30/2016
 2  Chronic Dry Eye Restasis did help tremendously with my chronic dry eye. However I have been to several ENT visits for sinus problems in the past year. I have had a camera in my sinuses and the ENT stated the redness and irritation was extremely noticeable. I was put on steroids and nasal sprays which cleared it right up. However, they kept coming back. Finally, I asked my pharmacist if Restasis could be the cause of my sinusitis, occasional fever, and chronic cough and he immediately took me off the prescription because it was a known side effect. I would not trust this medication. F 17 1 years
2X day
10/25/2016
 2  extreme dry eyes after laser surger ringing in the ears after 2 weeks, vertigo, severe migraines, stiff sore neck, chills, sore throat after being on it for 1 month. This was the only medication that I was on. Stopped it immediately after reading up on Restasis. Dr. thought I had a flu for over 1 week straight. F 57 1 months
15 mg 2x 2X day
10/17/2016
 1  Dry eye Omg, started getting sore throat, just thought it was something going around until I couldn't get rid of it. Throat almost to where I couldn't swallow. Chills, felt like flu symptoms. Sinus drainage, started thinking about what had changed, and it was starting the restasis drops. Started cutting back, and started feeling better. I'm completely stopping TODAY!! Who would have thought eye drops could make you so sick. I'm done using these F 53 4 weeks
10/15/2016
 1  Severe dry eyes Made my eyes red and irritated felt like it actually made my condition worse once I stopped using it got remarkably better can only conclude that Restasis does not work Washing my eyes out and twice a day every morning every night has netted me more positive results and all the eyedrops in the world have F 69 1 years
.4mL each
10/12/2016
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 2  Dry eyes Dry eyes redness feels worse Rip off by doctors and prosit oval company cvs are crooks and no one should be given. A new proscription filled first time for three months charging my insurance 863 dollars Charged to my Onsurance I intend to call dad abd would like to know if any one else with feels topped off I stoping this after three week it had made my eyes worse yet I I have the Ned's here two baltchrs not opened I want taken off my Insurance this is a deliberate scheme tyobripp off money fr Medicare and other insutrsnce It would cost 3200 dollars a year to use this medicine and u want to know if there is a similar generic and how much the doctor makes for roping ping us off. On top of that he prescribed lotramax another ant inflammatory 196 for a very small bottle Restasis is saying in their. Adds not to use these products with ristasis It should be illegal to do this to someone and I want anyone who is going thu this to call me 609224 7426 Robert M 75 1 days
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10/2/2016
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 1  Dry Eyes and ocular Rosacea Swollen and tender gums, sinus pressure, increased blood pressure I started Restasis after a recent medical journal report cited Restasis as being just as effective for ocular Rosacea as Doxycycline. Given the side effects I have encountered, I wish I would have started on the Doxycycline at this point My dry eye did not seem to have any improvement in the last 2 weeks, but I read that most patients did not see improvement for 4 months. The thing is, I don't see how I could stay on this for 4 months. Symptoms of sinus pressure and increased mucous started after 3-4 days, and increasingly become worse. Swollen gums, tenderness around my teeth, started after about 7 days. At this point, this is the greatest concern as my gums and teeth have always been great. Now my gums around my teeth are all swollen. This is what prompted me to start doing some research on Restasis, and how I ended up here. Apparently the oral version of Cyclosporine is associated with gingivitis. But I did not see gingivitis listed on the mfg list of side effects, otherwise I would have stopped it earlier. Now at day 14, and my gums have only become worse, no matter what I do there is no stopping the tenderness. Increased blood pressure for sure. Noticed that after day 10. Needless to say, last night is my last night on Restasis! M 45 2 weeks
1 Drop 2X day
9/26/2016
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 1  dry eyes after about 6 weeks started with post nasal drip...thought it was allergies/infection but when nothing could clear it up, discontinued Restastis and about 6 weeks later post nasal drip stopped Drops good for eyes but think company should list post nasal drip as a side effect....when I called back to eye doctor they did not have this as side effect however a pharmacist did tell me they had seen this. F 59 5 months
2X day
9/8/2016
 3  dry eyes after cataract surgery &La slight sting, not sure about other things such as cough after reading about other people's experience. Way too expensive. Puts me over the limit for Medicare Part D prescription payments. Have to waste more than half a vial every use because it has no preservative. If I use it twice will it be less effective or cause a problem? No information available. As Dr. said it took several months to really work. Hate to stop but may go back to OTC and use more than twice a day. Less expensive and maybe cough will go away altho I've been told it is from acid reflux. F 74 2 days
1 drop 2X day
9/6/2016
