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Below are Lumigan (Bimatoprost) reviews, ratings, comments submitted by patients and caregivers. Based on a total of 6 ratings/reviews, Lumigan has an overall score of 7.67. The effectiveness score is 8.67 and the side effect score is 7.67. The scores are on ten point scale: 10 - best, 1 - worst. This information is not vetted and should not be cosidered as clinical evidence. | | Lumigan review by 35 year old female patient | | | Rating |
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| Effectiveness: | | Highly Effective |
| Side effects: | | Mild Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | o increase length and fullness of eyelashes |
| Dosage & duration: | | Apply to eyelashes (dosage frequency: once per day) for the period of Four months |
| Other conditions: | | N/A |
| Other drugs taken: | | N/A | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | My eyelashes grew extremely long. |
| Side effects: | | If I got any of the product on my eyelids, it stained them purple. |
| Comments: | | This was prescribed off-label to me. It is a potent glaucoma drug. It is essential that you not get it in your eyes or on your eyelids. It only needs to be painted on the eyelashes, away from the eyelids, to be effective. Results were seen within a month. |
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| | Lumigan review by 25 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | |  |
| Effectiveness: | | Considerably Effective |
| Side effects: | | Mild Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | glaucoma |
| Dosage & duration: | | one drop (dosage frequency: once daily) for the period of 3 months |
| Other conditions: | | none |
| Other drugs taken: | | none | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | reduce elevated pressure in the eyes and relieve hypertension. |
| Side effects: | | Noticable growth of eyelashes, becomes thicker and lusher because of the eye drops. |
| Comments: | | The drug prevents elevated IOP (intraocular pressure) the higher the IOP, the greater the likelihood of optic nerve damage, which can lead to vision loss and potential blindness. |
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| | Lumigan review by 34 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Considerably Effective |
| Side effects: | | Moderate Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | Eyelash growth |
| Dosage & duration: | | One or two drops along the lash line (dosage frequency: once a day) for the period of One month |
| Other conditions: | | None |
| Other drugs taken: | | Birth Control pills | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | The upper and lower eyelashes grew longer, thicker, and darker. There is less need for mascara or eyelash curlers with this product. Lumigan contains the same active ingredient that Latisse will contain when it is released but the difference is that Lumigan is prescribed as a glaucoma medication while Latisse will be marketed and sold as an eyelash growth product. It does work. |
| Side effects: | | I developed dark under eye circles, itching, redness and a slight headache after each use but I was told that the under eye circles and headaches I experienced were less common side effects. Once the treatment was stopped all of the side effects disappeared including the dark under eye circles. Also, once the treatment is stopped the eyelashes eventually return to their original state. |
| Comments: | | I was told to use it once a day at night and to apply it with clean brush. It is important to try to keep the bottle from having direct contact with the skin in order to avoid contamination. I used a new eyelash brush daily and Latisse contains once a day applicators. |
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| | Lumigan review by 49 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Considerably Effective |
| Side effects: | | Mild Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | Cosmetic Longer lashes |
| Dosage & duration: | | paint tiny strip above lashes (dosage frequency: daily) for the period of 3 months |
| Other conditions: | | itchy eyelids |
| Other drugs taken: | | none | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | I got longer, darker and thicker eyelashes. These were noticeable after about 6 weeks. Thereafter they continued to grow for a few months till they reached a maximum. Then I carried on with maintenance doses. |
| Side effects: | | Just the itchy eyelids. Other than that there was occasioanlly a very slight burning. |
| Comments: | | I painted a small amount of Lumigan on the upper and lower lashline every night for a week and then every other night thereafter. For this I used a small brush and a tiny little line. |
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| | Lumigan review by 62 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Considerably Effective |
| Side effects: | | Mild Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | glacoma |
| Dosage & duration: | | 1 drop (dosage frequency: daily) for the period of 1 year |
| Other conditions: | | moderately elevated blood pressure |
| Other drugs taken: | | Lisinoprol | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | control glacoma; since drug was so expensive, eye doctor started me out with sample drops. Drug was being used to stem the development of glacoma. |
| Side effects: | | treatment was only to right eye; lashes got noticeable thicker |
| Comments: | | drop in right eye nightly; appears to be controlling the development of glacoma
My glacoma was hard to diagnose because the cornea was thicker than the norm and the normal puff test gave incorrect readings for several years. I had been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in 2002 when my weight had reached 397 poounds. I had also been diagnosed with adult onset asthma when we moved to Oregon in the early 90's. With the type 2 diabetes, my Dr recommended that I consider gastric bypass surgery which was done at OHSA, Portland OR in October 2002. My A1c tests started showing normal in 6 months and have remained so since then. My Dr in Portland had told me to always get my eyes checked by an Opthamologist because of the long term effects of the asthma drugs I had been taken as well as diabetes. |
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| | Lumigan review by 67 year old male patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Highly Effective |
| Side effects: | | Mild Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | Glucoma |
| Dosage & duration: | | 1 drop in each eye (dosage frequency: daily) for the period of 10 yrs |
| Other conditions: | | None |
| Other drugs taken: | | None | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | Reduced inner eye pressure which has slowed or possibly eliminated the disease.
At the very least, the symptoms of glucoma immediately improved to normal and have remained at the normal range. |
| Side effects: | | Longer eye lashes, darker eyes, slight eye irritation. |
| Comments: | | I have been very satisfied with the results of taking lumigan. My eye pressure was in the mid 20's and has dropped to the mid teen's. As an experiment, I stopped taking lumigan for several months and my pressure went back up over 20, so I went back on lumigan and it again dropped to the mid teen's. The preferred range of eye pressure is 10 to 20, with 15 or below considered to be optimal. |
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