-    Keep this leaflet. You may need to read it again.

-    If you have any questions, ask your pharmacist.

-This medicine has been prescribed for you. Do not pass it on to others. It may harm them even if their symptoms are the same as yours.

-    If any of the side effects gets serious, or if you notice any side effects not listed in this leaflet, please tell your doctor or pharmacist.

In this leaflet:

1.    What Vividrin is and what it is used for

2.    Before you use Vividrin

3.    How to use Vividrin

4.    Possible side effects

5.    How to store Vividrin

6.    Further information

1.    WHAT VIVIDRIN IS AND WHAT IT IS USED FOR

Your drops contain sodium cromoglycate as the active ingredient.

Your drops are used to prevent and treat chronic allergic conjunctivitis and hayfever (acute allergic conjunctivitis). The sodium cromoglycate in these drops works to prevent allergic reactions e.g. hayfever.

These drops work by preventing the itching, inflammation and watering eyes often associated with hayfever.

2.    BEFORE YOU USE VIVIDRIN DO NOT use these drops

■    If you are allergic (hypersensitive) to any of its ingredients (see section 6) do not use the drops.

Take special care with these drops

■    If you wear soft contact lenses - take out your lenses and do not wear them while you are using Vividrin.

■    Do not use if the bottle has been opened before you are given it.

■    Throw the bottle away 4 weeks after first opening it or if the solution stops looking clear.

Using other medicines

■    Please tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking or have recently taken any other medicines, including medicines obtained without a prescription.

Pregnancy and breast-feeding

■    Use these drops only if necessary, and then only on your doctor’s advice, if you are pregnant or breast-feeding. Driving and using machines

■    All eye drops can cause a short term blurring of vision when first used so you should wait until your eyes are clear before driving or using machines.

Important information about using some of the ingredients of Vividrin

■    These drops contain benzalkonium chloride which may cause eye irritation. Avoid contact of your drops with soft contact lenses. Take out your contact lenses before using Vividrin and then wait for at least 15 minutes after using these drops before putting your lenses back in. Benzalkonium chloride is known to discolour soft contact lenses.

3.    HOW TO USE VIVIDRIN

To work most effectively, Vividrin should be used every day during the hayfever season, even when you are not suffering from any symptoms. If your symptoms are caused by pollen, you should continue to use your drops until

the end of the hayfever season.

If you have used sodium cromoglycate before, you may have to take it for several days before you obtain the maximum effect.

Always use your drops exactly as your doctor or pharmacist has told you to. You should checkwith your doctor or pharmacist if you are not sure.

The medicine is to be used only as drops applied into one or both eye(s).

Dosage

The usual dose is to apply one or two drops into each eye, up to four times each day.

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If you are using Vividrin four times a day you may find it easier to remember to take them if you use them at meal times and when you go to bed.

Directions for use

-wash your hands before using your drops

-sit down in front of a mirror so that you can see what you are doing

-    pull your lower eyelid gently down, and then carefully place one or two drops in the space between the eyelid and eye

-take care not to touch the dropper with your eye or fingers

-    release the lower eyelid, and blink a few times to make sure the eye is covered by the liquid

-    repeat the procedure for your other eye

-    put the cap back on the bottle

Always read the label before using this medicine.

If you use more Vividrin than you should

If you accidentally use a larger dose than recommended, talk to your doctor or pharmcist.

If you forget to use Vividrin

Use your drops as soon as you remember and then carry on in the usual way. Do not take a double dose to make up for a forgotten dose.

Make sure you know how and when to use your medicine. If you are not sure about using your drops, ask your pharmacist.

4. POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS

Like all medicines, Vividrin can cause some side effects, although not everybody gets them. If you experience any difficulty stop using your drops and talk to your doctor or pharmacist.

Like all eye drops you may briefly have blurred vision or a slight stinging feeling after using your drops.

There is also a slight possibility that irritation or itching of the eye may occur in a very small number of people.

If any side effect gets serious, or if you notice any side effects not listed in this leaflet, please tell your doctor or pharmacist.

5.    HOW TO STORE VIVIDRIN

■    Keep out of the reach and sight of children.

■    Do not use this medicine after its expiry date.

Check the expiry date on the label before you begin to use your medicine.

The expiry date refers to the last day of that month.

If the expiry date has passed, take the medicine back to your pharmacist.

■    Keep the eye drops at normal room temperature (do not store above 25°C).

■    Protect from direct sunlight.

■    Your eye drops are sterile until first opened. It is important to keep the drops as clean

as possible during use. Throw away any remaining drops 4 weeks after first opening the bottle.

■    Do not use Vividrin if you notice the solution is cloudy.

■    Medicines should not be disposed of via wastewater or household waste. Ask your pharmacist how to dispose of medicines no longer required. These measures will help to protect the environment.

6.    FURTHER INFORMATION What Vividrin contains

The active ingredient is Sodium Cromoglycate 2.0% w/v.

The other ingredients are Benzalkonium Chloride, Disodium Edetate, Polysorbate 80, Sorbitol, Sodium Hydroxide and Purified Water.

What Vividrin looks like and contents of the pack

Your eye drops are sterile preserved multidose eye drops and are supplied in plastic bottles. Each bottle has a volume of 13.5 ml. These eye drops are a clear solution.

Return any unused medicine to your pharmacist.

Marketing Authonsation Holder and Manufacturer

The Marketing Authorisation Holder is:

Bausch & Lomb UK Ltd 106 London Road Kingston-Upon-Thames Surrey, UK KT2 6TN PL03468/0035

This leaflet was last approved in 03/2011