 1  Dry Eye & corneal abrasions I promised to update my status since my post but having difficulty logging back in so I'm referring to my comments on 8/20. Since then, I have been using 1 drop of Organic Hexane free, Paraben free, Cold Pressed, Cold Processed Castor Oil in each eye at bedtime. My symptoms nearly all disappeared in two days and my eyes feel great. The only other change I made was switching to a preservative free eye drop for dry eyes. I went to the eye Dr. yesterday for my one month follow-up on Restasis. I did not tell him until after the exam about my symptoms and changing to the Castor Oil. He said my vision had improved and my eyes looked much better. When I told him about the Castor Oil he said there weren't any studies supporting it but that it was working for me and I should continue using it. The side effects were horrid on Restasis from Migraine to bronchitis, eyelashes falling out, etc. See my 8/20 post. The only side effect I still have is a slight cough from a nagging tickle, but that is subsiding too. If anyone out there is looking for a natural alternative to Restasis - this is it! See my post of 8/20/16 for the website. Oh BTW, castor oil is one of the ingredients in Restasis! 59 2 weeks
2X day
9/2/2016
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 1  Chronic dry eye Brian fog, confusion, memory loss, ear aches, toothache Had complained to my doctor about my symptoms, not thinking Restasis would be a cause. With a change in my insurance, Restasis was going to be too expensive. I decided to try to go without it and see how my eyes felt. Much to my surprise all of my symptoms disappeared within a week! I'm worried now that there may be long term effects. F 63 2 years
2X day
9/1/2016
 1  Severe dry eye/corneal abrasions I had immediate relief after the first dose but unfortunately after the second day I began experiencing severe headache, nausea and the constant need to clear my throat. 13 days later my throat, mouth and teeth hurt, I can't sleep because of severe cough and the headache is unbearable. I researched alternatives to Restasis and found many people have had great success for dry eye with Hexane free, pure organic cold-pressed castor oil. Just went to the health food store to purchase it and will update with my results in a few days. Check out: www.natural-alternative-therapies.com/home-remedy-for-dry-eyes/ Will not use this again. I can see well but I feel horrible. F 59 2 weeks
2X day
8/20/2016
 1  Severe Dry Eye Severe headache like my head is splitting open. I have migraines but this is totally different, daily within 30 minutes of instilling drops, otc pain meds will not get rid of this headache. Confusion and blurry vision, these could be the result of the severity of the headache. Neck pain, tightness in my neck, pain in my ears, sinus pressure, slight post nasal drip, nosebleeds, feeling of pressure or swelling around eyes and in cheek bones. I realize that all of these are symptoms of sinusitis but I have no real symptoms of sinus infection, just the pain. Noted a continuous upward climb in my blood sugar, and abnormally high spikes, type 2 diabetic on an insulin pump, I maintain an awesome blood glucose average of 98 and an A1C of 5.6 very tight control so this was very alarming to me, have had blood sugar spikes over 200 since starting restasis 1 month ago, this is absolutely unacceptable. The only change to my routine has been this medication! Also, stopped using the restasis over the Will never try again, not worth this pain and absolutely not worth any risk to my health where my blood sugar is concerned, kidney failure, heart failure, other diabetic complications are much worse than dry eye. I will stick to artificial tears and PM gel! Thanks but no thanks! F 46 34 days
1 drop 2X day
8/17/2016
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 1  Extreme dry eye After one dose in each eye, within the hour, I started feeling jittery, had pressure on my chest and had difficulty breathing. I thought it was a coincidence but started reading comments on this site and knew for sure it was from Restasis. My eyes are really bad and don't know where to go from here. Can anyone recommend what alternative to take to help this painful condition? F 69 1 days
0.05
8/15/2016
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 2  Chronic dry eye None that I know of Doesn't work any better than artificial tears and sometimes Murine Plus. I've tried it a couple of times before, stopped and then tried it again. I wonder if perhaps it is affecting how I feel after reading some of these reviews. I'll see. F 71 6 months
2X day
7/3/2016
 1  Dry eye and to help other eye issue I was experiencing head aches. I normally do not have that problem. Additionally I felt a need to clear my throat more often and would sometimes loose my voice. As soon as I realized it might be from the meds I found this web site. I discontinued Restasis and by the next day I felt great and the symptoms were gone! It did help the dry eyes, but not worth the side effects! This seems a dangerous medication. It's very expensive. What do I do with the 2 1/2 month supply I have left? I wouldn't even want to donate it. Market value close to $700! Fortunately my pharmacy helped me find a coupon and I have insurance so cost was $10. F 60 2 weeks
7/2/2016
 1  Dry eye. Half my hair fell out! My doctor said it is a form of chemo drug. I want to know why this isn't listed on the contraindications. When I googled it there were many people that said the same thing. F 57 1 weeks
6/27/2016
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